Matthew Riccitello is the next Adam Yates thread

[SafeBet]

He crashed.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He crashed.

But so did Yates, so the thread title checks out.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Guess Riccitello got majorly exposed today. Losing 7+ minutes on a peloton that wasn't even riding that hard.

He really might be the Kenny Elissonde regen.

Can't tell if youre trolling or not. The guy crashed man, give him a break lol.

 

[ingsve]

Can't tell if youre trolling or not. The guy crashed man, give him a break lol.

I was working so I couldn't watch the stage. Just saw the results.

 

[Potomac]

Will he go stage hunting now that he has no GC hopes?

 

[will-10]

Will he go stage hunting now that he has no GC hopes?

Depends how hurt he is from yesterday really. The Vuelta is the sort of race where you can still do both from <10 minutes back, there'll be a lot of breaks going to the line.

 

[Unchained]

He didn't make the selection but finished a very respectable 1:27 back, depending on soreness and rash ,not bad

 

[hayneplane]

Could still get some fine results from the race if he can recover as with the team around him there is nobody for him to have to fold in behind to work for.

 

[Potomac]

He has worked his way up to 9th place GC in the tour de Suisse after 5 stages.
He seems to do well in uphill TTs. I will be curious to see how he finishes this race.

 

[Squire]

He has worked his way up to 9th place GC in the tour de Suisse after 5 stages.
He seems to do well in uphill TTs. I will be curious to see how he finishes this race.

Presumably he will be stronger in the TT compared to the road stages. Fourth strongest behind Almeida, Onley and Gall maybe. But he's been quite disappointing this season in my opinion. So far it's a step back from his Suisse level of last year. But maybe he's going all in for the Vuelta.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He has worked his way up to 9th place GC in the tour de Suisse after 5 stages.
He seems to do well in uphill TTs. I will be curious to see how he finishes this race.

I assume 7th or 8th in GC.

 

[Potomac]

Riccitello wins today on stage 2 of the Sibiu.

So now he has as many professional wins as Riley Sheehan.

And one win more than arch rival Cian Uijtdebroeks

 

[Potomac]

And now he takes the Sibui GC.

 

[LongtimeLurker]

Good riding by Matthew. Needs to work on the TT to help with more higher level GC aspirations.

 

[Juan Pelota]

Looking forward to seeing what he's got in the Vuelta. Got to see the start list, but he's got an outside shot at the top ten.