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

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Bushman said:
Anders Skaarseth has been riding really well so far. Looks a good talent with 7th in RVV earlier in the year as well. Anyone who can tell something about him?
He's riding his first year at the continental level. Impressed right from the start by going in all kinds of crazy breakaways, and also doing huge amounts of work for Hoelgaard in Bretagne. He's the kind of guy who's able to just keep going for really, really long.

In the nationals he was 5th, behind four guys who are at WT level (EBH, Nordhaug) or who have already signed a contract (Eiking and Laengen).

It's hard to say what kind of rider he is at the moment. He certainly can't sprint or time trial, but he seems good at everything else (mountains, hills, cobbles, crosswinds...).

He's only been cycling seriously for about 2-3 years, so there should be plenty of room for improvement.

I guess he'll get some more chances for himself next year now that most of the Norwegian talents have signed contracts already.
 
It's a very good stage judging from the ticker, race leader Soler was dropped (just before the top of the Croix de Fer) from the favourite group who are chasing Henao. But he has returned now in the descent.
Henao has 1.20 over the small group, will be interesting who will ride in the valley (should be Haig and Soler)
 
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Bushman said:
He can get himself on the podium, Henao. Maybe even win if Soler cracks.

Ye he is virtually 2nd at the moment (De Plus was also dropped earlier, he also returned in the decent):

Situation de la course :
Sebastian Henao (Colombie)

1'15" Sam Oomen (PB)

à 1'30" Martinez (Colombie), Mamykin (Russie), Muhlberger (Autriche)

à 1'50" Marc Soler (Espagne) Aldemar Reyes (Colombie), Jack Haig (Australie), Anatoliy Budyak (Ukraine), Giulio Ciccone et Simone Petilli (Italie) De Plus (Belgique), Lunke (Norvège)

à 2'50" Guillaume Martin (France), Lennard Kämna (Allemagne) Aleksey Ribalkin (Russie)
 
Brave move? It's the 3rd day in a row that Colombia tries a lone break without success. Don't you think it became rather stupid to try the same thing over and over while having the strongest team? Jaramillo doesn't have a clue. Same stupidity the way he directed in the Pan am in Toronto.
 
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Final GC:

1. Marc Soler
2. Jack Haig +1.09
3. Matvei Mamykin +2.50
4. Sam Oomen +3.18
5. Simone Petilli +3.23
6. Giulio Ciccone +3.56
7. Sindre Skjøstad Lunke +5.12
8. Laurens de Plus +6.12
9. Sebastian Henao +6.56
10. Guillaume Martin +7.25
 
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slosada said:
Brave move? It's the 3rd day in a row that Colombia tries a lone break without success. Don't you think it became rather stupid to try the same thing over and over while having the strongest team? Jaramillo doesn't have a clue. Same stupidity the way he directed in the Pan am in Toronto.

They had the strongest team maybe, but not the strongest rider, if Henao wanted to win the race he had to do something early on in this stage. This was not a tactical error in my opinion the early attacks came from Martinez, Reyes and Chavez and they were all not going to win the GC. Henao just wasnt good enough which showed yesterday and the day before so he tried to go for the GC today, nothing wrong with that.
 
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slosada said:
Brave move? It's the 3rd day in a row that Colombia tries a lone break without success. Don't you think it became rather stupid to try the same thing over and over while having the strongest team? Jaramillo doesn't have a clue. Same stupidity the way he directed in the Pan am in Toronto.
Sebastian Henao is no Quintana.

He already lost his chances on the previous stages so he had to tried something from far. Nothing wrong with that.
 
It was a solid effort by Seba indeed. He wanted to win the GC, and the only way to do so was by attacking early. There was no way he'd take 2'42'' on Soler on one climb. That said, I hope this was the last time WorldTour, or even PCT, were allowed to participate. Even when there isn't a rule change, I hope the NT uses the l'Avenir to give Colombians who don't have a contract in Europe yet a chance to show themselves, like Aldemar and Chavez did this week.

It would also be better for their development to send riders like Aguirre, Florez or Ivan Gomez, instead of Henao and Dani Martinez.
 

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