Tour de l'Avenir 2015, August 22 - August 29

[Ricco']

Moscon was the 2nd, not Henao. Great to see Van der Poel in 4th.

 

[classicomano]

Re:

Moscon was the 2nd, not Henao. Great to see Van der Poel in 4th.

VDP even had a broken saddle.

 

[Kwibus]

1.Søren Kragh Andersen in 4m53s
2. Gianni Moscon op 1s
3. Sebastian Henao op 4s
4. Mathieu van der Poel op 5s
5. Gregor Mühlberger op 6s
6. Johannes Weber z.t.
7. Nans Peters op 7s
8. Tom Bohli z.t.
9. Odd Christian Eiking op 9s
10.Marc Soler z.t.

 

[Kwibus]

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gaviria should win the prologue

43 Fernando GAVIRIA COLOMBIE 00:17

almost.

 

[afpm90]

Re: Re:

gaviria should win the prologue

43 Fernando GAVIRIA COLOMBIE 00:17

almost.

Always nice when Ryo fails completely.

 

[Bushman]

Carnage on the 1st stage. With 65 k remaining Jonas Koch is in the lead with an advantage of 8 minutes to Mads Pedersen and Friesecke. Peloton is 10 minutes behind.

 

[slosada]

It became even more interesting now:
4 French riders are on the attack, captured the 2 chases (so it's an 8-men group at 4:30), and the peloton is also reducing distances 30" behind (Henao had a ill-timed flat).

 

[DNP-Old]

1 Jonas Koch (Allemagne)
2 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Danemark)
3 Simone Consonni (Italie)
4 Stan Godrie (Pays-Bas)
5 Jan Dieteren (Allemagne)
6 Dylan Page (Suisse)
7 Colin Joyce (Etats-Unis)
8 Daniel Hoelgaard (Norvège)
9 Fernando Gaviria (Colombie)
10 Mihkel Räim (Estonie)

 

[Bushman]

How the hell did Koch get such a big advantage in the first place? Just nobody willing to take responsibility in the bunch?

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Awesome win by Koch.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Nice win for Koch. Must have been a painful solo effort.

gaviria should win the prologue

43 Fernando GAVIRIA COLOMBIE 00:17

almost.

Always nice when Ryo fails completely.

But does he ever score at all.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

If he does he always lets us know. If he's not right he usually hides from the concerning thread for a while (or gets banned in the meantime).

 

[burgyv]

Anyone who have more information about the progress of the first stage? How did Wurtz Schmidt get second? And was Consonni really the fastest sprinter from the bunch or was it just a flat sprint? (wondered by the strong 4th place of Godrie and disappionting 9th from Gaviria)

 

[Ruudz0r]

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Anyone who have more information about the progress of the first stage? How did Wurtz Schmidt get second? And was Consonni really the fastest sprinter from the bunch or was it just a flat sprint? (wondered by the strong 4th place of Godrie and disappionting 9th from Gaviria)

Koch got in a solo break and got about 14 minutes advantage, no one was really riding in the peloton. There were some counter attacks later on but no really interesting guys for the GC, so the peloton still wasnt doing much, with 75K to go Koch still had 13-14 minutes gap over the peloton. Then with 50K to go or something the French decided to do a 4 man attack (Gesbert + Peters + Martin + Maison), Henao got a puncture just after that but there the pace was lifted. The 4 French caught up with the guys who were on the road except for Koch. With about 10K to go the group with the French was caught.
Koch still had a 1.30 gap with 5K to go and he just held on, Wurtz Schmidt attacked with 1.2k to go and got 2nd, rest was a bunch sprint. Gaviria might have done some work to bring the peloton back to the French but that is just guessing.
The sprint was slightly uphill but nothing major, very suited to Consonni, Godrie is also a pretty good sprinter.

 

[burgyv]

Re: Re:

Anyone who have more information about the progress of the first stage? How did Wurtz Schmidt get second? And was Consonni really the fastest sprinter from the bunch or was it just a flat sprint? (wondered by the strong 4th place of Godrie and disappionting 9th from Gaviria)

Koch got in a solo break and got about 14 minutes advantage, no one was really riding in the peloton. There were some counter attacks later on but no really interesting guys for the GC, so the peloton still wasnt doing much, with 75K to go Koch still had 13-14 minutes gap over the peloton. Then with 50K to go or something the French decided to do a 4 man attack (Gesbert + Peters + Martin + Maison), Henao got a puncture just after that but there the pace was lifted. The 4 French caught up with the guys who were on the road except for Koch. With about 10K to go the group with the French was caught.
Koch still had a 1.30 gap with 5K to go and he just held on, Wurtz Schmidt attacked with 1.2k to go and got 2nd, rest was a bunch sprint. Gaviria might have done some work to bring the peloton back to the French but that is just guessing.
The sprint was slightly uphill but nothing major, very suited to Consonni, Godrie is also a pretty good sprinter.

Apparently Gaviria had to give his wheel to Henao. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/new-sprint-diamond-fernando-gaviria-dreaming-of-paris-roubaix/

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Re: Re:

Anyone who have more information about the progress of the first stage? How did Wurtz Schmidt get second? And was Consonni really the fastest sprinter from the bunch or was it just a flat sprint? (wondered by the strong 4th place of Godrie and disappionting 9th from Gaviria)

Koch got in a solo break and got about 14 minutes advantage, no one was really riding in the peloton. There were some counter attacks later on but no really interesting guys for the GC, so the peloton still wasnt doing much, with 75K to go Koch still had 13-14 minutes gap over the peloton. Then with 50K to go or something the French decided to do a 4 man attack (Gesbert + Peters + Martin + Maison), Henao got a puncture just after that but there the pace was lifted. The 4 French caught up with the guys who were on the road except for Koch. With about 10K to go the group with the French was caught.
Koch still had a 1.30 gap with 5K to go and he just held on, Wurtz Schmidt attacked with 1.2k to go and got 2nd, rest was a bunch sprint. Gaviria might have done some work to bring the peloton back to the French but that is just guessing.
The sprint was slightly uphill but nothing major, very suited to Consonni, Godrie is also a pretty good sprinter.

Apparently Gaviria had to give his wheel to Henao. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/new-sprint-diamond-fernando-gaviria-dreaming-of-paris-roubaix/

great interview!

 

[Kwibus]

Re: Re:

Anyone who have more information about the progress of the first stage? How did Wurtz Schmidt get second? And was Consonni really the fastest sprinter from the bunch or was it just a flat sprint? (wondered by the strong 4th place of Godrie and disappionting 9th from Gaviria)

Koch got in a solo break and got about 14 minutes advantage, no one was really riding in the peloton. There were some counter attacks later on but no really interesting guys for the GC, so the peloton still wasnt doing much, with 75K to go Koch still had 13-14 minutes gap over the peloton. Then with 50K to go or something the French decided to do a 4 man attack (Gesbert + Peters + Martin + Maison), Henao got a puncture just after that but there the pace was lifted. The 4 French caught up with the guys who were on the road except for Koch. With about 10K to go the group with the French was caught.
Koch still had a 1.30 gap with 5K to go and he just held on, Wurtz Schmidt attacked with 1.2k to go and got 2nd, rest was a bunch sprint. Gaviria might have done some work to bring the peloton back to the French but that is just guessing.
The sprint was slightly uphill but nothing major, very suited to Consonni, Godrie is also a pretty good sprinter.

Apparently Gaviria had to give his wheel to Henao. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/new-sprint-diamond-fernando-gaviria-dreaming-of-paris-roubaix/

Would be awesome if he ended up being a contender for Roubaix. a Colombian winning Roubaix, that would just be awesome.

 

[DNP-Old]

It appears the peloton has split into 3 or 4 groups due to wind. Henao and Oomen are reportedly in the first group.

 

[DNP-Old]

1 Mads PEDERSEN DANEMARK 4:35:25
2 Aksel NÕMMELA ESTONIE +0
3 José Luis RODRIGUEZ CENTRE MONDIAL DU CYCLISME +0
4 Tom BOHLI SUISSE +0
5 Imanol ESTEVEZ SALAS Espagne +4
6 William BARTA ETATS UNIS +10
7 Daniel LEHNER Autriche +16
8 Stan GODRIE PAYS-BAS +1:43
9 Dylan PAGE SUISSE +1:43
10 Patryk STOSZ POLOGNE +1:43

118 Mathieu VAN DER POEL PAYS-BAS +3:10
122 Nans PETERS France +4:04

 

[Ruudz0r]

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1 Mads PEDERSEN DANEMARK 4:35:25
2 Aksel NÕMMELA ESTONIE +0
3 José Luis RODRIGUEZ CENTRE MONDIAL DU CYCLISME +0
4 Tom BOHLI SUISSE +0
5 Imanol ESTEVEZ SALAS Espagne +4
6 William BARTA ETATS UNIS +10
7 Daniel LEHNER Autriche +16
8 Stan GODRIE PAYS-BAS +1:43
9 Dylan PAGE SUISSE +1:43
10 Patryk STOSZ POLOGNE +1:43

118 Mathieu VAN DER POEL PAYS-BAS +3:10
122 Nans PETERS France +4:04

Both crashed today.

 

[Bushman]

Wow the young Danes are certainly on fire! Great to see them getting the results, its been a long time since we had such a talented roster with Kragh, Mads Pedersen, Würtz and Kamp.

 

[Opalius]

Indeed. Hopefully we'll see most of them on WT teams soon.

 

[Bushman]

Indeed. Hopefully we'll see most of them on WT teams soon.

I think Kragh will go to a WT team next year. Pedersen will stay at least one more year on Cult which is fine for him for now. Würtz has offers from "good teams" but I reckon he will stay one more year on continental level. Dont know with Kamp, I think he will stay with his current team one more year as well considering this is the first time since turning senior that he is feeling well in his team I believe.

 

[ciranda]

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its been a long time since we had such a talented roster with Kragh, Mads Pedersen, Würtz and Kamp.

Team of two years ago was at least as good with Cort, Valgren, Sterobo, Asbjørn Kragh, Haugaard and Norman Hansen. Sterobo was a real prospect for stage races but stopped after last season. It was ridiculous that no teams signed Haugaard after that season. He's had injuries since but mostly seems demotivated. Idk what happened to Lasse Norman at Garmin, he was at the same level as van Baarle two years ago. Cort and Valgren on the other hand are doing okay and happily Asbjørn Kragh will go to a good team next year for sure.

 

[classicomano]

MVP had a gaping hole in his knee that need to be stitched up, dont expect much from him now. Damn shame. Back to owning cyclocross then.

https://twitter.com/mathieuvdpoel/status/635873610914234368