{"id":680212,"date":"2026-05-19T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:53:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:53:11","slug":"ganna-praises-arensman-after-unprecedented-time-trial-win-great-performance-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680212\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganna praises Arensman after unprecedented time trial win: \u201cGreat performance this winter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/filippo-ganna\" title=\"Filippo Ganna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filippo Ganna<\/a> was the clear favorite, but in professional cycling, being favored isn\u2019t enough \u2014 you have to deliver. On Tuesday, Ganna did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/unstoppable-ganna-and-strong-arensman-complete-ineos-celebration-in-giro-time-trial-disappointing-vingegaard-misses-pink\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">just <\/a>that in the Giro d\u2019Italia time trial, crushing the competition with nearly a two-minute gap over second-placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/thymen-arensman\" title=\"Thymen Arensman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thymen Arensman<\/a>. While there was naturally plenty of joy after the ride, Ganna was already looking ahead: what can we expect from him on Friday?<\/p>\n<p>Starting early in the day, Ganna set an average speed of 54.9 km\/h, making it clear to all the riders following that the benchmark was daunting. No one came close to matching that explosive performance, and Ganna secured the time trial victory \u2014 a major goal he had set for himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we delivered a great performance this winter,\u201d the Italian said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">flash interview<\/a>. \u201cEspecially regarding the general classification. We saw Thymen (Arensman) do an amazing job with his second place, just like in Tirreno. It was a great team effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/filippo-ganna-6a0c88796390f.jpeg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"Filippo-ganna\"\/>Ganna looks forward to Friday: &#8220;Why not try?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With this win, Ganna now has his eighth stage victory in the Giro, seven of which have been time trials. \u201cIt\u2019s really a beautiful win for us. We hope to enjoy a bit tonight but will also stay focused for the next 14 days,\u201d he added, already looking ahead.<\/p>\n<p>For a specialist like Ganna, a completely flat time trial was ideal. \u201cIt\u2019s really great, especially with a long time trial like this. I really enjoyed it. Maybe I pushed a bit to the limit, like many other riders. I\u2019m very happy to finally find a beautiful time trial for myself, without a climb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And now? The race resumes Friday in Verbania, Ganna\u2019s birthplace. \u201cFrom today, a new Giro begins. I wanted to arrive here a bit fresh for this major goal. Now we try to get another win in a road stage. Why not give it a try on Friday?\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filippo Ganna was the clear favorite, but in professional cycling, being favored isn\u2019t enough \u2014 you have to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,74722,43199,59639,82,139323],"class_list":["post-680212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-filippo-ganna","tag-giro-ditalia","tag-ineos-grenadiers","tag-sports","tag-thymen-arensman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}