168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Filippo Ganna led Italy’s quartet to the quickest time in team pursuit qualifying at the European Championships in Grenchen, whe🍌re Great Britain and previous Hour Record holder Dan Bigham look set to provide the stiffest opposition to the Olympic champions in Thursday’s final rounds.
Ganna, Simone Consonni, Francesco Lamon and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Milan led the way with a time of 3:49.582, just under a second faster than the British squad of Bigham, Charlie Tanfield, Ethan Vernon and Ollie Wood. The azzurri will face France in Thursday aft﷽ernoon’s first round, while Great Britain take on Denmark, with the final scheduled for Thursday eveni🐭ng.
. “The British are close, but we’re confident. The lads want to show we’re ready and we’ll do it.”
An Italy-Great Britain final would offer a contest between Ganna and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ineos Grenadiers performance engineer Bigham on the🀅 very track where they each broke the UCI Hour Record last year.
After setting a new Hour Record last August, Bigham then found himself in the position of helping Ganna to surpass his marꦅk weeks later.
"For me, it's win-win," Bigham told Cyclingnews on the eve of Ganna's attempt. "The process has always been💧 about Filippo trying to break the record. For me, it was a case of hav⭕ing a go at the record in that process as well."
Ganna showcased his current form with second place overall at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a San Juan last month, though he will not take part in the individual pursuit in Gr🌄enchen as he instead turns his attention towards preparing for next wee♏k’s Volta ao Algarve.
In the women’s team pursuit qualifying, meanwhile, Great Britain’s time of 4:11꧑.594 was some 2.633 seconds clear of Italy. The British quartet of Katie Archibald, Neah Evans, Josie Knight and Anna Morris will face Germany in Thursday’s first round, with Italy paired against France.
The opening night of the European Track Championships also saw four titles awarded. Germany claimed gold in the women’s t♚eam sprint ahead of Great Britain and the Netherlands, while 🐭Maria Martins (Portugal) won the women’s scratch race ahead of Eukene Larrarte (Spain) and Daria Pikulik (Poland).
In the men’s team sprint, the Netherlands emerged victorious ahead of Great Britain, while the French trio took bronze. Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ge♉rmany) beat Rui Oliveira (Portugal) to gold in the men’s elimination race, with Philip Heijnen (Netherlands) in third.
World champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Elia Viviani (Italy) had to📖 settle for fifth, but the Ineos⛎ rider will look to compensate in the Madison and Omnium at the weekend.
“I had the sensation that something was missing,” Viviani told La Gazzetta. “I used the sameไ gearing as at the𝔍 Worlds, but I was missing the change of rhythm and I suffered.
“Let’s hope it was just a case of breaking the ice in the first r﷽ace ahead of the weekend with the Omnium and the Madison.”
