João Aalmeida dominated in portugal since he was 15. He was like 2 or 3 times both TT and road champion. Maybe this year he will win both again.
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He's still really young, and could go the way of Dumoulin and potentially Dennis (and a lot of other strong time trialers who have succeded becoming GC riders in the past). Anyway, he's one immense TT talent.Groene Patraaf said:I don't think Kämna will turn out to be a GC contender in the future. His results in the hilly stages in Romandie and Catalunya are very promising, but in both races he lost a lot of time in the real mountain stages.
The guy won a stage and finished 11th in the Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta at the age of 18, last year was almost a lost year riding for Stölting who had to step up to pct level at their own when the co-sposor doppeed out at the last moment, but he still dominated the EC u23 ITT and finished 8th on the hardest stage of the Tour de l'Avenir.Squire said:He's still really young, and could go the way of Dumoulin and potentially Dennis (and a lot of other strong time trialers who have succeded becoming GC riders in the past). Anyway, he's one immense TT talent.Groene Patraaf said:I don't think Kämna will turn out to be a GC contender in the future. His results in the hilly stages in Romandie and Catalunya are very promising, but in both races he lost a lot of time in the real mountain stages.
Samamba said:Robert Stannard looks pretty interesting. After looking great in L-B-L and some Italian races he won the 3th and hardest stage in the Rhone-Alpes Isere Tour today. He's only 18y old. Can someone tell me why he's riding for the Australian team while he's from New Zealand?
Edit: nvm, apparently he's both and chose to ride for Australia earlier this year cause they have better facilities.
Australia has an incredibly talented team this year. I have a feeling that they're gonna dominate Aosta this year.
jeremydu41 said:Who do you think are the most promising riders born in 1996-1998 in the following categories?
Climber
Climber / time trial
Time trial
Sprinter
Puncher
Classic cobblestones
For me :
Climber : Harm VanHoucke, Bjorn Lambrecht, Mark Padun, Jai Hindley
Climber / time trial : Adrien Costa, Michael Storer
Time trial : Edward Dunbar, Brandon Mcnulty, Marc Hirschi
Sprinter : Fabio Jakobsen, Kristoffer Halvorsen
Puncher : Lucas Hamilton, Pavel Sivakov
Classic cobblestones : Jasper Philipsen
Climber / time trial : Neilson Powlessjeremydu41 said:Sorry, i would say riders are not in World Tour and Conti Pro
yaco said:The Baby Giro from June 9 to June 15 may rival the L'Avenir as the premier stage races for the under 23's - There will be lots of talent on display.
yaco said:The Baby Giro from June 9 to June 15 may rival the L'Avenir as the premier stage races for the under 23's - There will be lots of talent on display.