Tour de l'Avenir 2021 (August 13-22)

[Devil's Elbow]

Since nobody else has made the thread... prologue is currently underway. Only the final two stages will be televised.

Startlist

Stage profiles
Stage 2 is a TTT.

Prologue

1

2

The final climb averages 4.8% at a length of 2.0 kilometres, as per the roadbook.

3

4

5

6

Climbs:

(from Saint-Maurice-Crillat onwards)

7

Climb:

8

Climbs:

9

Climbs:

 

[Devil's Elbow]

DirectVelo have a good liveblog up (in French - link). Three Dutch riders in the top-4 which is led by Daan Hoole right now, past three-quarters of the field has finished.

 

[Samamba]

Netherlands dominating right now. I expected them to be good cause they have a lot of good TTers in their team, but 4 out of 5 right now is something else. Don't see how they can lose the TTT on sunday.

Carlos Rodriguez in 9th currently, Ayuso in 10th, seperated by 10 miliseconds.

EDIT: Price-Pejtersen takes the lead!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Price-Pejtersen taking the lead is not really a surprise.

Ayuso 13 seconds behind.

 

[Samamba]

Still a few really good TTers to finish

Plapp only 7th

 

[Panda Claws]

Curious what Ponomar will show here. I became a fan, mostly because of the memes, after seeing him ride the Giro.

 

[Samamba]

Ardila lost 10 seconds on Ayuso and Rordriguez, Ponomar 11

 

[Samamba]

Waerenskjold beats Pejtersen!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wærenskjold takes it!

 

[Samamba]

The results of some GC guys:

1. Waerenskjold

7. Lukas Plapp 9"

14 Carlos Rodriguez 15"
15 Ayuso 15"
19 Romo 18"
27 Heinschke 19"

40 Zana 22"
41 Johannessen 22"

Verre 25"
Ardila 25"
Ponomar 26"
Gloag 27"
Garofoli 29"
Hellemose 32"
Lipowitz 34"
Toumire 35"
Vandenabeele 38"
Paret Peintre 47"
Umba 52"

 

[Escarabajo]

The results of some GC guys:

1. Waerenskjold

7. Lukas Plapp 9"

14 Carlos Rodriguez 15"
15 Ayuso 15"
19 Romo 18"
27 Heinschke 19"

40 Zana 22"
41 Johannessen 22"

Verre 25"
Ardila 25"
Ponomar 26"
Gloag 27"
Garofoli 29"
Hellemose 32"
Lipowitz 34"
Toumire 35"
Vandenabeele 38"
Paret Peintre 47"
Umba 52"

As a Colombian I get deflated by these results. It looks like Umba could be another Sosa. He could not ride a bike outside of the mountains. Hope some things change.

 

[SafeBet]

As a Colombian I get deflated by these results. It looks like Umba could be another Sosa. He could not ride a bike outside of the mountains. Hope some things change.

I think it's a bit early to tell. He wasn't that bad in the Vuelta al Tachira ITT for instance.
Today he was terrible but it was also a very short TT, which probably favored stronger, more explosive guys.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

idk about his future in ITTs but Umba seems different than Sosa. That stage in Rwanda where was second was more classics-like and the Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc stage he won a was a 5-rider sprint after a descent. I can't see Sosa doing well in either type of course.

 

[Samamba]

Waerenskjold wins again? I didn't expect him to win bunch sprints...

Colnaghi (Italy) 2nd, Laurence (France) 3rd.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Waerenskjold wins again? I didn't expect him to win bunch sprints...

Colnaghi (Italy) 2nd, Laurence (France) 3rd.

Colnaghi is fast, last year be beat Jordi Meeus and Jake Steward at the u23 Giro, so Waerenskjold seems to have a good kick too. Last year he was already beating a sprinter like Christian Koch in bunch sprints.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Does anyone know what happened to Mathias Vacek, did he crash out of thr race?

 

[Samamba]

Does anyone know what happened to Mathias Vacek, did he crash out of thr race?

Yeah he crashed.

 

[Samamba]

Colombia just lost 2 minutes in a TTT, they're almost deadlast. I think it's already over for GC.

Denmark in first right now, but still 10 teams to finish

 

[ciranda]

Ecuadorian team four minutes down with normal road bikes. Danish team still first but the distance to Kazakhstan in tenth is just a little over a minute, some of the strongest nations still on the course.

 

[Samamba]

Italy in first now, but lots of good teams still on the road. I would think Netherlands and Norway are gonna be close, probably beat them.

 

[Samamba]

Netherlands destroying the others
Spain 2nd, Norway 3rd, Italy 4th, Belgium 5th.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I thought the Norwegians would come close, but in the end the Dutch won by 20 seconds.

 

[Escarabajo]

Ecuadorian team four minutes down with normal road bikes. Danish team still first but the distance to Kazakhstan in tenth is just a little over a minute, some of the strongest nations still on the course.

This is like in the Olympics. You are on your own (country)!

 

[Mayomaniac]

Putting a TTT in this race is beyond stupid, what's the point?
I'm fine with an ITT, but nobody needs a TTT in an u23 race with national teams from all around the world...

 

[BlueRoads]

Putting a TTT in this race is beyond stupid, what's the point?
I'm fine with an ITT, but nobody needs a TTT in an u23 race with national teams from all around the world...

I would like it as a seperate category / race within the race, without meaning for the GC, best as a last stage.