U23 races and talents

[hfgon1]

Is the U23 division even relevant any more?

The good U23s are heading straight to the world tour these days

Last years top 12 of l'Avenir:

Del Toro, Pellizarri, Piganzoli, Riccitello, Lecerf, Rondel, Christen, Svestad-Bardseng, Kulset, Pinzon, Dalby and Blackmore.

Think that answers the question.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Is the U23 division even relevant any more?

The good U23s are heading straight to the world tour these days

Relevant especially for 1st/2nd year U23s. Even the big talents still do a few races in U23 and Avenir is one of them. Ayuso, Uijtdebroeks, Del Toro... All did Avenir in previous years.

 

[Rob5091]

Sounds like young Widar is channeling his inner Remco already and no smaller races for him!
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...en-to-me-and-now-were-seeing-where-that-leads

"I was exhausted, you can see that in my results," Widar opened up to DirectVelo on Saturday after his collapse. "I've ridden too many races. I told the team two months ago that I'm riding too many races, but they didn't listen to me and now we're seeing where that leads. This week really showed that I should have trained more and ridden fewer races," is the harsh conclusion that the Belgian talent draws.
Widar does not want to know anything about giving up. "I will come back here next year and then I will try again," the Belgian promises combatively. Widar also already knows what the plans are for the rest of the calendar year 2024. "I will only ride the World Championship and the U23 Lombardia. So I only focus on the big goals and not on the smaller races anymore."