Tour de l'Avenir (2.NCup) 23.08 - 30.08

[Ruudz0r]

The Tour de l'Avenir is the mini Tour de France for the U23 riders. It is the U23 stage race with by far the best (international) start race. This year the race starts with some easy stages but the last 4 stages all have a mountain top finish!

Prologue

Stage 1

Stage 2

 

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Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

 

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Stage 6

Stage 7

Last years top 10
1. Ruben Fernandez (Esp)
2. Adam Yates (Gbr) +55s
3. Patrick Konrad (Aut) +1.07
4. Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) +1.12
5. Oskar Svendsen (Nor) +1.40
6. Davide Formolo (Ita) +2.05
7. Heiner Rodrigo Parra (Col) +3.03
8. Gavin Mannion (Usa) +3.03
9. Toms Skujins (Lat) +3.27
10. Simon Yates (Gbr) +3.44

Startlist
Australia
Clements, Alexander
Ewan, Caleb
FLAKEMORE, Campbell
Haig, Jack
Power, Robert
Spokes, Samuel

Austria
Gogl, Patrick
Grossschartner, Felix
Paulus, Dennis
Postlberger Lukas
Schonberger, Sebastian
Zeller, Lukas

Belgium
Benoot, Tiesj
Carnevali, Jean-Albert
De Tier, Floris
Teuns, Dylan
Vervaeke, Louis
Vliegen, Luc

Colombia
Contreras, Rodrigo
Gaviria, Fernando
Lopez, Miguel Angel
Ramirez, Brayan
Ramirez Botero, Carlos Mario
Rozo, Daniel Andres

Denmark
Carbel, Michael
Cort, Magnus
Kragh Andersen, Asbjorn
Kragh Andersen, Soren
Pedersen, Mads
Wurtz Schmidt, Mads

France
Chetout, Loic
Gouault, Pierre
Jauregie, Quentin
Latour, Pierre-Roger
Maison, Jeremy
Martin, Gauillaume

Germany
Buchmann, Emanuel
Herklotz, Silvio
Mager, Christian
Plarre, Matthias
Schachmann, Maximilian
Vogt, Mario

Great Britain
Davies, Scott
Doull, Owain
Geoghegan Hart, Tao
Kelly, Jake
McLay, Dan
Pearson, Dan

Italy
Filosi, Iuri
Ciccone, Giulio
Martinelli, Davide
Moscon, Gianni
Senni, Manuel
Zurlo, Federico

Kazachstan
Ayazbayev, Maxat
Davidenok, Ilya
Fedosseyev, Artur
Kozhatayev, Bakhtiyar
Okishev, Viktor
Zemlyakov, Oleg

Luxembourg
Feireisen, Kevin
Fritsch, Sven
Kirsch, Alex
Morabito, Massimo
Turchi, Luc
?

Norway
Bystrom, Sven Erik
Eiking, Odd Christian
Lunke, Sindre
Roinas, Fridtjof
Skjerping, Kristoffer
Svendsen, Oskar

Netherlands
Beckeringh, Derk Abel
Hofstede, Lennard
Oomen, Sam,
Roosen, Timo
Tusveld, Martijn
Van Ginneken, Sjoerd

Poland
Brozyna, Piotr
Owsian, Arkadiuscz
Kaczmarek, Jakub
Kasperkiewicz, Przemyslaw
Stosz, Patryk
Warchol, Bartosz

Portugal
Ferreira, Ricardo
Guerreiro, Ruben
Matos, Nuno
Reis, rafael
Ribeiro, Carlos
Silva, Joaquim

Russia
Arslanov, Ildar
Foliforov, Alexander
Mamykin, Matvey
Rybalkin, Aleksey
Shalunov, Evgeny
Sveshnikov, Kirill

Spain
Aristi, Mikel
Gonzalez, Oscar
Itturia, Mikel
Roson Garcia, Jaime
Soler, Marc
Trueba, Alvaro

Slovenia
Katrasnik, Gasper
Korosec, Rok
Kovacic, Luka
Novak, Domen
Otonikar, Martin
Pibernik, Luka

Switzerland
Bohli, Tom
Chavanne, Gabriel
Kung, Stefan
Lienhard, Fabian
Shir, Thery
Sprengler, Lukas

United States
Eisenhart, Taylor
Eckmann, Yannick
Perrin, Jeffrey
Owen, Logan
Vermeulen, Alexey
Williams, Tyler

Mixed team
Ait El Abdia, Anass
Drobisch, Till
Gaspar, Joao
Godoy Ermenese, Caio
Jurado Lopez, Cristofer Robin
Navarro, Royner

 

[Arredondo]

Nice RuudzOr! I'm also busy with this race.

I found some good pics of the first mountain top finish, the Plateau de Solaison

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

the colombian team is coming with hands down the best team they ever send here. usually b-talent riders from cep/4-72 with the exception of quintana. but this yera hand picked the greatest talents from all over the colombian pro teams and my god are they strong. I also hope they are in form though. miguel lopez could be on a completely different level. better than quintana was in 2010 perhaps

 

[Arredondo]

the colombian team is coming with hands down the best team they ever send here. usually b-talent riders from cep/4-72 with the exception of quintana. but this yera hand picked the greatest talents from all over the colombian pro teams and my god are they strong. I also hope they are in form though. miguel lopez could be on a completely different level. better than quintana was in 2010 perhaps

I wouldn't name Chaves a b-talent rider right?

 

[Ruudz0r]

the colombian team is coming with hands down the best team they ever send here. usually b-talent riders from cep/4-72 with the exception of quintana. but this yera hand picked the greatest talents from all over the colombian pro teams and my god are they strong. I also hope they are in form though. miguel lopez could be on a completely different level. better than quintana was in 2010 perhaps

Yes the team is very strong, im also hoping for a Miguel Angel Lopez show. Guess they at least try to get there in their best form as all are preparing specificly for this race. It is unfortunate though that the 4-72 riders and the bond dont have a good connection. With Suaza and maybe Ochoa and or Osorio added to the roster it would be a total dominating squad.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

well he was seen as that back then. he definitely never showed any amazing talent in colombia. but he is no doubt a huge talent who came to unbolster at later age. quintana a bit too. but in this years colobmian seleciton for first time are all the loaded young stars from juventud en the major pro teams. reminds me of giro bio team in 2010 where the colombians absolutely humiliated the entire field for a full week

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yes the team is very strong, im also hoping for a Miguel Angel Lopez show. Guess they at least try to get there in their best form as all are preparing specificly for this race. It is unfortunate though that the 4-72 riders and the bond dont have a good connection. With Suaza and maybe Ochoa and or Osorio added to the roster it would be a total dominating squad.

no those 3 riders don't hold a candle to any of teh 6 guys selected now.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Nice RuudzOr! I'm also busy with this race.

I found some good pics of the first mountain top finish, the Plateau de Solaison

Thanks, nice pics I like this years route with some nice climbs. I would have preferred a longer time trial instead of a prologue though!

 

[Arredondo]

no those 3 riders don't hold a candle to any of teh 6 guys selected now.

Yeah definitely agreeing with that, especially Ochoa and Osorio are not in the class of the selected 6 at all.

Suaza is a little bit the onknown factor because he only ride profession bike racing for over a year. But these 6 are good (understatement) enough.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

the colombian team is coming with hands down the best team they ever send here. usually b-talent riders from cep/4-72 with the exception of quintana. but this yera hand picked the greatest talents from all over the colombian pro teams and my god are they strong. I also hope they are in form though. miguel lopez could be on a completely different level. better than quintana was in 2010 perhaps

I'm sure this is correct, but if they all get dropped like bums I will laugh my **** off.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I'm sure this is correct, but if they all get dropped like bums I will laugh my **** off.

not all of the 6 are climbers of course. but they shoudl dominate this race when in form and not crashed or injured

 

[Arredondo]

well he was seen as that back then. he definitely never showed any amazing talent in colombia. but he is no doubt a huge talent who came to unbolster at later age. quintana a bit too. but in this years colobmian seleciton for first time are all the loaded young stars from juventud en the major pro teams. reminds me of giro bio team in 2010 where the colombians absolutely humiliated the entire field for a full week

if you look at the squad, it looks to me Miguel Lopez is the biggest card for GC, followed by Contreras and Ramírez. Gaviria is really fast on the other hand too, apart from being a good climber.

What can we expect from Mario Ramirez and Rozo? Full service or even more?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

if you look at the squad, it looks to me Miguel Lopez is the biggest card for GC, followed by Contreras and Ramírez. Gaviria is really fast on the other hand too, apart from being a good climber.

What can we expect from Mario Ramirez and Rozo? Full service or even more?

gaviria and ramirez botero are no climbers. but in europe may be good. same with brayan ramirez who is very heavy build. lopez is their guy yes

 

[Arredondo]

gaviria and ramirez botero are no climbers. but in europe may be good. same with brayan ramirez who is very heavy build. lopez is their guy yes

Then it's even a really good result to finish second in Juventud. In Europe perhaps you can be a good till decent climber.

I'm meaning more that Gaviria is fast (due to his track history also), but can go over a climb relatively well.

 

[ILovecycling]

except rozo I think,he is not some kind of supertalent imo

 

[janraaskalt]

lopez is their guy yes

First time to race in Europe, I suppose? It is always difficult. Not only in roads and racing style, but also food and bacterias etcetera.

 

[Erythropoietin]

Svendsen from Norway was a surprise last year, but I won't be surprised if Odd-Christian Eiking wins the GC this year. He has looked good this season with a 2nd place finish at Valle d'Aosta where also Lunke finished 5th.

 

[Arredondo]

Svendsen from Norway was a surprise last year, but I won't be surprised if Odd-Christian Eiking wins the GC this year. He has looked good this season with a 2nd place finish at Valle d'Aosta where also Lunke finished 5th.

I'm also expecting a lot of Eiking, more then Svendsen. They also have Lunke, which also climbed well in Aosta.

 

[Bushman]

if you look at the squad, it looks to me Miguel Lopez is the biggest card for GC, followed by Contreras and Ramírez. Gaviria is really fast on the other hand too, apart from being a good climber.

What can we expect from Mario Ramirez and Rozo? Full service or even more?

I thought Contreras was more of a tt'er and roleur and not a climber? Really strong squad though. Hope they are on form.

 

[ILovecycling]

I thought Contreras was more of a tt'er and roleur and not a climber? Really strong squad though. Hope they are on form.

yeah,he is pretty decent tt,not probably european standard but good

 

[Gloin22]

No mater the hype about Colombians, Konrad and Verveake will still the big favoruites.

Konrad the most experienced, and with results in pro races already. Verveake domnating the U23 French stage races, he'll be ready for this.

 

[Ricco']

Konrad can't participate, he is from 1991 and the U23 age is from 1992 onwards.

 

[DNP-Old]

No mater the hype about Colombians, Konrad and Verveake will still the big favoruites.

Konrad the most experienced, and with results in pro races already. Verveake domnating the U23 French stage races, he'll be ready for this.

Vervaeke is a pro with Lotto Belisol since July 6th.