Étoile de Bessèges 2021 (February 3-7)

[tobydawq]

I'm guessing Van AverMaet...

Not VAnMarcke?

Or oliVer nAesenM?

 

[Sciatic]

I'm guessing Van AverMaet...

Yes, weird that it came out that way...sorry!

 

[Roku]

Where is the "Is Filippo Ganna the new Cancellara?" Thread?

IMHO he has a lot of potential in those races.

Edit: Flemish races, i meant

 

[RedheadDane]

Where is the "Is Filippo Ganna the new Cancellara?" Thread?

IMHO he has a lot of potential in those races.

No mention of being the New Cancellara, but here's his thread!

Filippo Ganna Discussion Thread | Cyclingnews Forum

 

[titan31]

Perhaps, but Ganna sure has the “look” and apparently the power to perform well over pave’, particularly on a section like the Old Kwaremont, though of course we don’t know (or I should say, I don’t know) how well suited to cobbles he is in terms of technique and mindset.

And I can totally imagine cobbled races where VAM, Van Aert, VDP, and Sagan indeed DO look at each other when a rider like Ganna is up the road, which is how strong rouleurs who might not be the favs end up winning races like Roubaix.

Always possible, particularly with the makeup of the group ( if you just has those 4 it could easily happen) but if they have teammates or as usual QS have multiple guys there, I can't see him riding them off like Gilbert when he doesn't have a team like QS had around Gilbert.

 

[Brullnux]

Talk of Ganna and the cobbled classics is by no means new: he won the Paris Roubaix espoirs back in 2016, and he raced the Northern Classics every year between 2017 and 2019. Issue is he's never performed there at any noteable level. It's true that he really kicked on in the second half of 2019, and reached a much higher level in 2020 than ever before, so perhaps this can be the year where he impresses. I wouldn't be absolutely sure of it, though; his best result so far is 43rd at Gent Wevelgem, with many more DNFs and OTLs than placings.

Filippo Ganna, 21, shows classics promise | VeloNews.com

At 6-foot-5 and 167 pounds, Ganna has the build to withstand the cobbled classics.

www.velonews.com

An article from 2018 which talks about this

 

[RedheadDane]

And in today's least surprising result:

Ganna.

 

[sir fly]

15 minutes unbeaten.

 

[Rollthedice]

Thomas, not Geraint best time. Ganna is on the road.

 

[sir fly]

Thomas, not Geraint best time. Ganna is on the road.

I think your stream's on a dam.

 

[RedheadDane]

They don't believe in TT jerseys for the various classification leaders in this race.

 

[sir fly]

This Jackie Stewart Jr is quick.

 

[KZD]

B. Thomas, Hayter and Laporte really strong but it was needed a miracle for Ganna to lose today.

Great effort by Wellens too.

 

[BlueRoads]

Ineos upped their game again...

 

[Salvarani]

Ineos upped their game again...

Indeed. Four riders in the top 10 on the stage.

 

[fuiers]

Impressed by the time Wellens displayed. Never knew him the be a TT guy.

 

[tobydawq]

Impressed by the time Wellens displayed. Never knew him the be a TT guy.

Baloise Belgium Tour 2019 Stage 3 (ITT) results

Tim Wellens is the winner of Baloise Belgium Tour 2019 Stage 3 (ITT), before Nathan Van Hooydonck and Victor Campenaerts. Remco Evenepoel was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

Check out who is third and fourth (both had been on the attack the previos day, though).

 

[Salvarani]

Impressed by the time Wellens displayed. Never knew him the be a TT guy.

He has done pretty good in short TTs before, in these type of races, when something to ride for.

 

[Nirvana]

No mention of being the New Cancellara, but here's his thread!

Filippo Ganna Discussion Thread | Cyclingnews Forum

Thank god i've opened this thread before some meme title thread creator could step in...

 

[Wvv]

Impressed by the time Wellens displayed. Never knew him the be a TT guy.

Two seasons ago he won the 16 km ITT in the Ruta del Sol against the likes of Fuglsang, I. Izagirre, Kruijswijk and the Yates brothers.

 

[rghysens]

Two seasons ago he won the 16 km ITT in the Ruta del Sol against the likes of Fuglsang, I. Izagirre, Kruijswijk and the Yates brothers.

...and the 9km long itt in the tour of Belgium against Evenepoel and Campenaerts.

 

[Escarabajo]

Some of the these classic specialists (If we can call them like that) can pull very good TT when they try. They have all the tools to do so. The issue is that when the world is watching in races like the Tour de France, Giro and Vuelta they don't try. They don't have to.