Young rider of the year 2016

joelsim

If we take Alaphilippe and Benoot as two young riders who excelled in 2015, who do you think is going to light up the peloton.

The obvious one, and the one I'll start with is Gaviria. Not only did he beat Cav twice in San Luis but he made Greipel look slow in the ToB. Holm reckons the boy is going to be huge, although he probably will spend a chunk of time on the track this year ahead of the Olympics.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of him for sure.

RichN95.

Miguel Angel Lopez

joelsim

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752417#p19752417]RichN95[/url] wrote:

Miguel Angel Lopez

Yep. He looked very good last year.

dish_dash

Caleb Ewan


Toms Skujiņš

ozzzyosborn206

chaves, he is older than i thought at 25 but think he will continue to improve along with the yates brothers

dish_dash

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752479#p19752479]ozzzyosborn206[/url] wrote:

chaves, he is older than i thought at 25 but think he will continue to improve along with the yates brothers

oui oui... OGE have a strong line up... wasn't sure if Joel was wanting to focus on Neos or anyone under 26...

FJS

Stefan Kung (22)

Lennard Kamna (19)

Hoping for a proper Merhawi Kudus breakthrough, still only 21

Richmond Racer 2

Kung Kung Kung

joelsim

Anyone younger than Rebellin or Gandalf will do.

But I was more thinking about first or second year pros who you think can step up to the plate (not a Betancur style plate either).

Chaves really came of age last year and promises much in the Vuelta and Giro, I love Kung and think he'll be a superstar, and I also like the look of Muhlberger and Moscon.

bugsrabbit

Hugh carthy - Caja Rural. Local lad

Shadowrider

Davide Formolo is hopefully going to have a good year.

dish_dash

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752538#p19752538]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Anyone younger than Rebellin or Gandalf will do.

At the other edge of the spectrum 44 yr old Rebellin was re-signed by CCC for 2016, meaning that he'll have been a pro longer than any rider under 24 has been alive...

joelsim

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Richmond Racer 2

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752570#p19752570]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752538#p19752538]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Anyone younger than Rebellin or Gandalf will do.

At the other edge of the spectrum 44 yr old Rebellin was re-signed by CCC for 2016, meaning that he'll have been a pro longer than any rider under 24 has been alive...

GET IN THE SEA

joelsim

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752613#p19752613]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752570#p19752570]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752538#p19752538]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Anyone younger than Rebellin or Gandalf will do.

At the other edge of the spectrum 44 yr old Rebellin was re-signed by CCC for 2016, meaning that he'll have been a pro longer than any rider under 24 has been alive...

GET IN THE SEA

CAPS LOCK stuck again I sea, RR2.

Whatever happened to RR1? She was really really really really nice.

Shadowrider

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752600#p19752600]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Yes at least being given the support to go top 10 and above.

joelsim

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752670#p19752670]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752600#p19752600]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Yes at least being given the support to go top 10 and above.

Cannondale looking much stronger this year. They needed to though.

Shadowrider

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752673#p19752673]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752670#p19752670]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752600#p19752600]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Yes at least being given the support to go top 10 and above.

Cannondale looking much stronger this year. They needed to though.

Just having a look at the team, they really should be contending either the giro or the Vuelta with that team, but I imagine Rigo will go for the Tour this year.

joelsim

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752676#p19752676]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752673#p19752673]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752670#p19752670]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752600#p19752600]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Yes at least being given the support to go top 10 and above.

Cannondale looking much stronger this year. They needed to though.

Just having a look at the team, they really should be contending either the giro or the Vuelta with that team, but I imagine Rigo will go for the Tour this year.

Not good enough to win a GT I don't think but they should be able to win something, a decent roster but no superstars. Wippert and Bevin could do well in the sprints, they have a number of talented youngsters and some ok steadies like Uran, Ryder, Rolland.

Shadowrider

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752689#p19752689]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752676#p19752676]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752673#p19752673]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752670#p19752670]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752600#p19752600]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Yes at least being given the support to go top 10 and above.

Cannondale looking much stronger this year. They needed to though.

Just having a look at the team, they really should be contending either the giro or the Vuelta with that team, but I imagine Rigo will go for the Tour this year.

Not good enough to win a GT I don't think but they should be able to win something, a decent roster but no superstars. Wippert and Bevin could do well in the sprints, they have a number of talented youngsters and some ok steadies like Uran, Ryder, Rolland.

With the right course and opposition he could win the Giro. Ryder is gone btw Trek

RichN95.

Yves Lampaert is another man to watch in the spring

ocdupalais

As Joel likes to point out; probably any rider who shows themself as talented is a duck. And we all know that ducks are dopers. Quack cocaine or some form of PED (Performance Enhancing Duckery) will be to blame. As a consequence, I can't help expecting any thread started by Joel will end in:
"...and it's all because, without exception, they're all dopers - live with it (I do).
The End."

RichN95.

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752714#p19752714]OCDuPalais[/url] wrote:

As Joel likes to point out; probably any rider who shows themself as talented is a duck. And we all know that ducks are dopers. Quack cocaine or some form of PED (Performance Enhancing Duckery) will be to blame. As a consequence, I can't help expecting any thread started by Joel will end in:
"...and it's all because, without exception, they're all dopers - live with it (I do).
The End."

Yeah, but Joel turned up once most of the ducks had flow south so now he thinks anything with a beak is a duck in the hope that it might be a duck - chickens, eagles, dodos, platypuses.

disgruntledgoat

I'm excited for the Lotto classics threat of Benoot, De Bie, Wellens and Wallays with a year of big race experience under their belts.

Richmond Racer 2

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752641#p19752641]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752613#p19752613]Richmond Racer 2[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752570#p19752570]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752538#p19752538]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Anyone younger than Rebellin or Gandalf will do.

At the other edge of the spectrum 44 yr old Rebellin was re-signed by CCC for 2016, meaning that he'll have been a pro longer than any rider under 24 has been alive...

GET IN THE SEA

CAPS LOCK stuck again I sea, RR2.

Whatever happened to RR1? She was really really really really nice.

She returned beastly cynical :P

Richmond Racer 2

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752689#p19752689]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752676#p19752676]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752673#p19752673]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752670#p19752670]Shadowrider[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752600#p19752600]Joelsim[/url] wrote:

Formolo faces an important year. Aside from a superb stage win in the Giro, he needs to start to get a couple of top 5 GCs in I reckon.

Yes at least being given the support to go top 10 and above.

Cannondale looking much stronger this year. They needed to though.

Just having a look at the team, they really should be contending either the giro or the Vuelta with that team, but I imagine Rigo will go for the Tour this year.

Not good enough to win a GT I don't think but they should be able to win something, a decent roster but no superstars. Wippert and Bevin could do well in the sprints, they have a number of talented youngsters and some ok steadies like Uran, Ryder, Rolland.

Ryder's ryden off to Trek innit

EDIT: just seen Shadowrider's post

joelsim

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752714#p19752714]OCDuPalais[/url] wrote:

As Joel likes to point out; probably any rider who shows themself as talented is a duck. And we all know that ducks are dopers. Quack cocaine or some form of PED (Performance Enhancing Duckery) will be to blame. As a consequence, I can't help expecting any thread started by Joel will end in:
"...and it's all because, without exception, they're all dopers - live with it (I do).
The End."

Please can we avoid doping talk on my thread :roll:

ddraver

TommyD suprises no one by winning the Dutch rider of the year. Not exactly a stellar year as far as actual results go, male or female

(ie not including the Grand Depart)

dish_dash

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752952#p19752952]ddraver[/url] wrote:

TommyD suprises no one by winning the Dutch rider of the year. Not exactly a stellar year as far as actual results go, male or female

(ie not including the Grand Depart)

Anna van der Breggen might disagree...

FJS

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752958#p19752958]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752952#p19752952]ddraver[/url] wrote:

TommyD suprises no one by winning the Dutch rider of the year. Not exactly a stellar year as far as actual results go, male or female

(ie not including the Grand Depart)

Anna van der Breggen might disagree...

They have separate male and female awards, she won female

ddraver

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752958#p19752958]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19752952#p19752952]ddraver[/url] wrote:

TommyD suprises no one by winning the Dutch rider of the year. Not exactly a stellar year as far as actual results go, male or female

(ie not including the Grand Depart)

Anna van der Breggen might disagree...

hmmmm, fair enough I suppose. Hard not to judge any Dutch Rider by Vos' standards, but you make a fair point