52nd Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta (18-22 February)

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AlfaLum

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elguapo said:
Hector Alvarez should think twice which WT team he should be signing up soon. It looks like he would just become a "launch pad" of either Ayuso, or Skjelmose at Ldl-Trek. His power in leading the GC group for majority of the climb is really worthy of consideration. He was only relieved by Verona in front for a kilometer and then went back to work in front to launch Ayuso for his final attack.
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If the last few years have proven anything it is that these Young Potential Stars are doing fine at the powerhouses in Cycling.

I really dont understand the narrative that these guys should move away from a team if they are not the first captain. Alvarez is progressing very nicely at Lidl-Trek and is already getting chances and riding results in smaller races.

There is no problem with him being a launching pad in bigger races for better races quite often during the season. He can develop, and his level increases he will get more chances and if he gets on par with the likes of Skjelmose or even Vacek he will captain the bigger races. And that is also exactly the level he needs to be to have a good chance of winning those races.

Same with Morgado, who really gets a lot of chances at UAE already, but for example failed to deliver himself in the second part of last season. The road for Morgado to be the second man in the spring classics is open, but he needs to be at least the same level as Wellens for those races to ride results. But if he is of that level he will also ride results at UAE.
 
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AlfaLum said:
If the last few years have proven anything it is that these Young Potential Stars are doing fine at the powerhouses in Cycling.

I really dont understand the narrative that these guys should move away from a team if they are not the first captain. Alvarez is progressing very nicely at Lidl-Trek and is already getting chances and riding results in smaller races.

There is no problem with him being a launching pad in bigger races for better races quite often during the season. He can develop, and his level increases he will get more chances and if he gets on par with the likes of Skjelmose or even Vacek he will captain the bigger races. And that is also exactly the level he needs to be to have a good chance of winning those races.

Same with Morgado, who really gets a lot of chances at UAE already, but for example failed to deliver himself in the second part of last season. The road for Morgado to be the second man in the spring classics is open, but he needs to be at least the same level as Wellens for those races to ride results. But if he is of that level he will also ride results at UAE.
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Agreed. I also don’t see the need to rush such young riders into a leadership role at any team, they might as well develop first within a strong structure.
 
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The question is how developed Morgado is, considering he physically looked like a pro in his junior days.

Everyone's sport-live will be different, but I think someone like Morgado won't have a very long career and his best years will likely be when he's very young.
 
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A 20-minute MTF is not a short, punchy final. The Combloux MTF where Pogacar deleted everyone at Dauphiné last year was also 20 minutes and Lipowitz finished third there. This was simply a bad showing.
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The Combloux stage was a totally different stage. A lot of mountains not just a snooozer with a hard climb at the end.
Even the climbs at the end were different. The last climb at Dauphine was longer and steady.
 
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Devil's Elbow said:
A 20-minute MTF is not a short, punchy final. The Combloux MTF where Pogacar deleted everyone at Dauphiné last year was also 20 minutes and Lipowitz finished third there. This was simply a bad showing.
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we didnt really see who was most affected by nuggets crashing, but just like foia last year it doesnt really say all that much about riders further down
 
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Tim Cahill

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Hard to predict since its early, no idea if these guys have practiced on the tt bike and where they are in their form, going for something like this;

Ganna
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Riccitello/Onley could end up in Narnia, Mcnulty depends if hes injured, though he wasn't too good in the tt 2 weeks ago.
 
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Tim Cahill said:
Hard to predict since its early, no idea if these guys have practiced on the tt bike and where they are in their form, going for something like this;

Ganna
Soderqvist +5
Ayuso +30
Almeida +35
Seixas +40
Riccitello/Onley could end up in Narnia, Mcnulty depends if hes injured, though he wasn't too good in the tt 2 weeks ago.
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Gaps between the favourites look sensible to me. No idea how much ahead the true specialists will be. Maybe not by that much. Ayuso did beat Ganna in the Tirreno TT after all. DFM could be in the mix too, despite losing to the best TT-er in the world at the nationals.
 
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Ganna increased his lead by a couple of seconds. Now we'll soon see if Küng's Tudor set up is working for him.
 
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Ganna beats him, winner probably known, unless Kung can beat him.
But Soderqvist seems to have made another step in the TT. He's coming closer and closer
 
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Tim Cahill

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Söderqvist the right age where he's one of the two best in his age group and the current top guys are getting older, he will get a bit better and they will get a bit worse soon enough, so should win a lot of races, just avoid Evenepoel for a bit.
 
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