Men's U23 races and talents

[Samamba]

Rex impressive

 

[Samamba]

All favorites there. Nordhagen and Widar only ones riding on the front (not sure if what they are doing is smart). Finn, Philipsen, Omrzel and Pericas in the wheels.

 

[Samamba]

Nordhagen solo after Widar told him to go lmao. They were getting annoyed by the others not doing anything I guess, but I doubt this was smart from Widar.

 

[Squire]

Nordhagen not getting anywhere.

 

[Samamba]

Tuckwell keeps Nordhagen in check. Finns till looking really good.

 

[Samamba]

Philipsen is just stupid how talented he is. He should be way too heavy for this but yea

 

[Squire]

Philipsen is just stupid how talented he is. He should be way too heavy for this but yea

He's giving Indurain vibes.

 

[Samamba]

Ok Finn even better than I thought immediately. Jesus

Pericas too. 2006 generation looks insane.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Finn looks so untroubled, though my feed seems to have gone

 

[Samamba]

Finn looks so untroubled, though my feed seems to have gone

He almost always looks like that tbf, but yeah he looks insane.

Widar doing way too much here, he has the sprint. Just calm down.

 

[Samamba]

Brilliant reverse jinx by the great Samamba telling everyone Widar didn't make a step!!!

That was pretty insane in the end. Had a lot left.

Finn magnificent for his age, Nordhagen made a tactical mistake.

Tuckwell insanely strong btw. Could've maybe followed the front 2 if he didn't do all that work catching Nordhagen. Does he have a pro contract already?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Even with the Widar win, the 2006 cohort is once again showing signs of simply being better than the 2005 one.

 

[yaco]

Tuckwell is one that Jayco should go for as hard as possible, even if you have to overpay.

 

[Samamba]

Even with the Widar win, the 2006 cohort is once again showing signs of simply being better than the 2005 one.

I agree, but I don't believe Philipsen will become a climber at pro level. He'll add on more muscles when he's getting older and he's honestly already a bit too heavy.

Obviously for classics he's going to be insane, but everyone knows that already.

 

[Samamba]

Tuckwell is one that Jayco should go for as hard as possible, even if you have to overpay.

Well I think there will be multiple teams thinking the same thing now.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I agree, but I don't believe Philipsen will become a climber at pro level. He'll add on more muscles when he's getting older and he's honestly already a bit too heavy.

Obviously for classics he's going to be insane, but everyone knows that already.

I don't think so either, but that just makes it more telling that every single 2005-born rider but Widar, including a supposed top climbing talent in Nordhagen, finished behind him.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Finn magnificent for his age, Nordhagen made a tactical mistake.

Tuckwell insanely strong btw. Could've maybe followed the front 2 if he didn't do all that work catching Nordhagen. Does he have a pro contract already?

Regarding age (follow up to the discussion we had yesterday) Finn is only a year younger than Widar, while Tuckwell is a year and a half older than Widar. Just a simple observation, not making a point for or against whatever.

 

[theyoungest]

I don't think so either, but that just makes it more telling that every single 2005-born rider but Widar, including a supposed top climbing talent in Nordhagen, finished behind him.

That's a bit simplistic since Nordhagen could have finished ahead of him if he had played it a little smarter. Nonetheless a very strong result by Philipsen... the most impressive to me was Lorenzo Finn though. Kind of the opposite of Nordhagen, in terms of style.

 

[Brullnux]

@Samamba – what's the deal with Novak? Why does he keep getting bounced from PRT/WT trainee back to Colpack?

 

[Samamba]

@Samamba – what's the deal with Novak? Why does he keep getting bounced from PRT/WT trainee back to Colpack?

I am no Novak specialist, I found it a bit weird too that he didn't get a pro (or at least WT devo) contract last year. Won't have any problems getting one this year tho imo.

That's a bit simplistic since Nordhagen could have finished ahead of him if he had played it a little smarter. Nonetheless a very strong result by Philipsen... the most impressive to me was Lorenzo Finn though. Kind of the opposite of Nordhagen, in terms of style.

I agree with this. Nordhagen wasn't as "bad" as his result shows. He has been underwhelming sure, but he obviously would've done way better if he was in the wheels more today. His w/kg was definitely significantly higher than that of Philipsen.

Also don't think this Giro has the perfect parcours for him. Not hard enough.

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Apparently Finn fell yesterday and hurt his hip a bit. It's amazing that he was able to perform like that, and let's hope he doesn't have any after-effects.

 

[SafeBet]

Apparently Finn fell yesterday and hurt his hip a bit. It's amazing that he was able to perform like that, and let's hope he doesn't have any after-effects.

Yep he crashed uphill during the first climb. He talked about it in the post race interview.

 

[Squire]

Gotta say it's a bit boring seeing all the regular WT jerseys in a race like this, with everyone having a devo team. Visually looks like any other race nowadays.

 

[Brullnux]

Visually looks like any other race nowadays.

Hey, it isn't every day we see Lotto on the front!

 

[Samamba]

Lotto can't control it for Widar, as expected. Tuckwell and Omrzel in front group. Widar isolated (has a teammate in front group) in 2nd group with Finn and Nordhagen.