History of Filippo Ganna in Timeline

By Popular Timelines Editorial Team · Updated: July 6, 2025

Filippo Ganna is a highly accomplished Italian track and road cyclist riding for Ineos Grenadiers. He's a six-time world champion in individual pursuit with nine total medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Ganna also secured an Olympic gold in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics. On the road, he won the individual time trial at the 2020 and 2021 UCI Road World Championships, along with six stages at the Giro d'Italia. He set a record for consecutive time trial wins at the Giro with five. Ganna is the current record holder for the hour record and was the previous world record holder in the individual pursuit.

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July 1996: Filippo Ganna Born

In July 1996, Filippo Ganna, the Italian track and road cyclist, was born.

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1997: Hour record distinction

In 1997, the distinction for the hour record was first made. Filippo Ganna would later unify the hour record with the best human effort.

2016: Emergence at World Indoor Championships

In 2016, Filippo Ganna emerged onto the scene at the World Indoor Championships, showcasing a unique negative splits pursuit style.

2017: Turns professional with UAE Abu Dhabi

In 2017, Filippo Ganna turned professional, joining the UAE Abu Dhabi team.

November 2019: Sets world record for individual pursuit

In November 2019, Filippo Ganna began setting world records for the individual pursuit.

2019: Joins Team Sky

Ahead of the 2019 season, Filippo Ganna joined Team Sky.

February 2020: Lowers individual pursuit world record

In February 2020, at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin, Filippo Ganna lowered the individual pursuit world record to 4 minutes, 1.934 seconds.

2020: Wins at UCI Road World Championships & Giro d'Italia

In 2020, Filippo Ganna won the men's individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships and also secured four stage wins in the 2020 Giro d'Italia.

2021: Wins Olympic gold medal in team pursuit

At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in 2021, Filippo Ganna, along with Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon, and Jonathan Milan, won the gold medal in the team pursuit, setting new world records twice during the competition.

2021: Wins at UCI Road World Championships & Giro d'Italia

In 2021, Filippo Ganna won the men's individual time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, and secured two stage wins in the 2021 Giro d'Italia, setting a record for consecutive time trial wins.

October 2022: Sets new hour record

On October 8, 2022, Filippo Ganna set a new hour record of 56.792 kilometers at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland.

February 2025: Takes part in Volta ao Algarve stage

On February 19, 2025, Filippo Ganna participated in the first stage of the 2025 Volta ao Algarve, however, the stage was cancelled and no winner was declared due to riders going the wrong way at the finish.