
Filippo Ganna kept the Tirreno-Adriatico race leader's blue jersey on Tuesday as his friend and fellow Italian track rider Jonathan Milan won the sprint stage in Follonica. It was a second day of success from the two most successful and most admired Italian riders in the peloton and a second day of race leadership for Ineos Grenadiers.
With the peloton riding steady southward near the Tuscan coast, Ganna could enjoy his day as race leader. A year ago he lost the opening time trial to Juan Ayuso after a troubled winter of illness. This year he is leaner, happier and fitter, arguably reflecting the atmosphere inside Ineos Grenadiers.