Tour de l'Avenir *Spoiler*

FJS
FJS Posts: 4,820
edited September 2010 in Pro race
Alex Dowsett take sthe GC lead after a lumpy 2nd stage. No full results yet, but it appears Phinney didn't survive the hills.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Woo hoo!
  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    Apparently Phinney crashed, but he did finish the stage.

    118 16 Taylor PHINNEY ÉTATS-UNIS 00:19:10
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    That was short-lived. Yannick Eijssen takes the first mountain stage (well, Massif Central, but mountaintop finish) convincingly, and the GC lead. Dowsett finishes in the grupetto 23 min down.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That is a shame for Dowsett
    Contador is the Greatest
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,716
    Wasn't he more of a TT'er anyway? might take time to develop climbing legs.

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  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    It's a shame this race has no live stream/ticker. It's the biggest u23 stage race and is often a lot more exciting than professional stage races (smaller teams, more attacks). There are just 7 stages, but 2 of them are mountain stages and the final stage is a mountain tt.

    Saturday
    PROFIL.jpg

    Sunday (same climb)
    PROFIL.jpg
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hoping that Daniel Teklehaimanot can make an impact today or tomorrow and ven take the win. Just read an article about him in the latest Cycle Sport.
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  • Bernardus
    Bernardus Posts: 136
    The Colombians have taken full control of the Tour de l'Avenir:

    Stage results
    1. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Cafe De Colombia - Colombia Es Pasion) 05:44:31
    2. Andrew Talansky (-) 00:39
    3. Mikel Landa (Orbea - Oreka SDA) st.
    4. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Cafe De Colombia - Colombia Es Pasion) 00:41
    5. Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Continental Team) 00:43

    and the GC
    1. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Cafe De Colombia - Colombia Es Pasion) 26:15:46
    2. Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Continental Team) 00:20
    3. Jarlinson Pantano (Cafe De Colombia - Colombia Es Pasion) 00:38
    4. Mikel Landa (Orbea - Oreka SDA) 00:41
    5. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Cafe De Colombia - Colombia Es Pasion) 00:49

    In the GC Andrew Talansky is currently 6th, almost a minute behind, all of which was lost in a crash earlier this week.

    There were several DNFs today including Vermeltfoort, Dowsett and Teklehaimanot.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Talansky's one to watch, he's had a very full season with wins at the highest level. No guarantee of future success but he's been quite dominant.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Kléber wrote:
    Talansky's one to watch, he's had a very full season with wins at the highest level. No guarantee of future success but he's been quite dominant.

    Has he signed a pro contract yet? JV is bigging him up on Twitter...
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He's on the Garmin amateur squad, Holowesko and it's uncertain if he'll go to Garmin because of the Cervelo merger.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Stage result

    1 Nairo Quintana Rojas Colombia 00:33:35.600
    2 Andrew Talansky USA 00:00:47
    3 Jarlinson Pantano Gómez Colombia 00:01:17
    4 Tom Jelte Slagter Netherlands 00:01:45
    5 Gregory Brenes Mixed Team 00:01:53
    6 Michael Matthews Australia 00:01:55
    7 Wilco Kelderman Netherlands 00:02:07
    8 Jesus Herrada Lopez Spain 00:02:15
    9 Dmitriy Ignatyev Russia 00:02:20
    10 Vicente Garcia Da Mateos Spain 00:02:20

    Final overall ranking

    1. Quintana Rojas Nairo Alexander 26h49'21"
    2. Talansky Andrew 01'44"
    3. Pantano Gomez Jarlinson 01'55"
    4. Slagter Tom Jelte 02'05"
    5. Landa Meana Mikel 03'17"
    6. Bardet Romain 03'59"
    7. Bonnin Thomas 04'05"
    8. Matthews Michael 04'10"
    9. Atapuma Hurtado John Darwin 04'14"
    10. Kelderman Wilco 04'14"
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    A little old news but this Tour will certainly help their bid to become Pro Conti in 2011

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cafe-de ... our-return
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    This is a detailed account from Phinney of his part in the race:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/taylor ... de-lavenir

    Impressive I have to say and there is definitely a good mentality and skillset. Certainly one to be big in the scene eventually.
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