2024 National Championships Overview Thread

[ChewbaccaDefense]

De Lie almost crying when he crossed the line.

De Lie now crying.

 

[RedheadDane]

Meanwhile, in Norway:

1	HOELGAARD Markus	Uno-X Mobility	100	15	4:12:42
2	DVERSNES Fredrik	Uno-X Mobility	75	10	,,
3	TILLER Rasmus	Uno-X Mobility	60	7	0:31
4	LEKNESSUND Andreas	Uno-X Mobility	50	4	0:34
5	VANG AAS Eirik		40	2	,,
6	SKAARSETH Anders	Uno-X Mobility	30	1	0:42
7	ÅRNES Daniel	Uno-X Mobility Development Team	20		0:45
8	FELDMANN Karsten Larsen	Team Coop - Repsol	10		0:47
9	NORDHAGEN Jørgen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development	5		0:48
10	UTENGEN SANDSTAD Halvor	Team Coop - Repsol	3		0:54

 

[peterfin]

De Lie, Philipsen, Meeus, Nys, WVA, Merlier ... what a top 6.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Urska won by over ten minutes, a Moldovan won the mens title in Romania, & have we finally got a new womens Luxembourg champion or have they rigged it yet again?

 

[Valv.Piti]

What a sprint by De Lie. Will be having some nice battles in TdF with some of these lads he just beat!

 

[CyclistAbi]

Glivar and Novak trying to crack Moho, over tens of kilometres, for now Moho successful in long range defence.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Also, IMPRESIVE ride from Nys...what the hell was he doing that close to that sprint?

 

[yaco]

De Lie vs Philipsen. Guess we're going to see quite a lot of that over the next few weeks

De Lie has yet to show he can position himself at the WT level in flat sprint finishes. Transitional stages will be his go in the TDF.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Yuk, Dylan Dutch champion

 

[tobydawq]

Groenewegen by a country mile.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Also, IMPRESIVE ride from Nys...what the hell was he doing that close to that sprint?

You're kidding right?
Nys has a great sprint, heck, he has won bunch sprints before...

 

[yaco]

That was an impressive sprint by Groenewegen who was always in the first three wheels in the last km. After his ordinary performance in Hungary, he has won his last three sprints. He's a chance to win a sprint at the TDF.

 

[Netserk]

Van Aert only 5th?!

I don't think he's good for anything but donkey duty in the Tour.

 

[Valv.Piti]

De Lie has yet to show he can position himself at the WT level in flat sprint finishes. Transitional stages will be his go in the TDF.

On pure speed, he should get a regular sprint I reckon. The stage that looks best for him is stage 8 though. And I do think the break stages are too hard for him unless you consider stage 11 and 12 transitional stages, but those options in a break could be what he was looking for also

 

[awavey]

Still two laps to go in Britain

 

[yaco]

Unsurprisingly Mauro Schmid who showed good form at Suisse wins the Swiss RR. It is criminal that Jayco are not bringing him to the TDF.

 

[Didinho]

Philipsen with an honest interview. Nothing to do about De Lie, the strongest.

 

[Potomac]

Still two laps to go in Britain

How many Km in a lap?

 

[yaco]

If Ethan Hayter is going to win a race then today is the day. I say this with 40kms to go.

 

[peterfin]

You're kidding right?
Nys has a great sprint, heck, he has won bunch sprints before...

Yes but not against this pack of elite WT level sprinters in a flat sprint. Nys attacked ~30 km from the finish on a hill and was riding up to 30s in front of the peloton before being caught. He spend too much energy in that effort but still ended 4th so great performance from him.

 

[Miha81]

Domen Novak in front of youngster Gal Glivar and Matej Mohoric in Slovenian national road race.

 

[RedheadDane]

Domen Novak in front of youngster Gal Glivar and Matej Mohoric in Slovenian national road race.

No Slovenian National Champion jersey for another year.

 

[Miha81]

No Slovenian National Champion jersey for another year.

Not in TDF

 

[tobydawq]

Van Aert only 5th?!

I don't think he's good for anything but donkey duty in the Tour.

Yeah, I was really disappointed with that sprint too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not in TDF

I was pointing out that the stuff UAE makes can hardly be considered a Champion Jersey:

If they wouldn't even make a decent jersey for Pogacar, I doubt they will for Novak...