Filippo Ganna looking to set "record of records" at upcoming Hour Record attempt

Filippo Ganna is showing great signs towards his effort, and today he will have the opportunity to become the new leader of the Hour Record, as he looks set try and improve on the time of Dan Bigham.

"It's been a very busy period, but I'm almost on vacation. Finally!" Ganna said in a press conference leading up to the event. "Whether I'm in top shape? No idea, but I hope so. The numbers on my Garmin are positive in every way. I hope to pass that on to the boards tomorrow."

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Ganna is following up on the effort of INEOS Grenadiers performance engineer Dan Bigham who, in August - on the spot where Ganna initally planned to ride the Hour Record - set a new best distance of 55.548 kilometers in an hour. The Italian has recently ridden an average speed of over 56Km/h for 35 minutes in a testing effort, and is riding incredibly detail-oriented gear towards his effort, which includes a 3D-printed bike frame.

"I have a super team behind me. They make sure that I don't have to do other things every day. I just have to push the pedals, they take care of the rest," he said. The bike is said to weight around 9 kilograms, quite above the minimum limit, but all in the name of aerodynamics which are the real priority.

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"It's a heavier bike than usual. In the beginning you don't feel very fast, but after 5 minutes you fly over the track. We put a lot of love into this bike, but that love weighs heavily," he said, jokingly. 

"If I have to be realistic, I just want to ride a meter further than Dan Bigham. But the dream is to set a real blast. The record of records," Ganna concluded. His effort will take place at 20:00CET tomorrow in Grenchen, Switzerland, hours after INEOS Grenadiers tackle Il Lombardia not too far away.