Today the sprinter will try the shot in the opening time trial of the Grande Boucle: “I hope so, I will try. It won’t be easy, we will need a perfect day”
From Top Gun to Top Ganna, puns come naturally. Filippo Ganna is used to it, but the day before yesterday they asked him about a possible comparison with Tom Cruise and the smile widened until it turned into laughter. “Yes, I saw it once, the first Top Gun. But as for Tom Cruise, I’m certainly not that handsome. Or maybe I was an actor …”. Every occasion is good to experience waiting in a relaxed way. The Tour de France had never started so far north, and for the 109th edition it chose Copenhagen, Denmark and the boundless love for bikes of this nation. Crown Prince Federico is expected for the baptism – individual time trial of 13.2 km in the heart of the city, but in an Italian key nothing equalizes the attention for Ganna, who at her debut in the Boucle, twice world champion in specialties, has the opportunity to dress in yellow. In addition to the new bike, there will be technical innovations never used in the race so as not to leave anything to chance: the size of the undertaking is equal to its difficulty, because as the 25-year-old Piedmontese from Ineos-Grenadiers says “there are the best, all at 110 percent “. The fluctuating weather conditions (danger of rain, but above all wind changes in the late afternoon) led to a somewhat early departure: 17.03 for our giant, before Van Aert and Pogacar, even if Bissegger – very dangerous – did more (16.07). In the morning the reconnaissance, then only the clock will speak.
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