Ganna Roars Into Giro Lead on Stage One

By INEOS Grenadiers
Posted on May 08, 2021

INEOS Grenadiers (Italy) - Press Release: Giro d'Italia - Stage one: Turin ITT, 8.6km.

Filippo Ganna made sure the Giro d'Italia got off to a perfect start for the Grenadiers with victory in the opening time trial.

The Italian was unbeatable on the streets of Turin, setting a blistering pace to go 10 seconds quicker than anyone else in the short opening stage.

The result saw Ganna mirror his result from the 2020 edition, pulling on the maglia rosa to kick-start the event in style.

Stage one result:

1. Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) 8:47
2. Edoardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma) +10"
3. Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) +13"
4. Joao Almeida (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) +17"
5. Remi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) +18"
10. Gianni Moscon (INEOS Grenadiers) +23"
13. Jonathan Castroviejo (INEOS Grenadiers) +27"
32. Pavel Sivakov (INEOS Grenadiers) +34"
33. Daniel Martinez (INEOS Grenadiers) +36"
40. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) +39"