Sonny Colbrelli

[IzzyStradlin]

Quite the year for this fella:
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider_palm.asp?riderid=16666&year=2014&all=1&current=0

Now in talks with the world famous talent scouts of Sky Pro Cyling:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/colbrelli-says-sky-move-would-be-a-big-opportunity

Anyone know more about him?

 

[gustienordic]

No more dirty than any other Bardiani rider/ young Italian rider, perhaps on a small programme, but nothing major.

He *could* be clean, depending on your cynicism level... he appears a genuine talent though.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

I don't recall a performance which screams doping.

But this is pro cycling, so Sonny could be a doped donkey getting secondary results or a solid talent just about to enter his prime.

 

[staubsauger]

Let's wait until next Giro with Sky, when he'll discover his climbing potential

 

[GuyIncognito]

Funny. Pretty much the same exact skills as Fischer in 2005, with the same results in the same races

Wonder if this is also going to be a one off

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Funny. Pretty much the same exact skills as Fischer in 2005, with the same results in the same races

Wonder if this is also going to be a one off

Same age too.
Good catch.

 

[mortand]

And similar to Alessandro Bertolini's rather strange Autumn 2007. The difference being Bertolini was 36 at the time. Bertolini wasn't as much a sprinter as Colbrelli and Fischer, though, but that's not important right now.

 

[ralphbert]

Can't wait to see what some pineapple flavored water and clean hands does for him

 

[Pentacycle]

Funny. Pretty much the same exact skills as Fischer in 2005, with the same results in the same races

Wonder if this is also going to be a one off

Has Fischer ever ended up within one minute of the winner on a Giro mountain finish?

 

[hrotha]

he appears a genuine talent though.

What makes you think that?
He came almost out of nowhere and he isn't *that* young. He could be clean, and he still wouldn't look like a genuine talent.

 

[Netserk]

I don't think the difference between last year and this year is (much) greater than you'd expect from a rider at that age, especially if it's the breakthrough year.

 

[Ricco']

What makes you think that?
He came almost out of nowhere and he isn't *that* young. He could be clean, and he still wouldn't look like a genuine talent.

Colbrelli was one of the biggest talents in the italian amateur scene back in 2010. That year he won 7 races in Italy in the Zalf team and was said to be one for the future, along with Battaglin if I reckon correctly. Check his results from the Juniors until now and you will see that he was always one of the best cyclists of his age who had a slow development in the transition from U23 to the professional scene.

http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=48356#uitslagen

He and Tom Van Asbroeck had a similar progression this year, also being both from 1990.

 

[roundabout]

Zalf, eh.

Not sure I would trust those guys

 

[Pentacycle]

What makes you think that?
He came almost out of nowhere and he isn't *that* young. He could be clean, and he still wouldn't look like a genuine talent.

As an U23 Colbrelli scored many close results. And he's had good results ever since turning pro and he's always been a good allrounder. For instance Van Asbroeck has the same breakthrough with Topsport, but I don't hear many rumours on the performances of him and the whole team.

I hope Sonny shows his big engine at Sky to prove that he's the real deal.

 

[hrotha]

Yeah yeah like almost every pro was good as a u23.