Tour de l’Avenir 2023 (August 20-27)

[Netserk]

The gap has widened quite a bit.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Never appreciated Jens as a rider.
But as a commentator he's really good

You know this is Jens Dekker and not Jens Voigt, right? Unless you watched a lot of U23 CX a couple of years ago I doubt you've watched him much.

As for Dekker - he's really knowledgeable. So much better than all the English dross that forms the bulk of the core GCN commentary team.

 

[Netserk]

All 7 riders ahead of the peloton now together. The gap is ~50", so Del Toro will soon be virtually in yellow.

 

[Netserk]

Wow, now the GPS shows 1'40". It's over.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

1:40 already, Riccitello is going to fall off the podium if he isn't careful never mind lose the jersey.

 

[Tim Cahill]

You have to offer them money or something like the commentator said Riccitello you idiot, it wouldn't even cost that much half these guys are still in school.

 

[Netserk]

Piganzoli was the first over the top of Iseran from the peloton.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Riccitello having missed the Spanish counter move could be the fatal error here.

Nobody expects the Spanish counter move.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

You know this is Jens Dekker and not Jens Voigt, right? Unless you watched a lot of U23 CX a couple of years ago I doubt you've watched him much.

As for Dekker - he's really knowledgeable. So much better than all the English dross that forms the bulk of the core GCN commentary team.

opps my mistake. Thanks for putting me straight!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's a good thing that Adam Hansen doesn't care about the U23s, otherwise he would have tried to get this descent cancelled too.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's a good thing that Adam Hansen doesn't care about the U23s, otherwise he would have tried to get this descent cancelled too.

The finish comes more than 6 km after the descent, so he'd probably still approve it.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The finish comes more than 6 km after the descent, so he'd probably approve it.

Do you remember the Giro?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well, that explains why Riccitello missed the Spanish move - he can't descend to save his life.

 

[Netserk]

Riccitello is going strong, but I wonder if he can keep this up?

 

[Netserk]

The cooperation is relatively good in the front group, so Del Toro can save some energy for the last climb.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Attacking Riccitello when he's asking for team car assistance is a bit scummy.

 

[Netserk]

If he must get back to the car, he should do so quickly. This is just costing him the race.

 

[Netserk]

Attacking Riccitello when he's asking for team car assistance is a bit scummy.

He signalled it with his bottle, so I don't think he has a mechanical. But it has now taken him over a minute to drop back in the group, which doesn't make any sense. He could have stopped pedalling and been done with that in half a minute.

 

[Netserk]

Riccitello wasted a lot of time to get that bottle. Big gap to Christen and Ryan.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Riccitello is over 2 minutes down, just timed it.

 

[Netserk]

Lecerf with a gap after the descent.

 

[Netserk]

Riccitello is 1'20" after Christen and Ryan.

 

[Netserk]

Piganzoli bridging to Christen and Ryan, so also close to Riccitello in GC.

 

[Netserk]

Christen has dropped Ryan who is now with Piganzoli.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

1:40 already, Riccitello is going to fall off the podium if he isn't careful never mind lose the jersey.

Aaand he virtually has.