Arensman, Ayuso and Girmay join the Martians
As soon as the 2022 season ended we analyzed the top 10 riders who scored the most points at Fantacycling: among them Wout Van Aert (6,866 points), Tadej Pogacar (6,632), Remco Evenepoel (5,034), Jonas Vingegaard (4,085) up to to Mads Pedersen (2,754) and Sergio Higuita (2,699). Find the complete analysis of these top 6 runners on our INSTAGRAM profile
The last three riders are three young people who have made many fantamanagers happy thanks to an amazing year: Biniam Girmay, Juan Ayuso and Thymen Arensman . Intermarché Eritrean Wanty Gobert was the revelation: 1,956 points conquered, the result of the historic success at Ghent-Wevelgem and a stage in the Giro d'Italia (also applauded by Van der Poel). Born in 2000, he then collected many placings that allowed him to raise his price from 3 to 18 million.
Then there is Juan Ayuso, who at the age of 19 reached the podium of the Vuelta di Spagna, his first major stage race. The Spaniard of the UAE Emirates has carved out an important space in the home races where he showed a lot of quality. But not only that: in fifth place in Catalunya was added the fourth in Romandie (for a total of 1,912 points), results that have made him rise in the general appreciation of the app.
Finally Thymen Arensman, a 22-year-old Dutchman who showed great things in the mountains. From being a DSM team man (for captain Bardet at the Giro), he became the captain at the Vuelta where he won the Sierra Nevada stage and then finished sixth in the overall. Ineos Grenadiers arrived on him and took him for the next two years: also thanks to his 1,898 points obtained in 2022, he will be the top man for short and long stage races. Three young stars to focus on for 2023: soon we will discover their new prices. We are confident that their value will be higher and that it will be worth having them in your squad. And who will you bet on?