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.

 

[RedheadDane]

Meanwhile, at the "Keizer der Juniores":


Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale U19 Team (CLUB)

• 13BOUTELOUP Alexis
• 14DUTTON Gus
• 15GARNVIK Ole Jakob
• 16ORHOLM-LØNSETH Sindre
• 17WISHART Evander
• 18STENSTROP MADSEN Andreas

DS STENSTROP MADSEN Andreas, VANDERAERDEN Danny

"Yeah, Andreas, you might only be 17, but surely you can manage to be both rider and DS at the same time."

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Karl Herzog has won the European Junior Championships road race. (Mouris won the TT)

 

[Samamba]

L'UCI reconnaît les équipes réserve Juniors et les exclut de la Coupe des Nations

L'UCI reconnaît les équipes réserve Juniors et les exclut de la Coupe des Nations : Les réserves Juniors des équipes pro existent depuis plusieurs années et leur nombre a grossi depuis deux-trois ans. Par exemple,...

www.directvelo.com

 

[Netserk]

L'UCI reconnaît les équipes réserve Juniors et les exclut de la Coupe des Nations

L'UCI reconnaît les équipes réserve Juniors et les exclut de la Coupe des Nations : Les réserves Juniors des équipes pro existent depuis plusieurs années et leur nombre a grossi depuis deux-trois ans. Par exemple,...

www.directvelo.com

The rules about official U-23 devo teams have been a huge success, probably the best thing done under selfie. This may turn out well too.

By PCS, some of those clubs have way more than 15 riders listed, so I guess they won't become official devo junior teams.

I don't really follow junior racing, but is this mostly reacting to RedBull dominance?

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, I know this is not technically about Juniors, but we don't have a U17 thread...
Are Cimeo Rolland and Emile Vaugrenard related to Pierre and Benoit respectively?

And I just realised something cool about getting a (rare) change to watch a U17 race (well, technically 2 U17 races...) at this point in the season:
The kids who do well are probably the ones who are gonna step-up and be Juniors for next year. It's like a teaser for which riders to keep an eye on.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Okay, I know this is not technically about Juniors, but we don't have a U17 thread...
Are Cimeo Rolland and Emile Vaugrenard related to Pierre and Benoit respectively?

I think Emile Vaugrenard could be the brother of Jules, thus making him Benoit's nephew. My not so extensive research indicates that there isn't a connection between Ciméo Rolland and Pierre. He has apparently been training with Brieuc/met him during training at least once, but my best guess is that they aren't related either.

 

[RedheadDane]

My not so extensive research indicates that there isn't a connection between Ciméo Rolland and Pierre. He has apparently been training with Brieuc/met him during training at least once, but my best guess is that they aren't related either.

TBF, seems there's a whole pile of Rollands...

 

[RedheadDane]

Women's Junior:

01	Arens Megan		Grouwels - Watersley R&D Cycling Team U19	24:09​
02	Bihan Zoé		Breizh Ladies	+ 23​
03	Poirier Thaïs		Marmande Women Dévelopment	+ 25​

(No surprise there...)

Men's Junior:

01	van der Merwe Nicholas		Academy Région Sud pb Giant	33:12​
02	Patras Jakub		Roman Kreuziger Cycling Academy	+ 14​
03	Royer Luc		V.C.Pays de Loudéac U19	+ 16​

The Women's U17 race was won by Thaïs Barrier Paiva, and the Men's U17 race was won by Yanis Berthoud.