2024 National Championships Overview Thread

[awavey]

The jersey he was handed would be a purely podium piece of kit: I doubt Pejtersen would want to hang it on the wall. I suspect Skjelmose would be liable to a fine if he doesn't wear it in competition: he had better try to get into a leaders' jersey before the time trials in any races for the next year.

he can always wear a gilet over it

 

[awavey]

@awavey, @Samu Cuenca, I'm going to assume your sad-reacts are due to the Uttrup bit...

you assume correct

 

[ice&fire]

I think he'll have to wear it...

He can hire whoever designs the national champion jerseys for UAE

 

[awavey]

Id provide updates on the UK race, but the coverage is appalling, no idea where they are getting time gaps from, and Marty is waffling, we basically have a lone pro-am rider up front, 3 qtrs of a minute ahead of the chasing bunch of world tour level riders two laps of the course to go and Marty is talking about the Tokyo Olympics.

 

[RedheadDane]

The lone rider - Lizzie Brooks? - is from the team of very hot coffee!

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

The jersey he was handed would be a purely podium piece of kit: I doubt Pejtersen would want to hang it on the wall. I suspect Skjelmose would be liable to a fine if he doesn't wear it in competition: he had better try to get into a leaders' jersey before the time trials in any races for the next year.

I don't understand the continuated fuzz.
Rules are rules.
Nuances are the devil's work which just brings a lot of bad things with it. Consequences may be hard, but consequences makes life simple.
And in Danish races - which Price-Pejtersen knows very well, taking advantage of bike paths has been a no-go as a main rule. Nothing new.
If he had an iota of professionalism - and since the National ITT was even a main goal of the season - then the most natural thing would be to review and inspect the technical details of the route post race and TO CLARIFY any ambiguities with the race management.

It will be much easier for himself, Skjelmose and all the Danish cycling fans to just accept the fact that there was a reason for the disqualification and then just move onto next page.

Less painful for all parties.

 

[awavey]

The lone rider - Lizzie Brooks? - is from the team of very hot coffee!

yes the team with the incredibly long name Pro-Noctis 200 Degrees Coffee Hargreaves Contracting womens cycling team

 

[RedheadDane]

BREAKING NEWS!

Christine Majerus is not the new Luxembourgish Elite Road Race Champion.
The race was instead won by Marie Schreiber. Not sure if Schreiber is also U23 Champion, not sure how that's done in Luxembourg.

 

[awavey]

I don't understand the continuated fuzz.
Rules are rules.
Nuances are the devil's work which just brings a lot of bad things with it. Consequences may be hard, but consequences makes life simple.
And in Danish races - which Price-Pejtersen knows very well, taking advantage of bike paths has been a no-go as a main rule. Nothing new.
If he had an iota of professionalism - and since the National ITT was even a main goal for the year - then the most natural thing would be to review the technical details of the route and TO CLARIFY any ambiguities with the race management post race.
It will be much easier for himself, Skjelmose and all the Danish cycling fans to just accept the fact that there was a reason for the disqualification and then just move on with the text.

Least painful for all parties.

but nationals are ridden under UCI rules, this is the quirk most federations commissaires forget, and the UCI bike path rules are somewhat vague, and if as that linked article suggested other riders in the Danish ITT also used bike paths, and were seemingly forced to in some parts, but werent sanctioned for it, then I can understand the angst it has caused.

Im sure it will sort itself once people have calmed down and cooler heads prevail

 

[Samu Cuenca]

BREAKING NEWS!

Christine Majerus is not the new Luxembourgish Elite Road Race Champion.
The race was instead won by - Marie Schreiber.

I expected she would win it, so the jersey would still be in the peloton next season.

 

[RedheadDane]

I expected she would win it, so the jersey would still be in the peloton next season.

Majerus is retiring?

(BTW, did the Danish journalist actually call Mathias Norsgaard "Norsgaard Bjerg", or was she referring to Emma?)

Strong group with two Uno-X, Norsgaard, Greve, and some local riders getting away.
The duo that got away earlier is still in the front.

 

[awavey]

I expected she would win it, so the jersey would still be in the peloton next season.

and Christine can literally just give her, her old spare team kit for it

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Majerus is retiring?

(BTW, did the Danish journalist actually call Mathias Norsgaard "Norsgaard Bjerg", or was she referring to Emma?)

Yes. I believe the Olympic RR is supposed to be her last race.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Live timing for the German championships: https://www.datasport.de/anmeldeservice/deutscheradmeisterschaft2024/ergebnisse

 

[yaco]

Id provide updates on the UK race, but the coverage is appalling, no idea where they are getting time gaps from, and Marty is waffling, we basically have a lone pro-am rider up front, 3 qtrs of a minute ahead of the chasing bunch of world tour level riders two laps of the course to go and Marty is talking about the Tokyo Olympics.

The peleton is riding a boring and conservative race. Nothing memorable or interesting about this race.

 

[RedheadDane]

Rather large group up front in Spain. Just under a minute.
Just under 60 Ks to go.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Live timing for the German championships: https://www.datasport.de/anmeldeservice/deutscheradmeisterschaft2024/ergebnisse

First breakaway now: Märkl, Brenner, Heiduk, TTT, Zwiehoff, Lipowitz

 

[awavey]

The peleton is riding a boring and conservative race. Nothing memorable or interesting about this race.

maybe it would be more interesting if we knew what was happening with proper time gaps and which riders were where on the road

they keep bigging up Frankie Hall in commentary, and Im sure its just because its a rider they recognise on the tv pictures, because thats basically the level of detail we're working with.

 

[RedheadDane]

Koerner trying to go solo.
She's got a decent gap to a chase group, which includes her teammate Dideriksen, though with one rider in-between.
The peloton is over a minute behind.

 

[awavey]

basically its who monsters this Saltburn climb that wins this in the UK, as they seem happy to ride at this pace in the group at the moment

 

[yaco]

maybe it would be more interesting if we knew what was happening with proper time gaps and which riders were where on the road

they keep bigging up Frankie Hall in commentary, and Im sure its just because its a rider they recognise on the tv pictures, because thats basically the level of detail we're working with.

I have no issue with the coverage. Time gaps have been provided in the coverage. DSM have three riders in the leading group and they are pacing the peleton. Bewildering tactics.

 

[RedheadDane]

Koerner got 45 seconds now.
Unless she completely blows, Greve is pretty much sure to be U23 champion; she's the only U23 rider in the (near-)front.

 

[RedheadDane]

Is that the Wright moment to go?

 

[awavey]

I have no issue with the coverage. Time gaps have been provided in the coverage. DSM have three riders in the leading group and they are pacing the peleton. Bewildering tactics.

theyve provided some time gaps, but its not clear where theyre measuring them as theyre not constantly updating them, there was one lap where they kept quoting a time gap which was just the gap at the finish line.

and like now they keep going back to a lone chasing rider, well ok how far back is she ? is she gaining ? is she likely to join this group at the front? or are we focussing on her because the front group are in that mobile coverage dead zone ?

and how far is there left to go, blink and you miss it and a caption occasionally might flick on the screen and if Marty sees it he might mention it.

now Sophie Wright has attacked, whats the gap? is it increasing ? (visually yes it is) but they dont look like theyre challenging to chase it down.

its just pretty basic coverage imo, compared to the other national races we can watch

 

[ice&fire]

With three laps over the Alto del Escorial the race in Spain is about to turn into a contest between Landa and whoever Movistar has designated as their man today. Apparently that's Pelayo, the man who dropped Remco with an attack on this very same roads last year in the Vuelta stage 20.