47th Tour de l'Avenir September 5-12 (A.S.O.)

[sublimit]

Tim Kennaugh having a tough time in the Lanterne Rouge position, I hope he doesn't pack and attempts to finish.

I noticed there's a stack of Brits, Americans, Belgians at the back of the field. Colombians going up the road and a step ahead in this race.

 

[DAOTEC]

Nothing Timmy-loves-Rabo just having a nice little chat with my dear buddy hrotha about transatlantic Cynicism (in Greek: κυνισμός)

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tim Kennaugh having a tough time in the Lanterne Rouge position, I hope he doesn't pack and attempts to finish.

I noticed there's a stack of Brits, Americans, Belgians at the back of the field. Colombians going up the road and a step ahead in this race.

Closely followed by the Dutch though

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

1.QUINTANA ROJAS N. - COL - 5h 44' 31"
2.TALANSKY A. 00' 39"
3.LANDA MEANA M. 00' 39"
4.ATAPUMA D. 00' 41"
5.SLAGTER T. 00' 43"
6.MATTHEWS M. 01' 34"
7.KELDERMAN W. 01' 38"
8.FERNANDEZ SUAREZ H. 01' 38"
9.PANTANO GOMEZ J. 01' 38"
10.IGNATYEV D. 01' 38"

looks like quintana was on a different level. The next four, came in together more or less.

 

[DAOTEC]

Nations cup & kom

And this is what the l'Avenir is all about specialy for Colombia:
GC after today stage by Nation.

1.COLOMBIE 17h 15' 52"

2.ESPAGNE +5' 47"

3.FRANCE A +12' 14"

4.PAYS-BAS +14' 16"

5.SLOVENIE +20' 39"

6.POLOGNE +21' 46"

7.RUSSIE +22' 05"

8.ETATS-UNIS +22' 32"

9.FRANCE B +27' 35"

10.BELGIQUE +28' 11"


King of the mountains:

1.PANTANO GOMEZ J.COL -58 Pts
2.HARDY R.FRA -51 Pts
3.BARBAS Y.FRB -37 Pts
4.TALANSKY A.USA -37 Pts
5.EIJSSEN Y.BEL -26 Pts
6.ATAPUMA D.COL- 23 Pts

 

[Escarabajo]

II thought HROTHA asked an honest question. But anyways let's not argue for little things.

I am happy with the development of these young Colombian riders. I hope something big will come out from the crop of Colombians from the Baby Giro and now the Tour de L'venir.

Now for the ITT. I can see the Colombians being the big favorites but anything can happen in this life. At this age is hard to tell who is who. We can be watching a Greg Lemond for the Americans or a superstar for the Dutch team.

Do we have any videos of the race?

 

[jaylew]

II thought HROTHA asked an honest question. But anyways let's not argue for little things.

Agreed. Talansky lost 1:15 due to a flat. It happens, it's part of bike racing. It doesn't necessarily mean he's be in the lead as the racing could have been different, but he'd sure look good for the podium. Still has a shot as he's a good TTer as well. Anyway, I just hope some of these young Columbians make their way over to Europe so we can actually watch them race.

I obviously don't know much about that Matthews kid, I thought he was a sprinter-type but he was well up there today. Nice pickup for Rabo.

 

[DAOTEC]

Pics of today tell the story ... Video later available

The hunt >

Eijssen in persuit

& then Belgium

The result >

Leader GC

Leader KOM

 

[DAOTEC]

The Lion King

2B come 1

History is about to be made tomorrow 'no doubt' for Colombia, for the first time a Colombian might win this modern version called Tour the l'Avenir. In 1985 it was Martin Ramirez (Col) of Cafe de Colombia who won the look alike of that time, called the Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers). For race history Click: http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-lavenir-2-ncup-1/race-history

But also something else unique might happen in the race history itself, in relation to the 1,2,3 podium places > for complete podium history Click : http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=9821

 

[auscyclefan94]

About Eijsen losing the leaders jersey and falling completely in the GC.

He sounded like somebody just passed away when he announced the Avenir results on TV

Sad to see The Great Yannick Eijssen fall from grace.

 

[theyoungest]

History is about to be made tomorrow 'no doubt' for Colombia, for the first time a Colombian might win this modern version called Tour the l'Avenir. In 1985 it was Martin Ramirez (Col) of Cafe de Colombia who won the look alike of that time, called the Grand Prix de l'Avenir (Paris-Vierzon-Thiers). For race history Click: http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-lavenir-2-ncup-1/race-history

But also something else unique might happen in the race history itself, in relation to the 1,2,3 podium places > for complete podium history Click : http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=9821

Please enlighten me on Colombian tactics. Why did they send Pantano, their best guy on GC, for the mountain points? Now they have Quintano in the lead with only 20 secs advantage. Not that I think he won't take the overall, but they could have had a more comfortable lead by now.

Sad to see The Great Yannick Eijssen fall from grace.

His lead was thanks to tactics more than anything else, so this was to be expected. Didn't think he'd lose 4 minutes though.

 

[DAOTEC]

Thanks for asking theyoungest it is Atapuma that was destined but crashed during the prologue, and is in pole position again winning back almost 2 min during the last 5 stages.

Picking up the mountain jersey was a must and could only be done in yesterday stage by the rider who could handle the full 200k, so Pantano sacrivised GC and dropped of before the start of the final climb of the stage, to set the pace for the first couple K.
You see Colombians do that a lot of times in their own races due to the intensity off GC contenders in one team at the same time, they are real time Nat. team Players ! but can be selfish if needed.
Maybe you are going to see that today, now that all 3 are in pole position to take it, might the coaches (they have all their own) agree for once to let the best man win cause it is an ITT. very interesting to see what is going to happen in 30 min time !!!

Now here the open Colombia es Passion tweet link: http://twitter.com/ciclipasioncafe

And the starttimes of their favs.: HORAS DE SALIDA

sebastian 14:34,
camilo 14:52,
Atapuma 15:56,
Pantano 16:00,
Quintana 16:04.

Vamos COLOMBIA!
21 minutes ago via Twitter

 

[DAOTEC]

And this guy wants to go PT and taken seriously

@usacycling/tour-de-l-avenirUSA Cycling's National Development Program at the Tour de l'Avenir

taylorphinney Well...that hurt... Lost the competition for last place to Timmy Kennaugh, worthy adversary. I finished Avenir! Happy with that.
20 minutes ago via web

andrewtalansky New day new goals. One last chance to dig deep and make every pedal stroke count.
about 3 hours ago via ÜberTwitter

BenKing89 Last day of L'Avenir... 13 km mt climb. 0 pressure today. Hoping to make time cut!
about 3 hours ago via web

alex_howes @taylorphinney Lantern Rouge? Grow up. Are you even american? You should blitz this TT so I can have it...
about 4 hours ago via mobile web in reply to taylorphinney

taylorphinney Oh my goodness... http://seainhd.com/2010/09/damn-feels-good-taylor.html
about 4 hours ago via web

taylorphinney It's an uphill TT mind you...so not really my specialty...perfect for my LR hopes.
about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

taylorphinney But I want this Lantern Rouge!! We'll see what goes down... honestly I'm just happy to get this far! After that crash...wasn't so sure.
about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

taylorphinney I am 4 seconds out of Lantern Rouge (last place). It is a tricky balance because I have to race this TT since there is time cut...
about 7 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

What a shame @: http://twitter.com/usacycling/tour-de-l-avenir

 

[DAOTEC]

Update 47 riders finished thus far:


1. Vicente GARCIA DA MATEOS ESPAGNE 00:35:55.900
2. Sébastian SALAZAR COLOMBIE 00:00:17
3. Luka MEZGEC SLOVÉNIE 00:00:

 

[DAOTEC]

Update:

70 finished, 22 to go:

1 64 Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ ESPAGNE 00:35:50.650
2 63 Vicente GARCIA DA MATEOS ESPAGNE 00:00:05
3 45 Sébastian SALAZAR COLOMBIE 00:00:

 

[DAOTEC]

Live RaceLink for you all @ this grand finale: http://matsport.fr/

 

[DAOTEC]

Top 5 is underway @: http://matsport.fr/

& explosion, outburst in about 40 minutes on: http://twitter.com/ciclipasioncafe

 

[DAOTEC]

Looks like Landa passing Pantano

a Spanish winner of the TdA ?

 

[DAOTEC]

Is there a disaster on the horizon or isn't this real

 

[DAOTEC]

Classement provisoire comportant l'ensemble des coureurs after 81 finishers:

1. Gregory BRENES EQUIPE MIXTE 00:35:28.580
2. Michael MATTHEWS AUSTRALIE 00:00:02
3. Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ ESPAGNE 00:00:22
4. Dmitriy IGNATYEV RUSSIE 00:00:27
5. Vicente GARCIA DA MATEOS ESPAGNE 00:00:27

Top 5 still to finish !

 

[theyoungest]

Looks like Landa passing Pantano

a Spanish winner of the TdA ?

How is that even possible? He started before Pantano.

 

[DAOTEC]

Good lord thanks theyoungest for the safe - then it must be Pantano passing Landa

This radio stuff makes one complete go crazy 2 to 3 languages at the same time and translate it to 4 to 5 channels makes me mix up some times ... so thanks for the help and please keep me sharp will yah

 

[DAOTEC]

Ahora Ahore Ultima notecias (ampliacion)

Pantano is on to Landa 200m seperated.

 

[DAOTEC]

Attenciones update >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1. Andrew TALANSKY ÉTATS-UNIS 00:34:22.130
2. Gregory BRENES EQUIPE MIXTE 00:01:06
3. Michael MATTHEWS AUSTRALIE 00:01:08
4. Wilco KELDERMAN PAYS-BAS 00:01:20

 

[DAOTEC]

Attenciones

Pantano in ultimo 200m in a tie with Talnasky