Junior racing - The stars of the future

[Onizuka999]

Second stage of Lunigiana won by the norwegian Haugetun 2nd Morlino 3rd Van Kerckhove (new gc leader) 4th Rosato with the same time. Friedl lost 3" and also Stiblik Hettegger and Jackowiak. Segatta +21 Pascarella +24 Capello +26 and Del Cucina +29. The italian of Grenke crashed yesterday

 

[Onizuka999]

Tomorrow a totally flat 3a stage with finish in Marina di Massa and an uphill 3b stage in Fivizzano (7km 4%)

 

[SafeBet]

Best Season of a Junior Team ever?!

They are so much better than any other team that assessing potential is a little tricky for me this year.

Herzog looks like a great talent but so did his brother as a junior and now he's struggling to adapt.

 

[Onizuka999]

Sprint in Massa won by the trentin Magagnotti 2nd the corregional Fedrizzi and 3rd the friulan Pighin. Obviously Van Kerckhove remains the gc leader.

 

[Onizuka999]

Fivizzano stage won by the French Blanc 2nd Pavi Degli Innocenti and 3rd the gc leader Van Kerckhove that takes 4" time bonus. Tomorrow the last stage with finish in Terre di Luni and the hardest climb of the race Fosdinovo (last climb of the stage).

 

[Onizuka999]

Van Kerckhove
Friedl +08"
Haugetun +19"
Rosato + 29"
Jackowiak + 31"
Stiblik and Hettegger + 32"

Many 2008 at the top

The last time that a first year jun won the Lunigiana happened in 2006 when Ratto beat Ulissi...

 

[Onizuka999]

Johan blanc wins the last stage 2nd Claisse + 9" 3rd Le Pann + 18" Peloton + 20"
Haugetun not present in the peloton therefore Rosato reaches the podium.
Van Kerckhove wins the race 2nd Friedl and 3rd Rosato.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Kerckhove
Friedl +08"
Haugetun +19"
Rosato + 29"
Jackowiak + 31"
Stiblik and Hettegger + 32"

Many 2008 at the top

The last time that a first year jun won the Lunigiana happened in 2006 when Ratto beat Ulissi...

I thought Friedl was only 3s behind in GC?

 

[Onizuka999]

Yes I made a mistake there were 3 sec and thanks to time bonus they became 5 sec.

 

[Onizuka999]

Van Kerckhove wins also the white Jersey and the points classification. Haugetun wins the KOM and France wins teams classification.
Final GC

Van Kerckhove
Friedl + 5"
Rosato + 26"
Stiblik Jackowiak and Hettegger + 29"
Frigo + 43"
Lecoq + 1'
Haugetun + 1'07"
Del Cucina + 1'28"
Capello + 1'29"

 

[Squire]

They are so much better than any other team that assessing potential is a little tricky for me this year.

Herzog looks like a great talent but so did his brother as a junior and now he's struggling to adapt.

Agree. It's hard to know the level of the graduating generation, with the all-conquering Grenke team winning everything. Additionally, Møller, Schoonvelde and Mouris are January/February kids, so the superior team plus possible development advantage makes things murky. At least Herzog is still really, really young.

Could be that the 2007 generation isn't that much to write home about, at least not among the current elite juniors. We'll see in a few years I guess. Ashlin Barry has been a bit quiet on the road this year, but seems like he's been busy with a lot of track stuff.

Now 2008 on the other hand has some really promising guys, like Haugetun, Van Kerckhove, Herzog and the non-meme version of Benjamin Noval.

 

[Onizuka999]

I think also Stiblik and Hettegger are quite promising.