2021 Giro d'Italia Stage 1 Results & Recap
Stage 1 of the 2021 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Ganna wins opening time trial in Turin
Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) won the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia making him the first rider to win stage 1 in back-to-back years since Francesco Moser in 1986. The world champion beat the 8.6km course with a time of 8:47, building an incredible average speed of 58.7km. Edoardo Affini (Jumbo Visma) was second, 10 seconds slower than Ganna, and Tobias Foss finished third at 13 seconds.
"It’s been a lot of time that I wasn’t in the hot seat but I’m here and so I’m really happy," Ganna said. "Now we have to think to tomorrow and to recovery to start what will be a really hard Giro. I started with a small radio but I didn’t hear anything, so I told myself to go full gas and listen to the people along the road. If they cheered for me, then I knew I was going fast. That’s how I got this amazing victory. After Romandie, my morale was not too high, but now it's back and I’m really happy."
Ganna will wear the maglia rosa for stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia, a 179km flat race from Stupingi to Novara.
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