2015 National Championships Discussion

[Sasquatch]

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Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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Hofland will find a way to screw it up. Wippert to win.

Wouldnt really be a screwup if Hofland loses to Wippert in a dead flat sprint.

Team representation. Wippert is on his own and needs to find the right wheel. Hofland has the perfect leadout.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Re: Re:

Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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Hofland will find a way to screw it up. Wippert to win.

it would not even be a screw up. In dead flat sprints Hofland was never the best. Wippert was faster and still is faster I think.
If it was a slightly uphill sprint it would be a totally different matter.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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lol lovely. I'll skip that one. Well maybe not. I'll watch the last 5km.

I thought someone posted the German one in this thread but I can't seem to find it.

Belgian one is also for the sprinters, but German one some people think is too hilly for Degenkolb if Martin was there but he isn't so it's an open field.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Elena Cecchini Womens Italian Champ again in 2015

 

[robin440]

Gerdemann for the win

 

[SafeBet]

Nibali was good but still not in super form. Will hit it pretty soon though.

 

[Kwibus]

Re: Re:

Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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Hofland will find a way to screw it up. Wippert to win.

it would not even be a screw up. In dead flat sprints Hofland was never the best. Wippert was faster and still is faster I think.
If it was a slightly uphill sprint it would be a totally different matter.

Lotto needs a way to drop Wippert. Hard to do so on this course, but Inguess attacking a lot is an option.
See what roompot can do and Giant have a chance as well with Sinkeldam.

 

[Jspear]

Re: Re:

Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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lol lovely. I'll skip that one. Well maybe not. I'll watch the last 5km.

I thought someone posted the German one in this thread but I can't seem to find it.

Yep...on page 1. Here it is:

German course

310 meter elevation gain

climb: 7,5 km with 3,9% (max. 10% - last 2 km with around 6%)

definitely to tough for sprinters like greipel and kittel.
better suited to degenkolb, gerdemann, wegmann, tony martin

 

[May0maniac]

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Elena Cecchini Womens Italian Champ again in 2015

What a performance, she dropped all the other riders in the front group just by setting a hard pace.
The strongest rider was Elisa Longo Borghini, she was caught behind in the main field and had no teammate and still managed to catch everyone except Cecchini on the climb.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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Hofland will find a way to screw it up. Wippert to win.

it would not even be a screw up. In dead flat sprints Hofland was never the best. Wippert was faster and still is faster I think.
If it was a slightly uphill sprint it would be a totally different matter.

Lotto needs a way to drop Wippert. Hard to do so on this course, but Inguess attacking a lot is an option.
See what roompot can do and Giant have a chance as well with Sinkeldam.

Took me way longer than it should to realise you were talking about Lotto Jumbo...

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Breschel out of the Danish RR after being hit by a car during training.

http://www.tinkoffsaxo.com/news/road-accident-forces-matti-breschel-withdraw-danish-championship/

 

[robin440]

The bookies think that degenkolb and greipel are the top favourites! Degenkolb okay, but greipel? This course should normally way to though for him.
One lap has more elevation gain than one lap in ponferrada and just slightly less than florence.
If they riding that climb with a proper speed, greipel shouldnt have a chance.

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Re: Re:

Are the Belgium and Dutch ones worth watching? Any profiles?

dutch profile

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Hofland will find a way to screw it up. Wippert to win.

it would not even be a screw up. In dead flat sprints Hofland was never the best. Wippert was faster and still is faster I think.
If it was a slightly uphill sprint it would be a totally different matter.

Lotto needs a way to drop Wippert. Hard to do so on this course, but Inguess attacking a lot is an option.
See what roompot can do and Giant have a chance as well with Sinkeldam.

Hofland can beats Wippert,sinkeldam and any other dutch sprinter in a flat sprint, he almost win in zlm toer againts greipel in a flat sprint, normally the problem is that he is not well placed and for that reason he is unable to achieve a top result in flat sprint. However in uphill sprints he can pass riders with more facility like lobato but in lower gradients.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Some U23 road race results:

Spain

1º 35 ROSÓN, Jaime ESP C. LEONESA 3:31:38
2º 60 PASTALLÉ, Xavier ESP CATALANA a 02
3º 116 PELEGRI, Oscar ESP VALENCIANA a 02
4º 117 TAMAYO, Juan Jose ESP VALENCIANA a 02
5º 19 YEBRA, Ivan ESP ARAGONESA a 05

Portugal

1. 176 MATOS Nuno RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA (POR) 4:07:36.240
2. 101 GUERREIRO Ruben TEAM AXEON (USA) 4:14:12.122 00:06:35.882
3. 118 CARVALHO Rui ANICOLOR (POR) 4:15:08.889 00:07:32.649
4. 149 MAGALHÃES Zulmiro LIBERTY SEGUROS - CARGLASS (POR) 4:16:40.133 00:09:03.893
5. 123 GONÇALVES Júlio ANICOLOR (POR) 4:16:47.464 00:09:11.224
6. 177 RODRIGUES João TEAM TAVIRA (POR) 4:18:06.707 00:10:30.467
7. 146 GOMES Luís LIBERTY SEGUROS - CARGLASS (POR) 4:21:55.465 00:14:19.225
8. 106 TEIXEIRA Ricardo MOREIRA CONGELADOS - FEIRA - KTM (POR) 4:22:20.833 00:14:44.593
9. 150 SILVA Paulo LIBERTY SEGUROS - CARGLASS (POR) 4:23:09.215 00:15:32.975
10. 120 MAIO João ANICOLOR (POR) 4:25:33.065 00:17:56.825

LOOK AT THOSE GAPS!

Netherlands

1. Stan Godrie (Rabobank)
2. Fabio Jakobsen (SEG Racing)
3. Davy Gunst (SEG Racing)

 

[BigMac]

AKA The Great Nuno Bico . And gotta love Ruben Guerreiro.

Thanks for that BBB. Bodes well for tomorrow.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re: Re:

Elena Cecchini Womens Italian Champ again in 2015

What a performance, she dropped all the other riders in the front group just by setting a hard pace.
The strongest rider was Elisa Longo Borghini, she was caught behind in the main field and had no teammate and still managed to catch everyone except Cecchini on the climb.

and then she go a bacio from Elia Viviani (boyfriend)

 

[ILovecycling]

what about british course, who is the favourite? looks really punchy to me

 

[Pricey_sky]

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what about british course, who is the favourite? looks really punchy to me

It's a short and sharp cobbled climb around 300m @ 12%. I'm expecting guys like Kennaugh and Simon Yates to be involved.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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what about british course, who is the favourite? looks really punchy to me

Some Sky rider as always.

 

[johnymax]

This is the lap for Slovenian NC:

The field is maybe the strongest ever in Slovenian championships. The riders will do 15 laps or 178km. Should be a good race.

 

[Bushman]

This is the lap for Slovenian NC:

The field is maybe the strongest ever in Slovenian championships. The riders will do 15 laps or 178km. Should be a good race.

Spilak vs Adria Mobil?

Rooting for Roglic.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

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Elena Cecchini Womens Italian Champ again in 2015

What team does she ride for?. As far as I knew it was Lotto Soudal.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Re: Re:

Elena Cecchini Womens Italian Champ again in 2015

What team does she ride for?. As far as I knew it was Lotto Soudal.

Today there were some artifically created teams
Hers was Gs Fiamme Azzurre

Elisa Longo Borghini was in Gs Fiamme Oro

 

[Jspear]

Highlights from the Italian RR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajF9OmKb6N4

 

[Ricco']

Just saw that Mathieu Van der Poel is doing the elite road race in the Netherlands. It would be nice to see a surprise coming from him.

 

[Alexandre B.]

The mighty Pauline Ferrand-Prevost, here in action to win the french national jersey : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxPGpRzHhi8