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[triley36]

Great to see Noah Hobbs making the step up to WT with EF. Marin Van den Berg can win a sprint at the end of a hard day, and .1 races, but I think Hobbs might be able to compete in the true bunch sprints. If that is the case, he will be the team’s first big bunch sprinter since Farrar.

 

[Potomac]

Stage 6 of the vuelta has two EF riders in the break and they finished 6th and 9th. That seems reasonable considering the strength of that break.

Madis had a 10th and an 11th in earlier stages.

But will that be the high-water mark for them at this Vuelta?

 

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Darren Rafferty visited the Vuelta team the other night to join them for a couple rounds of rummy

 

[triley36]

If the goal with this Vuelta was to give all riders a free role and see who deserves to be given new contracts (maybe that wasn’t the goal, but if not I have no idea what the goal was), the results are not great. Mihkels is talented and probably still under contract for next year, but nobody showed much. Maybe Beloki deserves another year or two because he is so young and climbed well at times, but beyond that, nobody really showed themselves. To be honest, I didn’t expect much, but this was bad. Nerurkar has been such a disappointment this year after a very promising neo pro year.

 

[Potomac]

If the goal with this Vuelta was to give all riders a free role and see who deserves to be given new contracts (maybe that wasn’t the goal, but if not I have no idea what the goal was), the results are not great. Mihkels is talented and probably still under contract for next year, but nobody showed much. Maybe Beloki deserves another year or two because he is so young and climbed well at times, but beyond that, nobody really showed themselves. To be honest, I didn’t expect much, but this was bad. Nerurkar has been such a disappointment this year after a very promising neo pro year.

Unfortunately, that seems like the right take on this Vuelta.

 

[Potomac]

I think EF went into Luxembourg thinking big. I was surprised they came up empty handed, no stage wins.
I don't count a third place GC at 2.Pro as very meaningful.

 

[Potomac]

Per PCS these riders have no next season contract...

Nr.	Rider	Current team	Age	Points PCS	Career points
1	NERURKAR Lukas	EF Education - EasyPost	21	243	513
2	RAFFERTY Darren	EF Education - EasyPost	22	56	314
3	ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack	EF Education - EasyPost	22	30	151
4	TODOME Yuhi	EF Education - EasyPost	23	7	32
5	RYAN Archie	EF Education - EasyPost	23	255	759
6	VAN DER LEE Jardi Christiaan	EF Education - EasyPost	24	47	101
7	CEPEDA Jefferson Alexander	EF Education - EasyPost	27	111	1034
8	SHAW James	EF Education - EasyPost	29	141	908
9	CARTHY Hugh	EF Education - EasyPost	31	10	3713
10	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education - EasyPost	32	765	8323
11	CHAVES Esteban	EF Education - EasyPost	35	157	6205
12	COSTA Rui	EF Education - EasyPost	38	170	13196

 

[Potomac]

2026 Roster so far...

1	VALGREN Michael	33y + 237d
2	ASGREEN Kasper	30y + 236d
3	POWLESS Neilson	29y + 29d
4	ALBANESE Vincenzo	28y + 324d
5	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	28y + 254d
6	SWEENY Harry	27y + 85d
7	BATTISTELLA Samuele	26y + 322d
8	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	26y + 75d
9	QUINN Sean	25y + 145d
10	HEALY Ben	25y + 21d
11	BAUDIN Alex	24y + 130d
12	WALKER Max	24y + 82d
13	STEINHAUSER Georg	23y + 346d
14	MACKELLAR Alastair	23y + 255d
15	MIHKELS Madis	22y + 124d
16	SIMMONS Colby	21y + 351d
17	HOBBS Noah	21y + 71d
18	BELOKI Markel	20y + 67d
19	AGOSTINACCHIO Mattia	18y + 19d

 

[RedheadDane]

Someone need to get a hold of PCS, and tell them to update Valgren's name:

• Name: Michael Valgren Andersen

He hasn't been called Andersen for years.

 

[Potomac]

Someone need to get a hold of PCS, and tell them to update Valgren's name:

• Name: Michael Valgren Andersen

He hasn't been called Andersen for years.

What are you talking about? I don't see Andersen in my post, and I don't see it on PCS.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

What are you talking about? I don't see Andersen in my post, and I don't see it on PCS.

It says it right above his birth date on PCS.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Someone need to get a hold of PCS, and tell them to update Valgren's name:

• Name: Michael Valgren Andersen

He hasn't been called Andersen for years.

There is a "contact us" link at the bottom of every page: knock yourself out.

 

[RedheadDane]

There is a "contact us" link at the bottom of every page: knock yourself out.

I tried... (contacting them, not knocking myself out) but I kept getting a "something went wrong" message.

 

[tobydawq]

I tried... (contacting them, not knocking myself out) but I kept getting a "something went wrong" message.

Maybe you should try knocking yourself out and see where that brings you.

Pretty irresponsible suggestion from a mod.

 

[RedheadDane]

That part is for full name, you will see that his profile title is 'michael valgrem' but then it puts his full name in the section next to the pic. Same with pello bilbao who has 'pello bilbao lopez de armentea' in that section. Nobody is calling him that. Is just his full name

I know it's for full name. My point is that he hasn't been 'Andersen' for years; he got married, his full name is Michael Valgren Hundahl.

And if you look at Vingegaard's profile, you'll notice they got it right for him.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I know it's for full name. My point is that he hasn't been 'Andersen' for years; he got married, his full name is Michael Valgren Hundahl.

And if you look at Vingegaard's profile, you'll notice they got it right for him.

Whoops!

 

[Unchained]

Rapha is out. From what I have read and know from cycling people, many who work at shops and distribution, Rapha sales are sluggish and the boutique price point is prohibitive to many consumers. Clothing is very expensive.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ISnn1Ixsl6M&pp=ygUFUmFwaGE%3D

 

[Potomac]

Cycling gear seems very expensive to me. But I'm not much of a road warrior. My idea of splurging on cycling gear is going to a custom T-shirt stall in a shopping mall and getting the Cinzano logo on a t-shirt

 

[Potomac]

PCS lists the 2026 under contract team as...

1 AGOSTINACCHIO Mattia18
2 ALBANESE Vincenzo28
3 ASGREEN Kasper30
4 BATTISTELLA Samuele26
5 BAUDIN Alex24
6 BELOKI Markel20
7 HEALY Ben25
8 HOBBS Noah21
9 HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich28
10 MACKELLAR Alastair23
11 MIHKELS Madis22
12 POWLESS Neilson29
13 QUINN Sean25
14 SIMMONS Colby22
15 STEINHAUSER Georg23
16 SWEENY Harry27
17 VALGREN Michael33
18 VAN DEN BERG Marijn26
19 WALKER Max24

The power of Google suggests these riders will be on their way in...

Matthias Schwarzbacher
Michael Leonard
Luke Lamperti

 

[RedheadDane]

Random question; Agostinacchio is going to be one of the youngest - if the the youngest - men's WT riders ever, isn't he?
His birthday is in December...

 

[SafeBet]

Random question; Agostinacchio is going to be one of the youngest - if the the youngest - men's WT riders ever, isn't he?
His birthday is in December...

His birthday is in September.
Seixas was younger when he turned pro. Aj August too. And there might be others I am forgetting.

 

[RedheadDane]

His birthday is in September.
Seixas was younger when he turned pro. Aj August too. And there might be others I am forgetting.

Wwwhooopps... sure it said December...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

His birthday is in September.
Seixas was younger when he turned pro. Aj August too. And there might be others I am forgetting.

Carys Lloyd's record could be equalled, I suppose, but not beaten unless there are rule changes (Birthday is New Year's Eve, raced as pro at 18yrs 25 days)

 

[Wyndbrook]

Her dob can only be equalled, but as Samu highlighed early this year Carys is not the youngest to race, my memory is failing me, but it was another rider in the female tdu that was the youngest

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Her dob can only be equalled, but as Samu highlighed early this year Carys is not the youngest to race, my memory is failing me, but it was another rider in the female tdu that was the youngest

Yes. Emily Dixon was only 18 years and 19 days old when she started the TDU this year, whereas as Lloyd was 18 and 25 days when she made her debut on Mallorca. At some point there will probably be a younger rider than Lloyd with a "real" pro contract who rides the TDU.