Tour de l'Avenir 2016, August 20-27

[Samamba]

3', that's a lot. He's trying to do it like Vervaeke 2 years ago. Great move, don't think he's gonna have 2'04 at the finish but stage win and podium is certainly possible.

 

[DNP-Old]

This was inevitable. It'll depend more on how good the French team is, rather than Gaudu himself. Since the latter only has to follow one wheel, which is Ravasi's.

 

[jens_attacks]

vamos egaaaaaaan!

 

[DNP-Old]

Would be great if the group at 1:20 manage to bridge the gap. Right now Powless is the only one with Martinez and Bernal, and I highly doubt he'll work with them.

 

[Samamba]

France team still complete.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like Vanhoucke is struggling at the back.

 

[Alexandre B.]

LIVE : http://pluzz.francetv.fr/france3-rhone-alpes

 

[Arredondo]

Great showing from Bernal. Hope he can at least win the stage!

 

[DNP-Old]

The French team is too good for this to succeed. Podium and stage win at max for Bernal I'm afraid.

 

[Samamba]

Re:

The French team is too good for this to succeed. Podium and stage win at max for Bernal I'm afraid.

Yes, Gaudu & Ravasi are safe. 3th place is certainly possible with Vanhoucke already struggling and Schlegel not being the best climber. He needs to deal with Costa & Hindley.

 

[Samamba]

France attacking in the descent again, they did the same yesterday.

 

[Samamba]

Hindley is a pretty bad descender.

 

[Bushman]

Great ride from the Colombians. France are incredibly strong though.

Costa doesnt like all that great today.

 

[Alexandre B.]

Yellow Jersey group at the moment

David Gaudu, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Nans Peters, Léo Vincent (France), Tao Goeghegan Hart (Grande-Bretagne), Matteo Fabbro, Edward Ravasi (Italie), Artem Nych, Pavel Sivakov (Russie), Adrien Costa (Etats-Unis), Alexander Aranburu, Cristian Rodriguez (Espagne), Michal Schlegel (République Tchèque), Miguel Eduardo Florez (Colombie), Lucas Hamilton, Jai Hindley, Michael Storer (Australie)

 

[Alexandre B.]

Maybe our friend Powless will try something.

 

[Samamba]

Bernal dropped...

 

[Arredondo]

You could see Bernal was struggling.

Too bad Martinez was in poor shape the first mountain stages

 

[Arredondo]

Good tactical racing by Bernal and Martinez.......

 

[Rollthedice]

The French look like Sky, gains marginaux.

 

[Arredondo]

Come on Ravasi!

 

[Black Betsy]

Sky train 1 - Bernal 0

 

[Samamba]

FInal GC

1er David GAUDU
2. Edward RAVASI
3. Adrien COSTA
4. Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ
5. Jai HINDLEY

 

[Alexandre B.]

Gaudu was the strongest in the race, no contest. Always seems in control uphill.

 

[Samamba]

So Costa wins the battle of the 19y olds. 4 Firstyears in the top-10 (Costa, Bernal, Vanhoucke & Storer), that's impressive.

A bit disappointed by Bernal & Tao, Gaudu confirmed his massive potential, and Hindley, Storer & Vanhoucke were surprisingly (for me ofc) strong. Great race.

EDIT: Gaudu is also still 19y, but I mean the battle of the 1997 guys.

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

Sky train 1 - Bernal 0

Pretty sure Gaudu could have chased it by himself no problem if he wanted to.