Filippo Ganna to attack UCI Hour Record on October 8

Ineos Grenadiers cyclist Filippo Ganna rides during the third stage of the UAE cycling tour in Ajman on February 22 2022 Photo by Giuseppe CACACE AFP Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACEAFP via Getty Images
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Filippo Ganna has confirmed he will attack the UCI Hour Record in the Grenchen velodrome on Saturday October 8, aiming to beat his Ineos Grenadiers performance engineer Dan Bigham, who recently set a distance of 55.548km.

Ganna had planned to attack the Hour Record in the summer after completing his debut Tour de France but pushed back his plans. 

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Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.