2023 National Championships

[DNP-Old]

Holy rain showers in GB.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

I think it might be raining...

 

[RedheadDane]

Holy rain showers in GB.

I think they're pretty secular...

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Swift dropped, after Knox accelerates and wright attacks over the top. No Ineos.

 

[JRanton]

Swift dropped, after Knox accelerates and wright attacks over the top. No Ineos.

Swift did far too much work. Ineos a tactical embarrassment today.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Wright, Knox, Doull, S.Williams or Watson

Watson has won the U23 title.

If you'd told me it would be Doull over Carr and Shaw in front out of EF at the start I wouldn't have believed you.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Swift did far too much work. Ineos a tactical embarrassment today.

an embarrassment not just today recently.

 

[RedheadDane]

Swift dropped, after Knox accelerates and wright attacks over the top. No Ineos.

So, Connor won't be able to show his Swiftness, after he was Knoxed out, and Fred attacked at the Wright time?


(I'll go back to my cooking.)

 

[ZamlinusYoutubeious]

The parcours for the women was good at the brit nats as well as the racing. What's the mens route design?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

The parcours for the women was good at the brit nats as well as the racing. What's the mens route design?

The exact same with more laps

 

[RedheadDane]

The exact same with more laps

And wetter....
But isn't that the normal thing? That routes are identical, with perhaps a few variations.

 

[Tim Cahill]

FDJ rider in the group (Watson?) has hidden well, Wright is going to be attacked a lot here and use a lot chasing back, perhaps he should take the initiative instead.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Knox looks strongest on final climb followed by wright and williams.


no idea what doull was doing the whole race

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Good GB race... hope Fred Wright or James Knox get their first win.
Also heartening to see so many WT teams represented and handing it to Ineos.

 

[postmanhat]

Great course. Perfect for a Worlds one day.

Am hoping Wright will win, but Williams seems to have learnt from the yo-yo master Froome and might have too much at the end?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Whats on Doull's saddle? Apart from him...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Williams won that random ass Suisse sprint a year or two ago didn't he, Knox needs to attack

 

[postmanhat]

Good GB race... hope Fred Wright or James Knox get their first win.
Also heartening to see so many WT teams represented and handing it to Ineos.

First thing I thought when I started watching was how strange it was to see so many WT jerseys in a British Nationals. And that's without UAE, Jayco, Astana and Jumbo.. so much progress over the last couple of years.

 

[DNP-Old]

What a weird race. Knox went from looking the strongest to looking the worst in a dash.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

I was confused for a second. Knox was 20m ahead then my screen freezed and he was 20m behind!

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

two climbers seem to be playing over wright.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just reading full results list of Danish Elite Men RR.

77 finishers of the 160 starters spread all over with huge time gaps, coming over finish line either in small groups or as solo rides. Which gives thoughts to a Angliru MT finish rather than a punch of smaller hills race design.

What especially strikes me is the complete mixture all the way down the list of top WT riders and semi-amateurs from small teams, like a thoroughly shaken bag of candies.

During my studies in the 90ies I lived different places in the city and the vicinity, and took quite some hill challenges on my bike, and in fact a loop close to copy of final rounds in this race here.
Though hilly circuit, certainly didn't expect the route to shake things up in this extend, even last year (Andreas Kron's victory) would prove, this looks close to the extreme.
I guess high humidity and hot weather played a role today?

Edit: What extreme bad luck for Casper Pedersen (broken collar bone, result from early crash) I was really rooting for him in the upcoming tour to display his lead-out skills learned from Master Yoda Mørkøv.

 

[postmanhat]

What a weird race. Knox went from looking the strongest to looking the worst in a dash.

Been like that all race with various riders. Very tough, variable course/conditions. Doesn't seem like they know how to ride it except for Wright so far?

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

wow wright. strong.

 

[DNP-Old]

Winning move I reckon.