2017 National Championships discussion

[Nirvana]

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Is Rebellin racing it?

Yes, last week he wrote on his Facebook page that he trained for a week on the Bonette for italian championship.

 

[Nirvana]

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18,7 km, lumpy with seemingly no particular technical sections. Maybe Jungels is just worn out from a hard giro?

18,7 kms for a national championship it's a joke.
This trend to make shorter and shorter the time trials needs to be stopped and reverted.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Estonia TT:
1. Silver Maoma
2. Gert Joeaar
3. Norman Vahtra

Would have expected Joeaar to win this. What happened to him? He was a solid rider at Cofidis, don't know why he left them.

Judging by the names it seems he was beaten by a pacific islander who randomly showed up

18,7 km, lumpy with seemingly no particular technical sections. Maybe Jungels is just worn out from a hard giro?

18,7 kms for a national championship it's a joke.
This trend to make shorter and shorter the time trials needs to be stopped and reverted.

Luxembourg only has 18,7kms of roads
Longer championships will only take place after the planned invasion of Holland

 

[Vroome.exe]

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Drucker beating Jungels in Luxembourg. What?

BMC magic. What's next, Van Avermaet winning Belgium TT?

Surprisingly, Floris Gerts didn't obliterate Dumoulin et al. in the Netherlands.

Indeed very suprising, I didn't think there was even a small possibility that he won't win.

 

[WildspokeJoe]

I always love the national races because it means the Tour is not far off. But there's a disturbing trend the last 10 years or so. Some teams no longer have the traditional 'flag' jerseys. Personally, I love watching a race and picking out the Italian, French, Dutch or Swiss national jersey because they are so bold and distinctive. This new small flag on jerseys is so boring.

 

[Nirvana]

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Estonia TT:
1. Silver Maoma
2. Gert Joeaar
3. Norman Vahtra

Would have expected Joeaar to win this. What happened to him? He was a solid rider at Cofidis, don't know why he left them.

Judging by the names it seems he was beaten by a pacific islander who randomly showed up

18,7 km, lumpy with seemingly no particular technical sections. Maybe Jungels is just worn out from a hard giro?

18,7 kms for a national championship it's a joke.
This trend to make shorter and shorter the time trials needs to be stopped and reverted.

Luxembourg only has 18,7kms of roads
Longer championships will only take place after the planned invasion of Holland

They could make the same loop at least two times, like last year Olympics.

 

[Nirvana]

Wait, according to this they have 2820 kms of streets in Luxembourg.
http://www.route2020.lu/historique/evolution_infrastructure/reseau_routier/

It's enough to make something like fifty time trial of fifty kms.

 

[Guybrush]

it was a joke, nirvana

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

That sounds vaguely like a joke Kirby made yesterday.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

It looks like Yoann Paillot is going to beat the french WT riders.

Oh wow...the only contender seems to be Latour.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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That sounds vaguely like a joke Kirby made yesterday.

How dare you?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Well with Kirby you never know if it's a joke or a brainfart...

 

[Alexandre B.]

Brigitte and Bernadette did very well.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

1 Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) 1:05:50
2 Yoann Paillot (Océane Top 16) 0:27
3 Anthony Roux (FDJ) 1:08

Almost 66 minutes. Now that's a proper ITT. Pinot destroyed. What happened to his itt legs?!

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Current standings or final results of the french ITT?

 

[Alexandre B.]

1 Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) 1:05:50
2 Yoann Paillot (Océane Top 16) 0:27
3 Anthony Roux (FDJ) 1:08

Almost 66 minutes. Now that's a proper ITT. Pinot destroyed. What happened to his itt legs?!

Pinot's counter-performance is not really surprising. He wanted to race it but his trainers knew his form was an unknown.

 

[Tonton]

True. In any case, Latour was HUGE today. Good for him.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

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Current standings or final results of the french ITT?

Final results.

1- Pierre LATOUR (AG2R La Mondiale)
2- Yoann PAILLOT (Océane Top 16) +0'27"
3- Anthony ROUX (FDJ) +1'08"
4- Sylvain CHAVANEL (Direct Energie) +1'20"
5- Alexis GOUGEARD (AG2R La Mondiale) +1'20"
6- Bruno ARMIRAIL (Occitane Cyclisme Formation) +1'21"
7- Thomas ROSTOLLAN (Armée de Terre) +1'26"
8- Pierre-Luc PÉRICHON (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) +1'48"
9- Corentin ERMENAULT (Team Wiggins) +1'55"
10- Jérémy ROY (FDJ) +1'57"
11- Damien GAUDIN (Armée de Terre) +2'17"
12- Romain SICARD (Direct Energie) +2'20"
13- Thibaut PINOT (FDJ) +2'45"
14- Louis PIJOURLET (CR4C Roanne) +3'05"
15- Jérémy CABOT (Roubaix-Lille Métropole) +3'12"

 

[Squire]

What happened to Remi Cavagna? According to QS' twitter, he was second-best at the final intermediate checkpoint, but he's listed as five minutes back in 36th. Crash?

 

[Laplaz]

Lampaert wins in Belgium.

 

[Alexandre B.]

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What happened to Remi Cavagna? According to QS' twitter, he was second-best at the final intermediate checkpoint, but he's listed as five minutes back in 36th. Crash?

Out of form. QS' twitter was wrong, Cavagna was already struggling earlier.

 

[carolina]

I just hope FDJ can at least win the road race. They have the best national champion jerseys.

 

[dick the quick]

Switzerland TT:
1. Stefan Kung (BMC)
2. Silvan Dillier (BMC)
3. Thery Schir (Voralberg)

 

[dick the quick]

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I just hope FDJ can at least win the road race. They have the best national champion jerseys.

Sweden TT champion skinsuit is up to them:
1. Tobias Ludvigsson (FdJ)
2. Alexander Wetterhall (Tre Berg)
3. Hampus Anderberg (Christina Jewelrt)

 

[RedheadDane]

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Brigitte and Bernadette did very well.

You know, someone who hasn't read (about) that little story might get pretty confused about that statement. :lol: