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Lesser known races 2024 edition

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I just noticed the profile in Alsace... WTF

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You know what thread that one's going in!

Regarding the Czech Tour, once again JSM is incredibly disappointing. Beaten by several conti riders, including a Pierre Baguette rider, in a field where he should be one of the front-runners. What's going on with him?
 
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You know what thread that one's going in!

Regarding the Czech Tour, once again JSM is incredibly disappointing. Beaten by several conti riders, including a Pierre Baguette rider, in a field where he should be one of the front-runners. What's going on with him?
Ya, it's so strange. Looking at what riders he was on par with last year like Jan Christen, WJ LeCerf or even Darren Rafferty then he has been nowhere near the same type of results. And he's older than those riders as well.

Hopefully he can have a good off-season and come back a different rider next year.
 
Ya, it's so strange. Looking at what riders he was on par with last year like Jan Christen, WJ LeCerf or even Darren Rafferty then he has been nowhere near the same type of results. And he's older than those riders as well.

Hopefully he can have a good off-season and come back a different rider next year.

Apart from Vingegaard and Jorgenson, Visma have lost the plot a bit. So many disappointing riders all over (of course also a lot of bad luck but I think that is shadowing a bit for a bad trend).
 
I swear Nordhagen is even more impressive than Widar, impossible to know without a duel ofc and they don't want to give us one
Nordhagen is a physiological monster, it is only a matter of time before he starts dropping watt bombs equivalent of Tsar Bomba. The VO2max numbers must be off the charts. Once they fix his ugly Superman position he'll likely be a monster on the tt bike as well.
 
I'm very excited to see how Jörgen Nordhagen develops. I have a fear right now that he will end up being a typical mountain goat who does well in climbs but suffers on the flat and in ITTs.

I'm just basing that on some of the racing he has done this year but that could of course have other explanations. For example he was a beast up the main climb in the 2nd stage of Ronde de l'Isard but despite having a minute lead over the top of the climb he was caught on the downhill and flat by Max van der Meulen.

Even his ITTs this season has been a bit disappointing. 28th in Giro Next Gen for example was well below what I expected but that might have been early signs of illness hampering him of course. Also 10th place in the norwegian championships only 1 second ahead of his brother Truls also seems under par. He always tended to do well in Junior ITTs but I'm wondering whether he struggles in ITTs in senior level since they are not gear limited like in the junior levels?

Or it's simply other aspects that explain these results. The future will tell.
 
I'm very excited to see how Jörgen Nordhagen develops. I have a fear right now that he will end up being a typical mountain goat who does well in climbs but suffers on the flat and in ITTs.

I'm just basing that on some of the racing he has done this year but that could of course have other explanations. For example he was a beast up the main climb in the 2nd stage of Ronde de l'Isard but despite having a minute lead over the top of the climb he was caught on the downhill and flat by Max van der Meulen.

Even his ITTs this season has been a bit disappointing. 28th in Giro Next Gen for example was well below what I expected but that might have been early signs of illness hampering him of course. Also 10th place in the norwegian championships only 1 second ahead of his brother Truls also seems under par. He always tended to do well in Junior ITTs but I'm wondering whether he struggles in ITTs in senior level since they are not gear limited like in the junior levels?

Or it's simply other aspects that explain these results. The future will tell.
I have similar fears regarding Nordhagen's time trial. Pidcock was also a beast in junior TTs.
 
I'm very excited to see how Jörgen Nordhagen develops. I have a fear right now that he will end up being a typical mountain goat who does well in climbs but suffers on the flat and in ITTs.

I'm just basing that on some of the racing he has done this year but that could of course have other explanations. For example he was a beast up the main climb in the 2nd stage of Ronde de l'Isard but despite having a minute lead over the top of the climb he was caught on the downhill and flat by Max van der Meulen.

Even his ITTs this season has been a bit disappointing. 28th in Giro Next Gen for example was well below what I expected but that might have been early signs of illness hampering him of course. Also 10th place in the norwegian championships only 1 second ahead of his brother Truls also seems under par. He always tended to do well in Junior ITTs but I'm wondering whether he struggles in ITTs in senior level since they are not gear limited like in the junior levels?

Or it's simply other aspects that explain these results. The future will tell.
He suffered from cramps on the flat towards the finish in Isard. Not in a million years would he lose time to Van der Meulen on a descend and/or flat in normal circumstances, who is everything you are afraid Nordhagen will be. I wouldn't look into that one at all.

However, I, too, thought he'd deliver better time trials at this point, but not because of his junior resume. Some juniors are sponsored by big WorldTour teams, others are riding on amateur material. The difference between the two is immense. Furthermore, while juniors are getting more and more professional in nutrition and material, most of them have done zero work on their positioning and there is a lack of specialism. Raw power is what wins you the races.
 
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