Filippo Ganna the climber knocks Remco Evenepoel off popular Strava KOM

Should we consider the gauntlet well and truly thrown down for the coming season from the Ineos Grenadiers rider?

Filippo Ganna has thrown down the gauntlet ahead of Classics season by knocking Remco Evenepoel off the top spot of one of the most popular Strava KOMs in Spain's Costa Blanca region.

The Coll de Rates is an ascent not far from Calpe, a favourite off-season hangout for the pros. The record for the northern approach is owned by Tadej Pogačar, who set a new record time back in December, but the far less likely candidate of Ineos Grenadiers rider Ganna now lays claim to that of the southern approach.

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