When you come from another planet you can also do these things here. Seven days ago in Grenchen, Filippo Ganna had set a new hour record on the track, completing the distance of 56.792 km in 60 minutes. Does he arrive tired and unloaded at the track World Championships? There were many doubts about his performance, but there was no lack of quality on the Paris track.

With a time of 3'59''636, Filippo Ganna became World Champion for the 5th time in history in the individual pursuit. He becomes the most successful ever in this discipline and, more importantly, also sets a new world record. Also on the podium was the other Italian Jonathan Milan, who took silver.