Filippo Ganna (Netcompany Ineos) won his seventh elite men's time trial national title at Italian Road Championships on Thursday, completing the challenging 40.3km rolling course into Barolo in 47:39.
Luca Giaimi (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), a former junior ITT champion, took the silver as the best of five other riders who finished more than two minutes back on Ganna. Mattia Cattaneo (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) edged Filippo Baroncini (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) for the bronze.
A surprise was Lorenzo Finn (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finishing sixth. In the battle of former junior ITT champions, 21-year-old Giaimi was the better of the two with a podium finish.
Ganna won his first Italian time trial title as a junior in 2014. He has won the elite title five consecutive years, missing the podium in 2021 when Matteo Sobrero took the victory. This year the Lidl-Trek rider finished fifth, 2:57 off the pace.
The route started in Santuario di Vicoforte and finished in Barolo, with three climbs and a slightly downhill finish. The Italian champion averaged 50.36 kph to dominate the competition.
The elite men were the only division to compete in the time trial, as the Italian Cycling Federation announced on June 9 that the junior men and women, U23 categories and elite women would compete at a later time this year, the dates and venue not confirmed.
Saturday will determine the Italian road race champion for elite men, while the elite women will compete in the road race on Sunday.
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