Junior racing - The stars of the future

[Samamba]

@Samamba did he sign a contract all the way until 2027 with LDS?

Yes, but a contract is just a contract.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Yes, but a contract is just a contract.

Maybe they'll just take away his bike ;-)

 

[Samamba]

Maybe they'll just take away his bike ;-)

Nobody did that ever. Don't believe everything you read in the press

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Nobody did that ever. Don't believe everything you read in the press

I was just yanking your chain.

It is however the second U23 talent they managed to piss off in 2 years time. Whatever the underlying reasons.

 

[Samamba]

I was just yanking your chain.

It is however the second U23 talent they managed to piss off in 2 years time. Whatever the underlying reasons.

Lecerf was already gone when they pissed him off, doing something every other team does/would've done btw (I think it's way worse that actual pros had to wait for solid wheels than some young kid who was leaving anyways)..

Jarno is just having one of his hissy fits, isn't the first time and won't be the last time either. It took a long time this year honestly, cause he was winning everything. That's just who he is. He vents, often publicly. And it's not like this doesn't happen at other teams, you just don't hear about it or you do but everyone forgets about it.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

The big and glamorous Albert Withen Philipsen show is about to commence.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

He's at the second time passage of the first lap and he's already opened up an enormous gap.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He's at the second time passage of the first lap and he's already opened up an enormous gap.

He seems to have an easier time in MTB compared to CX. Is he more of a diesel who needs a hard race?

 

[Axel Hangleck]

He seems to have an easier time in MTB compared to CX. Is he more of a diesel who needs a hard race?

Probably a combination of longer climbs - and possibly, (and this won't be a popular view) less talent in Junior XCO, than in Junior CX, where a lot are future World Tour riders, which isn't the case in Junior XCO.

 

[Samamba]

Yes, but a contract is just a contract.

And there goes the contract. He's leaving lmao.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

And there goes the contract. He's leaving lmao.

Where to?

 

[Samamba]

Where to?

Bora in the lead apparently. Lidl, Alpecin and UAE other options.

I don't even mind it tbh, his character really doesn't match with Lotto at all. It was just a matter of time. Better now than complain every day 3 years long. Find it weird that he didn't just sign with another team a year back then tho.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

He seems to have an easier time in MTB compared to CX. Is he more of a diesel who needs a hard race?

Got to be honest, I do not know. His raw power is so far ahead of everyone else, he is fairly explosive. Those should be ingredients to pummel everyone in CX as well. But apart from Hoogerheide, where a mechanical swung him from #1 to somewhere outside the top 10, he hasn't lived up to the expectations.

 

[Tim Cahill]

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240830_94965637

Every serious team should be banging his door down, driving up to his house with a truck full of money, just not UAE please.

 

[RedheadDane]

https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20240830_94965637

Every serious team should be banging his door down, driving up to his house with a truck full of money, just not UAE please.

He just keeps sneaking into the Junior thread.
He turns 19 in November; he's not a junior.

 

[Slavique Nuke]

He seems to have an easier time in MTB compared to CX. Is he more of a diesel who needs a hard race?

AWP is just poor man's Viki Chladonová

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Based upon absolutely nothing I reckon Visma will have a spot for Ruud Junior Nagengast and/or Jurgen Zomermaand. They will have to protect the Dutch image in some way.

Can quite confidently this is at least partly wrong, for Zomermaand is looking more likely to go to DSM instead. He is currently in a handsome lead in the Volta a Portugal, wiping the floor with Maranchon and Cubillas. Not too shabby.

Not some sort of mythical talent they would be losing out on, but one would expect Visma LAB would like to get their hands on any Dutch climber they can find.

 

[RedheadDane]

Anyone knows what happened to Gery at the Watersley Ladies Challenge?
DNFed while wearing the leader's jersey.

 

[E_F_]

Albert Withen Philipsen doesn't race a lot of CX so he starts way down the field. I'd argue he's done pretty well. It seems possible, that he'd dominate if he raced the whole season.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Anyone knows what happened to Gery at the Watersley Ladies Challenge?
DNFed while wearing the leader's jersey.

She was apparently part of a bigger crash.

 

[Coffeeplanter]

In the light of flying Spaniards, I am very intrigued by Benjamin Noval, the son of, well, Benjamin Noval, who will be a first year junior next season. He has been ridiculously dominant on just about every terrain, including wins in Aragon and Besaya, which is almost a stamp of approval for a good career. He hails from MMR, the school of Samuel Sanchez.

He beat Kristian Haugetun by more than a minute in a half in the former. Haugetun is a Norwegian, and is the winner of the Peace Race this year. Aside from flying on the bike, he is allegedly a monster in the triathlon as well.

Definitely two major players to follow next year.

In regards of what is to come to the junior peloton next year, Enzo Hincapie lost the lead, and thereby the race, in Vermont yesterday on bonus seconds. He was in the lead after a strong prologue and subsequent stage victory the day after, but fell out of the top 3 in the ultimate stage to Burlington and therefore got surpassed by his teammate Peyton Burckel.

With that, this is the first time since Magnus Sheffield in 2019 that the overall winner of the Green Mountain race is not of the cadet category (Magnus Sheffield, Matisse Julien, AJ August and Ashlin Barry (twice!).

 

[SafeBet]

Jakob Omrzel was hit by a motorbike during the first stage of Lunigiana.
Apparently he had a large cut on his neck and had to be resuscitated.

Incidente con una moto al Giro della Lunigiana: necessario il massaggio cardiaco per Omrzel (in aggiornamento) - Bicisport

Nel corso della prima tappa del Giro della Lunigiana un grave incidente ha coinvolto lo sloveno Jakob Omrzel,

www.quibicisport.it

 

[staubsauger]

Can quite confidently this is at least partly wrong, for Zomermaand is looking more likely to go to DSM instead. He is currently in a handsome lead in the Volta a Portugal, wiping the floor with Maranchon and Cubillas. Not too shabby.

Not some sort of mythical talent they would be losing out on, but one would expect Visma LAB would like to get their hands on any Dutch climber they can find.

Visma has Graat instead. Although he's 21 while Zomermaand is 18 only.

Looking at Gijs Leemreize maybe signing for DSM isn't such a bad idea for Zomermaand. They've got a reputation as a farm team that develops young riders. Despite all that problems with Brenner, Gall & Co.

Leemreize stalled at Visma after a promising 2022 Giro d'Italia. Let's see whether DSM can revive his career.

 

[LosBrolin]

Jakob Omrzel and Jacopo Sasso hit the marshaller in a scary crash. Thankfully, Omrzel is now reported to be in stable condition : https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibextid=UalRPS&v=502519199154330&rdid=JUMpCxLiYF3Wgpnk

 

[how yes no?]

"Now in stable condition" is a great upturn from how serious it was considering the slovenian media report.

"It was worst collected by an 18-year-old Slovenian who, according to Italian media, suffered a cardiac arrest with a large cut on his neck. He was immediately taken to a hospital in La Spezia. Coach Nace Korošec told Sportal that his condition is stable. He is conscious and communicates with his surroundings. His life is no longer in danger." (machine translation)

https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/kolesarstvo/huda-nesreca-slovenskega-kolesarskega-upa-omrzela/720063