2019 National Championships

[Armchair Cyclist]

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In Ireland, Mullen won again. Dunbar second. A domestic amateur, Craig McAuley, put in a great ride to get third. No times available yet. I’ve no idea who gets the U23 prize. The rules are a bit weird (one year Mullen put in the fastest time but was only given the U23 win ). I would guess that Dunbar wasn’t entered into the U23 competition despite being eligible.

Given that there were only 2 pros in the race, it was no surprise that the bronze medal went to an amateur, although McAuley was beaten by both Wiggins-Le Col riders and one other amateur (Luke Smith) in the U23 category.

The results can look weird, but I think the principle of the rules is clear enough: you can't win the seniors title if you don't enter that event. This happens not infrequently in national championships in many countries.

Strangely, CQ (but not PCS or, most relevantly, Cycling Ireland) compounded the results of the Irish senior and U23 races last year, but haven't done so (yet) this year.

(Would Dunbar have been eligible for the U23s? He is 22 at the moment, but turns 23 before the end of the year.)

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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Route was 50km and winning time was 59:36. So slightly above 50km\h.

I'm an idiot. Sorry.

PCS has the wrong average speed.

No, average speed is generated automatically. They have the wrong distance set for this race (40k instead of 50k). Which in turn also messes up the average speed.

I have sent them a report. You can do the same (under the "more" link) in case it takes too long

They have corrected it. The average speed is now correct.

 

[RedheadDane]

In today's rather unimportant race result:

Vinokurov got second in the Men's Junior Road Race over in Kazakhstan.

 

[ice&fire]

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In today's rather unimportant race result:

Vinokurov got second in the Men's Junior Road Race over in Kazakhstan.

Second isn't good enough. He'll receive a letter soon.

 

[Koronin]

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In the least surprising news of the day - or actually yesterday:

Jungels won in Luxembourg.

I'd put Tony Martin winning the German ITT up there as not exactly surprising either.

 

[CyclingEnthusiast]

It's worth noting that the man who came 6th today in the German ITT, only 1:27 behind Tony Martin is a full time lightweight rower (who has won gold in his last two lightweight double events and looks on track to medal at the world championships at his current trajectory).

He's stated his intention to turn to cycling after the 2020 olympiad and is certainly a name to watch for anyone interested. It is true rowing and cycling physiology has it's similarities but I think this a rather remarkable result given the fact he's probably only putting spare time into cycling and achieving quite excellent results in both disciplines.

I think it will be fascinating to see what kind of results he can produce should he commit to cycling full time.

 

[tobydawq]

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It's worth noting that the man who came 6th today in the German ITT, only 1:27 behind Tony Martin is a full time lightweight rower (who has won gold in his last two lightweight double events and looks on track to medal at the world championships at his current trajectory).

He's stated his intention to turn to cycling after the 2020 olympiad and is certainly a name to watch for anyone interested. It is true rowing and cycling physiology has it's similarities but I think this a rather remarkable result given the fact he's probably only putting spare time into cycling and achieving quite excellent results in both disciplines.

I think it will be fascinating to see what kind of results he can produce should he commit to cycling full time.

Interesting, but would it have killed you to mention his name?

Jason Osborne for those interested.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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It's worth noting that the man who came 6th today in the German ITT, only 1:27 behind Tony Martin is a full time lightweight rower (who has won gold in his last two lightweight double events and looks on track to medal at the world championships at his current trajectory).

He's stated his intention to turn to cycling after the 2020 olympiad and is certainly a name to watch for anyone interested. It is true rowing and cycling physiology has it's similarities but I think this a rather remarkable result given the fact he's probably only putting spare time into cycling and achieving quite excellent results in both disciplines.

I think it will be fascinating to see what kind of results he can produce should he commit to cycling full time.

Did he pedal with his arms

 

[tobydawq]

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It's worth noting that the man who came 6th today in the German ITT, only 1:27 behind Tony Martin is a full time lightweight rower (who has won gold in his last two lightweight double events and looks on track to medal at the world championships at his current trajectory).

He's stated his intention to turn to cycling after the 2020 olympiad and is certainly a name to watch for anyone interested. It is true rowing and cycling physiology has it's similarities but I think this a rather remarkable result given the fact he's probably only putting spare time into cycling and achieving quite excellent results in both disciplines.

I think it will be fascinating to see what kind of results he can produce should he commit to cycling full time.

Did he pedal with his arms

You use your lower body more than your upper body when you row (at least the general you, I can't speak for you specifically).

 

[Red Rick]

Must be a big fan of Luke Rowe

 

[sir fly]

Spain!

 

[Max Rockatansky]

In Germany half of the peloton is out of the race after 70k due to the heat.

 

[spalco]

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Spain!

Nice, thank you.

Hope I can find a stream for the belgian race too.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

No spanish national jersey until october.

 

[spalco]

Relentless wheelsucking by Valverde before going for the win, kind of funny to see.

 

[postmanhat]

British nationals coverage on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f-JwsL0sSg

No Helicopter. Graphics consist of Ned Boulting holding up a laptop to the screen and pointing to a map

 

[Sestriere]

Did Sanchez expect Valverde to gift him the win or why did he just ride the last 4 km from the front?

 

[sir fly]

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Spain!

Nice, thank you.

Hope I can find a stream for the belgian race too.

Please, link it here if you find it and nobody else does it by then.

 

[Red Rick]

Yay another 8 months of Vomistar Spanish jerseys

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

It’s all a bit confusing in Ireland. Dunbar seems to have attacked almost from the gun and is in a lead group of three wth Sam Bennett and Mark Dowling. Then the race got stopped because of an unexplained “incident”. It seem that the race is now underway again

 

[roundabout]

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Yay another 8 months of Vomistar Spanish jerseys

as if Astanas are any better

 

[sir fly]

Almost everything at Tiz, so... Help yourselves.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

It seems there was a collision between a rider and a car. The race was stopped for an hour. It’s now on again, but has been reduced by a lap. Bennett, Dunbar, Dowling have 1:30. Obviously the other two can’t take Bennett to the line if they are going to win.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Yay another 8 months of Vomistar Spanish jerseys

as if Astanas are any better

I... may have been hoping Herrada would win for this reason.

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It seems there was a collision between a rider and a car. The race was stopped for an hour. It’s now on again, but has been reduced by a lap. Bennett, Dunbar, Dowling have 1:30. Obviously the other two can’t take Bennett to the line if they are going to win.

We're talking the Irish now, right?

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Dideriksen repeats in Denmark. Ahead of Mathiesen and Siggaard.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Yay another 8 months of Vomistar Spanish jerseys

as if Astanas are any better

I... may have been hoping Herrada would win for this reason.

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It seems there was a collision between a rider and a car. The race was stopped for an hour. It’s now on again, but has been reduced by a lap. Bennett, Dunbar, Dowling have 1:30. Obviously the other two can’t take Bennett to the line if they are going to win.

We're talking the Irish now, right?

Yes, this is Ireland. I was slow posting that update, so a couple of other posts arrived in between my two.