bobzmyunkle
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What a ridiculous headline.
https://www.idlprocycling.com/cycli...s-the-lead-in-romandie-chabbey-wins-the-stage
https://www.idlprocycling.com/cycli...s-the-lead-in-romandie-chabbey-wins-the-stage
2025 Races with Spoilers.
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Archie from BR
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At Renewi poor Tom Portsmouth didn't even get out of the neutral zone before crashing and having to abandon
DeadCalm
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He was. Good that Pedersen has competition on the flatter stages now. I'm still expecting Pedersen to win at least 4, probably 5, though.
DeadCalm
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The Tour de l'Avenir, which starts Saturday, has an interesting route. The race kicks off in Tignes with a 3.3km prologue, the twist being that it's uphill at an average gradient of 7.9%. Two hilly days and two flat days follow. The Queen stage on Thursday sees the riders tackle a cat 1 and a HC climb ahead of the cat 1 ascent to the line in Tignes. On Friday we have a split day, with a mountain stage followed by an uphill TT (10.4km @ 6.8%).
A lot of the pre-race talk has been of a showdown between Seixas and Widar but I reckon Slovenia's Omrzel (winner of the Giro Next Gen), Nordhagen (who has a point to prove after a disappointing Giro Next Gen), the strong Spanish trio of Martí, Pericas and Torres (will they treat us to a Movistar tactical masterclass?) and Italy's Lorenzo Finn are worth keeping an eye on too. For those unaware of Finn, he was Seixas' closest rival last year, frequently running him close and occasionally (as in the Worlds) beating him. In the early stages of the Giro Next Gen, he looked to be the only rider capable of hanging with Widar before circumstances dictated hat he had to ride for Luckwell.
I'm hoping to see Hobbs (GB) and Dunwoody (Ire) mixing it up for stage wins and keeping my fingers crossed for a decent showing from young Jamie Meehan (Ire) who has just recently managed to snare himself a contract with Cofidis having progressed via the French amateur and continental scene. I'm also looking forward to seeing if Callum Thornley can kick on from his impressive 10th at the Giro Next Gen which he managed despite he too having had to work for Luckwell.
Taking my lead from @No Ta Doctor and ignoring Norwegians, I'd assume Simon Dalby (6th last year) is the best chance of a Viking taking the spoils but I thought Peter Øxenberg (pronounced oo?) rode well in the recent Vuelta a Burgos and it'll be interesting to see if he can continue to show an improvement from an underwhelming start.
A lot of the pre-race talk has been of a showdown between Seixas and Widar but I reckon Slovenia's Omrzel (winner of the Giro Next Gen), Nordhagen (who has a point to prove after a disappointing Giro Next Gen), the strong Spanish trio of Martí, Pericas and Torres (will they treat us to a Movistar tactical masterclass?) and Italy's Lorenzo Finn are worth keeping an eye on too. For those unaware of Finn, he was Seixas' closest rival last year, frequently running him close and occasionally (as in the Worlds) beating him. In the early stages of the Giro Next Gen, he looked to be the only rider capable of hanging with Widar before circumstances dictated hat he had to ride for Luckwell.
I'm hoping to see Hobbs (GB) and Dunwoody (Ire) mixing it up for stage wins and keeping my fingers crossed for a decent showing from young Jamie Meehan (Ire) who has just recently managed to snare himself a contract with Cofidis having progressed via the French amateur and continental scene. I'm also looking forward to seeing if Callum Thornley can kick on from his impressive 10th at the Giro Next Gen which he managed despite he too having had to work for Luckwell.
Taking my lead from @No Ta Doctor and ignoring Norwegians, I'd assume Simon Dalby (6th last year) is the best chance of a Viking taking the spoils but I thought Peter Øxenberg (pronounced oo?) rode well in the recent Vuelta a Burgos and it'll be interesting to see if he can continue to show an improvement from an underwhelming start.
Archie from BR
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Lorenzo Finn coming back for his first race since breaking a collar bone I believe, he still has a few weeks to go as junior RR world champion.
Spain may be having there big race but this will be my first choice of viewing, love this race. Ladies race on at the same time..
Spain may be having there big race but this will be my first choice of viewing, love this race. Ladies race on at the same time..
DeadCalm
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Me too. I've been hooked since I watched for the first time in 2018 when it was won by a certain Slovenian.
No Ta Doctor
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That's surprising, he seemed really keen earlier and everyone here has been talking like it was a cert - which in itself was surprising and lead me to believe it was all agreed already
I watched the finish and switched off thinking Milan was the winner
TomDW
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Me too. I hadn't seen the finish photo. It wouldn't really matter if he'd won or not. It shows that Brennan is up there with the best. If he carries on with this trajectory who knows.....
And he has only just turned 20!
Quite possibly.😂
