2014 National Championships

[Pricey_sky]

British RR

1. Kennaugh
2. Swift
3. Simon Yates

Great win Kennaugh beats Swift in the sprint!

 

[MatParker117]

How the **** did Pete do that?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Funny sprint

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Shocker !

 

[LosBrolin]

Didn't see that one coming Nice sprint by Pete

 

[Bernie's eyesore]

Swift must have led for the last 4-5km, not a great tactical ride by him.

 

[Afrank]

Swift must have led for the last 4-5km, not a great tactical ride by him.

Probably didn't care that much. It was going to be a Sky win no matter what.

 

[murali]

swift has a certain knack to lose straight sprints

 

[SafeBet]

Swift must have led for the last 4-5km, not a great tactical ride by him.

If it was the italian nationals I'm sure we'd have a stream of "sold race" posts

Seriously, Swift has no killer instinct. He could easily box Kennaugh in.

 

[Hugo87]

http://www.procyclingstats.com/mob/race.php?id=147011

Nelson Oliveira does the double taking the portuguese road race ahead of Sergio Sousa, Machado and Andre Cardoso.
I was hoping to see the jersey at the Tour and here we go. I would have preferred Machado because he'll probably be more visible but it's a good result nonetheless

Fantastic for Nelson, doing the double it's amazing.

 

[ILovecycling]

what abou luxembourg RR,any info how the race was won?

 

[Christian]

How come? 3rd is a good result.

Maybe a Lux native can tell us how the final played out. Christian?

I followed it on the radio, every 20 minutes or so they gave an update. I heard the last 4 or so updates. First, Andy was alone in the front with 30 seconds advantage, he had been alone for 20km already. A group of 10 was chasing him, with all the professional riders. Gastauer and Drucker were doing the work in this group. The next update was that the four Trek riders were in the lead together with Gastauer, at around 1 minute Kirsch, Thill and Zangerlé from Leopard Development, and further back Drucker. Then it was only the Schlecks and Gastauer. At the finish, Fränk had a 5 second advantage to Gastauer, with Andy right behind him.

 

[Bushman]

If it was the italian nationals I'm sure we'd have a stream of "sold race" posts

Seriously, Swift has no killer instinct. He could easily box Kennaugh in.

Not quite the same situation with two teammates here though.

 

[trevim]

Why is Kennaugh out of the Tour team? He should be better than Zandio... Not enough love for Froome?

 

[MatParker117]

Why is Kennaugh out of the Tour team? He should be better than Zandio... Not enough love for Froome?

Coming off of illness, have to guess a lack of training. Shoe in for the Vuelta though.

 

[Hakkapelit]

Veikkanen takes 7th Finnish RR-title before Henttala.

 

[JRanton]

Coming off of illness, have to guess a lack of training.

Not a rider you'd trust to complete a 3 week race going off this season's inconsistency.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Why is Kennaugh out of the Tour team? He should be better than Zandio... Not enough love for Froome?

He would have been in the team no question with a good build up but it's been far from it. Hoping he can have a good Vuelta.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

See how much more interesting the Portuguese nationals can be when they move them away from Pataias?

Shame to see no national jersey at A Volta, but more visibility in bigger races for the jersey can only be a good thing. First time in the WT since Manuel Cardoso signed for Footon?

 

[Parrulo]

See how much more interesting the Portuguese nationals can be when they move them away from Pataias?

Shame to see no national jersey at A Volta, but more visibility in bigger races for the jersey can only be a good thing. First time in the WT since Manuel Cardoso signed for Footon?

Yep, and first time in the Tour since Acacio da Silva in 1986!!!

I would have preferred Machado to win because he will surely be in some breakaways but either way the jersey will be visible for most of the season instead of during 2 weeks in August so i am happy.

Also Machado had 2:30 minutes of advantage over a 9 man group with 30k to go and 2 minutes with 30 minutes of racing left. So Oliveira's attack must have been pretty strong because only Sergio Sousa was able to stay anywhere near him.

 

[Jaunty Monty]

Surprised the commentators had Swift as such a strong favourite for the sprint. Kennaugh isn't a bad sprinter and he'd softened Swift up on the inclines.

 

[Bushman]

Yep, and first time in the Tour since Acacio da Silva in 1986!!!

I would have preferred Machado to win because he will surely be in some breakaways but either way the jersey will be visible for most of the season instead of during 2 weeks in August so i am happy.

Also Machado had 2:30 minutes of advantage over a 9 man group with 30k to go and 2 minutes with 30 minutes of racing left. So Oliveira's attack must have been pretty strong because only Sergio Sousa was able to stay anywhere near him.

At least the portuguese Jersey will be Working for another portuguese, so it will have som value

 

[del1962]

Having watched how strong Swift and Kennaugh where, can't help feel they would both have beneffited Sky's tour team, nvm.

what happened to Sam Bennett in Irelands RR?

 

[Afrank]

Top performing teams in national championships.

1. Trek Factory Racing - 7
with Zoidl (Austria), Roulston (New Zealand), Fränk schleck (Luxembourg), Vandewalle (Belgium TT), Beppu (Japan TT), Didier (Luxembourg) and Cancellara (Switzerland ITT).

2. Orica GreenEdge - 5
Gerrans (Australia), Tuft (Canada both road and TT), Hepburn (Australia TT), Impey (South Africa TT)

3. Team Sky, Movistar team, IAM cycling, Team Katusha, Omega Pharma - Quickstep, Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team - all 3 wins

http://www.procyclingstats.com/news/Best_performing_NC_teams

 

[manafana]

any updates in Croatia for Kiserlovski?

well done to Kennaugh great young lad well deserved