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> A year ago, Ganna used the same time to lay the foundation for his second place in the general classification. Does he have the ambition to finish one step higher this year? Then he would be the first Italian Tirreno winner since Vincenzo Nibali in 2013.

> I think my fitness is a bit lower than a year ago," Ganna immediately quashes that hope. "Back then, I was strong in Tirreno, but I was a bit less fit in the Classics."

> "Now I'm trying to approach the Classics with slightly fresher legs. I'm focusing on the time trial first. After that, I have another week to ride myself to exhaustion without blowing up my engine."

> Ganna knows it can be a tightrope walk in Tirreno. "You're looking for extra percentage points here. Sometimes you find them, but sometimes you lose them."