Junior racing - The stars of the future

[SafeBet]

Jarno Widar keeps up his impressive season by winning the first stage of Giro della Lunigiana, his 10th win this year.

And another one in stage 1b...

 

[janraaskalt]

And another one in stage 1b...

What happened in stage 3? Huge time gap, no Belgians in the front group, meaning that they tried to reel them in for Widar but failed?

 

[RedheadDane]

Hold on... was it stage 1a and stage 1b yesterday, and then just... straight to stage 3 today, skipping stage 2, for some reason?
Or was it stage 1 and stage 2 yesterday, and then stage 3 today?

 

[janraaskalt]

Hold on... was it stage 1a and stage 1b yesterday, and then just... straight to stage 3 today, skipping stage 2, for some reason?
Or was it stage 1 and stage 2 yesterday, and then stage 3 today?

Sorry, I meant the september 1st stage, officially stage 2, but stage 3 at First Cycling

 

[SafeBet]

What happened in stage 3? Huge time gap, no Belgians in the front group, meaning that they tried to reel them in for Widar but failed?

You can find highlights here:

View: https://youtu.be/syAGuZesr1c?feature=shared


The break went early but then Nordhagen and Widar attacked from the peloton. They were 24" behind the break at the top of the final climb, Nordhagen dropped Widar in the descent and bridged, while Widar on his own was caught by the peloton.

 

[DNP-Old]

Found in Ruebliland.

 

[RedheadDane]

Found in Ruebliland.

You had to actually go to Ruebliland to get the start list? Good job.
Or are you saying that Withen will be found in Ruebliland?

 

[DNP-Old]

Leo Bisiaux = good. Lunigiana and Ruebliland in the span of a week, not done very often. If he's quick he can still make it to the start of Buffoni.

 

[RedheadDane]

Theodor also did pretty well on the last stage.

 

[DNP-Old]

Interesting, Albert Withen Philipsen won't just come to Drenthe for the European Championships on Saturday. He'll participate in the ITT on Wednesday as well. Bisiaux also starting after not coming to Glasgow.

 

[DNP-Old]

Just like last year Widar just dominating on La Redoute. Looking forward to his escapades next year.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Just like last year Widar just dominating on La Redoute. Looking forward to his escapades next year.

His results within these two years of junior racing are really incredible. This guy generally seems to be incredible…

 

[DNP-Old]

Interesting, it would appear the ultramythical Ashlin Barry has changed nationalities and will now ride under the US flag, rather than the Canadian. The best thing to come out of NA since, I don't know, Lance himself?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The fickleness of fate: I accidentally opened page one of this thread, and among those being discussed with great optimism in 2012 were:
Niklas Eg
Burton (Germain?)
Curran (Geoffrey?)
Mathias Krigbaum
Jack Edwards
Oskar Svendsen
Riccardo Minali

I hope they are healthy and happy in whatever they are doing now: they are still only about 28.

 

[RedheadDane]

I hope they are healthy and happy in whatever they are doing now: they are still only about 28.

Well, Eg retired at the end of last year because of heart problems, so I'd guess he's not 100% healthy.

Just for fun, I went and looked up the top-10 of the 2012 World Championships, and... well...

1	MOHORIČ Matej
2	EWAN Caleb
3	RUMAC Josip
4	ZURLO Federico
5	DIBBEN Jonathan
6	DELTOMBE Kevin
7	BOUDAT Thomas
8	BOHLI Tom
9	VAN DER POEL Mathieu
10	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren

Pretty much reflects what seems to be the general thing when you look up old Junior results; a mix of established stars (in the present) and "Who's that?"

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Well, Eg retired at the end of last year because of heart problems, so I'd guess he's not 100% healthy.

I obviously don't know in his particular case, but it is quite plausible that a heart that struggles with the demands of high level endurance sport is healthy enough for normal life.

 

[ciranda]

he was dropped by the team Uno-X before anything was resolved with the heart condition, don't remember any big team ever acting so coldly

Eg had lots of promise, in 2017 he was the only rider in Avenir able to attack Bernal, the year after he was real strong in some stage races and then went downhill ever since, maybe Trek burned him by sending him to the Giro as a neo

 

[ingsve]

he was dropped by the team Uno-X before anything was resolved with the heart condition, don't remember any big team ever acting so coldly

Cofidis in 1997 perhaps? I remember them also having a rider with some health issues.

 

[DNP-Old]

Junior season starts today in Phoenix. Heavy favorite? Of course, it's Ashlin Barry. Though he's participated here before, and got the better of AJ August, it will be his official debut as a junior.

As far as I can tell David Thompson will not participate, which is a bummer as that would probably be the toughest competition locally. Still, Hot Tubes will bring a good squad.

 

[joseph89]

Erazem Valjavec, Joeri Schaper, Peter Bheki and Jasper Schoofs. 👀

 

[DNP-Old]

Might as well rename this to the Ashlin Barry corner. He won yesterday, but bigger news might be that he did not win the opening time trial in Phoenix. No idea what happened there, but times were so fast even Aidan Sebel, who finished 13th by the way, tied the previous course record set by one Andrew August. Must have been some crazy winds.

More importantly, I managed to pick up some of his schedule. Not so surprising, the main events will be in Roubaix and the World Championships (both on the track and the road). More so, he will join US Cycling in some of the Nations Cup. No races disclosed, but it doesn't take a genius to think it'll be the Peace Race amongst others. Good news, as it's not always a given USA bothers to show up. The Albert Withen Philipsen showdown is calling..

Also, he was apparently born in Spain. Never knew that. The more you know..

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Albert Philipsen won the junior XCO in Chelva, Spain......not in the colours of Lidl-Trek, but Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli

 

[DNP-Old]

KBK for juniors is today also. Not the biggest startlist, but quite a few interesting riders nonetheless. Including a first year Norwegian I've got my eyes on for a while now: Hakon Eiksund Oksnes.

Would think Acrog are the ones to beat though, stacked team.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne Juniors 2024 One day race results

Aldo Taillieu is the winner of Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne Juniors 2024, before Seth Dunwoody and Erazem Valjavec.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[DNP-Old]

There is a South-African fellow that has caught my attention. His name is Gustav Roller and he has been stacking very good results and wins in Belgium for a while now. This year he has made the jump to the juniors with Acrog and that hasn't stopped him. 4th, 1st and 2nd for the year now. Went toe to toe with Cedric Keppens in Sint-Maria-Lierde yesterday, that bodes well. Be interesting to see what he's capable of once the level goes up again in the international races.