Tour de l'Avenir *spoilers*

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,176
    dsoutar wrote:
    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 ?
    2007 Tour l'Avenir - where are they now?
    (the first year they went back to national teams - mostly pre-pro riders)

    Current team & CQ Ranking

    1. Bauke Mollema - Belkin (20)
    2. Tony Martin - OPQS (18)
    3. Andre Steensen - Cult Energy (2311) - had four years at Saxo Bank
    4.Simon Spliak - Katusha (55)
    5. Benat Intxausti - Movistar (101)
    6. Guillaume Levarlet - Cofidis (688)
    7. Craig Lewis - Champiosn Systems (2256) - had four years at HTC
    8. Kristof Vandewalle - Trek (349)
    9. Frederick Wilmann - Rigeriks-Kraft (1133) - had one year at Skil-Shimano
    10. Dario Cataldo - Sky (147)

    Other stage winners:
    Stephane Poulhies - Cofidis (564)
    Martin Kohler - BMC (509)
    Rafaa Chtioui - Sky Dive Dubai (1524) - had one year at Europcar
    Jose Herrada - Movistar (378)
    Nicolas Hartmann - last season as a pro 2009 - had four years at Cofidis
    Iavn Rovny - Tinkoff (669)
    Oleg Opryshko - last season as a pro 2011 - had two years at Amore & Vita

    So in general they mostly seem to do well. The strange one here is the Tunisian Rafaa Chtioui. He won the 24k time trial - ahead of Malori, Boasson Hagen and Martin - and then was barely heard of again.
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  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Chtioui has had a far better return than Opryshko. Spent a couple of seasons at Acqua Sapone too and a few very decent results there.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,668
    I'm always impressed with Tao G-H, whenever he's on The Cycling Podcast and writing in procycling.

    He seems a good orator.

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