Yes quiet a few sons/ little brothers that were performing well in U17 in 2022, always fun.
Heaven fart just sounds wrong ;), i think i stick with the extra h :p
Made a post about the most interesting talents from 2006 (so guys who will turn juniors in 2023), if anyone is interested:
View: https://twitter.com/CyclingUptodate/status/1602388912290566144?s=20&t=2SvVNFnl_CUHQwTrGTpGow
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There are some more, here are some of them,
Eddy le Huitouze was super impressive last year I expect a lot from him,
Gustav Wang did very well especially taking the junior u19 ITT title in Denmark while still an u17 rider,
Jack Carswell rode a new world record u17 IP, and did very well on the...
Absolutely incredible year for Pogacar, consistantly at a high level. Cant remember a GC guy with such an incredible first year at the professional ranks.
Bernal was 18 when he started at Androni, he had his birthday before the first race though. Daniel Felipe Martinez was also 18 when he started at Team Colombia, but both are ofc PCT. Think for WT (well wasnt called WT back then), we have to go back to Pozzato in 2000 for big Mapei. Cancellara...
He is doing absolutely amazing, been following him for a while and he indeed was superb last year as well. Also does some CX :). One small mistake in the OP, last year he was in the U17 category.
Something that I would like to see is bonus seconds on mountain tops, and bonus seconds not only for the rider that gets first, 2nd or 3rd in intermediate sprints, on the finishline (or on top of mountains), but for the whole team. Combined with smaller teams (6), it could give some more...