Italy’s Ganna retains time trial title at Road WorldsAP, BRUGGE, BelgiumDefending champion Filippo Ganna of Italy on Sunday shattered home fans’ hopes of a 1-2 for their riders and retained the men’s time trial title to secure back-to-back gold medals at the Road World Championships. On the opening day of the week-long event in Belgium, Ganna won with a small margin of just over 5 seconds to beat Wout van Aert for the second year running. Italy’s Filippo Ganna celebrates winning the men’s individual time trial at the Road World Championships in Brugge, Belgium, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFEAs the defending champion, Ganna was the last down the starting ramp. Ganna won in 47 minutes, 47.83 seconds at an impressive average speed of 54kph.

Source: Taipei Times September 19, 2021 17:15 UTC