Tour de l’Avenir 2023 (August 20-27)

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I really like this back road.

 

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Riccitello nearly 3 minutes down.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

You'd think Pellizzari would know not to celebrate early after what happened earlier in this race... got away with it though.

GG Isaac del Toro, of all GC victories we've seen here this one has to be the most breakthrough one.

 

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Ryan and Christen at 1'22" at the finish.

 

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Riccitello +2'45" at the finish.

 

[Valv.Piti]

So will Del Toro turn pro now?

 

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GC:

1. Del Toro
2. Pellizzari
3. Piganzoli
4. Riccitello
5. Lecerf

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tears too!

 

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[Eddy Evenepoel]

Anyone know what happened to Kulset?
Doesnt feel like he lived up to his Tour of The Alps level here.

 

[Mayomaniac]

So will Del Toro turn pro now?

I hope so. What he did this season with limited team support while riding for a small Mexican club (based in San Marino) is clearly enough to lure in even top teams.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Anyone know what happened to Kulset?
Doesnt feel like he lived up to his Tour of The Alps level here.

Riccitello and Pellizzari on the other hand showed that their results in that race were not a fluke.

Btw, I was the first one to mention Del Toro on this forum after his results in Sibiu, clearly a WT team needs to throw big money at me to sign me as a talent scout

 

[RedheadDane]

Btw, I was the first one to mention Del Toro on this forum after his results in Sibiu, clearly a WT team needs to throw big money at me to sign me as a talent scout

Coins or banknotes?

 

[KZD]

Glad that Del Toro won the overall over Riccitello. Firstly because he comes from a smaller nation, cyclingwise and secondly because Riccitello is already riding on a World Tour team and rode the Giro this year.

Having said that its a bit cruel that Riccitello lost the podium.

Pellizzari also with a great stage today.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The bigger question is what do you do with Pellizzari right now, do you leave him at Bardiani for another season and let him ride his first gt with them or do you buy him out of his contract asap?

 

[RedheadDane]

Glad that Del Toro won the overall over Riccitello. Firstly because he comes from a smaller nation, cyclingwise and secondly because Riccitello is already riding on a World Tour team and rode the Giro this year.

No he isn't.

 

[Escarabajo]

So will Del Toro turn pro now?

Unless there is something that we don't know, there is a huge certainty that he will turn pro now. Lavenir is one of the best indicators of a good prospect in WT. At least there is a good assurance of a good rider.

In other related news, I do expect Diego Pescador to make the move too. But He will probably make the move to Pro-Continental, and maybe just maybe to WT.

 

[Escarabajo]

Some in this forum were so sure that Riccitello would win the GC and now we see that there are other great talents that challenged him. In the lower categories is harder to predict because there are always hidden talents that no one can see.

 

[Walter1234]

I followed today's race: Riccitello was I think first of all victim of a very weak American team; I haven't seen any American work for him. Yesterday he was lucky other teams did chasing, making pace; else he would already have lost the jersey yesterday. Just one guy of the level of the Italians, Belgians any of the Scandinavian countries could have made a difference for him.
But it was a nice race;
Funny part; I watched 1h30; looking for Belgian riders. Junior I saw - didn't see any other. But 15 minutes after the finish I saw Craps in top 10; I didn't see any footage of him during the race; really an invisible rider... ;-).

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I followed today's race: Riccitello was I think first of all victim of a very weak American team; I haven't seen any American work for him. Yesterday he was lucky other teams did chasing, making pace; else he would already have lost the jersey yesterday. Just one guy of the level of the Italians, Belgians any of the Scandinavian countries could have made a difference for him.
But it was a nice race;
Funny part; I watched 1h30; looking for Belgian riders. Junior I saw - didn't see any other. But 15 minutes after the finish I saw Craps in top 10; I didn't see any footage of him during the race; really an invisible rider... ;-).

Del Toro has an equally weak team, though, so hard to call Riccitello a victim. He would have salvaged a podium spot if he'd had decent support and that's about it.

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Del Toro has an equally weak team, though, so hard to call Riccitello a victim.

Not really. Del Toro had a team mate finishing in top 10 of the Loze stage. And the second best American rider was like 45 minutes behind the second best Mexican rider in GC, so I think it’s fair to say Del Toro had at least one much stronger team mate than Ricitello had.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Not really. Del Toro had a team mate finishing in top 10 of the Loze stage. And the second best American rider was like 45 minutes behind the second best Mexican rider in GC, so I think it’s fair to say Del Toro had at least one much stronger team mate than Ricitello had.

Did any other teammate of Del Toro even finish the race? In Valle d'Aosta he raced the final 3 stages (all mountain stages) without any teammates because they had all DNF/OTL and finished 4th on all of those stages.
This was the only race this season where Del Toro actually had a strong teammate/any relevant helpers.

 

[KZD]

No he isn't.

Your right, I keep thinking that Israel and Lotto are World Tour teams but they are still more professional than the club team Del Toro comes from, so my argument still stands.

 

[Volderke]

I'm positively surprised to read Del Toro won this; I have seen some footage on youtube of previous stages and hope the last state will be uploaded quickly.