Filippo Ganna WILL race Tour of Flanders after all - Italian set to fight van der Poel and Pogacar once again
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Looking at Filippo Ganna's schedule over the past few weeks, there was a notable gap as he was not planned to race the Tour of Flanders. However after his massive rides at Milano-Sanremo, it seems like INEOS Grenadiers have finally decided to change this and test the Italian in the bergs.
Ganna has in fact been in the form of his life over the past few weeks, winning the time-trial and finishing second at Tirreno-Adriatico, then taking that form to Milano-Sanremo where he was second on the day, sandwiched between Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar whom he managed to match on the day's climbs.
Although the steep and explosive ascents of Flanders are not as well suited to him, his power and form are there, and this Friday at the E3 Saxo Classic he could not have given a better sign of how strong he's riding. The Italian was the one to match Mads Pedersen and van der Poel's attack on the Taaienberg, and although he was dropped on the Oude Kwaremont, he rode himself into a podium spot.
Ganna was set to race Paris-Roubaix which without a doubt suits him better, however only now was the Tour of Flanders added to his program according to Gazzetta dello Sport's Ciro Scognamiglio. This will mean the British team will be supporting him as a leader - after a strong support ride at E3 - and it should also mean that he will be absent from Gent Wevelgem this Sunday as he prepares for the two long monuments.
Ganna has not ridden the Tour of Flanders since 2019... At that time he rode the Belgian monument on two occasions but never featured in the fight for top results. However, with the likes of Ben Turner, Joshua Tarling and Magnus Sheffield in the lineup, it gives the team realistic chances of fighting for the podium.
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Info @Gazzetta_it - Change of schedule for @GannaFilippo sources told us: no Gand-Wevelgem tomorrow, yes to Ronde Van Vlandereen on sunday 6. So big three of @Milano_Sanremo - with @mathieuvdpoel and @TamauPogi - will meet again both in Ronde and @parisroubaix @cycling_podcast
— Ciro Scognamiglio (@cirogazzetta) March 29, 2025
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- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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