The one and only Álvaro Hodeg thread

[BlueRoads]

*Álvaro José Hodeg Chagüi, September 16th 1996 in Montería, Colombia

If a stage win in the Okolo Slovenska doesn't warrant a thread I don't know what does!

Jokes aside, I'm a fan as my subtle hints may have made you guess and think this guy deserves more appreciation than just mine - if not for his sprinting ability (which is pretty great, by they way), then for his super nice character, great smile and Colombian-white teeth.

Today he celebrated his 25th birthday, and so far he won for instance stages in Pologne, Catalunya, Norway, Turkey and Benelux and races like the Sparkassen Münsterland Giro and the Grote Prijs Marcel Kint.
Ever since 2017 he was at DQS, where he started to raise people's hopes that he could become one of the big name sprinters in the peloton with his showings (despite Lefevere not being convinced by his decision making...) before he crashed badly into the barriers at the Tour de l'Eurometropole in '19 and suffered several fractures. Since then things haven't been going too perfectly for him, but recently they look better again. Next year he'll be at UAE. Let's hope Pogacar takes his lead-outs seriously!

About himself: https://www.deceuninck-quickstep.com/en/blog/3389/alvaro-hodeg-from-monteria-to-europe-via-medellin

 

[Bonimenier]

Lovely that he finally seems to have found his old self back after that nasty crash 2 years ago.

Hopefully he gets his chances next year. Not convinced UAE was the greatest choice. The Tour will be all in for Pogacar. That leaves only 2 other GT's to share between Ackermann, Gaviria and himself.

 

[BlueRoads]

Lovely that he finally seems to have found his old self back after that nasty crash 2 years ago.

Hopefully he gets his chances next year. Not convinced UAE was the greatest choice. The Tour will be all in for Pogacar. That leaves only 2 other GT's to share between Ackermann, Gaviria and himself.

Also not sure about UAE, not so much because of the GTs, although you are right, the chances aren't high there. In my eyes that would be okay if he did get other good races, especially in the classics. But there are almost more sprinters than leadouts there, and of course none of them is Morkov... Without a good lead-out I'm pretty sure he will suffer. So I hope they will get at least one more lead-out rider. That's why I thought ISN would have been a good option.
But honestly after the time he had I was just glad he signed a two year contract at a good WT team. And although he speaks good English it might still also be nice to have a few guys who speak Spanish there. Hope it somehow works out...

 

[glassmoon]

The Alvaro Hodeg is the new Alvaro Hodge thread.

 

[BlueRoads]

The Alvaro Hodeg is the new Alvaro Hodge thread.

But wouldn't it have to be the other way around? The Alvaro Hodge is the new Alvaro Hodeg thread?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Columbian-white teeth. Took me a few seconds to work that one out!

 

[BlueRoads]

The Alvaro Hodeg is the new Alvaro Hodge thread.

But wouldn't it have to be the other way around? The Alvaro Hodge is the new Alvaro Hodeg thread?

No, actually you are right, your version is correct.

 

[BlueRoads]

So, Steimle going for the sprint yesterday was not a team order but a short-term decision when Hodeg was badly positioned and too far back. Steimle says it doesn't matter who's going to win the GC as long as it's someone in the team... well, don't fully agree with that. Alvaro winning the GC would be awesome. But well, Sagan is still very close.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hodeg actually ended up getting the most out of the situation, cause if he had been only slightly better positioned before the bend, he would have been entangled in the crash, but instead he got third place.

 

[BlueRoads]

Hodeg actually ended up getting the most out of the situation, cause if he had been only slightly better positioned before the bend, he would have been entangled in the crash, but instead he got third place.

Yep, that worked out well for him this time.

 

[noob]

Suddenly I wonder; why did Hodeg switch to UAE?

 

[Bonimenier]

Suddenly I wonder; why did Hodeg switch to UAE?

To get as far away as possible from BlueRoads' stalking

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

The one and only Álvaro Hodeg thread?

Imagine there being two threads of this guy

 

[RedheadDane]

The one and only Álvaro Hodeg thread?

Imagine there being two threads of this guy

Someone could make a "The one and only Álvaro Hodge thread".

 

[BlueRoads]

The one and only Álvaro Hodeg thread?

Imagine there being two threads of this guy

That would be lovely.

 

[tobydawq]

And the thread title for the other one should of course be "The two and only Álvaro Hodeg thread".

 

[BlueRoads]

By the way since I hardly do facebook and insta you can post any Alvaro pictures or news here as well...

 

[noob]

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I could say here's the sheeps among the wolves. But then I realized that the sheeps are the wolves so it didn't make sense.

Anyhow Hodeg and Almeida looking awkward in UAE.

 

[noob]

I really thought I had seen him in a suit somewhere, but I absolutely cannot find a pic of that despite having stalked him for hours now. I wonder who on earth I mixed him up with. Oh well. One day he probably will need a suit. We all do

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I really thought I had seen him in a suit somewhere, but I absolutely cannot find a pic of that despite having stalked him for hours now. I wonder who on earth I mixed him up with. Oh well. One day he probably will need a suit. We all do

Maybe BR has a picture of him in a suit; she's been stalking him for years

 

[BlueRoads]

I really thought I had seen him in a suit somewhere, but I absolutely cannot find a pic of that despite having stalked him for hours now. I wonder who on earth I mixed him up with. Oh well. One day he probably will need a suit. We all do

Thank you for looking! Well, as I intend to be tweeting (who knows if I ever do) in the near future I might ask him. Totally doesn't come across as weird, right?

 

[BlueRoads]

Maybe BR has a picture of him in a suit; she's been stalking him for years

If I had one I'd set it as my avatar... which as you can see is vacant at the moment due to a lack of fitting photos.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If I had one I'd set it as my avatar... which as you can see is vacant at the moment due to a lack of fitting photos.

I don't care what your avatar is, as long as it stays the same and isn't just the letter B

 

[tobydawq]

If I had one I'd set it as my avatar... which as you can see is vacant at the moment due to a lack of fitting photos.

You're not very fond of your profile photos?

Imagine RhD or LS changing theirs. I think that would make the forum crash.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You're not very fond of your profile photos?

Imagine RhD or LS changing theirs. I think that would make the forum crash.

It might be alright for me to use different pictures from the Cuenca stage, but I still wouldn't dare.
One that also has Vino and Hushovd in it wouldn't be bad though.