U23 races and talents

[Tim Cahill]

They are having a conversation with 1k to go, I think a deal has been made, GC for the stage.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nordhagen wins the stage.

 

[KZD]

Lovely final stage.

Omrzel wins GC, after being the only one capable of following Nordhagen on the climbs. Slovenia might have found a new superstar.

 

[Miha81]

Omrzel looked better and better the race went on. Nice win for him.

 

[theyoungest]

Omrzel wins GC, after being the only one capable of following Nordhagen on the climbs. Slovenia might have found a new superstar.

Good for them, since they were lacking in that department.

 

[RedheadDane]

Omrzel wins GC, after being the only one capable of following Nordhagen on the climbs. Slovenia might have found a new superstar.

Yeah... they're lacking those...

(That was sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell.)

 

[YavorD]

Good for them, since they were lacking in that department.

Yes, it's been 9 days since the last Slovenian win.
It's probably unbearable for them.
Hopefully Omrzel will end the suffering for the nation in the coming years.

 

[Squire]

Omrzel is winning it.

I was one day early with this call, but today he finished the job.

Not that we really need more great Slovenian cyclists, but I'm very happy for Omrzel. Less than a year ago he nearly lost his life in that Giro della Lunigiana crash where he apparently needed his heart restarted.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah... they're lacking those...

(That was sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell.)

It was?

 

[Onizuka999]

Today Nordhagen absolutely deserved it. He was my favourite for the final victory and that's a surprise he's not on the podium. Same thing for Widar and Finn. Philipsen a bit disappointing

 

[ingsve]

Summarizing the race Jarno Widar certainly looked like the strongest before his crash. Otherwise Nordhagen shows that he is to be reckoned with the harder and steeper the race gets. Omrzel and Novak also looked impressive to me while Tuckwell certainly defended well but felt more on the defensive than the others who were a bit more active.

Lorenzo Finn and Adria Pericas were the ones who perhaps let themselves down a little bit but they were still there so they are certainly still top talents for the future, just not as impressive in this particular race compared to the front 4-5. Finn is a bit younger than the rest as well so with that in mind it was a very good ride still.

Albert Withen Philipsen was hailed as one of the favorites but I think we'll see more and more that he will be a classics riders rather than a future GT rider. More Mads Pedersen than Vingegaard. Or somewhere in between.

 

[ingsve]

Today Nordhagen absolutely deserved it. He was my favourite for the final victory and that's a surprise he's not on the podium. Same thing for Widar and Finn. Philipsen a bit disappointing

Basically comes down to it being a race with 32 teams of only 5 riders per team and no race radios so that meant that big breakaways were able to get away that had GC threats in them. All the top 3 got 1.24 to 2 minutes on the other GC riders from being in big breaks.

 

[Onizuka999]

Finn i think was weakened by the crash. On the Maniva he was very impressive. Moreover he's doing a very good season.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Today Nordhagen absolutely deserved it. He was my favourite for the final victory and that's a surprise he's not on the podium. Same thing for Widar and Finn. Philipsen a bit disappointing

The spirit of Rabofail lives on, and has been passed through the generations, stage 5 of this race was just a warmup for the big return in July.

 

[yaco]

Basically comes down to it being a race with 32 teams of only 5 riders per team and no race radios so that meant that big breakaways were able to get away that had GC threats in them. All the top 3 got 1.24 to 2 minutes on the other GC riders from being in big breaks.

I thoroughly enjoyed the race, however, five rider teams do not work in this stature of race. It was particularly evident in the non-existant sprints, as I was looking forward to seeing the sprinting capability of Noah Hobbs.

 

[theyoungest]

The spirit of Rabofail lives on, and has been passed through the generations, stage 5 of this race was just a warmup for the big return in July.

Come on, Nordhagen hardly knows what Rabobank is. At some point a joke becomes quite stale (in this case, that point was reached about 10 years ago).

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936069119192764445

View: https://x.com/gironextgen/status/1936069119192764445

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936773203025707420

View: https://x.com/gironextgen/status/1936773203025707420

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

UCI inconsistency #3746
It is often said that only 4 leaders' jerseys are allowed on the road in any race: why does this have 5 (leading Italian, as well as the 4 usual ones)?

 

[hayneplane]

UCI inconsistency #3746
It is often said that only 4 leaders' jerseys are allowed on the road in any race: why does this have 5 (leading Italian, as well as the 4 usual ones)?

I think having a jersey for leading home nation rider is ridiculous. At best you could justify a different coloured number dossard to mark it.

 

[hayneplane]

Nordhagen didn’t win but, as the only rider in the top 5 or so that didn’t gain time in breakaways, he certainly confirmed his climbing talents.

Would have liked to have seen more from Finn without his crash and Widar to the end.

Shame no sawtooth TA style hilly classics stage suited to Albert Withen Philipsen as we didn’t really get the opportunity for him to do justice to his obvious talents.

 

[Lequack]

«I'm not the next Pogačar, I'm Jakob Omrzel» says the 2025 Giro Next Gen winner

https://twitter.com/x/status/1936824000459702518

View: https://x.com/gironextgen/status/1936824000459702518

 

[CyclistAbi]

Will be interesting to see if Jakob Omrzel can win bout Tour and Pariz–Roubaix in the future. Congrats for winning Giro!