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(procycling.no): We've been talking about it for a long time, but now it seems that we've finally reached the point: A generation change in the toppspuisseurs
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At the end of this year's Tour de France, we are no longer talking about Alexander Kristoff, André Greipel and Mark Cavendish (at least two of them are in the category written questions from time to time).
after the pronunciation of Fernando Gaviria and Dylan Groenewegen. A 23-year-old native of La Ceja, Colombia, and a 24-year-old elite sharpshooter from Amsterdam.
Gaviria experienced its true breakthrough last year by beating no less than four stages of the Giro d'Italia. Quick step. The Belgians prepared Marcel Kittel for the Tour de France in July, and the German made a clean table with his five triumphs on flat surfaces
Toxic Gaviria also won a stage victory in Tirreno -Adriatico (spurtslo Peter Sagan), the runner. He also won his first World Tour victory in 2016, one more stage victory at the Tour of England, before finishing the season by winning four of the five stages of the Guanxi Tour. The duel that he lost was passing to Groenewegen, a slight comfort for the Dutchman who lost many more prestigious dives against the Colombian en route.
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This season Gaviria has taken this intensified season as the first steps in Quick Step-Floors.
Although Patrick Lefevere's financial foundation was suspended last summer, energy was concentrated very early to ensure the future of Gaviria, Bob Jungels and Julian Alaphilippe within the company. # 39; team
. Elia Viviani came for the money after a winged stay at Team Sky.
2018 was a unique jubilee for the boys of Lefevere. Viviani also has a lot of credit for that. The Italian has delivered a total of 12 stage victories and has also won De Panne, Dubai Tour and the Championship of Italy. In the spring, he copied Gavirias four lights of the giro.
The Quick Step team won 47 wins. This seems to be automatic as the team wins, also lowered Fernando Gaviria's shoulders.
Dominated in California
In May, he captured the California Tour with the goal of running the Tour de France rally with Max Richeze (although Alvaro Hodeg and Iljo Keisse helped on American soil).
Richeze was also the attacker when the Colombian drove four stages in the Giro and is an unimaginable play in the Quick Step draw
However, around the two, there is so much power that He really has to say how much help he needs to solve the stage victory: Yves Lampaert, Bob Jungels, Niki Terpstra and Tim Declerq is also a runner who knows how to follow mass issues.
The story of Quick Step up to now this year revolves mostly around the team and less on individual individuals in a huge immensely strong and immense collective. iv.
In California, the competition was strong. Gaviria finally won three stages. During the opening match, he was followed by names like Caleb Ewan, Peter Sagan, Marcel Kittel and Alexander Kristoff in the places behind him while Mark Cavendish was out of play.
They avoided during the year
was Dylan Groenewegen. Paradoxically, the two Superspurters have not had a duel against each other this season.
The two stand with 32 bulls in prose. Gaviria has 7 wins this year against Groenewegens 9. During the internal duels between the two Gaviria has been victorious over 11 of them, while Groenewegen has 8.
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The trend is that the Quick Step driver appeared more inaccessible early in the career, while last year was on a flat run between the two duels.
Groenewegen arrives at the strike of the self-esteem of the Tour de France. He is also part of an exciting team that should turn to any terrain on the way.
The Netherlands have won stage victories from all the stages that it has traveled this season: Dubai Tour, Algarve, Paris-Nice, Norway Tour and Slovenia Tour. In addition, he won the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.
The 24-year-old has clicked with Timo Roosen and Amund Grøndahl Jansen. Together, the trio forms a dynamic, neat and explosive sprint. LottoNL-Jumbo also included Primoz Roglic, who also took some facts during this season.
Party from afar in Paris
While Gaviria used the Giro d'Italia for last year, it was the Tour de France that ended the Champs Elysees, which was the Groenewegen's final breakthrough
Peter Sagan, Mark Cavendish, Arnaud Démare, Matteo Trentin and Dan McLay were both out of the race. but one can never take away a glory of victory in the parade of Paris.
The way Groenewegen did it was both surprising and impressive: he squeezed between Alexander Kristoff and his striker and was forced to open the spur. in front when Rick Zabel thanked and knocked on the side
Quite a few, no one managed to overtake the Dutchman, which seemed a little surprising even when he crossed the line of ### 39; arrival. one by one longing for the greatest victory up here of the career. Despite the threat, Kristoff, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Andre Greipel and Nacer Bouhanni were starving on the stage victory.
According to The Cycling Podcast, the Dutchman had promised a Ferrari after the tour had he won four stages
until July 23 of last year , it seemed a completely misplaced performance, but he could make some car keys after the weak case of the year
The key to the green shirt
Although Gaviria and Groenewegen the wine, they are at about as different as Pinot Noir and Cabernet Savignon.
The first arrives in France as a potential heir to the Peter Sagan brand: The Green Pointing
The Slovaker had won it five years in a row before a showdown with Mark Cavendish stopped the rack at Vittel last year
Gaviria works well in the shorter slopes, which is a prominent feature when the goal is to roll in more points than if you buy the statement that Sagan has the opportunity to win all the first stages of this year's tour (except for the leg rate), yes, it's the same for Gaviria
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Der Groenewegen will be shameless in front of the meeting with Mur de Bretagne (2.2 kilometers and 6.5 on average), the strongest duo will be safer and safer to win closer to the target.
Especially the story was shown They also show their ability to climb side by side with the tigers under Tirreno-Adriatico, but Gaviria also fled the backballs when, for example, Alexander Kristoff went past the last minute during the Tour of Switzerland
. , the ability to jump in the spur and that they both have a modern acceleration that, thanks to the speed, timing and extreme workout, is able to place their captain where they want to be before the redemptive mass trial.
He is regularly attached to "victories on most stages" and will probably not be seen in the violations that his Colombian rival might discover from time to time.
Shocked Kristoff in Sanremo
D a third name that earned a place under the label "new generation of spurs" has unfortunately returned home since the last ..
C & # 39 is the man who took the aerodynamic position to a new level: 165 centimeters down, 61 kilos 23 year old Caleb Ewan
The Sydney man has not known the easiest season behind him but was frightfully cool after nearly 300 kilometers between Milan and Sanremo when he put Kristoff and Arnaud Démare on Via Roma in mid-March
In December of the year Last, the team said that Ewan would debut at the Tour de France this summer. However, after he's not received the starting ticket, speculation is going up on a team change at Lotto-Soudal next season.
From a Mitchelton-Scott point of view, one can also defend the decision to go to Adam Yates it is more difficult to take treukersrit with two different thoughts in the head
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Today, it is also easy for athletic director Matt White and others to point out that Ewan is posted only with a Tour stage victory. Down Under and victory at Clásica de Almería until here in the season.
With the promise of the Tour de France in July, it was not up to Ewan to convince on the way. He should be on top for the next three weeks. During the California Tour, he was also one of the riders who followed Gaviria, second behind Long Beach and Elk Grove, and third place (won the spur in the main field) at Laguna Seca [19659013] Standout with the expectations of the tour
and Gaviria is '94, Groenewegen is part of the genres' 93 in the field.
There is also a sort of middle layer where Arnaud Démare (born in 1991) is located. The 26-year-old man was without grandfather from the Grand Tour until he reached the 4th of the Tour de France on July 4th
It was the famous stage against Vittel, where history sent Cavendish to Barracks and Démarche had an equally dreadful maneuver against Nacer Bouhanni, who was yet to pass.
The shift of the Groupama-FDJ rider was a breakthrough for him, even though he had already won Milan-Sanremo the previous year. In 2017, he won home wins at Paris-Nice and Critérium du Dauphiné, and became French champion. He also recorded sixth places at Kuurne, Roubaix and Sanremo – and showed especially that he had made big strides in the back during the spring season.
Démare is also not home in the category "secreted thrusts". During the Tour of Switzerland he held both Gaviria, Kristoff and Sagan from his life when he won the 8th stage at Bellinzona.
If not Marc Madiot had decided to gather the team around the age of 26, Demare and his
The German wonderboys on the defensive
There is a small group of The sparklers that really began to break after 25 years.
Alexander Kristoff (30), soon 31) and John Degenkolb (29) are not clean spurters, but a kind of hybrid between thrusts and classic riders.
The two friends flew slightly under the radar until here in the season. Kristoff has his usual wins in the Middle East (1 stage win of Abu Dhabi Tour), Frankfurt and Gippingen, but no longer seems to be a man for the best reasons.
Degenkolb broke down brutally until 2015 when he – and Kristoff – shared Milan-Sanremo, Flanders and Paris-Roubaix between them.
A bad training accident in the 2016 season strongly handed the German. He opened the brilliant season in Mallorca, but has not won since.
His former teammate at the time in Argos-Shimano, Marcel Kittel, also managed to pass 30. The Armstradt power group earned its first win in 2013 for the Argos team -Shimano, he won the test of a limited group in Bastia after the bus of the Orica-GreenEDGE team was stuck under the guardian in Corsica, and messages on a eventual track change created uncertainty. Number two that day was by Alexander Kristoff.
Kittel showed as last year that he was the best of the field in the field, but how many can not have a season to say? As a poster boy for Katusha-Alpecin, and perhaps perhaps the most Alpecin, he really struggled to get things done with Rick Zabel and Nils Pollitt (!) Who l & rsquo; will attend during the French summer.
Final perfect step Quick Step "second wave" when Kittel used the windshield of the riders in front of him to take position in the field, while saving his own acceleration.
This year, he worked almost exclusively under Tirreno Adriatico he won two juicy victories ahead of Peter Sagan – however, it must be said that the Slovak sprang into "half of the Adriatic Sea" before the Germans marginally gain the duel, but a victory is just a victory
The last of this group that should mention is Sonny Colbrelli. During the tour, Bahrain-Merida will be the center of Vincenzo Nibali's main interest
The 28-year-old Desenanzo del Garda has probably gone a little under the radar, but Colbrelli has a rather impressive season. Sonny Colbrelli has won the Brabant Arrow en route to the Ardennes this season. "src =" http://dbstatic.no/69435703.jpg?imageId=69435703&width=1024&height=615 "class =" ">
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When Kristoff was led by the lasset at Gansingen on the third day of the Tour of Switzerland, the Italian remained in the first group. On the turn, he takes the scalp to Sagan and Gaviria, which will also make him poisonous in the category – Spread in Delimited Group & # 39; Tour de France.
Colbrelli debuted last year and also counts five editions by Giro d'Italia on the resume. He was sixth at Liège and Rodez, but without a stage win of the "Big Three".
Bahrain Merida rider is a "late" and will be a rider like Michael Matthews. he can combine his skill as a puncher and a skilled finish.
On flat ground, there will always be riders cut faster, but if you manage to put Gaviria and Sagan in place "on their ground" in the Tour of Switzerland, Do you also do the same thing in the Tour de France, even if the competition will be composed of some helicopters?
More Captain With A Big K
Those who remain to be mentioned are the gang that has sunk into the shine of being the best spurs in the world for several years: André Greipel and Mark Cavendish
Greipel , 36, has 11 stage victories in the Tour de France behind his name. With the exception of last year, he has won here every year since the 2011 season – the same year that he announced the transition to the Lotto team.
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The German's time as sole captain always seems to speak. Tiesj Benoot gets more support around him, and even if the faithful Marcel Sieberg is involved, the Belgian show is above all the hallmark of the team: Offensive Cycling
L & # 39 news exchange reports that Greipel disappears after the season and Ewan is on his way in. Another indication of the change of power in mass spells, but also inevitable, given that cycling sports are dynamic, and even if you are far from the positioning and the routine, it is known that you do not progress with the years.
Other spell names have also been won by Greipel with victories this season. He started with two-stage singer Down Under, and also won for four weeks in Dunkerque and Belgium Tour. No victories on the first plateau, and an indication that the locomotive of the Tour de France is about to leave the Gorilla.
Unicum of the Isle of Man
Mark Cavendish is a man that is even harder to erase. He has 30 steps in consciousness and he misses four at the legendary Eddy Merckx
The most impressive with the British is his adaptability. Cavendish is a champion to choose the right wheel and maintain it.
He has a low center of gravity and has enough ice cream to evacuate the competitors, exploit the dragon behind them and dodge the front of the last 50 meters.
At age 33, it may be tempting to call the "Data Data Captain" an "out of date flash", but on the contrary: it is the most modern.
An adaptable dynamic type – as despite being a grandfather, always seems to chase out outbreaks that "do not exist" in its climax after the next big victory.
Because of the kissing illness, he had a terrible entrance to the tour last year. Yet he became number four at Liege and attacked for victory at Vittel when the confrontation with history finished his runner.
You Can not Deduce Cav
This season has also been difficult. He escaped three rap races (Abu Dhabi Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan-Sanremo) and finished more than eight minutes behind stage winner Max Walscheid on the return of the Yorkshire Tour
. Cavendish leads at ten stages from 13-24. June as crucial point on his podium of the Tour de France
Especially under Adriatica he began to look and only Elia Viviani stood between him and the victory at the end of Trieste.
Conclusion: Mass spurs seem more open than long before the Tour de France. Especially, because many of the biggest names were suspended during the race, but also because the new generation reported by Gaviria and Groenewegen flourished forever. The Tour de France is nevertheless the hardest to manage. There will also be less driving distress and more inexperienced spurs feeling on the body for three weeks. And even though André Greipel and perhaps a surprising Marcel Kittel seem to be on the scene, we can not rule out Cavendish taking another step towards Eddy Merckx's record. 33 Years? Is it an age, really? Not for the biggest fate of today, even if the new generations had loved to divorce Manx Missile once and for all.
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