Men's U23 races and talents

[Dazed and Confused]

1	SEIXAS Paul		24.16,46	24.16,46	25.7
2	NORDHAGEN Jørgen		0.27,59	24.44,05	25.2
3	WIDAR Jarno		0.32,78	24.49,24	25.1
4	FINN Lorenzo		0.40,60	24.57,06	25
5	TORRES Pablo		0.58,06	25.14,52	24.7
6	RAMÍREZ Mateo		1.13,16	25.29,62	24.5
7	ØXENBERG Peter		1.40,59	25.57,05	24
8	BOCK Max		1.55,10	26.11,56	23.8
9	FOUGNER Eivind Broholt		2.05,97	26.22,43	23.6
10	VAN ZANDEN Otto		2.07,06	26.23,52	23.6

 

[Didinho]

Seixas easily. Almost 30”. Expected win. Impressive.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Not great from Finn, lost a lot of time on the flatter section.

Maybe bad pacing

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Final stage:

1	SEIXAS Paul		24.16,46	24.16,46	25.7
2	NORDHAGEN Jørgen		0.27,59	24.44,05	25.2
3	WIDAR Jarno		0.32,78	24.49,24	25.1
4	FINN Lorenzo		0.40,60	24.57,06	25
5	TORRES Pablo		0.58,06	25.14,52	24.7
6	RAMÍREZ Mateo		1.13,16	25.29,62	24.5
7	ØXENBERG Peter		1.40,59	25.57,05	24
8	DECOMBLE Maxime		1.48,54	26.05	23.9
9	BOCK Max		1.55,10	26.11,56	23.8
10	FOUGNER Eivind Broholt		2.05,97	26.22,43	23.6

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm sorry, but "P.Ø. Hansen" just looks wrong...

 

[Brullnux]

Maybe bad pacing

Maybe also a result of two pretty rough days back to back. Even the baby Giro did not have that, so he's probably not that used to it.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Seixas 1, Widar 2... i should have placed some bets

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC:

1	2	▲1	Seixas Paul	France	140	25		18:51:01
2	4	▲2	Widar Jarno	Belgium	110	18		0:40
3	5	▲2	Nordhagen Jørgen	Norway	80	14		0:44
4	3	▼1	Finn Lorenzo	Italy	60	11		0:47
5	1	▼4	Decomble Maxime	France	50	8		1:20
6	6	-	Ramírez Mateo	Ecuador	40	6		1:36
7	7	-	Torres Pablo	Spain	30	4		2:18
8	8	-	Bock Max	Germany	20	3		3:29
9	10	▲1	Øxenberg Peter	Denmark	10	2		4:47
10	13	▲3	Tuckwell Luke	Australia	6	1		5:21

Paul doing the business. Congrats.

 

[Brullnux]

Seixas 1, Widar 2... i should have placed some bets

The best two across the week. I think the final result flatters Nordhagen a bit, Finn looked to be climbing better than him for most the race.

 

[Samamba]

Seixas 1, Widar 2... i should have placed some bets

I don't think you would've won a lot with that bet

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I don't think you would've won a lot with that bet

Depends on how much i would have put down.

 

[AlfaLum]

Seixas is not a potential world class rider though….

 

[RedheadDane]

Seixas is not a potential world class rider though….

No, he is a world class rider!

 

[Netserk]

JUst unwatchable without intermediates. Like i just don't understand. Why even do these kind of time trials when you can't broadcast it properly.

Yeah, I skipped forward through most of it. A shame the original final stage was changed to two half-stages.

 

[Red Rick]

So none of the entire top 4 is UAE bound?

Game is absolutely gone if that's the case.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

So none of the entire top 4 is UAE bound?

… yet

 

[KoopaCycling]

Been hearing about some of this wonderkids for awhile.
Will be interesting to see if they evolve like Del Toro. Or if they are overhyped.

At least a lot of countries are represented. Belgium, Italy, Spain, Norway, ...
No young dutch climbing talents? Maybe they're all too tall.

 

[Red Rick]

Will be interesting to see if they evolve like Del Toro. Or if they are overhyped.

Those 2 options are one and the same.....

 

[KoopaCycling]

Rly, i think even if Del Toro won't get stronger from here on out, he'll have a great career. seems like a fun cyclist to watch.

 

[KZD]

9 different nationalities in the top10 of the Tour de l'Avenir bodes really well for the future. Many of them under 20, so they should have plenty of room to grow further.

Seixas confirmed that so far, he is the strongest of these youngsters, he was supposed to ride the Tour de l'Ain before the Tour de l'Avenir but skipped it due to illness and still won the overall with a decent gap.

I was also really impressed with Widar, his punch really is superb, the only thing I worry about with him is his flat TT which wasn't really tested in this Tour de l'Avenir.

Finn is also a really a big talent, looked very good in the mountains and he is the youngest of this lot.

Didn't know Ramirez before this race but he seems a very good climbing prospect too. Probably not the most versatile guy though.

Despite the podium finish I am still not completely sold on Nordagen. He is already 20 and being on his second season with Visma, I expected a bit more given his insane VO2 max.

Omrzel missing the top10 was also a surprise after his U23 Giro win.

 

[esp123]

Nordhagen did struggle with mononucleosis earlier in the season, might have set back his development somewhat. His best performances have been quite good this year, but has really struggled with consistency.

 

[Gwbert]

9 different nationalities in the top10 of the Tour de l'Avenir bodes really well for the future. Many of them under 20, so they should have plenty of room to grow further.

Seixas confirmed that so far, he is the strongest of these youngsters, he was supposed to ride the Tour de l'Ain before the Tour de l'Avenir but skipped it due to illness and still won the overall with a decent gap.

I was also really impressed with Widar, his punch really is superb, the only thing I worry about with him is his flat TT which wasn't really tested in this Tour de l'Avenir.

Finn is also a really a big talent, looked very good in the mountains and he is the youngest of this lot.

Didn't know Ramirez before this race but he seems a very good climbing prospect too. Probably not the most versatile guy though.

Despite the podium finish I am still not completely sold on Nordagen. He is already 20 and being on his second season with Visma, I expected a bit more given his insane VO2 max.

Omrzel missing the top10 was also a surprise after his U23 Giro win.

Purito mark two would be quite fun though - crazy punch but zero TT.

 

[Berniece]

Been hearing about some of this wonderkids for awhile.
Will be interesting to see if they evolve like Del Toro. Or if they are overhyped.

At least a lot of countries are represented. Belgium, Italy, Spain, Norway, ...
No young dutch climbing talents? Maybe they're all too tall.

Cycling as a sport is shrinking compared to others sports in the Netherlands.

 

[Tim Cahill]

U23 tt tomorrow, do we just use this thread?

Soderqvist should be the favourite as it's not crazy difficult, though I quite like the look of Decomble who has done really good efforts on hilly profiles in Gran Camino and Besseges. Widar apparently a DNS.

 

[SafeBet]

U23 tt tomorrow, do we just use this thread?

Soderqvist should be the favourite as it's not crazy difficult, though I quite like the look of Decomble who has done really good efforts on hilly profiles in Gran Camino and Besseges. Widar apparently a DNS.

Widar has been battling glute pain for the past few days. Let's hope he can start the road race.
I expect Finn and Alvarez to do pretty well today, but yeah Soderqvist is the favorite. Thornley and Swarchzbacher would probably be contenders on a shorter course. Decomble and Vervenne could surprise.