Ben Healy is not another Benny Hill but excels in hilly terrain

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Anderis

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Quite remarkable results this year. He finished 60% of his races in top3 so far, despite fracturing his hand in Etoile de Besseges and picked up two wins within a week of his return from the injury. I was never convinced by his u-23 results and didn't expect him to pick up a lot of results as a WT rider but he's proving me wrong this year. Will be interesting to see what he can do in bigger races if he keeps going like that.
 
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Anderis said:
Quite remarkable results this year. He finished 60% of his races in top3 so far, despite fracturing his hand in Etoile de Besseges and picked up two wins within a week of his return from the injury. I was never convinced by his u-23 results and didn't expect him to pick up a lot of results as a WT rider but he's proving me wrong this year. Will be interesting to see what he can do in bigger races if he keeps going like that.
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I knew you wouldn't make up that stat, but i did have to go and look at it myself on PCS.
3 out 5 podiums is indeed remarkable.
 
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2nd place today in the Brabante.

That makes it only 4 of 7 for podiums.

57%

What's wrong with him?
 
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Anderis

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Potomac said:
2nd place today in the Brabante.

That makes it only 4 of 7 for podiums.

57%

What's wrong with him?
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But 100% top5 finishes since he came back from injury.

What a remarkable spring from him. I've never expected that he would be EF's 2nd best rider in terms of results at any point of his career.
 
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I reckon he was by far the strongest rider in the race. He pulled and pulled and pulled, attacked, pulled, bridged when someone else attacked, pulled some more. Perhaps he could've saved himself a little and win the race but it was an amazing display of power.

Is he riding AGR? What are we expecting from him there?
 
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I reckon he was by far the strongest rider in the race. He pulled and pulled and pulled, attacked, pulled, bridged when someone else attacked, pulled some more. Perhaps he could've saved himself a little and win the race but it was an amazing display of power.

Is he riding AGR? What are we expecting from him there?
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I read he will be riding Ardennes and Giro.

I think it's a bit hard to assess what he can do in Amstel - today is the first time I have watched him race since he became good, but top 10 seems likely.
 
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Extremely strong 2023 campaign by Healy, until now.

Contract expires end of 2023, according to PCS. I hope Vaughters can keep him, but I realistically think he‘ll sign with Ineos for 2024 and years afterwards…
 
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Sorry guys, guess I shouldn't have doubled down on a bad joke. The predicate was that while some guys like the aforementioned Sevilla or Chaves tend to look a bit younger than what the date on their PCS cards would suggest, others like some might say Quintana or I would say Healy might seem to the uninformed a bit wiser than their years.
 
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