A month ago, Filippo Ganna was competing in the track world championships in Roubaix, but after a short vacation in the Maldives, a Giro d'Italia criterium in Dubai, and a celebration with his local fan club, the time trial world champion will be back in the sun on Thursday for the winter On Thursday, the time trial world champion will travel to Gran Canaria with several of his Italian teammates to reinforce his winter training in the sun.

Ganna will then join his Ineos Grenadiers teammates on December 7 for a 10-day training camp in Majorca, followed by a second camp in Calpe, Spain, before making his 2022 season He will make his debut at the Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Ganna will then compete in the UAE Tour from February 20-26, laying the groundwork for a spring classic campaign.

Before moving on to Gran Canaria, Ganna visited the GoldTattoo7 studio in Brescia with teammate Pursuit riders Simone Consonni and Francesco Ramon to get a celebratory tattoo.

Ganna placed a small Olympic ring and olive wreath symbol on his chest, with the date August 4, the day he won gold in the men's team pursuit. He also designed a larger samurai wildcat tattoo on his left shoulder.

The 25-year-old Italian anchored the Italian Team Pursuit foursome and ran a fast final kilometer to beat Denmark and set a new world record of 3:42.032. Ganna won the World Time Trial in Belgium and two time trial stages at the Giro d'Italia.

Ganna traveled to Gran Canaria with fellow Team Pursuit athletes Francesco Ramon and Liam Bertazzo, Junior Team Pursuit team member Martina Algini, and Martina Fidanza, who won the world title in the scratch Roubaix race moved on with the team.

Ganna will finalize her race program and goals for 2022 at the Ineos Grenadiers training camp in December.

Ganna has a difficult decision to make as the leader's jersey will be awarded in the opening time trial at the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. He is also looking to challenge the hour record on the track in the summer before defending his time trial world title in Australia.

"I want to ride both," Ganna recently told La Gazzetta dello Sport when asked whether he would choose the 2022 Giro or the Tour.

"But I also have to remember that I have the World Championships to defend (in Australia). I will decide with my team and I trust their assessment."