55th Tour de l'Avenir, 17/8 - 26/8 (2.Ncup)

[Alexandre B.]

The stage design is so bad that Osorio, Sosa, Barcelo, Ries, Stannard, Donovan and Hirschi are dropped on the penultimate climb.

Only seven riders in front:
Clément CHAMPOUSSIN (France)
Edward DUNBAR (Irlande)
Thymen ARENSMAN (Pays-Bas)
Aleksandr VLASOV (Russie)
Tadej POGAČAR (Slovénie)
Gino MÄDER (Suisse)
Brandon MCNULTY (Etats-Unis)

The Colombians made their return in the yellow jersey group.

 

[Scarponi]

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No Iseran, completing the pretty laugable route...

What happened to it ?

 

[Valv.Piti]

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The stage design is so bad that Osorio, Sosa, Barcelo, Ries, Stannard, Donovan and Hirschi are dropped on the penultimate climb.

Only seven riders in front:
Clément CHAMPOUSSIN (France)
Edward DUNBAR (Irlande)
Thymen ARENSMAN (Pays-Bas)
Aleksandr VLASOV (Russie)
Tadej POGAČAR (Slovénie)
Gino MÄDER (Suisse)
Brandon MCNULTY (Etats-Unis)

The Colombians made their return in the yellow jersey group.

You are on purpose twisting the argument in your typical 'dont say anything bad about France'-way. I have argued several times that today was the only GOOD stage. Sometimes...........

 

[Flamin]

This Mäder guy appears to be quite a good descender. Opened up a huge gap again, like in the stage on Friday that he eventually won.

 

[DNP-Old]

Sosito got dropped twice today and is far from his best due to stomach problems, but he is fighting for the stage win. Good to see.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

18 year old Arensman 3rd in the final GC. Holy ***

 

[DNP-Old]

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18 year old Arensman 3rd in the final GC. Holy ****

2nd.

 

[Tim Booth]

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Sosa vs. everyone else. Pogačar, Hirschi, Vlasov, Almeida and Mcnulty are the ones who could be dangerous.

Third time lucky for Sosa ?

NOT

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

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18 year old Arensman 3rd in the final GC. Holy ****

2nd.

I think Mäder passes him with boni's no?

 

[DNP-Old]

Vlasov is a ***. He needs 19 seconds to overtake Arensman on the GC, and instead of going full gas in the final kilometers for said GC, he chose to play the sprinting game he had no chance of winning. Now he misses the podium by +/- 10 seconds.

 

[DNP-Old]

18 year old Arensman 3rd in the final GC. Holy ****

2nd.

I think Mäder passes him with boni's no?

There are no bonus seconds.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

lol, the euro commentators said there were. What idiots

 

[Lequack]

Eurosport commentators kept saying Tadej Pogacar's name wrong, it's pronounced like taah-day not taj (like Taj Mahal) like they were saying it.

 

[Flamin]

Was this on Eurosport?! Except in Belgium then.

 

[bajbar]

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Eurosport commentators kept saying Tadej Pogacar's name wrong, it's pronounced like taah-day not taj (like Taj Mahal) like they were saying it.

Oh, they will have to learn sooner or later

 

[GuyIncognito]

I didn't want to say anything during the last few months of ridiculous Sosa hype, but I'm sorry I have to laugh now

 

[tobydawq]

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I didn't want to say anything during the last few months of ridiculous Sosa hype, but I'm sorry I have to laugh now

Really? Didn't you see him in either Tour of the Alps, Adriatica Ionica Race or Burgos?

I have a hard time seeing the hype not be justified.

 

[DNP-Old]

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I didn't want to say anything during the last few months of ridiculous Sosa hype, but I'm sorry I have to laugh now

Really? Didn't you see him in either Tour of the Alps, Adriatica Ionica Race or Burgos?

I have a hard time seeing the hype not be justified.

His best bet of ''laughing'' at Sosa has been a race in which he complained of having stomach pains just after a stage victory. What a W for GuyIncognito.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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Was this on Eurosport?! Except in Belgium then.

Eurosport 2, which I refuse to buy because I don't want to hear more José Been. I'll keep streaming on Tiz tyvm

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I didn't want to say anything during the last few months of ridiculous Sosa hype, but I'm sorry I have to laugh now

Really? Didn't you see him in either Tour of the Alps, Adriatica Ionica Race or Burgos?

I have a hard time seeing the hype not be justified.

His best bet of ''laughing'' at Sosa has been a race in which he complained of having stomach pains just after a stage victory. What a W for GuyIncognito.

Why would I laugh at Sosa? That would be both heartless and idiotic.

I laugh at the people who hype one rider, set impossible standards that the rider can't possibly live up to, then the second he fails jump off to go hype whatever their next new shiny toy is

Guess who I'm talking about?

 

[DNP-Old]

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I didn't want to say anything during the last few months of ridiculous Sosa hype, but I'm sorry I have to laugh now

Really? Didn't you see him in either Tour of the Alps, Adriatica Ionica Race or Burgos?

I have a hard time seeing the hype not be justified.

His best bet of ''laughing'' at Sosa has been a race in which he complained of having stomach pains just after a stage victory. What a W for GuyIncognito.

Why would I laugh at Sosa? That would be both heartless and idiotic.
I laugh at the people who hype one rider, set impossible standards that the rider can't possibly live up to, then the second he fails jump off to go hype whatever their next new shiny toy is

Guess who I'm talking about?

No clue tbh.

 

[Escarabajo]

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I didn't want to say anything during the last few months of ridiculous Sosa hype, but I'm sorry I have to laugh now

He was riding exceptional before the race. Besides it sounds like he was sick. Anyway, it doesn't matter now.

 

[Lequack]

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Eurosport commentators kept saying Tadej Pogacar's name wrong, it's pronounced like taah-day not taj (like Taj Mahal) like they were saying it.

Also on that note I made a discussion thread for him here:
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34270

 

[luckyboy]

Saying Sosa is the favourite to win Avenir after he just beat a Vuelta GC contender in the Vuelta warmup race is setting impossible standards? lol

 

[Tim Booth]

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No Iseran, completing the pretty laugable route...

What happened to it ?

No Iseran in the route due to iced road.