Filippo Ganna, who has spoken in the past about challenging for the World Hour Record, will take up the challenge later this year, August 23-24.

The challenge will be held at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland, the same venue where Ellen van Dijk will challenge on Monday, May 23.

Ganna is currently in a high-altitude training camp on Mount Teide in Tenerife. He will attempt the Criterium du Dauphiné in June, followed by the Italian Time Trial Championships on June 22.

The Tour de France, which kicks off on July 1 with a 13-km time trial in Copenhagen, is Ganna's chance to win the yellow jersey for the first time in his career.

The Tour ends in Paris on July 24, and if Ganna finishes the race, he will have just one month to prepare for the world hour record.

For this challenge, Ganna will work with Dario Cioni, the directeur sportif of Ineos Grenadiers, and Marco Villa, the technical commissioner of the Italian track team.

Ganna, 25, will head to the Velodrome Suisse, where the European Track Championships were held last year. This velodrome is located at an altitude of 451 meters, which is nothing compared to the Aguascalientes Velodrome in Mexico (1,887 meters above sea level).

The current world time record is held by Víctor Campenaerts, who recorded a distance of 55.089 km in Aguascalientes in April 2019.

Ganna has long been touted as a strong contender to further break this record due to his prowess in time trials and on the track. Not only is he a two-time time trial world champion on the road, but on the track he is a European and world champion in individual pursuit and has won titles in team pursuit at the Olympic, European, and world levels.

Last year, following Alex Dowsett's world time record attempt, Kampenaerts suggested that Ganna would beat his record.

"I wouldn't be surprised if he runs around 57.5 km," Campenaerts said. 'The unfortunate thing is that it would be the last world time record for decades. No one will want to challenge it anymore."