2022 Track Cycling World Championships: Filippo Ganna sets the next world record

In the final against his compatriot Jonathan Milan, Ganna won gold with a phenomenal time of 3:59.636 minutes and set a new record. Bronze went to Ivo Oliveira from Portugal.

Click through: Filippo Ganna's world hour record bike

Disappointment for Heinrich

In contrast, it was a huge disappointment for European champion Nicolas Heinrich, who suffered a collapse in the 4000 metre single pursuit and clearly missed out on the medal runs. The 20-year-old only finished 18th in the qualifying in 4:18.777 minutes and was more than 19 seconds slower than the hour world record holder Ganna.

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"It just wasn't my day. The excitement was missing. It wasn't like usual. You could tell right from the start that it was more relaxed," said Heinrich, who won the European title in Munich in August and was almost nine seconds faster. "There's always a knock-on effect. It's not nice at first, but in two or three days I can smile about it. That happens too, it's only human. Tick it off and move on." Overall, it was "a very good year".

Milan catches up with Heinrich

Heinrich was even overtaken by the Italian Milan. "It's also very difficult mentally. It's not just that it doesn't work physically, but that you realise: 'It's not going like that'. That's a long 4:20 minutes," added Heinrich. Team-mate Tobias Buck-Gramko didn't fare much better in eleventh place. "I also had a bad day today. That was not foreseeable," he explained. Heinrich and Buck-Gramko had also missed out on the medal runs with the foursome in seventh place.

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