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Tour l'Avenir - Discussion
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 09-06-2024 18:05
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It's time for the battle of our young riders again. The annual Tour l'Avenir will show us again the strengths and maybe also weaknesses of our talents when they will fight for the crown of being the best amongst them. On 9 Stages everyone will get the chance to shine and maybe also raise their market value for the upcomming season! So let's find out where are the best young sprinters, climbers, rolleurs, puncheurs, TT-Specialists and stage racers!
We start this year in Belgium on a short flat prologue. The specialists for this can here get the chance to wear the first leader jersey.
The second stage will continue in Belgium. This will be a flat route with oportunities for some breakaways with the small ramps every hear and there. But maybe the newly formed Teams here are strong enough to keep the peloton together so we can see a mass sprint.
At stage 3 we visit for the first time France with a similar profile than the stage before. On paper it looks even less challenging so a mass sprint is the most likely scenario.
The fourth raceday will be the first to show how the next generation of puncheurs will perform. In Belgium and the finish in Luxembourg we have a really hilly profile where we most likely will see a more spread field than the das before.
On the next race day, the 5th stage, we then settle in France. Heading towards the mediterrean sea and having a really flat stage to Nimes. Another day for the sprinter most likely. And a day for the GC favorites to warm up their legs, this is definitely needed with the upcomming challenges.
With starting the 6th stage we also will start with climbing. We start in Gap and head towards the Col du Granon. Three steep and long climbs awaits us here and the last one, up the Col du Granon, will show us who has ambitions to win the whole race this year.
After an exhausting day before for the GC favorites its this time probably a stage for some breakaways who couldnt shine the day before. Some small ramps at the end should make it possible for our puncheurs to go for the victory. But this also means our stage racers need to be cautious to not lose some valuable seconds or minutes here.
At the second last race day we start in Givors for our longest stage this year. 241 kilometres our field has to go, it's not an easy one also. The first 220 kilometres looks like a chance for our puncheurs again. But it all changes at the end: Mount Ventoux. A legendary moutain which is definitely too much for most riders. We will see big gaps here and it's important for the captains to preverve all their energy till they arrive at the foot of the climb.
We had quite some challenges till we arrived at the final stage. Most likely there are already also noticable gaps at the GC. But all will be decided today. So why not climb the Mount Ventoux again? This time alone just the young riders against the clock. No tactics, not playing around, just riding as hard and fast up the mountain. Even if you lost some time on days before, today you can gain as much as your legs will allow.
Who will come out first after all of this?
| | | | | | | 1 | Matteo Jorgenson | Zwift Pro Cycling | 32h51'20 | | 2 | Mauro Schmid | Jura Bianchi | + 2'33 | | 3 | Dimitrios Christakos | Gjensidige - Elco | + 3'24 | | 4 | Andrea Bagioli | Le Creuset | + 3'30 | | 5 | Thomas Pidcock | Xero Racing | + 3'35 | | 6 | Andreas Leknessund | Red Bull Zalgiris | + 4'00 | | 7 | Giovanni Aleotti | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | + 6'02 | | 8 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Tryg - Gobik | + 6'11 | | 9 | Nik Cemazar | Indosat Ooredoo | + 6'30 | | 10 | Thymen Arensman | Gjensidige - Elco | + 7'03 |
More results you can see at the Tour de l'Avenir History Thread.
(The rider jerseys displayed here are for the ones from their normal team.)
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This year we have a really hard race which definitely puts the riders with serious climbing skills in favorite. But since its over 9 stages up to 241 km their physical attributes shouldnt be overlooked. We have a Prologue and a MTT so this should be in consideration too. Generally the field isnt as clear as it is in a normal race. So lets see here a selection of overall well balanced riders who should have a shot at the GC.
 Skjelmose and  Plapp are here the best climbers and overall just very talented riders, they are definitely favorites for this race. A bit of a question mark might be  Evenepoel, he isnt far behind those two when it comes to the climbing and has some other exceptionell skills. But we dont know how he will be able to handle a quiet long Tour with 9 stages.
 Ahmad,  Van Wilder and  Balmer are also very talented future stage racers but not quite up the quality of the first ones maybe (yet). This goes for almost everyone on the list here. They all have a bright future.
A sleeper might be  Van Dijke , who isnt the best when it comes to long steep climbs. But he is overall such a versatile rider that he might be able to be a contender too. If he isnt in a role to just help Hayter.
| Rider | MT | HI | ST | RS | RC | FT | TT | PR | | Skjelmose Jensen | 74 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 72 | 72 | | Plapp | 74 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74 |  Karatsivis | 72 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 67 | | Ahmad | 72 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 71 |  Galvan Ramirez | 72 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 72 |  Quinn | 72 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 68 | 71 | | Evenepoel | 72 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 63 | 80 | 75 | 75 | | Balmer | 72 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 65 | | Van Wilder | 72 | 70 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 64 | 71 | 70 |  Martino | 71 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 64 | | Garibian | 71 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 65 | 69 | 69 |  Chumil | 71 | 69 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 69 | 69 | | Hayter | 71 | 65 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 64 | 70 | 71 | | Krasts | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 69 | | Van Dijke | 70 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 71 |
Puncheurs
These guys may not be top favorites when it comes to the GC at the end but they for sure are favorites for some of the stages with their exceptionel skills at shorter steep climbs.
 Govekar we will probably see ahead at a stage trying to win one. Also Stöckli wouldnt be a surprise, even on a harder stage he can go with the best and trying to win one of the Mountain stages. We will have to see if he then can even sneak into the Top of the GC.
Here are just a lot to be named overall and to look out for. I am sure there will be surprises also who arent on any list yet.
| Rider | HI | AC | RS | FT | | Govekar | 73 | 74 | 73 | 70 |  Parashchak | 72 | 70 | 69 | 71 |  Miquel | 72 | 67 | 74 | 67 | | Engelhardt | 72 | 67 | 67 | 67 | | De La Cruz Chapulin | 72 | 73 | 74 | 73 | | Stöckli | 71 | 67 | 68 | 66 |  Lipowitz | 71 | 70 | 72 | 73 |  Healy | 71 | 65 | 68 | 70 | | Brun | 71 | 70 | 69 | 67 |  Sossa | 71 | 65 | 69 | 68 |
Sprinters
The Guys with the fast and strong legs. There are also some chances for them of course with  Girmay being the strongest among them. He could even snatch some stages that are a bit harder. I think it will be very hard for the others to surpass him in a sprint finish but its definitely not impossible.
 Vernon and Plowright are also really strong when it comes to the mass sprint. With Vernon even being able to wear the first Leaders Jersey with his exceptionell Prologue skills. Same goes for  Milan with a similar Skillset.
 Willems and Kooij are 2 of the guys in its first season to watch here. Strong sprinters who wanna show what they can do in the future in this race too.
| Rider | SP | AC | RS | FL | | Girmay | 74 | 75 | 73 | 74 | | Vernon | 73 | 69 | 74 | 71 | | Plowright | 73 | 72 | 71 | 70 | | Willems | 72 | 72 | 73 | 68 | | Kooij | 71 | 73 | 68 | 70 | | Milan | 71 | 71 | 77 | 73 | | Stalberg | 71 | 69 | 73 | 63 | | Bdadou | 70 | 72 | 67 | 69 | | Van Dijke | 70 | 69 | 73 | 73 |  Hopkins | 70 | 72 | 63 | 65 |
Thats a fraction of the riders to mention here. Like stated before in a race and with a field like this there are many other possible outcomes and it's a chance for every rider here to show what they got. Even if the rider isnt mentioned here this doesnt mean they have no chance!
See the full start list with all riders here. And also all the known and newly formed teams which will compete for this years edition!
Full start list:
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| Avenir Team | Rider | | Ambitious Turtles | Prasetyo Firdaus | | Ambitious Turtles | Firdaus Ahmad | | Ambitious Turtles | Jesus Roniel Marte | | Ambitious Turtles | Kaden Hopkins | | Ambitious Turtles | Abner Gonzalez | | Ambitious Turtles | Bryan Raul Obando | | Ambitious Turtles | Kevin Vermaerke | | Ambitious Turtles | Harold Martin Lopez | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Mikel Agirrebeitia | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Mathis Le Berre | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Javier Serrano | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Antoine Huby | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Steven Manuel Polanco | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Francesco Della Lunga | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Lucas Bourgoyne | | Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren | Edgar Andres Pinzon | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Jago Willems | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Welay Hagos Berhe | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Jean Eric Habimana | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Lennert Van Eetvelt | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Cedric Bakke Christophersen | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Vito Braet | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Emmanuel Iradukunda | | Bralirwa - Stevens | Mohamed Amine Nehari | | Cedevita Hyundai N Cycling | Matevz Govekar | | Cedevita Hyundai N Cycling | Dorde Duric | | Cedevita Hyundai N Cycling | Renus Uhiriwe | | Cedevita Hyundai N Cycling | Willhelm Wallinder | | Cedevita Hyundai N Cycling | Husein Selimovic | | Cedevita Hyundai N Cycling | Jaakko Sillankorva | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Luke Borg | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Antonio Tiberi | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Llucie De Marigny-Lagesse | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Rino Quadrelli | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Daniel Bonello | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Youssef Bdadou | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Kwanele Jele | | Udo Colombini Cycling | Stan Martino | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Pauls Rubenis | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Jenno Berckmoes | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Pedro Figueiredo Leme | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Milan Paulus | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Simon Dehairs | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Fabio Van Den Bossche | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Matthew Dinham | | Crabbe-CC Chevigny | Taj Jones | | DK Zalgiris | Aleksandr Bereznyak | | DK Zalgiris | Brandon Rodriguez | | DK Zalgiris | Juan Sossa | | DK Zalgiris | Gustas Raugala | | DK Zalgiris | Rokas Kmieliauskas | | DK Zalgiris | Lev Gonov | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Alex Baudin | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Hugo Toumire | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Evan Russell | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Valentin Paret-Peintre | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Kevin Vauquelin | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Arman Garibian | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Joris Delbove | | Ekoi - Le Creuset | Axel Laurance | | Gjensidige Development Team | Tord Gudmestad | | Gjensidige Development Team | Frederik Wandahl | | Gjensidige Development Team | Henrik Teslo Fjellheim | | Gjensidige Development Team | Sakarias Koller Loland | | Gjensidige Development Team | Martin Tjotta | | Gjensidige Development Team | Albin Johansson | | Gjensidige Development Team | Adne Holter | | Gjensidige Development Team | Soren Waerenskjold | | Glanbia | Aaron Wade | | Glanbia | Archie Ryan | | Glanbia | Kevin McCambridge | | Glanbia | Liam Curley | | Glanbia | Ricardo Broxham | | Glanbia | Jensen Plowright | | Glanbia | Francis Juneau | | Glanbia | Ben Healy | | JEWA TIROL | Finn Fisher-Black | | JEWA TIROL | Michel Hessmann | | JEWA TIROL | Rick Pluimers | | JEWA TIROL | Maximilian Kabas | | JEWA TIROL | Marius Mayrhofer | | JEWA TIROL | Gleb Syritsa | | JEWA TIROL | Logan Currie | | JEWA TIROL | Jarne Van De Paar | | Lampre - Rabobank | Olav Kooij | | Lampre - Rabobank | Paul Penhoët | | Lampre - Rabobank | Karel Camrda | | Lampre - Rabobank | Edoardo Sandri | | Lampre - Rabobank | Filippo Baroncini | | Lampre - Rabobank | Jonathan Milan | | Lampre - Rabobank | Remco Evenepoel | | Lampre - Rabobank | Erik Fetter | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Panagiotis Karatsivis | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Sarris Evangelos | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Walter Calzoni | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Andrea Piccolo | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Henri Vandenabeele | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Gabriele Benedetti | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | Martinos Moutsios | | Los ZARA | Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez | | Los ZARA | Jose Pablo Aguilar Mendez | | Los ZARA | Brady Gilmore | | Los ZARA | Yentl Vandevelde | | Los ZARA | Luis Fernando De La Cruz Chapulin | | Los ZARA | Pau Miquel | | Manada Coyote | Luis Esteban Murillo | | Manada Coyote | Bredio Ruiz | | Manada Coyote | German Dario Gomez | | Manada Coyote | Kevin Granados | | Manada Coyote | Fredy Domingo Bulux | | Manada Coyote | Sergio Chumil | | Manada Coyote | Edgar Cadena | | Manada Coyote | Gabriel Francisco Rojas | | McTranswerk | Stavros Theorpanous | | McTranswerk | Henri Uhlig | | McTranswerk | Quinn Simmons | | McTranswerk | Michael Garrison | | McTranswerk | Jean Claude Nzafashwanayo | | McTranswerk | Ben Tulett | | McTranswerk | Bostjan Murn | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Eipor Eiriksson | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Andy Alihonay Diaz Suarez | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Francisco Guerreiro | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Diego Rossi | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Dmytro Kachur | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Maksym Bilyi | | Sauber Petronas Racing | Yaroslav Parashchak | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Reuben Thompson | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Dylan Hopkins | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Carlos Rodriguez | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Kiaan Watts | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Amartuvshin Battsengel | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Blake Quick | | Spark-BNZ Racing | Noppachai Klahan | | Team Denmark | Mattias Skjelmose Jensen | | Team Denmark | Matias Malmberg | | Team Denmark | William Blume Levy | | Team Denmark | Victor Grue Enggaard | | Team Denmark | Marcus Sander Hansen | | Team Denmark | Oliver Wulff Frederiksen | | Team UBS - Jura | Hugo Page | | Team UBS - Jura | Christoph Janssen | | Team UBS - Jura | Felix Stehli | | Team UBS - Jura | Jan Sommer | | Team UBS - Jura | Elia Blum | | Team UBS - Jura | Alexandre Balmer | | Team UBS - Jura | Nils Brun | | Team UBS - Jura | Jan Stöckli | | Team Würth MODYF | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk | | Team Würth MODYF | Warre Vangheluwe | | Team Würth MODYF | Georg Steinhauser | | Team Würth MODYF | Nicolas Heinrich | | Team Würth MODYF | Tobias Buck-Gramcko | | Team Würth MODYF | Florian Lipowitz | | Team Würth MODYF | Albin Stalberg | | Team Würth MODYF | Felix Engelhardt | | The Conglomerate | Alekss Krasts | | The Conglomerate | Luke Plapp | | The Conglomerate | Leo Hayter | | The Conglomerate | Esow Alben | | The Conglomerate | Tim Van Dijke | | The Conglomerate | Mick Van Dijke | | The Conglomerate | Corbin Strong | | The Conglomerate | Ilan Van Wilder | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Ethan Vernon | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Sean Quinn | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Tristan Jussaume | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Riley Pickrell | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Thomas Gloag | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Carlos Canal | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Biniam Girmay | | Zwift Pro Cycling | Sean Flynn |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-06-2024 18:59
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Let#s go Ambitious Turtles!!!
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| KaiserAdler |
Posted on 09-06-2024 19:21
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Sammarinese powerrrrrr
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 09-06-2024 21:08
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This is one of my favourite races of the season! Garibian is our GC captain for once, but without a sprinter or any clear favourite for any of the stages the breaks of the day have to be our goal.
Thanks to Ezee for the nice preview and best of luck to all of you. Have fun!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 09-06-2024 21:23
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Remco will win by a landslide. Hoping for stage 1 win for Kmieliauskas and a top 15 GC finish, but that will be tough to achieve
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 09-06-2024 21:46
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After having Mäder and Schmid as GC competitors in recent years, our riders are just here as helpers for once. Balmer should be the UBS - Jura leader, and we'll try to protect him as well as we can.
Maybe Page can already compete in some sprints; he should be among the fastest sprinters next year, and Janssen could get a decent result in the prologue.
Thanks for the preview, good luck (and a lot of fun) to everyone!
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 10-06-2024 06:47
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With difficult profiles like this year and this start list it will be quite interesting to see how it turns out. Like i rotw Evenpoel will be interesting to watch and i think after this we then also know how much influence the recovery stat really has 
Our team doesnt have any ambitions GC wise but i hope we can show our colors in breakaways and maybe some sprints with Stalberg. Though for Sprints Girmay looks superior but this is PCM after all
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| redordead |
Posted on 10-06-2024 06:58
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We could've used this route last year when we still had Ardila 
Govekar looks like an outsider for a hilly stage result, apart from that maybe Selimovic can show his breakaway chops in a different jersey.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 10-06-2024 07:06
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Can't wait for the debut of The Conglomerate cycling team - beautiful jersey and all <3
All aboard the Plapp train! Let's bring it home
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 10-06-2024 09:00
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Don't think we can expect much apart from a breakaway appearance. Maybe we can show ourselves on Belgian soil.
Thanks Ezeefreak for the preview! 
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| knockout |
Posted on 10-06-2024 09:19
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Time to see the wonderful Conglomerate team in action <3
This is the very rare case where i actually have a good contender here with Plapp as one of the top favorites. Hope he can deliver nicely.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 10-06-2024 11:02
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Looks like Remco is actually amongst the best riders here, I will absolutely take credit for any wins that he gets. Excited to see Kooij and Milan navigate the sprint, thanks for the preview!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-06-2024 16:09
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It will be hard to get another stage win, most likely the weakest team we've ever sent here.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| knockout |
Posted on 10-06-2024 19:55
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| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | Age | |  | Luke Plapp | 70 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 72 | 64 | 74 | 23 | Evonik |  | Mick Van Dijke | 68 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 23 | Sony |  | Corbin Strong | 67 | 71 | 70 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 70 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 63 | 66 | 58 | 23 | Xero | | Tim Van Dijke | 73 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 23 | Sony |  | Ilan Van Wilder | 66 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 68 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 23 | Xero |  | Alekss Krasts | 69 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 66 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 69 | 22 | Evonik |  | Leo Hayter | 72 | 71 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 66 | 73 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 22 | Sony |  | Esow Alben | 70 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 70 | 61 | 59 | 52 | 68 | 72 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 22 | Sony |
Thanks to ezee.
Not only a super fun team but also a really strong one. Not only Plapp as a top favorite but also a solid sprinter / stage hunter Van Dijke duo and possibly the strongest support team.
Names represented on the back of the jersey represent riders who have raced for at least two of the "Conglomerate teams" of Isostar, Netia, Sony, Xero and Evonik and our amateur teams in very rare cases.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 11-06-2024 03:25
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It never occurred to me Galvan Ramirez would be a gc contender. Would be great if he could finish top 10. Thank you for the great preview, freak!
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 11-06-2024 08:00
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The reports will come a bit later this week, as I've had problems with the jerseys.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 11-06-2024 08:31
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We haven't had true contenders in Avenir yet over the past years, so it should be fun to root for Willems to compete for actual stage wins. Habimana could be able to do something in the hilly stages. But the real fun will be next year, when both of them plus Van Eetvelt will still be eligible and should be among the stronger riders in the field.
Thanks for the preview, looking forward to the reports
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-06-2024 07:00
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Excited to see how we go as the Conglomerate as it is the first time we've teamed up. A very strong team will turn up to try and help Plapp to the win, and also get some stage results along the way. knockout already did a great job with the team presentation, so looking forward to the race now.
Thanks for the preview Ezee
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 12-06-2024 12:36
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Probably my most important race in the second half of the season. Plapp is better and has the better team, but you never know what can happen out there on the road! Podium is the more realistic goal but a win would be special.
Thanks for the preview!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 16-06-2024 01:30
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Solid start from Plapp and a nice ride from Hayter to grab a Top 10 placement too.
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