Tour de l'Avenir 2016, August 20-27

[Alexandre B.]

Adrien Costa in the break.

Funny race.

 

[del1962]

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Adrien Costa in the break.

Funny race.

Where are the updates from?

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

directvélo, as usually.

 

[Alexandre B.]

http://www.directvelo.com/direct/3013/tour-de-l-avenir-etape-3

 

[Samamba]

Win for Halvorsen.

 

[Samamba]

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Adrien Costa in the break.

Funny race.

Stupid move, wasting energy before the important TT tomorrow.

 

[LosBrolin]

So it was first bunch sprint finale since 2014 when McLay won the stage 3.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Wish this race was broadcast, think I heard on ES in Vuelta stage today that the last 2 stages are on the cycling channel in ESplayer. Norway flying high here, don't think they have any climbers of any particular strength though.

 

[Samamba]

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Wish this race was broadcast, think I heard on ES in Vuelta stage today that the last 2 stages are on the cycling channel in ESplayer. Norway flying high here, don't think they have any climbers of any particular strength though.

Tobias Foss. He's very young though.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Isn't he more a tempo guy? 18 I think, seem to remember he pulled the peloton for 70% of ToN this year.

 

[Samamba]

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Isn't he more a tempo guy? 18 I think, seem to remember he pulled the peloton for 70% of ToN this year.

He was pretty good in Aosta.

 

[TMP402]

Dibben could do well in the TT tomorrow.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Dibben? Is he that a good TT'er? If it was Stanley, he would kill it but I don't think his equipment are allowed

Seems more like a GvA kinda guy to me, but maybe Wiggins gave some good advice.

Will this be where Costa lays a foundation for his win, Tao is a pretty descent TT'er too no?

Jansen is quite alright in TT, but will lose the mj 100% day after tomorrow.

 

[TMP402]

Dibben? Is he that a good TT'er? If it was Stanley, he would kill it but I don't think his equipment are allowed

Seems more like a GvA kinda guy to me, but maybe Wiggins gave some good advice.

Will this be where Costa lays a foundation for his win, Tao is a pretty descent TT'er too no?

Jansen is quite alright in TT, but will lose the mj 100% day after tomorrow.

I agree that Dibben is a GVA type, but yes he won the 10km Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ITT. On the other hand he only came 20th in the 35km U23 national ITT.

 

[Thepirateisgood]

Yea that was what I was thinking after a quick read at PCS too (Nat ITT), but don't know the details of the race though.

16,5 sorta rolling Ks with a hard start, should be interesting.

 

[DNP-Old]

Dani Martinez beats Ganna in an CRI.

 

[Samamba]

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Dani Martinez beats Ganna in an CRI.

And Schachmann. Wow!

 

[DNP-Old]

This has to be an error, for sure. Him beating both Ganna and Schachmann is one, but Martinez is 56th in the GC and has already finished, while Kamna (62nd) still has to start - 14h37.

 

[DNP-Old]

Looks like it was correct after all, weird procedure: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqfaFR6WAAAvFWu.jpg

Anyhow, the world champ just beat him by 3 seconds, unfortunately.

 

[Samamba]

So Wurtz is only 3 seconds faster than Martinez... seriously wtf?

 

[Samamba]

Kamna 2nd!

 

[snccdcno]

Powless new fastest time, 6 seconds quicker.

 

[Brullnux]

Clearly the small hill at the start is having quite an effect, and it's quite rolling if Wurtz, Kamna and Ganna are getting beaten by Powless and Martinez.

 

[Samamba]

Best time for Costa, Americans dominating!

 

[Samamba]

Gaudu with a decent TT, lost 1' on Costa.