{"id":316187,"date":"2025-08-04T03:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316187\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T03:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:40:11","slug":"it-wasnt-just-a-concussion-more-details-emerge-from-filippo-gannas-tour-de-france-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/316187\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt wasn’t just a concussion\u201d \u2013 More details emerge from Filippo Ganna\u2019s Tour de France disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filippo Ganna<\/a>\u2019s Tour de France<\/a>
\ncampaign ended before it had a chance to begin. After a promising spring season
\nthat saw him go head-to-head with top names like Pogacar, Van der Poel, and
\nPedersen in the monuments, the Italian had been eyeing the Tour for a serious
\nimpact. But a crash on Stage 1 derailed everything. Though he attempted to
\ncontinue, he abandoned before the stage ended, with INEOS Grenadiers<\/a> later confirming
\nhe had suffered a concussion.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Bici.Pro, Ganna\u2019s time
\ntrial coach Dario Cioni detailed the extent of the damage and the long road
\nback. \u201cAs soon as he got back on the bike, after a few kilometers it was clear
\nthat he was suffering from concussion symptoms, and at that point his
\nwithdrawal from the race was automatic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter a while, it became clear
\nthat it wasn’t just a concussion, but also something very similar to a lumbago.
\nHis neck hurt, and it took almost three weeks for him to regain normality.\u201d
\nCioni added, \u201cHe recently resumed full work, when we were certain the problems
\nhad been overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The original plan had Ganna
\npencilled in for the Tour de Pologne as a lead-up to the Vuelta, but his
\nrecovery ruled that out. \u201cThe Vuelta was already on the agenda. There was a
\nmoment when we considered doing the Poland stage, but in the end, with those symptoms
\nnot resolving, the choice was forced. The conditions weren’t there, nor was
\nthere time to return to racing any earlier. You can’t send a rider who’s just
\ngot back in the saddle to compete in a high-level race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cioni also reflected on what the
\nmissed Tour might mean for the rest of Ganna\u2019s season. \u201cIt’s hard to estimate
\nhow much he lost, but the good news is that he was doing well. If he had
\ncompleted 4 or 5 stages, it would have been better because he would have worked
\nand had a chance to recover from the crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, stopping so quickly,
\nafter a few days of not working much, was negative. In any case, if you stop
\nwhen you’re feeling well, you lose less than if you were forced to stop when
\nyou’re finished.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for his late-season goals, the
\nWorld Championships are off the table. \u201cNo, in the sense that the World
\nChampionships are still too tough. I think the European Championships are more
\nwithin his reach, but before making such considerations, it’s better to race
\nthe Vuelta and then take stock of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cioni confirmed his presence at
\nGanna\u2019s side during key Vuelta stages: \u201cI’ll be with Filippo at the Vuelta for
\nthe team time trial on day five and the individual time trial in Valladolid on
\nday eighteen. We’ll see how it goes, and then we can possibly talk to Villa
\nabout participating in the European Championships.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Filippo Ganna\u2019s Tour de France campaign ended before it had a chance to begin. After a promising spring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-316187","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114968423464283609","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}