Teams & Riders General topic for riders who don't deserve their own thread (yet)

[Mayomaniac]

So 19 year old Pellizzari looked good today. With him, Martinelli and Pinarello Bardiani have some solid u23 guys on their team and Henok Mulubrhan also looks like an interesting guy for one day races/stagehunting. This year the team is actually looking a lot better when it comes to developing riders.

 

[tobydawq]

Does anybody know what happened to Honoré yesterday? I think it's quite worrying that the team hasn't issued a statement and does not respond to media who ask about him and that Pogacar wrote that he was lucky to escape with a broken wrist when the guy who fell before him (Honoré) came off far worse

 

[Berflamand]

Does anybody know what happened to Honoré yesterday? I think it's quite worrying that the team hasn't issued a statement and does not respond to media who ask about him and that Pogacar wrote that he was lucky to escape with a broken wrist when the guy who fell before him (Honoré) came off far worse

He just posted on Instagram. Luckily 'only' some road rash and a concussion.

 

[tobydawq]

He just posted on Instagram. Luckily 'only' some road rash and a concussion.

Thanks.

 

[SafeBet]

So 19 year old Pellizzari looked good today. With him, Martinelli and Pinarello Bardiani have some solid u23 guys on their team and Henok Mulubrhan also looks like an interesting guy for one day races/stagehunting. This year the team is actually looking a lot better when it comes to developing riders.

Bardiani is on the right track, the team management has invested in equipment and staff compared to previous years. I can see them winning a Giro stage.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Bardiani is on the right track, the team management has invested in equipment and staff compared to previous years. I can see them winning a Giro stage.

Great thing is, they have been in the pro peloton since 1982, so for more than 40 years. That‘s incredible.

Scroll and see the team‘s names here:

Green Project - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè 2023

Green Project - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè was the name of the cyclingteam in 2023. The main riders on the team this season were , and .

www.procyclingstats.com

Good memories, when I think of the Giro Contador won: Sella was amazing back then!…

 

[DNP-Old]

So 19 year old Pellizzari looked good today. With him, Martinelli and Pinarello Bardiani have some solid u23 guys on their team and Henok Mulubrhan also looks like an interesting guy for one day races/stagehunting. This year the team is actually looking a lot better when it comes to developing riders.

I really like Scalco and Conforti too.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Let‘s talk about DSM‘s Poole… The man seems to be the real deal… Go, young Pooleman! ;-)

 

[tobydawq]

Nizzolo not selected for the Giro by Israel. Sure, he has been bad the whole year but so has the rest of the team. I see that PCS have him down for the Tour so maybe it was a plan from the start? Then again, they didn't know they would have Pozzovivo from the start of the year, so it seems a bit random.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

At age 24, Viktor Verschaeve has given up on professional racing and quits after injuries that never got resolved with multiple surgeries.

 

[Potomac]

I was very surprised by RICCITELLO finishing 11th in the Giro's mountain time trial today.
I've been keeping one eye on him, but was expecting that.

 

[RedheadDane]

Now here's something else. A goat-story that does not involve Thibaut Pinot!

British cyclist treated a sick goat before medalling at national championships

Veterinary student Phoebe Barker was asked to lend a hand on the farm where she was staying before her race

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Now here's something else. A goat-story that does not involve Thibaut Pinot!

British cyclist treated a sick goat before medalling at national championships

Veterinary student Phoebe Barker was asked to lend a hand on the farm where she was staying before her race

www.cyclingweekly.com

I first read as she had been treated as a sick goat.

 

[RedheadDane]

And some significantly darker news:

Belgian pro cyclist Julian Mertens in medically induced coma after crash during training

Bingoal WB rider undergoes spinal surgery after incident, also broke arm, ribs and his jaw in the crash on Wednesday

www.cyclingweekly.com

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Question: Why is Leonardo Basso a professional cyclist? I haven‘t researched him but from his PCS page it seems he randomly got a contract with Sky, had a good neo-pro campaign and then just stopped being relevant five years ago.

 

[Ricco']

Question: Why is Leonardo Basso a professional cyclist? I haven‘t researched him but from his PCS page it seems he randomly got a contract with Sky, had a good neo-pro campaign and then just stopped being relevant five years ago.

Given his career path and some ancient posts I found on this forum, I guess it's because he's a good mate of Gianni Moscon.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Given his career path and some ancient posts I found on this forum, I guess it's because he's a good mate of Gianni Moscon.

This, he's Moscon's riding buddy. The guy can do some decent work as part of a sprint train, but it's hard to disagree with the fact that he hasn't done a lot since 2018.
With him and Davide Martinelli (who has worked as a leadout man for Gaviria, Boonen and Kittel at Quickstep) Astana could actually work on a capable sprint train, but Martinelli also fell off a cliff, results and form wise, when he left Quickstep.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Trek seems to be on the Nys hypetrain themselves. They didn't expect him to be this good this soon, but they don't seem to rule out him beating Van der Poel in Baloise Belgium Tour. They intent to sit together at the end of the season to see if/which GT he will ride next year.

Thibau Nys door de ogen van zijn ploeg: na de onverhoopte blitzstart, straks de ultieme test?

Eén keer kan toeval zijn, twee keer niet. Thibau Nys (20) boekte vorige week op indrukwekkende wijze zijn eerste profzeges. En dat is - ondanks zijn voorgeschiedenis en achternaam - toch een opvallende vaststelling. Volgt over enkele dagen de ultieme bevestiging? Een blik door de ogen van zijn...

sporza.be

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Felix Gall is the man we should speak about…

Rode away with 20k to go, and beat an elite group by more than one minute today.

He has become extremely strong. A man for a Top-10 in TdF GC? This year there‘s not much ITT in the Tour…

 

[SafeBet]

Massive jump in performance after leaving DSM.

 

[theyoungest]

Felix Gall is the man we should speak about…

Rode away with 20k to go, and beat an elite group by more than one minute today.

He has become extremely strong. A man for a Top-10 in TdF GC? This year there‘s not much ITT in the Tour…

I wonder how we should gauge this performance. Is the level at the Tour de Suisse just not that high, or is Gall ready to vie for AG2R team leadership with O'Connor? So far I'm inclined to think the former.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wonder how we should gauge this performance. Is the level at the Tour de Suisse just not that high, or is Gall ready to vie for AG2R team leadership with O'Connor? So far I'm inclined to think the former.

Gall was allowed to ride away because neither Skjelmose or Evenepoel saw him as an immediate threat. The level is definitely lower than in Dauphiné, so O'Connor shouldn't be worried if he keeps his current level. That said, Gall is obviously in very good form himself and might be able to win a stage in the Tour if he gets the chance.

 

[Mayomaniac]

I wonder how we should gauge this performance. Is the level at the Tour de Suisse just not that high, or is Gall ready to vie for AG2R team leadership with O'Connor? So far I'm inclined to think the former.

So far the level isn't that high at the TdS. As far as I know his actual weight is 66kg, but looks like he rode the climbs at threshold when he attacked yesterday and didn't go that deep.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Gall was allowed to ride away because neither Skjelmose or Evenepoel saw him as an immediate threat. The level is definitely lower than in Dauphiné, so O'Connor shouldn't be worried if he keeps his current level. That said, Gall is obviously in very good form himself and might be able to win a stage in the Tour if he gets the chance.

The way Remco dropped at every acceleration I really don't think he'd have been able to ride him down without loosing time/getting dropped in the end. Other than that I agree with you, I don't think he was much better than the other top climbers in the race.

 

[laarsland]

I’ve been amassing him in all fantasy game waiting for a proper breakthrough this season.

Good to see him delivering after breaking into his Gelix Fall-character whilst looking sharp in ToTA.