Filippo Ganna wins the opening time trial of the 2021 Giro d’Italia – CyclingTips

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) stormed to victory in the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday, claiming the first pink jersey of the race for the second year in a row.
The reigning world time trial champion, who won four stages at last year’s Giro, set a time of 8:47 on the 8.6 km course in Turin, overhauling previous provisional leader Edoardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma) by 10 seconds to move into the hot seat. No one came particularly close to Ganna’s time from there on out, and he held…

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