U23 races and talents

[Squire]

Baby Giro trying hard to be a big race. Huge helicopter sound for the drone shots.

 

[RedheadDane]

Schwarzbacher NBT.


BTW, anyone got a start order? Even if just a PDF?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nordhagen only 1s off AWP is an excellent result, Schwarzbacher very good too but won't be about in the mountains.

 

[RedheadDane]

Will Lorenzo Finn be able to put his mark on the race?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Predictions

***** Nordhagen - Widar - A.Philipsen - Finn
**** Pau Marti - Novak - Pericas - Omrzel - Sparfel - Decomble
*** Soenens - Basset - Oxenberg - Gualdi - Tuckwell - Scalco - O'Brien - Marivoet - Donie - Scalco - Bush - Vanhuffel
** Boichis - L'Hote - Donze' - Tavares - Place - Mattio - Van Kerckhove - Nespoli - Turconi - Valenti - Garzon - Negrente - Savino - Sumpik - Marin - Colorado - Bruno - Macias - Storm - Eeman - Quintero - Cattani
* Perez - Belletta - Borgo - Thornley - Chesini - Rubio - Borremans - Kamberaj - Gomez - Lima - Zapata - A.Rafferty - Prieto

I might save this as a longlist for the 2026-28 Emerging riders game

 

[RedheadDane]

I might save this as a longlist for the 2026-28 Emerging riders game

Some of these guys are likely to be above 199 points before the year is over.

In fact, Finn and Withen already are.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Some of these guys are likely to be above 199 points before the year is over.

In fact, Finn and Withen already are.

Finn isn't, but Nordhagen and Widar are.

 

[RedheadDane]

Finn isn't, but Nordhagen is.

Aaah... I keep getting the 'rank' and the 'point' columns mixed up...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Aaah... I keep getting the 'rank' and the 'point' columns mixed up...

Columns were always more popular among the Greeks and Romans anyway.

 

[Samamba]

Matisse Van Kerckhove will be really good one day. Very big potential.
Belgian living in Catalunya, focus was on MTB for a long time.

 

[Links2003]

Is there anywhere (outside of Italy) to follow the Baby Giro live? I haven't found any live ticker or live tracking. There is probably a live broadcast on Youtube, but it is geo-restricted.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is there anywhere (outside of Italy) to follow the Baby Giro live? I haven't found any live ticker or live tracking. There is probably a live broadcast on Youtube, but it is geo-restricted.

It's on MAX/D+.


UAE just too dominant...

 

[Samamba]

Pretty bad TT from Widar, but he definitely did lose a few seconds something with his visor/helmet problems at the start.

Nordhagen will be happy with this one.

And nice win for Scharzbacher. Whole season has been very good. I'm assuming he will get a pro contract at UAE. I thought there were rumors about it.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pretty bad TT from Widar, but he definitely did lose a few seconds something with his visor/helmet problems at the start.

Nordhagen will be happy with this one.

And nice win for Scharzbacher. Whole season has been very good. I'm assuming he will get a pro contract at UAE. I thought there were rumors about it.

Was it broadcast? Still no results on firstcycling or PCS beyond top 10.

 

[Samamba]

Was it broadcast? Still no results on firstcycling or PCS beyond top 10.

Every stage is being broadcasted.

He's at 19s.

 

[Onizuka999]

Schwarzbacher
Van Kerckhove +1"
Thornley +3"
A.Philipsen +6"
A.Rafferty and Nordhagen +7"
Boichis +8"
Decomble +9"
Bower and Roberts +11"
Finn +15"
Widar +19"

 

[Onizuka999]

4 red bull riders in top15 only Putz is absent.

 

[Links2003]

It's on MAX/D+.


UAE just too dominant...

Thank you for your feedback. But this is also not available in Germany. Because there is TV, hard to believe there is no live-ticker. Did anybody know?

 

[RedheadDane]

Thank you for your feedback. But this is also not available in Germany. Because there is TV, hard to believe there is no live-ticker. Did anybody know?

MAX/D+ is the TV...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Thank you for your feedback. But this is also not available in Germany. Because there is TV, hard to believe there is no live-ticker. Did anybody know?

It is available in Germany (if you have the subscription)

 

[Links2003]

MAX/D+ is the TV...

yes, that is what i said. MAX/D+ and the YT-Channel. But because of that, normally a live-ticker is there because it is easy to make a ticker with tv And i am searching for a ticker because the 2 TV-chances are not possible for me.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Every stage is being broadcasted.

He's at 19s.

The gap is only 12 seconds then. I was expecting him to have shipped a minute or more going by your reaction. Not great but not dramatic either. I assume he should be able to take that back in boni seconds. If he's inferior on the MTFs, those 12 seconds won't matter anyway.

 

[Samamba]

The gap is only 12 seconds then. I was expecting him to have shipped a minute or more going by your reaction. Not great but not dramatic either. I assume he should be able to take that back in boni seconds. If he's inferior on the MTFs, those 12 seconds won't matter anyway.

It's bad for someone who got 9th last year and has been training 12 hours a week on the TT bike and expected a lot from this TT.

Of course it probably won't matter in the end. I don't see him as the best climber here, but it does say something about his form or more the fact he's been stagnating a bit this year, which was to be expected if you literally ride the same schedule as last year.

 

[AvA8]

It's bad for someone who got 9th last year and has been training 12 hours a week on the TT bike and expected a lot from this TT.

Of course it probably won't matter in the end. I don't see him as the best climber here, but it does say something about his form or more the fact he's been stagnating a bit this year, which was to be expected if you literally ride the same schedule as last year.

Maybe the opponents are just stronger this year? Idk how you can expect a guy with his height being up front in a flat TT. I agree though he most likely isnt the strongest climber, i expect him to be more like an ardennes-guy in the future with his acceleration.

 

[Samamba]

Maybe the opponents are just stronger this year? Idk how you can expect a guy with his height being up front in a flat TT. I agree though he most likely isnt the strongest climber, i expect him to be more like an ardennes-guy in the future with his acceleration.

Difference between what I expect and what he himself expects. Given his own expectations this is a pretty bad TT. It's that simple.