Ganna wins Giro time trial as Vingegaard fails to take overall lead
Filippo Ganna was world time trial champion in 2020 and 2021
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Italy's Filippo Ganna dominated the stage 10 time trial at the Giro d'Italia, with a winning margin of nearly two minutes.
Ganna, 29, of the British Netcompany Ineos Cycling team, beat team-mate Thymen Arensman, of the Netherlands, by one minute 54 seconds, with France's Remi Cavagna of Groupama-FDJ in third, five seconds further back.
Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, favourite to take the pink jersey for the overall winner in Rome on 31 May, finished 13th, three minutes down.
Two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard, of Visma-Lease a Bike, failed to take the pink jersey in Massa, near Pisa, as some thought he would. It meant Portugal's unfancied Afonso Eulalio remained in the leader's jersey for a sixth day.
Vingegaard, however, gained time on Bahrain-Victorious' Eulalio, who was 41st on the stage. The Dane sits second overall, just 27 seconds off the lead.
Arensman is third overall, one minute and 57 seconds behind Eulalio.
The 42km time trial - the longest in any Grand Tour for more than a decade - resulted in huge gaps between riders of different abilities, with many gasping for breath as they crossed the line.
Ganna, who was time trial world champion in 2020 and 2021, and was favourite to win on Tuesday, achieved an average speed of 54.921km/h for his team, who announced a new sponsorship deal with Danish data company Netcompany before this three-week race.
The deal restores the once-dominant multiple Tour de France winners as a 'super team' in the sport with one of the highest budgets.
"The team did an amazing job over the winter," said Ganna afterwards. "It's really nice with a long time trial like this - maybe me and some other guys were a little bit at the limit.
"We hope to enjoy tonight and stay focused for the last 14 days [of the race]."
Ganna, in his Italian time trial champion's jersey, achieved an average speed of nearly 55km/h
Ganna has won eight stages of the Giro, two at the Vuelta a Espana, but none at the Tour de France
Jonas Vingegaard, whose team use a bizarre-looking helmet during time trials for greater aerodynamic efficiency, lost time overall to Arensman
Afonso Eulalio remains in the pink overall leader's jersey for a sixth day
Wednesday's 195km stage 11 to Chiavari has several sharp climbs
Results
Giro d'Italia stage 10 results
Filippo Ganna (Ita/Netcompany Ineos Cycling) 45mins 53secs
Thymen Arensman (Ned/Netcompany Ineos Cycling) +1min 54secs
Remi Cavagna (Fra/Groupama-FDJ United) +1min 59secs
Sjoerd Bax (Ned/Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro-cycling) +2mins 4secs
Derek Gee-West (Can/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 16secs
Max Walscheid (Ger/Lidl-Trek) +2mins 17secs
Johan Price-Pejtersen (Den/Alpecin-Premier Tech) +2mins 29secs
Mikkel Bjerg (Den/UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
Lorenzo Milesi (Ita/Movistar) +2mins 40secs
Niklas Larsen (Den/Unibet Rose Rockets) +2mins 42secs
Giro d'Italia general classification results after stage 10
Afonso Eulalio (Por/Bahrain-Victorious) 39hrs 40mins 34secs
Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +27secs
Thymen Arensman (Ned/Netcompany Ineos Cycling) +1min 57secs
Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +2mins 24secs
Ben O'Connor (Aus/Jayco-AlUla) +2mins 48secs
Jai Hindley (Aus/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3mins 6secs
Michael Storer (Aus/Tudor Pro-cycling) +3mins 28secs
Derek Gee-West (Can/Lidl-Trek) +3mins 34secs
Giulio Pellizzari (Ita/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe +3mins 36secs
Markel Beloki (Spa/EF Education-Easy Post) +4mins 16secs
