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

[slosada]

Miguel Angel Lopez, bar none.

I don't see Lopez as the greatest climber. I picked him for Vuelta de La Juventud fantasy game because of his TT and the easy parcours.
Colombia is missing Ochoa and Suaza due to a stupid fight with their team ... And even Reyes would be great

 

[Ruudz0r]

I don't see Lopez as the greatest climber. I picked him for Vuelta de La Juventud fantasy game because of his TT and the easy parcours.
Colombia is missing Ochoa and Suaza due to a stupid fight with their team ... And even Reyes would be great

Lopez is pretty good allround, but he is a superb climber, and he got his main advantage in the hardest stage of the Vuelta Juventud.

 

[Arredondo]

I don't see Lopez as the greatest climber. I picked him for Vuelta de La Juventud fantasy game because of his TT and the easy parcours.
Colombia is missing Ochoa and Suaza due to a stupid fight with their team ... And even Reyes would be great

Lopez is a way better climber than these two. Suaza is also a really good allrounder (and climber), but Ochoa is only a rider for hilly terrain. He's explosive, but nowhere near a climber like Lopez.

This is the strongest team they have. Only Suaza is a possibilty to reconsider, all the other names are not.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I don't see Lopez as the greatest climber. I picked him for Vuelta de La Juventud fantasy game because of his TT and the easy parcours.
Colombia is missing Ochoa and Suaza due to a stupid fight with their team ... And even Reyes would be great

then you know jack **** of colombian cycling.

 

[Kazistuta]

The prologue over, Campbell Flakemore won, not surprisingly.

FLAKEMORE Campbell AUS 5'45,18
MARTINELLI Davide ITA 5'46,77
ROOSEN Timo NED 5'48,80
POWER Robert AUS 5'49,24
VLIEGEN Loïc BEL 5'50,76
EWAN Caleb AUS 5'51,85
MCLAY Daniel GBR 5'51,92
KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjorn DEN 5'53,63
MAISON Jérémy FRA 5'54,71
VERVAEKE Louis BEL 5'55,15

Good start for GC hopefuls highlighted above.

Stefan Kúng and Oskar Svendsen a.o. with bad times.

The race wil have live updates at directvelo.

 

[DNP-Old]

Last, let's say 30 riders, had to deal with rain.

1 FLAKEMORE Campbell AUS 5'45,18
2 MARTINELLI Davide ITA 5'46,77
3 ROOSEN Timo NED 5'48,80
4 POWER Robert AUS 5'49,24
5 VLIEGEN Loïc BEL 5'50,76
6 EWAN Caleb AUS 5'51,85
7 MCLAY Daniel GBR 5'51,92
8 KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjorn DEN 5'53,63
9 MAISON Jérémy FRA 5'54,71
10 VERVAEKE Louis BEL 5'55,15
11 OOMEN Sam NED 5'55,39
12 WARCHOL Bartosz POL 5'55,41
13 LOPEZ Miguel Angel COL 5'56,24
14 MOSCON Gianni ITA 5'57,20
15 SPOKES Samuel AUS 5'57,40
16 SCHIR Thery SUI 5'57,97
17 WILLIAMS Tyler USA 5'58,00
18 BOHLI Tom SUI 5'58,03
19 BECKERINGH Derk Abel NED 5'58,20
20 HAIG Jack AUS 5'58,84

 

[Arredondo]

Really good time by Lopez. That rumour about sickness looks rubbish to me.

 

[DNP-Old]

Really good time by Lopez. That rumour about sickness looks rubbish to me.

Agreed, I figured it was just some Twitter rumour, but thought I'd share anyway. My bad though.

 

[Ruudz0r]

There was rain at the end, so guys like Kung had no chance for a good time.

@Arredondo it is here http://www.colombiasports.net/tour-...tifero-antes-del-debut-en-el-tour-de-l’avenir
he was sick but is already feeling a bit better. (got the link via Jakob747)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Really good time by Lopez. That rumour about sickness looks rubbish to me.

for lopez this is normal. must've been very technical explosuive prologue. a result like that is meaningless

 

[Arredondo]

Agreed, I figured it was just some Twitter rumour, but thought I'd share anyway. My bad though.

According to the source of Ruudzor, he was (a) little bit sick, so you were right to share it

 

[Arredondo]

for lopez this is normal. must've been very technical explosuive prologue. a result like that is meaningless

But if you are sick, it effects your perfomance. So this results does say a little bit about the fact he's recovered.

 

[Ruudz0r]

http://revistamundociclistico.com/r...-lopez-el-mejor-de-la-seleccion-nacional.html

Can anyone tell me what Lopez is saying in the interview? My Spanish is not good enough.

 

[greenedge]

Great ride Flakemore- though he did get pushed quite hard.
Was Haig one of the last 30 starters?

 

[hfer07]

http://revistamundociclistico.com/r...-lopez-el-mejor-de-la-seleccion-nacional.html

Can anyone tell me what Lopez is saying in the interview? My Spanish is not good enough.

He was asked about his performance on the prologue, and he said it was the main objective for the entire team to end up as high in the GC as possible, so he feels pleased with his result and he'll wait for the coming days & stages (mountain stages) where he feels he has a great chance to glow. then the second question is about the prologue itself, which he described as very technical and fast -and last he's asked about the coming days, and he responded he's looking forward to them, specially in the mountains.

 

[Ruudz0r]

He was asked about his performance on the prologue, and he said it was the main objective for the entire team to end up as high in the GC as possible, so he feels pleased with his result and he'll wait for the coming days & stages (mountain stages) where he feels he has a great chance to glow. then the second question is about the prologue itself, which he described as very technical and fast -and last he's asked about the coming days, and he responded he's looking forward to them, specially in the mountains.

Thanks! If he says nothing about illness then he should be pretty fit, should be a nice show in the mountains!

 

[Knutsen]

Skjerping.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Nobody was really chasing Skjerping, Van Ginneken and Kragh Andersen (they finished in that order).
In the peloton there was a big crash somewhere near the finish, Vervaeke was one of the guys who went down and looked hurt when crossing the line.

 

[Arredondo]

Nobody was really chasing Skjerping, Van Ginneken and Kragh Andersen (they finished in that order).
In the peloton there was a big crash somewhere near the finish, Vervaeke was one of the guys who went down and looked hurt when crossing the line.

There isn't a livestream right? Or have you seen some pictures?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

sucks they don't have a website anymore at letour.fr where you can quickly find full results

 

[DNP-Old]

sucks they don't have a website anymore at letour.fr where you can quickly find full results

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_l_Avenir_2014_Stage_1_Brioude

 

[Luigi_Max_Again]

It seems 15 riders have been given the same time as the peloton even though they finished later. They must have been involved in the late crash.

 

[Ruudz0r]

There isn't a livestream right? Or have you seen some pictures?

No I have not seen pictures, there is a liveticker each day on directvelo.fr with updates. The km to go and the time gap today were not really reliable though but normally it is okay.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

fernando gaviria showing his speed. unfortunately not for the win

 

[DNP-Old]

Victoire de Caleb Ewan, uphill sprint.

1. EWAN Caleb (AUS)
2. CORT NIELSEN Magnus (DEN)
3. KIRSCH Alex (LUX)
4. GOGL Michael (AUS)
5. DOULL Owain (GBR)
6. MARTINELLI Davide (ITA)
7. TEUNS Dylan (BEL)
8. GAVIRIA Fernando (COL)
9. KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren (DEN)
10. SHALUNOV Evgeny (RUS)