Filippo Ganna’s Pinarello Bolide bike for the first stage of the Giro

Crowned world time trial champion on September 25 in Imola, Italy’s Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) also won the Giro’s first time trial stage, riding a custom-built bike. Let’s take a closer look at some of the standout details of this custom bike, particularly the massive gear ratios used that day.

Photos: @Russ Ellis/Team Ineos Grenadiers

At the World Championships in Imola, Filippo Ganna used a maximum gear ratio of 58/11. But during the first stage of the Giro, which included a downhill section, a massive 60/11 gear ratio was fitted to the Italian champion’s custom bike—built after he won his title—featuring an aerodynamic carbon chainring mounted on a Shimano Dura-Ace crankset.

Like all Team Ineos Grenadiers bikes, Ganna’s Pinarello Bolide is equipped with a Dura-Ace Di2 drivetrain and rim brakes.

The Bolide frame kit retails for €11,400, and the world champion’s bike is a size 55. Despite this, the seatpost extension seems impressive for someone as tall as 1.95 m!

As for the handlebar set, it’s a custom-molded Most Talon made of carbon and titanium, with angles and dimensions currently kept secret by the manufacturer and members of the British team’s staff. To get a complete custom set of handlebars like this, you’ll still have to shell out €13,000.

As for the wheels, and although the team is normally equipped by Shimano, Team Ineos has chosen a Princeton Carbonworks front wheel—an American brand that offers this rim with “waves,” likely designed in a wind tunnel to provide good stability in crosswinds, as well as an unconventional spoke pattern. It is a clincher wheel, fitted with a Continental GP TT tire.

There are no markings on the lenticular rear wheel, which doesn’t quite resemble the PRO Textreme Tubular Disc typically used by the team. The wheel also appears to be fitted with a Continental tire.

An ultra-specialized bike valued at over €30,000.

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