Hello Hello everyone...Vlaanderen's U25 VDS competition finally has an update! It has been quite a while for various reasons of life getting in the way but from here on out, it should be rather smooth sailing and much more frequent updates.
I would first like to say sorry for the huge delay with no updates or nary a word said. Only thing that I can say is that me working full time and going to school full time makes me one stressed out guy. Not to mention that the last couple months, I've been working my senior thesis in history so that has sucked the life out of me. One of those had to give, which was work since they refused to give me less hours, so last night was the first opportunity to really update everything. Nevertheless, nearly everything is updated with only the spreadsheet with the full team breakdown needing updating, which will be done later today.
Here is the spreadsheet (xlsx format) updated through 5/24
Standings:
The Follies of Youth | Lopex | 1655 |
Young Bucks | brandon.... | 1585 |
Fledglings | GreylockGrinder | 1490 |
Trailer Park Boys | sylvan | 1470 |
Zoltar Speaks | ike2112 | 1421 |
Lockie and the Grommets | Seahorse | 1385 |
be“loved”en | JFS_PGH | 1381 |
Raucous Canine Kerfuffle | flying dog | 1360 |
South American Boys | pablo777 | 1350 |
Baby Gizzards | gizzardfanny | 1342 |
Lasterketa Burua | Javi Polo | 1330 |
Team Ten | Reeppp | 1320 |
The Little Seps | tgsgirl | 1310 |
No F**** Belgies | John.. | 1295 |
Wee Fannies | Triki | 1295 |
wyverns | umwolverine | 1280 |
Attacking from the gun | Holmovka | 1245 |
Team Thunder Snow U25 | lieutenantmudd | 1190 |
ant1's future formidable formicidae | ant1 | 1175 |
So Joung, he can't even spell Yonathan | EdredonBrowny | 1170 |
Chavos del Ocho | L-mich | 1150 |
Itchytriggerfingerlings | roadiefag | 1100 |
Big Pawed Puppies | hansgruber | 1076 |
Triple Frown | fineco | 1070 |
All the Young Dudes | elvisgoat | 1063 |
JustJoshinYa's Wing and a Prayer | JustJoshinYa | 1056 |
Team andmujika | andmujika | 1040 |
Jeux Sans Frontieres | alama1 | 1035 |
Ulysses Blooms | straw dog | 1015 |
High Rouleurs | 1001 | |
GS Sottoventicinque | pedroy | 995 |
The Beautiful Letdown | bought with blood | 975 |
Les jeunes premiers | broerie | 965 |
Tja Jonge Man. Tja. | CelticPride | 946 |
Les Jeunes Pousses | French Kheldar | 940 |
“Soaring hope, crushing disappointment” | slowK | 935 |
Kul & the Gang | jsallee00 | 926 |
You Kids Get Off My Lawn! | dkirk | 891 |
fietsvakantie_U25 | PMNL | 886 |
Born in the 87 | Frinking | 880 |
Young Marmottes | Willj | 880 |
Team Green Legs and SRAM | Dustbunny8 | 876 |
Fab Tosh & Co. | mirandaj | 861 |
Grabovskyy's Folly | Vlaanderen90 | 840 |
Back Pedal Kiddie Club | DeanM | 833 |
the Admirals | AmsterdamAdmirals | 806 |
Team Young and Hairy | hairysemi | 795 |
Dancing Like Your Dad | andrewp | 782 |
Team T21 - Up Syndrome U25s | platypus | 735 |
Jump to Conclusions Mat | benzene | 720 |
Uncompromised First Draft | swells | 717 |
Training Wheelers | Frans Verbiage | 707 |
SouthAustralia.com – AIS | RollinRollinRolland | 705 |
Orange Tape | PopUp Rolen | 702 |
Stomach 36 | ursula | 700 |
Climb, Sprint, or Get Out of the Way | tgartner | 690 |
The Diaper Riders | Uphill | 690 |
U better beat this team | cmick | 685 |
Wee Echelon of Fools | Hons | 675 |
Team Schmuckers | Jens | 632 |
Does whatever a Kelder can | Shepherds_crook | 630 |
LDF - Velingnews.com | Sum_of_Marc | 620 |
Puppy fat chance | yarb | 575 |
10_Chains | Loosehorse | 561 |
The Next Hinaults | aseward | 553 |
The Untouchables (?) | Le Sprinteur | 478 |
Like Morning Dew | majope | 368 |
Development Motif | paisley | 182 |
Riders
Elia Favilli 540 |
Arnaud Demare 460 |
Sergio Henao 345 |
Nairo Quintana 330 |
Pieter Serry 310 |
Jacopo Guarnieri 290 |
Jens Keukeleire 275 |
Luke Durbridge 275 |
Diego Ulissi 265 |
Wilco Kelderman 260 |
Darwin Atapuma 235 |
Sacha Modolo 220 |
Mikel Landa 220 |
Fabio Felline 215 |
Angel Madrazo 215 |
Jan Ghyselinck 210 |
As the standings show, Lopex is kicking ass...He has Demare, Serry, Henao and Kelderman all on his team which all will keep reaping him points throughout the year. There are some points that can be made from all of this though...
Elia Favilli
The Farnese Vini rider is currently leading the rider standings with a large amount of his points coming the U25 bonuses. The 23 year old has had a great year so far with 9th at Strade Bianche, 22nd at De Ronde, 6th at the Scheldeprijs and a solid 13th at the Brabantse Pijl and Amstel. I'm really digging Favilli's style and his ability to swing above his level. In a couple of years time, these solid placings could be turning into top 5's.
The Colombians
3 Colombians cracked the top 10 riders, all riding for 3 different squads but all have very similar backgrounds, all having been on the Colombia-Coldeportes squad at some point in their career. Quintana is riding off a solid spring with his eyes set on a GT later in the year, Atapuma ripped everyones legs off at the Greatest race of them all - The Amgen Tour of California while Henao is holding his own at the Giro, hopefully finishing in the top 10. Colombia is churning out an incredible amount of talent these days.
Pieter Serry
The 23 year old rider from Topsport had a very consistent spring in the Ardennes with 4th at the Limburg Classic, 3rd at the Brabantse Pijl along with 3 steady finishes in the Ardennes Triple Crown, where he only got stronger throughout the week to finish Liege in 30th spot (2nd chasing group with the likes of Crash Schleck, Cunego, etc.). Finishing 6th overall at the non-VDS Tour of Norway should turn some heads at the big Belgian powerhouses. I see good results in his future at races like GP Gippingen and Vuelta a Burgos.
As said before, I will be trying to get results out on a regular basis from now on. Later today or Saturday, another spreadsheet will come out with a full team breakdown (and possibly a race by race breakdown).