Who's the next star?

ilovebigwig
ilovebigwig Posts: 118
edited August 2012 in Pro race
So Bradley Wiggins has fully completed his crossover from track superstar to general superstar, Chris Froome looks capable of developing into a Grand Tour winner, and Cav we know all about.

Who's the next British road star? Has Geraint Thomas got the ability to do a Wiggins? Clearly GB and SKY have the setup in place to take people to the infamous "next level", will there now be a long term impact from British riders on the road?
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    G could become a good classics rider. I did think Kennaugh would be the next star but he hasn't seemed to progress much yet probably down to putting the road on hold a bit this year for the Olympics. JTL could possibly become a contender but he's no youngster. Loads of youngsters coming through for the future and doing well in junior classics but it's always hard to tell how they will do in stage races. There's a good balance of riders coming through though with Swift and Blythe for sprints, Dowsett as a TTer in addition to the above.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Ben Swift?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Thomas has got a monument in him if he works on it I reckon.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    If anyone says Germain Burton they are going to get a slap.

    Kennaugh has what it takes to be a GT rider of distinction, as he can climb and time trial. I think he'd have to forego his track ambitions though (although a Gold later today may be enough). I think Thomas will have to specialise, as at the moment he looks like he could be either a Classics rider or a GT rider (assuming he's prepared to do the work on his climbing). It's difficult to do both these days.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Haha, I was just googling Germain Burton to see what he's been up since that thread about him a year or two back. I don't want a slap, though, so I'll say no more.
  • ilovebigwig
    ilovebigwig Posts: 118
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Thomas has got a monument in him if he works on it I reckon.

    He has spoken about these previously and admitted to needing to focus, and at 26 he seems the prime age to knuckle down and specialise.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    afx237vi wrote:
    Haha, I was just googling Germain Burton to see what he's been up since that thread about him a year or two back. I don't want a slap, though, so I'll say no more.

    He's a very good rider, but I doubt he's quite as good as some would have you believe and, if his performances against his peers are anything to go by, he's not good enough domestically to ever make it internationally.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Steven Burke, teenage medallist in Beijing, tearing it up in the pursuit at the moment and a decent road racer too.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,887
    andyp wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Haha, I was just googling Germain Burton to see what he's been up since that thread about him a year or two back. I don't want a slap, though, so I'll say no more.

    He's a very good rider, but I doubt he's quite as good as some would have you believe and, if his performances against his peers are anything to go by, he's not good enough domestically to ever make it internationally.

    Isn't he 17? Bit young to write-off or call a star. He's got a good hill climb in him for a kid.
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Owain Doull and Grant Ferguson are both very talented young brits... although I think that Ferguson is sticking with mtbing atm
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Isn't he 17? Bit young to write-off or call a star. He's got a good hill climb in him for a kid.

    I do not doubt for one minute that he's a very capable and talented rider but I agree with you, it's too soon to say. Which was my original point.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Tom BB wrote:
    Owain Doull and Grant Ferguson are both very talented young brits... although I think that Ferguson is sticking with mtbing atm

    You can add Sam Harrison to them and slightly older but looking good at Endura is Erick Rowsell. For potential future talent the Tour of Wales results are quite a useful guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Tour_of_Wales

    For the record, the year I rode it I came last - as I say it's a great guide to potential :lol:
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Haha yeah I'd forgotten about Harrison, I know very little about Rowsell though. Not sure I've ever seen him race
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pross wrote:
    Tom BB wrote:
    Owain Doull and Grant Ferguson are both very talented young brits... although I think that Ferguson is sticking with mtbing atm

    You can add Sam Harrison to them and slightly older but looking good at Endura is Erick Rowsell. For potential future talent the Tour of Wales results are quite a useful guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Tour_of_Wales

    For the record, the year I rode it I came last - as I say it's a great guide to potential :lol:

    You weren't last, you were coch llusern :D
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    afx237vi wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    Tom BB wrote:
    Owain Doull and Grant Ferguson are both very talented young brits... although I think that Ferguson is sticking with mtbing atm

    You can add Sam Harrison to them and slightly older but looking good at Endura is Erick Rowsell. For potential future talent the Tour of Wales results are quite a useful guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Tour_of_Wales

    For the record, the year I rode it I came last - as I say it's a great guide to potential :lol:

    You weren't last, you were coch llusern :D

    I fought very hard to win that and there wasn't even a prize, made a spectacular bid for it in the road stages having finished top 30 in the hill climb prologue!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Oh, and surely it should be Llusern Coch? ;)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Pross wrote:
    Oh, and surely it should be Llusern Coch? ;)

    I'll take your word for it!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Who's that bloke DDRaver fancies?

    3 letter acronym.

    Rides chippers.
    _
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who's that bloke DDRaver fancies?

    3 letter acronym.

    Rides chippers.

    Don't you mean Leicester Lad and JTL?
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,820
    Alex Ryan - Not quite 10 months old but we're getting him a trike for his first birthday
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Roswell has fast legs. Was duking with E/cat1 riders at hog hill and soloing several laps of the e12 crystal palace crits.

    J Burton has a good palmare for his age and can tear up the hills. He is also a Londoner and doesn't come from a privileged background. I'm backing him for sure.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    There are a couple of handy riders at Hackney Cycle Club? but I don't know too much about them (apart from them overtaking me towards the end of the dunwich dynamo when they were 13/14, and I wasn't going easy)
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Pross wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Who's that bloke DDRaver fancies?

    3 letter acronym.

    Rides chippers.

    Don't you mean Leicester Lad and JTL?


    My jokes are obviously rubbish :(.
    _
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    2013. The year of Pete Kennaugh.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I doubt any of the new crop will reach the heights of Cavendish or Wiggins, but Thomas, Stannard, Swift, Kennaugh, Rowe, Fenn and Blythe all have potential to be good one day riders. And Dowsett a TT specialist.
    I also think Thomas may turn out to be the GT rider rather than the long expected Kennaugh.

    And let's not forget Froome is just 27.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    How about extending the thread to international riders? Joseph Dombrowski?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    afx237vi wrote:
    How about extending the thread to international riders? Joseph Dombrowski?

    Andrew Talansky, Rohan Dennis, Elia Viviani, Nairo Quintana

    (Phinney, Pinot & van Garderen are a bit obvious and Sagan is already there)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Also Fabio Aru of the real youngsters.

    Wilco Kelderman at Rabo has had a storming first year as pro. I really like Romain Bardet at Ag2r too.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Turfle wrote:

    Wilco Kelderman at Rabo has had a storming first year as pro..

    :roll:

    Here we go again!
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  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    He'll break the mould.

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