Re: New riders
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:43 am
New riders.
First a short analysis of the ones I "presented" in march and August (yes yes, I'm looking for disappointments for the Awards)
-Carlos Gardel, Alk 55-74-79-56-56 36 reg. at the start. Now 65-85, became a helper not a leader as he would have in my team. But nonetheless 3 wins, and definetly made an impact, as one the absolutely best helpers of 2010.
-Benoit Chellis, OL 56-74-51-60-66 49 reg. Become 72-79, 3 wins, 3 podiums in tours 1 points jersey, maybe not as many wins as I would have thought, otherwise a good solid career as OL Rider so far.
-Gino Cutunio, Ariostea: 56-73-68-52-65 46 reg. 74-74 with 76 sprint. 13 wins, as could be expected on of the best of his type. Suffers a bit from Aris racebreaks.
-Kjell Lindelöf, Kaju 55-73-77-47-45 46 Reg, 75,1 Pavé 6279 with 79,3 pavé not too surprisingly Kaju sold him, 2 other teams, but now basically he is no more than an overpriced support rider. Disappointing, even if the possibility that he would be sold soon was big.
-Enzo Locatelli, LARAPANA, 53-73-56-47-66 46 reg. 73,3 pavé. 63-78 now, same thing as Lindelöf. And this guy had sprint too. Sold, long time no team, no just a rather unimpressing support rider that should be able to get some money and points thanks to his sprint.
-Didier Chatelain, ZL 73-54-77-48-46 51 reg. 89-60 now, so an absolute elite rider. Vuelta win in group 2, but wasn't such an easy group 2, Andes winner group 1, but doesn't like the Jura where he always arrives second. Very good career so far.
-Marijn Vandewalle,CCS 73-54-74-49-50 50 reg Sold after 3 trainings, now a 76-56 on the transfermarket. 0 races 0 points, a waste.
-Babacar Kolda, fresim 73-56-79-54-53 45 Reg Sold after missing one mountain training at 22. Now an 81-57-79 with 59 TT on the transfer market. A waste too.
50-50, some developped nicely, Chatelain-Cutunio-Gardel-Chellis, the others didn't. But in all cases it was the managers fault more than the riders, selling too early.
August:
-JhonFaber AlvarezBedoya: Poison Dwarves, 73-54-78-53-54 and 47 reg. Good rider, will he train TT or flat with 21? Sold after 8 trainings, now on the market with 81-54-78-58. Surprising and disappointing,
-John Demong: Renault Magnum 73-51-78-52-56 49 reg. Now 86-51-78-55-56. Training ok, and won the youth jersey in the Andes and was second in Lombardia. Still only 25, so could/should progress further. Looks good so far.
-Dion Frazer: Equipe Risque: 73-56-75-53-52 65 reg and 60,8 Pavé. Sold after 8 trainings, now 81-60-75-53-52 on the transfer market. Won a Vuelta stage and the white jersey (anybody noticed how nice and white the jersey looks at Sheik? Not grey, it's white! Really beautiful) Don't understand some managers.. why sell him? Good training, successes, why even buy him if you sell him then?
-Karim Boudra, Elaska: 50-59-74-52-82 40 reg. Now 52-60 with 91 sprint. Bad training at 23, only +1, sold by Elaska after 2 more missed trainings at 24. Training is a bitch. Now riding for Ogopogo, where he still could see some success, but he won't be the super sprinter that he could have been with more trainings luck. Nonetheless won 2 races already.
-Patrick Dawson: 50-59-78-56-82 with 36 reg. Now 50-61-79-56-93. Not perfect training, but not catastrophic either, average I would guess. With 93 he can still hope to have a decent career, even if at Brio he will often be the nr 2 only, behind Houghton with 95. 1 win so far.
August, too early to say something definitive, but here my awesome prediction skills seem to have failed me. Demong good so far, needs training to be better, Dawson with late luck can still become a 94-95 sprinter, the rest are basically failures. Sold too early with one expection, Boudra who really didn't train that well. A disappointing generation. Let's hope Demong and Dawson save them.
Riders for December
Climbers
- Oz Oijterkamp, Wizard, 73-54-79-53-56 with 35 reg. 35 can be a disadvantage, but as Coulieu showed it doesn't have to be (but it should be) Excellent starting skills, 79 downhill is wonderful, although maybe not that needed with 35 reg. With his sprint he should have chances in the classics as well, plus stages if the training doesn't allow GC riding. Question mark is Wizards commitment to a climber, he's known as a classic riders manager after all.
-Ryan Bearclaw: 73-56-73-51-52 47 reg. Perfect flat, dowhill a bit low for my taste, but still ok. Ok reg, sprint as TT, if he trains could become Giro leader for Bearclaw.
-Gabriel GarciaMarquez Alkworld, 73-53-77-52-44 with 59.9 pavé and 55 reg. Complete rider a bit of flat missing, but with reg and downhill. If he trains well he'll have a great career at Alk.
Sprinters
-Stephan Ratzendorf, Chense: 50-58-78-51-82 48 reg. Reg a bit high, otherwise very nice.
-Ricardo Patrese, TT Sports: 49-56-54-58-82 35 reg. All a bit lower, but here the manager guarantees a commitment to sprint. No downhill, too much TT, flat not perfect, not the perfect rider, but in a sprinter team.
Classic riders:
-Martin Omlin: RSV Gundelinge: 55-74-73-55-44 with 35 reg No sprint, no reg, so a support rider or solo attacker in one day races. Ok, no big danger of becoming a star, sprint too important, but I like the type of rider anyway. Hope he trains well.
-Lorenz Maréchal, Gaurain, 55-74-62-52-64 with 51 reg. Sprint and reg, not my favorite combination, but could work. His goal probably to become the new Laurent Maréchal.
-Ales Carboni: Luna. 55-73-73-56-78 with 74,8 pavé and 44 reg Ares would have been a much nicer first name... Flanderstype, pavéskill excellent 79 the hidden skill if I calculated right. Maybe a bit late for Flanders, he'll only be 25 then. Sprint not perfect either, but for a Flanden pavé sprint winner not that much pavé is needed anyway.
Leupolds (or Habermachers)
Only 1
-Cesare deVecchi, Petermeter. 55-73-78-76-66 with 57 reg. Absolute monster, has everything, maybe too much of everything. Leupolds usually need strong support, not that much of everything themselvers. Interestingly though PeterMeter seems to go for a Habermacher, first training was flat +1, no TT.
Pavé
-Howard Wolowitz, Ciclistas 48-73-75-48-65 with 36 reg. 79 hidden pavé, 3 from the top, but with the sprint obviously a candidate for a good PR result. Since he has to train mainly one skill, in April he should be already strong enough to compete for the win.
Flat riders:
-Dylan Boomhut and Thalgat Urganov, NoPikouze and L RSV. Both started at 46-73, and both cost less than 1,2 Mio. Which makes them winners already. Boomhut could even become a decent pavé rider
First a short analysis of the ones I "presented" in march and August (yes yes, I'm looking for disappointments for the Awards)
-Carlos Gardel, Alk 55-74-79-56-56 36 reg. at the start. Now 65-85, became a helper not a leader as he would have in my team. But nonetheless 3 wins, and definetly made an impact, as one the absolutely best helpers of 2010.
-Benoit Chellis, OL 56-74-51-60-66 49 reg. Become 72-79, 3 wins, 3 podiums in tours 1 points jersey, maybe not as many wins as I would have thought, otherwise a good solid career as OL Rider so far.
-Gino Cutunio, Ariostea: 56-73-68-52-65 46 reg. 74-74 with 76 sprint. 13 wins, as could be expected on of the best of his type. Suffers a bit from Aris racebreaks.
-Kjell Lindelöf, Kaju 55-73-77-47-45 46 Reg, 75,1 Pavé 6279 with 79,3 pavé not too surprisingly Kaju sold him, 2 other teams, but now basically he is no more than an overpriced support rider. Disappointing, even if the possibility that he would be sold soon was big.
-Enzo Locatelli, LARAPANA, 53-73-56-47-66 46 reg. 73,3 pavé. 63-78 now, same thing as Lindelöf. And this guy had sprint too. Sold, long time no team, no just a rather unimpressing support rider that should be able to get some money and points thanks to his sprint.
-Didier Chatelain, ZL 73-54-77-48-46 51 reg. 89-60 now, so an absolute elite rider. Vuelta win in group 2, but wasn't such an easy group 2, Andes winner group 1, but doesn't like the Jura where he always arrives second. Very good career so far.
-Marijn Vandewalle,CCS 73-54-74-49-50 50 reg Sold after 3 trainings, now a 76-56 on the transfermarket. 0 races 0 points, a waste.
-Babacar Kolda, fresim 73-56-79-54-53 45 Reg Sold after missing one mountain training at 22. Now an 81-57-79 with 59 TT on the transfer market. A waste too.
50-50, some developped nicely, Chatelain-Cutunio-Gardel-Chellis, the others didn't. But in all cases it was the managers fault more than the riders, selling too early.
August:
-JhonFaber AlvarezBedoya: Poison Dwarves, 73-54-78-53-54 and 47 reg. Good rider, will he train TT or flat with 21? Sold after 8 trainings, now on the market with 81-54-78-58. Surprising and disappointing,
-John Demong: Renault Magnum 73-51-78-52-56 49 reg. Now 86-51-78-55-56. Training ok, and won the youth jersey in the Andes and was second in Lombardia. Still only 25, so could/should progress further. Looks good so far.
-Dion Frazer: Equipe Risque: 73-56-75-53-52 65 reg and 60,8 Pavé. Sold after 8 trainings, now 81-60-75-53-52 on the transfer market. Won a Vuelta stage and the white jersey (anybody noticed how nice and white the jersey looks at Sheik? Not grey, it's white! Really beautiful) Don't understand some managers.. why sell him? Good training, successes, why even buy him if you sell him then?
-Karim Boudra, Elaska: 50-59-74-52-82 40 reg. Now 52-60 with 91 sprint. Bad training at 23, only +1, sold by Elaska after 2 more missed trainings at 24. Training is a bitch. Now riding for Ogopogo, where he still could see some success, but he won't be the super sprinter that he could have been with more trainings luck. Nonetheless won 2 races already.
-Patrick Dawson: 50-59-78-56-82 with 36 reg. Now 50-61-79-56-93. Not perfect training, but not catastrophic either, average I would guess. With 93 he can still hope to have a decent career, even if at Brio he will often be the nr 2 only, behind Houghton with 95. 1 win so far.
August, too early to say something definitive, but here my awesome prediction skills seem to have failed me. Demong good so far, needs training to be better, Dawson with late luck can still become a 94-95 sprinter, the rest are basically failures. Sold too early with one expection, Boudra who really didn't train that well. A disappointing generation. Let's hope Demong and Dawson save them.
Riders for December
Climbers
- Oz Oijterkamp, Wizard, 73-54-79-53-56 with 35 reg. 35 can be a disadvantage, but as Coulieu showed it doesn't have to be (but it should be) Excellent starting skills, 79 downhill is wonderful, although maybe not that needed with 35 reg. With his sprint he should have chances in the classics as well, plus stages if the training doesn't allow GC riding. Question mark is Wizards commitment to a climber, he's known as a classic riders manager after all.
-Ryan Bearclaw: 73-56-73-51-52 47 reg. Perfect flat, dowhill a bit low for my taste, but still ok. Ok reg, sprint as TT, if he trains could become Giro leader for Bearclaw.
-Gabriel GarciaMarquez Alkworld, 73-53-77-52-44 with 59.9 pavé and 55 reg. Complete rider a bit of flat missing, but with reg and downhill. If he trains well he'll have a great career at Alk.
Sprinters
-Stephan Ratzendorf, Chense: 50-58-78-51-82 48 reg. Reg a bit high, otherwise very nice.
-Ricardo Patrese, TT Sports: 49-56-54-58-82 35 reg. All a bit lower, but here the manager guarantees a commitment to sprint. No downhill, too much TT, flat not perfect, not the perfect rider, but in a sprinter team.
Classic riders:
-Martin Omlin: RSV Gundelinge: 55-74-73-55-44 with 35 reg No sprint, no reg, so a support rider or solo attacker in one day races. Ok, no big danger of becoming a star, sprint too important, but I like the type of rider anyway. Hope he trains well.
-Lorenz Maréchal, Gaurain, 55-74-62-52-64 with 51 reg. Sprint and reg, not my favorite combination, but could work. His goal probably to become the new Laurent Maréchal.
-Ales Carboni: Luna. 55-73-73-56-78 with 74,8 pavé and 44 reg Ares would have been a much nicer first name... Flanderstype, pavéskill excellent 79 the hidden skill if I calculated right. Maybe a bit late for Flanders, he'll only be 25 then. Sprint not perfect either, but for a Flanden pavé sprint winner not that much pavé is needed anyway.
Leupolds (or Habermachers)
Only 1
-Cesare deVecchi, Petermeter. 55-73-78-76-66 with 57 reg. Absolute monster, has everything, maybe too much of everything. Leupolds usually need strong support, not that much of everything themselvers. Interestingly though PeterMeter seems to go for a Habermacher, first training was flat +1, no TT.
Pavé
-Howard Wolowitz, Ciclistas 48-73-75-48-65 with 36 reg. 79 hidden pavé, 3 from the top, but with the sprint obviously a candidate for a good PR result. Since he has to train mainly one skill, in April he should be already strong enough to compete for the win.
Flat riders:
-Dylan Boomhut and Thalgat Urganov, NoPikouze and L RSV. Both started at 46-73, and both cost less than 1,2 Mio. Which makes them winners already. Boomhut could even become a decent pavé rider