Track world champion Filippo Ganna eager to take on Hour Record set by Victor Campenaerts

The emerging time trial and track star currently has plenty of time to plan his attack on the record

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Filippo Ganna has already taken cycling by storm in the last 12 months, taking the Italian national championships, a track world title, and finishing on the podium of the World Championship time trial in Yorkshire, all by the age of 23.

But while under lockdown Ganna has found himself dwelling on a new challenge – taking on Victor Campenaerts’s Hour Record.

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