2025 National Championships

[Armchair Cyclist]

Now that makes me wonder:
Is there a sport that is so completely different from cycling that being a professional in that sport would not really give you much of an advantage over amateurs?
Like... sumo wrestling...

Darts? Snooker?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So, in a rather unusual situation, the new Albanian ME RR Champion will be participating in the Danish Championships Sunday.

What will happen if he wins? Will he get to wear a half Danish, half Albanian kit?

Speaking of that, Audrey Cordon-Ragot's has had this Frankenstein creation of her past kits (minus Zaaf's for some reason...) made, and we obviously all remember that one time she rode on to the course for the Estonian NC RR by mistake and ended up winning.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Looks like we'll see a Caja Rural NC jersey. Curious to see what they'll cook up

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Now that makes me wonder:
Is there a sport that is so completely different from cycling that being a professional in that sport would not really give you much of an advantage over amateurs?
Like... sumo wrestling...

Professional russian roulette players

 

[RedheadDane]

What will happen if he wins? Will he get to wear a half Danish, half Albanian kit?

He won't. Win, that is.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

No MVDP right?

Correct, not on the startlist.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He won't. Win, that is.

Anything is possible, or it can be if he cheats like he allegedly did in Albania two years ago.

 

[RedheadDane]

Anything is possible, or it can be if he cheats like he allegedly did in Albania two years ago.

Yeah, what was the whole deal with that? (Unfortunately, even though I can find the old Feltet article on Google, when I try to open it... it's just... not there.)

I'm pretty sure you can only wear the jersey of the country you represent in international cycling, so even if Kloppenborg were to... somehow... win the Danish RR Sunday, he'd not become the Danish Champion, with that title instead passing on to whoever is 2nd.

Now, another question is; will he be allowed to wear the Albanian Champion Jersey Sunday?

 

[Wyndbrook]

Correct, not on the startlist.

Never let a national champs get in the way of a good round of golf.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Yeah, what was the whole deal with that? (Unfortunately, even though I can find the old Feltet article on Google, when I try to open it... it's just... not there.)

The accusation was that there was plot to ensure that someone from Kloppenborg's team won which resulted in him getting moto paced back to the front group after he had been dropped.

 

[AupaPyama]

Looks like we'll see a Caja Rural NC jersey. Curious to see what they'll cook up

They already have Silva; picture is somewhere in the jersey thread.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tom Skujins rung up his 5th ITT NC win on a route in Riga.
So Riga, somewhere in the back of the mind there is this tickler which keeps reminding me to visit.....

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And Dana Rožlapa, a non-random 45 year old, won her 9th title.

 

[Berflamand]

Could we maybe get this thread stickied for this week? @Armchair Cyclist

 

[danielzu]

Second Place as well for Haoyu Su in the road race. Now he has 105 points and thereas his points are counting. He raised Astanas total by 19 points

 

[danielzu]

Fedorov wins the tt, kuzmin third. Another 70 points

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Women's junior time trial in Czechia was close:

1	ŠPICAROVÁ Karolina				0:22:03	42.993
2	HANÁKOVÁ Anna				,,	42.993

(I've never understood why websites think they have justification in giving average speed to 3 decimal places)

 

[SafeBet]

Italian TT

Ganna
Baroncini +46"
Cattaneo +57"

 

[Cycling111]

2009: Rein Taaramäe wins the Estonian national championship.

2025: Rein Taaramäe wins the Estonian national championship.

2035: Rein Taaramäe wins the Estonian national championship at 48

 

[Sciatic]

Yay!, national championships weekend is here! On Sat and Sun when so many races are occurring simultaneously it’s like the opening rounds of college basketball’s March Madness. Except a VPN is necessary to catch the catch many of the events.

 

[Sciatic]

Tom Skujins rung up his 5th ITT NC win on a route in Riga.
So Riga, somewhere in the back of the mind there is this tickler which keeps reminding me to visit.....

I visited Vilnius last summer and would have loved to included Riga as well. Do it soon before the invasion!

 

[Sciatic]

Could we maybe get this thread stickied for this week? @Armchair Cyclist

Seconded

 

[Dazed and Confused]

In Switzerland Schmid beats Bissegger by about a second.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Foss is back in business in Norway:

1	FOSS Tobias	INEOS Grenadiers	50	15		0:28:11	55.352
2	LEKNESSUND Andreas	Uno-X Mobility	30	7		0:19	54.737
3	WÆRENSKJOLD Søren	Uno-X Mobility	20	2		0:28	54.45

 

[Berniece]

Seconded

It's already the case