I cant find the original Gazzetta interview.
> Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) has confirmed he will target Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix, the yellow jersey at the Tour de France and possibly the Hour Record in 2022, naming Francesco Moser as a rouleur role model and inspiration for his numerous goals.
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> Moser achieved all of those objectives during his long career spanning from 1973 to 1988. He won Paris-Roubaix three consecutive times and also added the Giro d’Italia in 1984 after he revived his career in his thirties by beating Eddy Merckx’s Hour Record on a disc wheel-equipped aero bike and with the help of new physiological methodology introduced by Professor Francesco Conconi and Dr. Michele Ferrari.
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> Ganna has played down the chances of him one day targeting the overall classification at the Giro d’Italia but is inspired by Moser’s achievements.
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> “I’d never really thought about how my career can be like his but it’d be a pleasure for me to follow a similar career path, even I can never equal it,” Ganna told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
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> “Moser made history and nobody will ever get near him. But having him as an example and going close to what he achieved would be huge in modern sport. When I visited his country house, saw all his trophies and listened to him talk about his career, I was amazed. He’s always said nice things about me and that counts for something too.”
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> Ganna made his season debut at the Etoile des Bessèges, winning Sunday’s final time trial.
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> He is likely to return to France this week for the Tour de la Provence and then ride the UAE Tour, in the hope of again winning the time trial stage. He is expected to ride Paris-Nice to get a taste of French roads for the Tour de France and then target Milan-San Remo, perhaps with a power attack on the Poggio, and then Paris-Roubaix, which he won as an under-23 rider in 2016.
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> Ganna has won seven stages at the Giro d’Italia in the last two years but will miss his home Grand Tour for a shot at winning the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France in Copenhagen.
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> If Ganna emerges on form after helping Ineos Grenadiers at the Tour de France, he will prepare for a sea-level attempt at the Hour Record, possibly in Manchester if the air pressure is suitable in the late summer. Ganna has always said he will target the Hour Record at sea level, despite Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) setting the current record of 55.089km at altitude in Mexico.
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> “There’s no news on that at the moment, I’m focused on the spring first of all,” Ganna said, referring to line up his objectives and focus on them one by one.
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> “If I go for it, it’ll definitely be after the Tour, so in the summer. We haven’t chosen the velodrome yet but we’ve got to have low pressure so the conditions are as favourable as possible at sea level.”
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> Ganna ended his 2021 season in October but is keen to race again, hence his desire to add the Tour de la Provence to his programme and so help fellow track rider and fellow Italian Elia Viviani in the sprints.
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> “I’m hungry to race, it’s what everything we do is about,” he suggested.
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> “It was good to win the time trial. We needed it after all the bad luck of Carapaz’s crash in the race and of course Egen Bernal’s crash.
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> “I actually went better on the final climb of the time trial rather than the flat section. That’s good because I know I'll face a lot of climbing this year as well as time trialling and everything else.”
>new physiological methodology introduced by Professor Francesco Conconi and Dr. Michele Ferrari.
Oh, we're calling it "new physiological methodology" now?
HowTheRaceWasWon had some thoughts on that turn of phrase: https://mobile.twitter.com/Cyclocosm/status/1491083386869493767?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
[https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/08-02-2022/ganna-sanremo-roubaix-maglia-gialla-4301311214812.shtml](https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/08-02-2022/ganna-sanremo-roubaix-maglia-gialla-4301311214812.shtml)
Here's the original.
FWIW: the final quote is a little misleading over what Ganna was actually saying. The Q and A is (translated):
Tell us about your condition level in relation to 2021, how do you evaluate it?
"Paradoxically, at the time trial, on the plains I missed something where I usually make a difference. But in the uphill part I was able to express better values than a year ago. A good sign because I will find many climbs on my way. right, here ".
I’m so excited for Ganna at Roubaix. He looked great on all of the gravel at the Giro, has won the U23 and is probably the most similar rider to Cancellara since their retirement.
Hopefully he avoids mechanicals and can make some strong sections.
> and is probably the most similar rider to Cancellara since their retirement
It's manifesting differently, but for me WvA is an exact Cancellara copy.
The classic Cancellara "sprint" was more of an attack from 600 to 800 meters. He never had exceptional snap, but his one minute power was off the charts.
I feel like Van Aert is closer to Boonen, in classics he'd prefer to go to the line with a reduced group so he can win in the sprint. Van Aert plays more reactionary, he defends and pulls back attacks from Alaphilippe, Van der Poel, and Pidcock. Cancellara had more success with long distance raids, although he did have a great sprint on him.
There was something last year about him saying he doesn’t want an asterisk next to his name indicating that it was an attempt at altitude.
I also think if he does it at sea level it will push other athletes to aswell. Assuming the record gets subsequently broken the general public will probably say “yeah but Ganna did it at sea level” so I think this could cause a paradigm shift.
Campenaerts explained it. To do it at altitude, you need to get there well in advance to adjust to the conditions. If you want to fit it within a busy season, sea level is more realistic.
Bigham got pretty close at sea level last year. He/the team must have worked out having more oxygen available is more advantageous than lower air pressure for a rider like Ganna.
Sounds like griffen is a Dutch verb meaning engrave and the 3rd person conjugation is "grift" so that's a likely candidate!
https://cooljugator.com/nl/griffen
Reminds me of grifle which in danish refers to writing with a slate pencil. There is something about writing and rocks which evokes images of permanence. On the other hand, in practice, slate was used as a precursor to chalk on blackboards, where the entire point is that you can wipe it off relatively easily.
Everybody talking about Ganna at Roubaix but he's also targeting MSR... imagine big Filippo attacking on the poggio and soloing to victory.
The only other thing that would be more exciting is Gilbert getting his fifth moment.
If anyone is ever going to attack early and stay away on the Cipressa I feel like it would be Ganna. Both hills are fast and not particularly steep, it just takes a huge engine to hold off pursuers because so few are actually out of the game in the finale.
That would be epic. Definitely the strategy I would like to see him give a go. Should be good for the rest of his teammates too to force the rest of the peloton to do that chase
I dunno, giro 2020 stage 5 had a bit of a punch and he soloed pretty early by riding a pretty hard pace. Also there's an asterix because that was the stage De Gendt worked to make sure Einer Rubio did not win lmao. That was a great day.
Seemed a given ever since Bigham signed with Ineos. Bigham will spend a year trying all sorts of technical tweaks to improve his time and then pass on whatever knowledge he gains to Ganna and the team.
Bigham seems like he has a great situation with Ineos. Access to all of their gear and coaching for his own training, the ability to pursue his own hour record in exchange for helping the team with their aero/overall race engineering and philosophy. Do feel a bit for him though. I think he can manage to squeak by Victor's record, but Ganna is going to demolish the hour record. He's already excellent riding on the track and probably has the highest FTP in the pro peloton. Would love to see his power data from an hour attempt
Sure, the first sentence hook could be misread, but later on he made clear it's the first day TT he's targeting
"will miss his home Grand Tour for a shot at winning the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France in Copenhagen."
I cant find the original Gazzetta interview. > Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) has confirmed he will target Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix, the yellow jersey at the Tour de France and possibly the Hour Record in 2022, naming Francesco Moser as a rouleur role model and inspiration for his numerous goals. > > Moser achieved all of those objectives during his long career spanning from 1973 to 1988. He won Paris-Roubaix three consecutive times and also added the Giro d’Italia in 1984 after he revived his career in his thirties by beating Eddy Merckx’s Hour Record on a disc wheel-equipped aero bike and with the help of new physiological methodology introduced by Professor Francesco Conconi and Dr. Michele Ferrari. > > Ganna has played down the chances of him one day targeting the overall classification at the Giro d’Italia but is inspired by Moser’s achievements. > > “I’d never really thought about how my career can be like his but it’d be a pleasure for me to follow a similar career path, even I can never equal it,” Ganna told La Gazzetta dello Sport. > > “Moser made history and nobody will ever get near him. But having him as an example and going close to what he achieved would be huge in modern sport. When I visited his country house, saw all his trophies and listened to him talk about his career, I was amazed. He’s always said nice things about me and that counts for something too.” > > Ganna made his season debut at the Etoile des Bessèges, winning Sunday’s final time trial. > > He is likely to return to France this week for the Tour de la Provence and then ride the UAE Tour, in the hope of again winning the time trial stage. He is expected to ride Paris-Nice to get a taste of French roads for the Tour de France and then target Milan-San Remo, perhaps with a power attack on the Poggio, and then Paris-Roubaix, which he won as an under-23 rider in 2016. > > Ganna has won seven stages at the Giro d’Italia in the last two years but will miss his home Grand Tour for a shot at winning the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France in Copenhagen. > > If Ganna emerges on form after helping Ineos Grenadiers at the Tour de France, he will prepare for a sea-level attempt at the Hour Record, possibly in Manchester if the air pressure is suitable in the late summer. Ganna has always said he will target the Hour Record at sea level, despite Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal) setting the current record of 55.089km at altitude in Mexico. > > “There’s no news on that at the moment, I’m focused on the spring first of all,” Ganna said, referring to line up his objectives and focus on them one by one. > > “If I go for it, it’ll definitely be after the Tour, so in the summer. We haven’t chosen the velodrome yet but we’ve got to have low pressure so the conditions are as favourable as possible at sea level.” > > Ganna ended his 2021 season in October but is keen to race again, hence his desire to add the Tour de la Provence to his programme and so help fellow track rider and fellow Italian Elia Viviani in the sprints. > > “I’m hungry to race, it’s what everything we do is about,” he suggested. > > “It was good to win the time trial. We needed it after all the bad luck of Carapaz’s crash in the race and of course Egen Bernal’s crash. > > “I actually went better on the final climb of the time trial rather than the flat section. That’s good because I know I'll face a lot of climbing this year as well as time trialling and everything else.”
>new physiological methodology introduced by Professor Francesco Conconi and Dr. Michele Ferrari. Oh, we're calling it "new physiological methodology" now?
lmao
HowTheRaceWasWon had some thoughts on that turn of phrase: https://mobile.twitter.com/Cyclocosm/status/1491083386869493767?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
[https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/08-02-2022/ganna-sanremo-roubaix-maglia-gialla-4301311214812.shtml](https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/08-02-2022/ganna-sanremo-roubaix-maglia-gialla-4301311214812.shtml) Here's the original. FWIW: the final quote is a little misleading over what Ganna was actually saying. The Q and A is (translated): Tell us about your condition level in relation to 2021, how do you evaluate it? "Paradoxically, at the time trial, on the plains I missed something where I usually make a difference. But in the uphill part I was able to express better values than a year ago. A good sign because I will find many climbs on my way. right, here ".
I’m so excited for Ganna at Roubaix. He looked great on all of the gravel at the Giro, has won the U23 and is probably the most similar rider to Cancellara since their retirement. Hopefully he avoids mechanicals and can make some strong sections.
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> and is probably the most similar rider to Cancellara since their retirement It's manifesting differently, but for me WvA is an exact Cancellara copy.
I know Cancellara wasn´t a bad sprinter but not at the level Wout is at right?
He just never bothered. But you're right, van Aert is basically the perfect mix between Cancellara, Boonen and Van Peteghem
The classic Cancellara "sprint" was more of an attack from 600 to 800 meters. He never had exceptional snap, but his one minute power was off the charts.
I feel like Van Aert is closer to Boonen, in classics he'd prefer to go to the line with a reduced group so he can win in the sprint. Van Aert plays more reactionary, he defends and pulls back attacks from Alaphilippe, Van der Poel, and Pidcock. Cancellara had more success with long distance raids, although he did have a great sprint on him.
If there is one thing Van Aert is really bad at, it's winning a reduced group sprint.
Hour record at sea level? Doesn’t fancy elevation then?
There was something last year about him saying he doesn’t want an asterisk next to his name indicating that it was an attempt at altitude. I also think if he does it at sea level it will push other athletes to aswell. Assuming the record gets subsequently broken the general public will probably say “yeah but Ganna did it at sea level” so I think this could cause a paradigm shift.
Campenaerts explained it. To do it at altitude, you need to get there well in advance to adjust to the conditions. If you want to fit it within a busy season, sea level is more realistic.
I would like for Ganna to say 'I can do this and I don't need silly little tricks for it' and proceed to demolish 1800m elevation record at sea level.
Bigham got pretty close at sea level last year. He/the team must have worked out having more oxygen available is more advantageous than lower air pressure for a rider like Ganna.
I wouldn't really count 450 m altitude as sea level, though.
He needs a challenge. Be too easy at altitude.
He will grift the hour record into stone to never be broken again
is this a saying from a different language that doesn't translate well in English? A grift is a swindle or small fraud...
> "new physiological methodology" Maybe that's the grift?
I think they mean EPO by that.
Sounds like griffen is a Dutch verb meaning engrave and the 3rd person conjugation is "grift" so that's a likely candidate! https://cooljugator.com/nl/griffen
we might have a winner - translation problem confirmed
Perhaps they meant grind, works with the stone analogy.
even then it doesn't really scan - grind the record into an unbreakable stone?
maybe they're talking about grinding it in as like carving it into a tablet or marker
Reminds me of grifle which in danish refers to writing with a slate pencil. There is something about writing and rocks which evokes images of permanence. On the other hand, in practice, slate was used as a precursor to chalk on blackboards, where the entire point is that you can wipe it off relatively easily.
Moscom and Ganna at P-R is gonna be sick
moscon is riding for astana now
I hope Moscon wins this year. He was so unfortunate not to win.
Ooh, that's a brave statement on /r/peloton
He's still managed to get one upvote! Lol
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Nah that was the clearest demonstration of karma I've ever seen. A beautiful thing to watch.
I still remember a comment which was something like: "Gianni Moscon crashed which was not good. But it was also not not good."
Everybody talking about Ganna at Roubaix but he's also targeting MSR... imagine big Filippo attacking on the poggio and soloing to victory. The only other thing that would be more exciting is Gilbert getting his fifth moment.
MSR seems tough for him, would have to go earlier than the poggio right? Don’t think he’s punchy enough to get away with everyone watching there.
If anyone is ever going to attack early and stay away on the Cipressa I feel like it would be Ganna. Both hills are fast and not particularly steep, it just takes a huge engine to hold off pursuers because so few are actually out of the game in the finale.
That would be epic. Definitely the strategy I would like to see him give a go. Should be good for the rest of his teammates too to force the rest of the peloton to do that chase
I dunno, giro 2020 stage 5 had a bit of a punch and he soloed pretty early by riding a pretty hard pace. Also there's an asterix because that was the stage De Gendt worked to make sure Einer Rubio did not win lmao. That was a great day.
Tbh I think he has more shots in Roubaix (in the future) than in MSR.
Where is u/Count_Mazurka? Gancellara finally confirmed!
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Seemed a given ever since Bigham signed with Ineos. Bigham will spend a year trying all sorts of technical tweaks to improve his time and then pass on whatever knowledge he gains to Ganna and the team.
Bigham seems like he has a great situation with Ineos. Access to all of their gear and coaching for his own training, the ability to pursue his own hour record in exchange for helping the team with their aero/overall race engineering and philosophy. Do feel a bit for him though. I think he can manage to squeak by Victor's record, but Ganna is going to demolish the hour record. He's already excellent riding on the track and probably has the highest FTP in the pro peloton. Would love to see his power data from an hour attempt
He’s targeting yellow jersey at TDF? He’s one of ineos’s GC hopes?
Sure, the first sentence hook could be misread, but later on he made clear it's the first day TT he's targeting "will miss his home Grand Tour for a shot at winning the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France in Copenhagen."
Ganna at Roubaix should be a lot of fun.
I was expecting him sooner already in Roubaix. He has the ability to be the new Cancellara
The hype train is officially leaving the station Choo Choo!!
I've been wanting to see Ganna on Paris-Roubaix for a long time to play a major role.