2023 Tour de l'Avenir, August 20th- 27th ***Spoilers***

blazing_saddles

I know that there's a fair bit of interest on here and since for the first time, the whole race has live coverage, I thought a thread might be in order. There's something for everyone here: a couple of sprint stages, two for the puncheurs, an individual mountain TT and a TTT, plus three stages in the high Alps.

Stage 1» Carnac›La Gacilly (140km)


Stage 2» Nozay›Chinon (189km)


Stage 3 (TTT)» Issoudun›Vatan (21km)


Stage 4» Aigurande›Evaux-les-Bains (149km)


Stage 5» La Tour-de-Salvagny›Lac d'Aiguebelette (141km)


Stage 6» Méribel›Col de la Loze (65km)


Stage 7a (ITT)» Montricher-Albanne›Les Karellis (11km)


Stage 7b» Les Karellis›Val-Cenis Col du Mont Cenis (70km)


Stage 8 (Final)» Val-Cenis›Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (100km)


It call kicks off tomorrow, with live coverage on GCN/Eurosport from 3pm (last 2 hours)

No_Ta_Doctor

That's a nasty split stage there, yikes.

DeadCalm

There's a preview over at the U23 Cycling Zone blog for those interested.

JimD666

Thought split stages were a thing of the past

andyp

An absolute classic of the genre on Stage 2 today:

https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1693647286276960270?s=20

gsk82

You have to be a real prat to do that

andyp

gsk82 said:

You have to be a real prat to do that

You only do it once though.

andyp

Tonight's accommodation for the Dutch team:

https://twitter.com/t_delgrosso/status/1693545509393223963?s=46&t=2PATd_OtsVdKlFqH4sTWPQ

blazing_saddles

andyp said:

Tonight's accommodation for the Dutch team:

https://twitter.com/t_delgrosso/status/1693545509393223963?s=46&t=2PATd_OtsVdKlFqH4sTWPQ

Tissue paper bedsheets for a bunch of teenage boys.
How thoughtful.

DeadCalm

There has been some wonderfully naïve racing so far. Stage 1, half the peloton decided it was a better idea to chase the break individually rather than as a group. Stage 2, the Danes had a cunning plan, lol.

DeadCalm

A great win for Archie Ryan in the second part of yesterday's split stage. Second place was taken by the very impressive Isaac del Toro. The 19 year old Mexican moves into second on GC behind Matthew Riccitello who rides for Israel Premier Tech and already has experience of riding a Grand Tour, having ridden the Giro earlier this year.

blazing_saddles

Just realised I posted this in the wrong thread!
Del Toro looking odds on to win this Tour de l’Avenir.

DeadCalm

Cracking final stage. Deserved better coverage. Isaac del Toro is going to be in demand, for sure.