Tour de l'Avenir *spoilers*

FJS
FJS Posts: 4,820
edited September 2014 in Pro race
Might get a bit less attention than the star-studded line up of the Vuelta, but the Tour de l'Avenir started today as well.
The Aussies dominated the prologue, 3 in the top 6, as always turning out TT talent.
Challenging route: a couple of hilly/flattish Massif Central stages followed by four moutnain top finishes in the Alps
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Thanks for flagging. Will keep an eye on the results.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    He looks like a real TT prospect for the future
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Finally winning this season... somewhat surprised by Alex Clements' selection. Thought they'd have found a place for Linfield.

    So apart from the likes of Herklotz and Haig, who're the guns? Teuns for the hills, Hart Kung or even Kung or Rybalkin?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Senni, the Norwegians
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Hmm, the breakaway stayed away on stage 1 and then it was a bunch sprint with 100 odd arriving with the same time.

    1 Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Norway 3:37:31
    2 Sjoerd Ginneken Van (Ned) Netherlands
    3 Asbjorn Kragh Andersen (Den) Denmark
    4 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Great Britain 2:21:00
    5 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Colombia
    6 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Italy
    7 Ilya Davidenok (Kaz) Kazakhstan
    8 Owain Doull (GBr) Great Britain
    9 Tom Bohli (Sui) Switzerland
    10 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Esp) Spain

    Note Martinelli is up there - stagiare at Sky. Any relation to Astana's Martinelli?
    Contador is the Greatest
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Cheers FJS.

    Breakaway won and seems a bit of a crashfest going by l'equipe's report with Gouault breaking his collarbone after his handlebar clipped a Colombian musette and Thiejs Benoot crashing right at the end.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Note Martinelli is up there - stagiare at Sky. Any relation to Astana's Martinelli?
    Yeah, he's his son.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Very early days yet - some tough stages coming up - including on the final day

    Tour-de-l-Avenir-Stage-7-1408356544.jpg

    got my eye on these two

    Alexander Foliforov Russia
    Pierre-Roger Latour France
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    I don't suppose there's any coverage ?

    Edit: Looks like it could be on here (text update only)

    http://videosdecyclisme.fr/live-tour-de-lavenir-2014/
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Vervaeke and Kozhatayev should be up there in the mountains too
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    last editions
    2013 | FERNANDEZ Ruben
    2012 | BARGUIL Warren
    2011 | CHAVES Johan Esteban
    2010 | QUINTANA Nairo
    2009 | SICARD Romain
    2008 | BAKELANTS Jan
    2007 | MOLLEMA Bauke
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Really is an excellent indicator of talent. Bakelants and Sicard the only disappointments in terms of proper climbers/GC talent. Looking forward to see how Ruben goes at Movistar.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Caleb Ewan must be hoping for points jersey this year - 3rd last year

    2013 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
    2012 BARGUIL Warren

    Barguil got GC - points and KOM in 2012 !
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Future GE 1-2. Ewan wins ahead of Magnus Cort.

    1 Ewan (Australie)
    2 Cort Nielsen (Danemark)
    3 Kirsch (Luxembourg)
    4 Gogl (Autriche)
    5 Doull (Grande-Bretagne)
    6 Martinelli (Italie)
    7 Teuns (Belgique)
    8 Gaviria (Colombie)
    9 S. Kragh Andersen (Danemark)
    10 Shalunov (Russie)
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,547
    Nice to see Owain Doull up there in a race of this magnitude. I guess he's going to have to make the track or road decision soon.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Stage 3
    1. MCLAY Daniel Great Britain

    moves him 3rd in points competition ( Martinelli second)

    fireworks.jpg
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Seems Martinelli and Ewan were taken out in a crash just over 3km out. Kung most combative.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Guy has just moved up massive amount of notches:

    “I never applied to the Academy”, McLay told Cyclingnews. “In fact I wanted to race in Belgium because I love classics.”
    “In Belgium I learned how to race aggressively, especially when there's wind,” he says.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    First of the mountain finishes, and a proper one; 10 kms pretty steep
    Tour of Qinghai Lake winner Davidenok wins, just beating 19y old Sam Oomen and Colombian Lopez, who takes the overall. Geogeghan Hart up there in 12th. Pretty big gaps already. Latour 4th, Vervaeke 9th, Eiking 14th. Herklotz, Svendsen, Haig, Senni all pretty far down already.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:

    Alexander Foliforov Russia
    Pierre-Roger Latour France

    4th and 5th now :)
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nice work by Tao.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Les 10 premiers de l'étape
    1 DAVIDENOK Ilya KAZ KAZ 00"
    2 OOMEN Sam NED NED 03"
    3 LOPEZ Miguel Angel COL COL 42"
    4 LATOUR Pierre-Roger FRA FRA 58"
    5 CICCONE Giulio ITA ITA 01'05"
    6 FOLIFOROV Alexander RUS RUS 01'06"
    7 RIBALKIN Alexey RUS RUS ' '
    8 POWER Robert AUS AUS 01'16"
    9 VERVAEKE Louis BEL BEL 20" 01'19"
    10 SILVA Joaquim POR POR 01'21"

    stg04_davidenok01_tour-de-lavenir_2014.png

    GC: http://www.tourdelavenir.com/images/04_TDA_General.pdf

    Scott Davies is also racing and not too bad at 22nd. Tao is 11th.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Rodriguez like win for Teuns.

    Just saw that Robert Power is Brumbies lock Leon's brother.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Thursday's result:

    1 TEUNS Dylan BEL BEL
    2 FOLIFOROV Alexander RUS RUS @ 08"
    3 EIKING Odd Christian NOR NOR st
    4 POWER Robert AUS AUS st
    5 LOPEZ Miguel Angel COL COL st
    6 LATOUR Pierre-Roger FRA FRA 'st
    7 CICCONE Giulio ITA ITA st
    8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA FRA st
    9 HERKLOTZ Silvio GER GER 'st
    10 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER GER st

    GC After Thursday's stage

    1 LOPEZ Miguel Angel COL COL
    2 OOMEN Sam NED NED @ 12"
    3 POWER Robert AUS AUS @ 27"
    4 LATOUR Pierre-Roger FRA FRA st
    5 FOLIFOROV Alexander RUS RUS @ 31"
    6 RIBALKIN Alexey RUS RUS @ 41"
    7 CICCONE Giulio ITA ITA @ 47"
    8 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER GER @ 48"
    9 SILVA Joaquim POR POR @ 51"
    10 VERVAEKE Louis BEL BEL @ 56"
    11 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR GBR @ 01'19"
    12 MAISON Jérémy FRA FRA @ 01'24"

    Tough penultimate stage tomorrow:

    profil-e6-tdav-2014.jpg
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Lopez wins ahead of Power and Rybalkin. Lopez and Power attacked with 10km to go, Rybalkin joined them towards the end of the stage.

    1 Lopez
    2 Power
    3 Rybalkin
    4 Foliforov
    5 Latour
    6 Ciccone
    7 Haig
    8 Buchmann
    9 Lunke
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Lopez making it rain. What a boss.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Can't be down to 52 riders from 206 starters?
  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Louis Vervaeke, 8th overall and less than 2 minutes down, got into the breakaway. Was leader on the road till close to the end, but took the stage and directvelo have him at fifth overall. Seems Haig buried himself for Power to close in on Vervaeke.

    1 Louis Vervaeke BELGIUM 3:05:44
    2 Alexander Foliforov RUSSIA 0:00:34
    3 Alexey Ribalkin RUSSIA 0:00:34
    4 Miguel Angel Lopez COLOMBIA 0:00:34
    5 Robert Power AUSTRALIA 0:00:37
    6 Pierre-Roger Latour FRANCE 0:01:54
    7 Emanuel Buchmann GERMANY 0:02:06
    8 Jeremy Maison FRANCE 0:03:24
    9 Joaquim Silva PORTUGAL 0:03:35
    10 Sam Oomen NETHERLANDS 0:05:51

    Gc provisional
    Overall ranking:
    1 Miguel Angel Lopez COLOMBIA 11:54:28 p.m.
    2 Robert Power AUSTRALIA 0:00:30
    3 Alexey Ribalkin RUSSIA 0:00:44
    4 Alexander Foliforov RUSSIA 0:00:51
    5 Louis Vervaeke BELGIUM 0:01:15
    6 Pierre-Roger Latour FRANCE 0:02:25
    7 Emanuel Buchmann GERMANY 0:03:16
    8 Joaquim Silva PORTUGAL 0:05:37
    9 Jeremy Maison FRANCE 0:05:54
    10 Tao Geoghegan Hart GREAT BRITAIN 0:08:56
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Lopez still holding firm and good old Tao in the top ten. That guy is the real deal. Should have known it since the time he flew past me during the Ditchling Beacon aged 13 (along with Alex Peters of Madison Genesis).
    Contador is the Greatest
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Great article on the future of cycling

    http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-tour-de ... 44130.html

    I wonder how many of them will go on to greater things ? I know the winners frequently feature prominently in later years but the rest of the top ten ?

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