Men's U23 races and talents

[the asian]

Dijkman the winner !

Surprise, didn't think he was the fastest in the reduced group

 

[Netserk]

When are they either going to remove this race from the calendar and let Fleche Ardenaise be the real LBL u23 or make the parcours way harder... reduced bunch sprint, a joke.

i dont know why they cant have the pro finish

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE winning is quite funny, at least televise the last part please, bit of a farce really.

 

[Onizuka999]

Dijkman wins 2nd Ward and 3rd Stiansen. A sprint of about 35 riders. The parcours wasn't so difficult anyway. Fleche Ardennaise is millions times harder.

 

[RedheadDane]

Guess not a lot of people saw that coming:

20 out of 1197 players in the PCS game picked DIJKMAN Daan as the winner today.

 

[Samamba]

i dont know why they cant have the pro finish

Cause they still we're in 2010 and u23 riders need soft routes.

 

[Netserk]

Cause they still we're in 2010 and u23 riders need soft routes.

they could still skip raf , plenty of options for a softer substitute

but please finish the same place

 

[Red Rick]

Bit of a 2016 moment for me going from "nice, a Dutch guy won" to vomiting in my mouth about which team won

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

It wasn't a dominant victory by any means. He was the only UAE rider in a group of 35, so it's unfair to despise him for that.

He finished second, 9 seconds behind Seixas, in the Junior edition, despite being a year younger.

 

[hayneplane]

Seems pretty impressive from Dijkman to win a reduced group sprint whilst being only a reported 55kg featherweight rider.

 

[Brullnux]

Apparently Finn did Redoute in 7:11, 14 seconds faster than anyone else? Which seems unlikely as he was caught soon after, though maybe there were attacks behind on the flatter section.

Anyway, if true, that is fast. Are there any highlights at all of the race

 

[Samamba]

Apparently Finn did Redoute in 7:11, 14 seconds faster than anyone else? Which seems unlikely as he was caught soon after, though maybe there were attacks behind on the flatter section.

Anyway, if true, that is fast. Are there any highlights at all of the race

Not really unlikely. Same happened with Widar last year. He still managed to win, but also didn't have a 35 man group coming together.

Finn should demolish everyone in Ardennaise. Was already able to follow Widar there last year.

Aah nvm, Red Bull not riding that one sadly.

 

[Netserk]

Any News about Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen? He has not raced at all so far

he will ride fyn rundt with the danish national team

Mørkøv bekræfter: Dansk stortalent debuterer herhjemme

Noah Lindholm Møller Andersen har været plaget af en skade, men stortalentet kan i weekenden omsider køre sit første løb som senior-rytter

www.feltet.dk

 

[SafeBet]

Not strictly a U23 race but Alessio Magagnotti is winning sprints a la Merlier in the Tour de Bretagne.

 

[MLKarlos]

Not strictly a U23 race but Alessio Magagnotti is winning sprints a la Merlier in the Tour de Bretagne.

Yes!!! Is the field so weak or is he that strong? He is only 19

 

[the asian]

Not strictly a U23 race but Alessio Magagnotti is winning sprints a la Merlier in the Tour de Bretagne.

He 's really fast and can also get over a hill. In both stages he won, Sparfel a genuine puncheur wa s 3rd and 2nd . Promising sprinters like Dunwoody and Hobbs have finished way down. Interesting to see his dvelopment.

He will definitely win reduced group sprints but will he able to win bunch sprints like Milan ?. Interestingly he has a track backgorund as well.

 

[pablohidalgo7]

He 's really fast and can also get over a hill. In both stages he won, Sparfel a genuine puncheur wa s 3rd and 2nd . Promising sprinters like Dunwoody and Hobbs have finished way down. Interesting to see his dvelopment.

He will definitely win reduced group sprints but will he able to win bunch sprints like Milan ?. Interestingly he has a track backgorund as well.

He's a pure sprinter and much faster than Meeus, Van Poppel, and Marit in training. I think he'll end up dominating the bunch sprints in just a couple of years. When he's fit, he seems capable of handling certain elevation and hills, but I doubt he'll win in very small groups in the World Tour. That's more the profile of his teammate Donati, who can win occasionally some bunch sprints, but he's more of a redouced-group sprinter and a finisher on uphill sprints.

 

[the asian]

He's a pure sprinter and much faster than Meeus, Van Poppel, and Marit in training. I think he'll end up dominating the bunch sprints in just a couple of years. When he's fit, he seems capable of handling certain elevation and hills, but I doubt he'll win in very small groups in the World Tour. That's more the profile of his teammate Donati, who can win occasionally some bunch sprints, but he's more of a redouced-group sprinter and a finisher on uphill sprints.

Hope he develops the endurance to win multiple MSR's

 

[Old-school]

Just to point out the excellent 12th place of Leo Bisiaux (21 years old) in LBL elite race. Not the same curve of progress than his young leader but very promising though.