Filippo Ganna: Ineos Grenadiers rider obliterates Hour Record with stunning showing in Grenchen, Switzerland

Filippo Ganna smashed the Hour Record after he completed a distance of 56.792 km around the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland. Ganna beat the previous mark of 55.548 km set by Great Britain’s Daniel Bigham – a performance engineer at Ineos Grenadiers – back on August 19.

Ad Since Bradley Wiggins obliterated the best mark in London in 2015, there has been a certain aura around the Hour Record. The 2012 Tour de France winner and five-time Olympic champion held it for four years before Victor Campenaerts surpassed it at altitude.

CyclingHow to watch Ganna’s Hour Record attempt on Saturday06/10/2022 AT 10:28 Since then, Ineos have poured resource into the challenge with performance engineer Bigham cracking the record in August, admitting he had “ungodly support” from the British-based team. Now Ganna holds the best mark after he completed 227 laps of the track to beat the previous best mark by just over 1.3 kms.