Tour de l'Avenir 2011 (04/09 - 11/09)

[Lupetto]

1 26 Wouter WIPPERT PAYS-BAS 03:51:29
2 22 Moreno HOFLAND PAYS-BAS 00:00:00
3 46 Filippo FORTIN ITALIE 00:00:00
4 24 Raymond KREDER PAYS-BAS 00:00:00
5 155 Jan KELLER SUISSE 00:00:00
6 63 Tim DECLERCQ BELGIQUE 00:00:00
7 82 Nikias ARNDT ALLEMAGNE 00:00:00
8 1 Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS COLOMBIE 00:00:00
9 31 Romain BARDET FRANCE 00:00:00
10 3 Johan Esteban CHAVES COLOMBIE 00:00:00

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

1 26 Wouter WIPPERT PAYS-BAS 03:51:29
2 22 Moreno HOFLAND PAYS-BAS 00:00:00
3 46 Filippo FORTIN ITALIE 00:00:00
4 24 Raymond KREDER PAYS-BAS 00:00:00
5 155 Jan KELLER SUISSE 00:00:00
6 63 Tim DECLERCQ BELGIQUE 00:00:00
7 82 Nikias ARNDT ALLEMAGNE 00:00:00
8 1 Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS COLOMBIE 00:00:00
9 31 Romain BARDET FRANCE 00:00:00
10 3 Johan Esteban CHAVES COLOMBIE 00:00:00

lol, quintana, yesterday he made mistake to let bardet go, friend of mine told him and he is surly taking his advice serious

 

[Ferminal]

Full classifications are up on Letour, Dennis retains lead.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

life without wilco not so bad ... for now

 

[Lupetto]

Could already be the stage for a decisive group. Difficult finish tomorrow, as well

Col des Rangiers (7,1 km @ 5%)
Col de la Croix (4 km @ 8,7%)

 

[Tuarts]

Dutch are taking over, hugely talented GC riders coming up and now loads of sprinters. Next 3-4 seasons the colour oranje will be in demand.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Dutch are taking over, hugely talented GC riders coming up and now loads of sprinters. Next 3-4 seasons the colour oranje will be in demand.

yeah right, most likely they'll still be overshadowed by more talented generation of gc riders (schleck/contador) and sprinters (cavendish/kittel)

 

[theyoungest]

yeah right, most likely they'll still be overshadowed by more talented generation of gc riders (schleck/contador) and sprinters (cavendish/kittel)

You'd have said the same about Kittel last year (that is, if you'd called him a sprinter at all).

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Uhm, last year I was still convinced Kittel was a TT specialist yeah

 

[theyoungest]

Anyway, for a crappy team the Dutchies are doing okay. Too bad that none of our biggest GC talents got a spot (or they're injured).

 

[boomcie]

Seriously though, since when do the Dutch know how to sprint?

 

[hrotha]

Seriously though, since when do the Dutch know how to sprint?

Since Theo Bo- No, wait. No idea.

 

[theyoungest]

Since Theo Bo- No, wait. No idea.

Theo Bojangles?

 

[boomcie]

Since Theo Bo- No, wait. No idea.

Nah, just Theo Bo.

But seriously youngest, since when?

 

[theyoungest]

Nah, just Theo Bo.

But seriously youngest, since when?

No idea, I don't think the sprinting field is that strong currently at the U23s... I mean, Kelderman won a bunch sprint in Thuringen against guys like Rowe and while reasonably fast, he's no Cavendish in the making.

The interesting thing is that the Dutch U23 sprinters with the most wins to their name, Jetse Bol and Barry Markus, aren't even there.

 

[El Pistolero]

yeah right, most likely they'll still be overshadowed by more talented generation of gc riders (schleck/contador) and sprinters (cavendish/kittel)

Nah, it will be like Belgian national football team.

Talented, but always manage to screw things up.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

and that's because vierhouten is an idiot

 

[theyoungest]

Nah, it will be like Belgian national football team.

Talented, but always manage to screw things up.

Good comparison, but for a different reason: like the Belgian football team, the Dutch talents just aren't good enough.

 

[boomcie]

No idea, I don't think the sprinting field is that strong currently at the U23s... I mean, Kelderman won a bunch sprint in Thuringen against guys like Rowe and while reasonably fast, he's no Cavendish in the making.

The interesting thing is that the Dutch U23 sprinters with the most wins to their name, Jetse Bol and Barry Markus, aren't even there.

Thanks. Barry Markus sounds lame.

 

[theyoungest]

Thanks. Barry Markus sounds lame.

Compared to Wouter Wippert every name sounds lame.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

his initials are macabre though, if you think what happened to the other WW

 

[boomcie]

Compared to Wouter Wippert every name sounds lame.

Yeah, I've heard of him, pretty silly.
It's just that Barry Markus' name reminds me of Ted van der Parre for some reason.

 

[theyoungest]

Yeah, I've heard of him, pretty silly.

Maybe you've heard of him because he won today's stage in the Tour de l'Avenir?

 

[hatcher]

Rowe isn't really a sprinter, he's more of a guy with a fast finish. I haven't seen the sprint where Kelderman beat Rowe, but Rowe has certainly beaten Markus, Bol, Wippert in sprints this year.

 

[boomcie]

Maybe you've heard of him because he won today's stage in the Tour de l'Avenir?

Lol. I actually remembered him from his 8 place in the first stage and because D_T mentioned his name once.
Didn't really pay attention to who won today, only noticed the remarkable Dutch dominance.