🇮🇹 #Coppacittadidaniele Jørgen ‘Solo’ Nordhagen. 🇳🇴🔥
Nordhagen moves on after disappointing U23 World Championship for Visma | Lease a Bike with win in Italy
CyclingWednesday, 02 October 2024 at 07:40
Jørgen Nordhagen just keeps on winning. The 19-year-old Norwegian has impressed throughout this year, his first year as a rider on the Visma | Lease a Bike development team. After a somewhat disappointing World Cup, he continued quietly in Italy. On Tuesday, he won the Coppa Città di San Daniele, an Italian one-day race for U23s.
Norhagen won the Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia as recently as September, where he had fellow top talents Pablo Torres (UAE) and Giulio Pellizzari (Bardiani) next to him on the podium. Torres, who impressed at the Tour de l'Avenir in August, and Pellizzari, who was close to a stage win at the last Giro d'Italia, were thus behind the young Norwegian in Dutch service.
Menno Huising already finished seventh in the four-day stage race, and on Tuesday, the 20-year-old Dutchman even finished second behind his almost unbeatable teammate. Nordhagen and Huising will both make the switch to the WorldTour in 2025. Nordhagen already made his debut for the main squad in the Deutschland Tour and also left there too a good impression on the Dutch formation's team managers. He finished seventh and won the mountain classification.
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Nordhagen fills list of achievements in final U23 year
For Nordhagen, the Coppa Città di San Daniele victory was already the fifth of the season. In July, he won a stage in the Tour Alsace, finishing third in the GC. He then won the Trofeo Bonin Costruzioni in August, and in the Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, he was thus suitable for stage and overall wins.
Thus, the expectations for the World Championships in Zurich were high, but he "did not show up fit enough" for the time trial and finished "only" 39th in the road race, more than twelve minutes behind winner Lorenzo Finn. A year ago at the World Championships in Glasgow, Nordhagen had finished fourth in the junior time trial and sixth in the road race. In Australia 2022, he scored spots nine (time trial) and 13 (road race).
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Latest Comments
- Well explained, thanks for the clarity! Daniel DantasDanieldantas20-12-2024
- This is the kind of 'news' that belongs in a cheap tabloid. No matter how boring the offseason gets, nobody wants to read this.
santiagobenites19-12-2024 - I wish we could have seen him try. He'd absolutely get dropped before Pogi overtakes his domestiquesVeganpotter10-12-2024
- Talk is cheap! Next year barring crashes with a healthy team... all well be on track! Some need to talk to make a headline!mootman27-11-2024
- I do not see this event listed on HBO Max Sports Online? Can anyone confirm? Thanks!
MrYuck23-11-2024 - It seemed that he was focusing forward at the time of the crash, after seeing a quick video snippet. But one thing I think he should focus on more intently is breaking a bad habit he has, right now. And that is his constant looking over his shoulders. He does that so much, that I am very sure it is not good for him. Simply watch videos of the greats of CX and you will see very little of that constant looking over their shoulders. That is a behavior that betrays a bit of insecurity on his part. He shouldn't be so concerned, incessantly, about what is over his shoulder. He needn't worry they didn't all disappear. He neds to keep his focus more ahead of himself, and he needs to pay a bit more attention to himself, in a confident manner. It is very frustrating to watch, because it is apparent that he has a lot of potential, and is in much better shape thwan many of his competitors, but the mental game needs to be sharpened more, because that part of strategy plays a huge part in the final results
reemmo022-11-2024 - hahahaha love this shit! I didnt even watched the race, but reading all the gossip articles of how stupid this is!Zatoichi19-11-2024
- Van Aert is really handsome. He can influence me all day! Ditto for Philipsen. Why do you think many of us love cycling?: to see heroic attempts at climbing mountains at high altitudes or to watch speedsters sprint for the finish line or to watch a human being ride at break neck speed down a tricky descent? No, it's all about their lean physiques and muscular legs. (apologies for objectifying these dedicated and amazing athletes).BarwonHeadsUp25-10-2024
- It is unfortunate that the author can't feel the joy that Pogacar brings to the sport and his fans who are legion and I for one feel lucky to have watched such a memorable performance and historic season From the Strada until yesterday with multiple wins in stages in both tours and beyond dominance in the World's. He is proud to wear the Rainbow stripes, shows his leadership to protect his fellows and is as courteous and sportsman-like as the sport allows. He goes early to not have to respond to each attack as all the rest would make him do it. Any racer who could would do the same. Don't "grow tired" of greatness as it is always fleeting.ccrider13-10-2024
- What load of rubbish. Pog is likely a once in a generation cyclist, the like of which hasn't been seen since 'the Cannibal '. How many people were complaining that Merckx was making racing predictable? I remember this year's World RR as one of the most exciting I've watched. Mainly BECAUSE Pog was the favourite and launched what everyone thought (Pog included) was a suicidal attack with 80km to go. For the next 2 hours, I was on the edge of my seat thinking "this is too much, even for Pog". Maybe Zonnefeld prefers the snooze-fest that is a bunch sprint? Like most people I know, I can't watch two hours of the bunch riding very fast... I wait for the final 5km and watch just the sprint. In any event, most races are won from a sprint or lone break. What difference does it make who makes the lone break? Ultimately, the other contenders will have to figure out a way to beat Pog. Even if that means collaboration between teams. It's going to be an exciting few seasons, until the next Pog arrives on the scene. If this is boring, heaven knows what exciting looks like!Michael513-10-2024