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2023 National Championships

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Boehmand said:
The point is not riding to win it for yourself, the point is being prepared to ride for your country, if called upon.

It's about being willing to give a little back, rather than being selfish.
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You're sure you're not being a little unreasonable here? Giving back? Hasn't he brought the whole nation to ecstasy by winning the Tour last year? It sure looked like it.

To me it seems like you feel that Vingegaard owes you something. Well, he doesn't.
 
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Right. If a sprinter shows up for the Mont Ventoux Challenge, you think "props for trying" rather than "what the hell is he doing here"?

I guess Vingegaard thinks he has no chance in hell of doing well, and given his track record in one day races, he's probably right about that. I haven't seen the course in detail, but the simple fact that it's in Glasgow doesn't scream "Jonas Vingegaard, top favourite" to me.
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The point is not being able to win, the point is stepping up when your country asks you to - if it asks you to.

95 % of the riders riding Worlds, know beforehand they have no chance of winning, but they show up for their country anyway, when called upon.

I dunno what country you are from, but imagine everyone not actually able to win it, just refused to ride because they could not win it.
 
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Anyway, back on topic, here's a quick rundown of national road race champions at the Tour:

Skjelmose
Madouas
Wright
Pogacar - but he'll probably be wearing some sort of classification jersey most of the Tour
Van Baarle
Simmons
Buchmann
Muhlberger
Lutsenko
Carapaz - probably, not yet officially selected. But of course, he rides for EF, so expect it to be official some time Thursday
Kirsch
 
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The point is not being able to win, the point is stepping up when your country asks you to - if it asks you to.

95 % of the riders riding Worlds, know beforehand they have no chance of winning, but they show up for their country anyway, when called upon.

I dunno what country you are from, but imagine everyone not actually able to win it, just refused to ride because they could not win it.
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It's not the f.cking Third World War, it's the World Championships.

Look, if he was Jonas van der Poel, I'd understand your anger. Now I really don't see what you're so worked up about.
 
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It's not the f.cking Third World War, it's the World Championships.

Look, if he was Jonas van der Poel, I'd understand your anger. Now I really don't see what you're so worked up about.
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I'm worked up about the refusal to step up for your country.

I thought that was pretty clear by now.

Maybe I'm just too old, and the new "me, me, me, look at me and my SoMe"-generation has a different view, on taking pride in representing your country with honour.
 
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And here's a quick rundown of the national ITT champions at the Tour:

Asgreen - not officially selected, but I'm hoping
Van Aert
Cavagna - not officially selected, but likely
Pogacar - but will probably be wearing some sort of classification jersey by the time of the ITT
Castroviejo
Wærenskjold
Politt
Kwiatkowski
Lutsenko
Kirsch
 
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I'm worked up about the refusal to step up for your country.

I thought that was pretty clear by now.

Maybe I'm just too old, and the new "me, me, me, look at me and my SoMe"-generation has a different view, on taking pride in representing your country with honour.
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Yes, that is pretty clear. The question is why. I don't know how old you are, if you were a 100 years old I'd understand the war metaphors, but I guess you're not, in which case I don't :)

I think Denmark has a few riders who could do quite well on a flattish, slightly hilly course. Vingegaard is not one of them. So why should he be sent there kicking and screaming?

edit: btw, even on a very hard course he hasn't ever done well
 
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Yes, that is pretty clear. The question is why. I don't know how old you are, if you were a 100 years old I'd understand the war metaphors, but I guess you're not, in which case I don't :)

I think Denmark has a few riders who could do quite well on a flattish, slightly hilly course. Vingegaard is not one of them. So why should he be sent there kicking and screaming?

edit: btw, even on a very hard course he hasn't ever done well
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I'm amazed you are still missing the point :rolleyes:

It's STILL not about him actually racing, it's about his refusal to do so, even if called upon.

I'm done with this debate, have a nice evening.
 
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Samu Cuenca said:
The Albanian federation could have used a much simpler method than the one they went with.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1673322059298897922
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According to CQ "The national championship result was determined on the basis of the ranking of the Uzbek riders in the international 1.2 race Tour of Bostonliq R.R." and similarly for the national ITT title.

If there can be guest riders in a national championships (and several countries allow it), or even more disruptive to the progression of a race, several national championships being determined in the same race (Baltics, Czechia & Slovakia; many countries have U23 and even juniors in the same race as seniors) then I suppose entries from the nation within a wider one day race is tolerable. I believe the British national marathon title has sometimes been incorporated into the London Marathon.

But claiming two batches of UCI points for the Uzbek riders from one day's effort is a bit naughty, especially with the goal of getting extra numbers in the WCC/OG.
 
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Happily. So why do you lecture us about it and insist that others should do the same?
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I'm not lecturing anyone, I am offering my opinion on how I believe any athlete should feel about representing their country, when they get the chance.

Nor do I insist on anything, I am merely saying there is no need to debate a fundamental difference on "love of country" any further, since clearly neither of us will change it.

Also I'm pretty sure she can speak for herself.
 
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