Great feat of Filippo Ganna , who on the Tissot Velodrome track in Grenchen, Switzerland, set the new hour record with 56.792 km .
The previous record, set in August, belonged to the British Dan Bigham with 55,548 km. He was literally pulverized .
“It will be one of the most important appointments of my career”, said Ganna yesterday who had been preparing for this undertaking for some time. Objective achieved, the previous record has been exceeded by over a kilometer .
The 26-year-old Piedmontese champion had coach Marco Villa on the track for the times.
(Unioneonline / L)