2022 National Championships

[RedheadDane]

Isn't that a matter of where you have your license?

Surely Benedetti switched to Polish license right at the time - if not before - he switched nationality. Besides, you can hold license in a country you're not a citizen of. Dunno if it's still the case, but at least some years DCU didn't give licenses to riders living outside Denmark. Chris Anker, for example rode under a Luxembourg license (dunno if he switched to Italian when he moved there), he was always Danish, even becoming Danish Champion.
Edit: Apparently it was the UCI that didn't allow DCU to give licenses to Danish riders living abroad, and surely that was/is not a specifically Danish thing.

As for Carr, well...

Simon Carr (cyclist) - Wikipedia

Simon Francis Carr (born 29 August 1998) is a British professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[4] Although born in Hereford, England, to Welsh parents, he was brought up in the foothills of the Pyrenees and is bilingual in English and French. He currently races under the British flag with a French licence,[5] but has declared himself as Welsh in a bid to compete in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[6]

 

[tobydawq]

Meanwhile the "Teams are announcing crazy long lineups" thing is starting over at FB - and presumably other social media as well.
Okay, so far I've only seen Ag2R, but Ag2R for the French nationals is... something else.

I think that's the team who has the largest contingent of riders from one country on the entire WorldTour this year.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think that's the team who has the largest contingent of riders from one country on the entire WorldTour this year.

Exactly. That's why I used them as an example.
Well... also because they were the first team I saw posting their lineup...

 

[tobydawq]

Exactly. That's why I used them as an example.
Well... also because they were the first team I saw posting their lineup...

Bahrain's list of Bahraini riders is rather smaller.

 

[BR2]

Is there a livestream for the Italian TT, maybe?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

The Estonian ITT Champion for this year is Rein Taaramae, beating Tanel Kangert by a slim margin.
Full Results:https://firstcycling.com/m/race.php?r=2465&y=2022

 

[Mayomaniac]

Startlist with starting times for the Italian ME ITT:

14:30:00 1 LUCCA RICCARDO - PRO-TEAM VEGA PREFABBRICATI A.S.D.
14:32:00 2 BEVILACQUA SIMONE - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:34:00 3 COLLEONI KEVIN - TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO
14:36:00 4 BAIS DAVIDE - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:38:00 5 RAVANELLI SIMONE - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:40:00 6 RIVI SAMUELE - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:42:00 7 MARENGO UMBERTO - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:44:00 8 SANTAROMITA_VILLA ALESSANDRO - BARDANI - CSF - FAIZANE'
14:46:00 9 BAIS MATTIA - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:48:00 10 OSS DANIEL - TEAM TOTALENERGIES
14:50:00 11 - BARONCINI FILIPPO - TEAM TREK-SEGAFREDO
14:52:00 12 TAROZZI MANUELE - BARDANI - CSF - FAIZANE'
14:54:00 13 MAESTRI MIRCO - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:56:00 14 TAGLIANI FILIPPO - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:58:00 15 TIBERI ANTONIO - TEAM TREK-SEGAFREDO
15:00:00 16 DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO - TEAM ISRAEL PREMIER TECH
15:02:00 17 CATTANEO MATTIA - QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
15:04:00 18 AFFINI EDOARDO - TEAM JUMBO-VISMA
15:06:00 19 GANNA FILIPPO - TEAM INEOS GRENADIERS
15:08:00 20 SOBRERO MATTEO - TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO

 

[Potomac]

Other than Lawson Craddock, or is it Craddock Lawson (I can never keep it straight) in the ITT I have no idea who is competing in the USA nationals. Their "registrants" page is still blank.

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Other than Lawson Craddock, or is it Craddock Lawson (I can never keep it straight) in the ITT I have no idea who is competing in the USA nationals. Their "registrants" page is still blank.

Cycling News are reporting Chad Haga, Joey Rosskoph and Ian Garrison as the main challengers. They didn't mention Magnus Sheffield in the preview but reckon he is riding the road race.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/us-pro-nationals-preview-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-battles-for-the-stars-and-stripes-in-tennessee

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

The Estonian ITT Champion for this year is Rein Taaramae, beating Tanel Kangert by a slim margin.
Full Results:https://firstcycling.com/m/race.php?r=2465&y=2022

OH NOOO!!!

They BOTH did the 35kms in 41:41mins - exactly same time!

I have not been able to manage to separate these two guys for almost twenty years, now. And this goes on and on…

Conclusion, after all these years:

Rein Taaramae = Tanel Kangert.

They are equally strong, always have been, always will be. No doubt about that.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Rein Taaramäe's wife and devoted dog handler, Hanna, won the silver medal in the women's ITT.
She did actually win the race, but Kristel Sandra Soonik, who is a U23 rider, rode the fastest time.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1539577271316627459

View: https://twitter.com/IntermarcheWG/status/1539577271316627459


Blanka Vas unsurprinsingly defended her Hungarian title.
Raivis Belohvoščiks' daugther, Laura, won the junior ITT in Latvia.
Nienke Vinke, a friend of the coolest names thread, won the Dutch junior race in front of Mirre Knaven, who's is still competing under Dutch flag unlike her sisters.

 

[BR2]

Startlist with starting times for the Italian ME ITT:

14:30:00 1 LUCCA RICCARDO - PRO-TEAM VEGA PREFABBRICATI A.S.D.
14:32:00 2 BEVILACQUA SIMONE - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:34:00 3 COLLEONI KEVIN - TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO
14:36:00 4 BAIS DAVIDE - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:38:00 5 RAVANELLI SIMONE - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:40:00 6 RIVI SAMUELE - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:42:00 7 MARENGO UMBERTO - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:44:00 8 SANTAROMITA_VILLA ALESSANDRO - BARDANI - CSF - FAIZANE'
14:46:00 9 BAIS MATTIA - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:48:00 10 OSS DANIEL - TEAM TOTALENERGIES
14:50:00 11 - BARONCINI FILIPPO - TEAM TREK-SEGAFREDO
14:52:00 12 TAROZZI MANUELE - BARDANI - CSF - FAIZANE'
14:54:00 13 MAESTRI MIRCO - EOLO - KOMETA CYCLING TEAM
14:56:00 14 TAGLIANI FILIPPO - DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI
14:58:00 15 TIBERI ANTONIO - TEAM TREK-SEGAFREDO
15:00:00 16 DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO - TEAM ISRAEL PREMIER TECH
15:02:00 17 CATTANEO MATTIA - QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
15:04:00 18 AFFINI EDOARDO - TEAM JUMBO-VISMA
15:06:00 19 GANNA FILIPPO - TEAM INEOS GRENADIERS
15:08:00 20 SOBRERO MATTEO - TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO

Do you know where I could follow it?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Do you know where I could follow it?

I haven't found any TV coverage myself...

 

[Kaptain Kool]

Surely Benedetti switched to Polish license right at the time - if not before - he switched nationality. Besides, you can hold license in a country you're not a citizen of. Dunno if it's still the case, but at least some years DCU didn't give licenses to riders living outside Denmark. Chris Anker, for example rode under a Luxembourg license (dunno if he switched to Italian when he moved there), he was always Danish, even becoming Danish Champion.
Edit: Apparently it was the UCI that didn't allow DCU to give licenses to Danish riders living abroad, and surely that was/is not a specifically Danish thing.

As for Carr, well...

Simon Carr (cyclist) - Wikipedia

I believe each national federation has its own rules.
For example, Australia required (at least in 2021) that you must be an Australian national and have neither ridden for another national team nor ridden in another nation's championships within the last 2 years. See page 10 here...

https://www.roadnationals.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-Technical-Guide-Federation-University-Road-National-Championships-Online-Final.pdf

Federations in the past have allowed non-nationals/guest riders to ride, too.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Piganzoli wins the Italian u23 NC. DNF for Lorenzo Milesi, did he crash? Milesi is the only guy who has beaten Segart in an ITT this year, so he would have been the obvious favourite, at least for me.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Van Wilder is out for the TT. His crash in Suisse is causing pain when he puts force on the pedals. This was one of his big goals of the season, even though he wasn't a 100% yet after his crash in Liège. This guy is born for bad luck.
In Suisse he was on his way to a 9th place going by his time at the mark 2k from the finish. He would have been faster than Fuglsang and Van Baarle.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The same riders in the top 4 in the Italian ITT as last year, but in reverse order

 

[Mayomaniac]

Ganna wins the Italian NC

1. GANNA FILIPPO TEAM INEOS GRENADIERS 40'29.10
2. CATTANEO MATTIA QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 41'05.68 36.58
3. AFFINI EDOARDO TEAM JUMBO-VISMA 41'19.19 50.09
4. SOBRERO MATTEO TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 41'25.45 56.35
5. BARONCINI FILIPPO TEAM TREK-SEGAFREDO 42'03.37 1'34.27

 

[Mayomaniac]

There was a short, punchy hill in the ITT (800m at 7%), so for Ganna to gain over 1sec per km over Cattaeno he must be in great shape.
Fun fact, Ganna recently went on a really long training ride with Honore of all people, don't ask me why.

 

[Samamba]

Expected more from Sobrero tbh, but he was already horrible in Slovenia so I guess he's completely empty after the Giro. Teams who need to fight against relegation really need to watch to not completely burn out some riders.

 

[Big Doopie]

There was a short, punchy hill in the ITT (800m at 7%), so for Ganna to gain over 1sec per km over Cattaeno he must be in great shape.
Fun fact, Ganna recently went on a really long training ride with Honore of all people, don't ask me why.

there is no doubt that Ganna is in great shape and is the best TTer at the moment.

however, was he on the new Bolide?

i have a sense that Ineos' new TT ride is super, super fast. i expect them all to over-perform in Denmark.

 

[Big Doopie]

here's hoping QS send Cattaneo to the vuelta for the TTT alone.

 

[CHGJ2000]

There was a short, punchy hill in the ITT (800m at 7%), so for Ganna to gain over 1sec per km over Cattaeno he must be in great shape.
Fun fact, Ganna recently went on a really long training ride with Honore of all people, don't ask me why.

Just in case anyone wonders why, Honore and Ganna live ~1KM from each other in Lugano. Honore was at the same hotel that Ganna was at on top of Monte Moro, a mountain near Verbania where Ganna comes from at 2800m altitude. Possibly he heard about it from Ganna considering he's been going there for a few years (presumably preferable to do an altitude camp where you can train on home roads).

 

[RedheadDane]

Just in case anyone wonders why, Honore and Ganna live ~1KM from each other in Lugano. Honore was at the same hotel that Ganna was at on top of Monte Moro, a mountain near Verbania where Ganna comes from at 2800m altitude. Possibly he heard about it from Ganna considering he's been going there for a few years (presumably preferable to do an altitude camp where you can train on home roads).

Honoré has joined the Italian mafia.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Honoré has joined the Italian mafia.

Hellemose also, he already moved to Como while riding in the u23 ranks.