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

[Ricco']

Ruben Guerreiro is Tiago Machado 2.0.

José Poeira and the portuguese federation got butthurt after he refused to take part in the Selecção Nacional for the Volta (with the reason of not doing such a hard competition before Avenir) and now they cut him from the squad.

 

[Arredondo]

Ruben Guerreiro is Tiago Machado 2.0.

José Poeira and the portuguese federation got butthurt after he refused to take part in the Selecção Nacional for the Volta (with the reason of not doing such a hard competition before Avenir) and now they cut him from the squad.

I was missing him already on the starting list. That's such a shame. Portugese federation who don't look at the best way to give the guy a platform to WT teams.

Daniel Pierson also not on the start list.

 

[Rui Quinta]

Ruben Guerreiro will race Tour de l'Avenir

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

I would have liked to see Van Der Poel in this one, but he's doing some 2.2 race in the Baltic countries.

Anyway, Eiking, Herklotz, Haig or a Colombian ftw

 

[Ruudz0r]

The startlist isnt fully correct anyway
GBR just announced their squad; Dan Pearson and Dan McLay are in and Alistair Slater and Alex Peters are out (from w hat the startlist said).

 

[VO2 Max]

The startlist isnt fully correct anyway
GBR just announced their squad; Dan Pearson and Dan McLay are in and Alistair Slater and Alex Peters are out (from w hat the startlist said).

From @BritishCycling

 

[Erythropoietin]

Norway has 3 potential GC winners in Eiking, Lunke and last year's number 5, Svendsen. Bystrøm who recently signed with Katusha is also riding.

 

[Gloin22]

GC winners? IF one of them wins, it'll be big surprise in that field . Podium is the realistic goal for them.

 

[CraZyCaLL]

Norway has 3 potential GC winners in Eiking, Lunke and last year's number 5, Svendsen. Bystrøm who recently signed with Katusha is also riding.

Luske ended Valle d'Aosta in 5-th place and become potential GC winner after that? Let them sign pro contracts at first.
I think Latour will end this race in top-3

 

[roundabout]

Latour hasn't really been that convincing in the high mountains as an espoir.

 

[Ruudz0r]

So tomorrow evening the race starts with a prologue. Im going with 1 Kung, 2 Martinelli and 3 Eisenhart for the prologue, what do you guys think?

 

[gunara]

So tomorrow evening the race starts with a prologue. Im going with 1 Kung, 2 Martinelli and 3 Eisenhart for the prologue, what do you guys think?

How about Schachmann? Will he be good?

 

[greenedge]

What type of rider is Kozhatayev Bakhtiyar? Since he did well last year GC wise.

 

[Ruudz0r]

How about Schachmann? Will he be good?

He can be, he has been a little inconsistent in prologues (although not ridden a lot).


@Greenedge Kozhatayev is pretty allround although he is mainly a climber, but he can also hold his own on the flat and can even do a pretty good sprint. His ITT is not superb but that doesnt really matter in this Tour de Avenir.

I think he will do a little worse then last year though.

 

[trevim]

Ruben Guerreiro is Tiago Machado 2.0.

José Poeira and the portuguese federation got butthurt after he refused to take part in the Selecção Nacional for the Volta (with the reason of not doing such a hard competition before Avenir) and now they cut him from the squad.

Ruben Guerreiro will race Tour de l'Avenir

I hope he rides. How can this kids learn something and gain visibility if they don't ride the big races against the top riders?

 

[Nuno98]

Ruben will start tomorrow and he will try to do what the national team wants. He said that the national team and national coach want to win this or try to win so we will see what he can do in this best form or almost his best form.

 

[LosBrolin]

Who you are you suggesting to be best climber in this field?

 

[DNP-Old]

Who you are you suggesting to be best climber in this field?

Miguel Angel Lopez, bar none.

 

[Arredondo]

Miguel Angel Lopez, bar none.

Definitely Lopez, if he's already adapted to Europe and European racing style.

The big difference between guys like Chaves and Quintana, is that these guys rode already a full year in Europe, so they were used to the European racing.

 

[DNP-Old]

Definitely Lopez, if he's already adapted to Europe and European racing style.

The big difference between guys like Chaves and Quintana, is that these guys rode already a full year in Europe, so they were used to the European racing.

Read somewhere that Lopez has been suffering from a virus already.

 

[Arredondo]

Read somewhere that Lopez has been suffering from a virus already.

Oh well, then the answer is already given

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Thank goodness we've already got our heads I win, tails you lose arguments ready.

 

[kenk09]

It's a shame that we won't get to see any of the Colombians at their best.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Read somewhere that Lopez has been suffering from a virus already.

Ah that sucks if true, do you have a source for me?

 

[Ruudz0r]

I have updated the startlist in post 3, should be correct now.