2025 National Championships

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Did Victor Campanaerts not win in the Namibian TT championship or something similar a few years ago?

I guess if you pay your subs and are a member of the national federation, you are entitled to take part in the event, but not to be eligible for the title. I think I remember Bialblockski (haven't looked up the spelling, probably wayyy off) taking part in the GB TT event.
I think Bialoblocki only took part in the RTCC National Championships, which (unlike British Cycling) allow participation based on residency. Campenaerts won as a guest starter in Namibia indeed, but didn't make the official result.

UCI rules say "Participation in national championships shall be regulated by the respective national federations. Only riders who hold the nationality of the country for the purposes of the present regulations may compete for the title of national champion and the relevant points", so I guess this generally would allow participation for foreigners, if it says so in the national regulations.

Edit: found the Austrian rules as well:

"An den Nationalen Meisterschaften (ÖSTM/ÖM EZF [...]) dürfen auch ausländische Rennfahrer:innen teilnehmen, sind aber nicht wertungsberechtigt"

So in the time trial, foreigners can start, but are not wertungsberechtigt, which is a bureaucratical term I struggle to translate. I don't think he should be in the result.
 
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don't be so pedestrian :)

Oh, no. I am in fact at home, sitting very still. :p

(I try not be on my phone when I'm walking around; the risk of walking into stuff is just too high...)

Meanwhile, I quite like Norsgaard's reaction to "only" finishing 3rd in the Women's Elite race.
Basically saying that she just didn't have the legs, and that it's actually quite nice that it's no longer possible for her to just win despite having a bad day.
And remember, we are talking about the woman who once won the Elite Road Race when she was 16... says something about how far Danish women's cycling has come...
 
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52.1 kph by Mads Pedersen on a distance of 41 k. That's not bad, is it?
163 hm on 40.9k / 0.4% avg climb I personally regard as "severely flattish" compared to my usual 0.9-1.3% avg training routes. Which advocates for high average speeds.

However, almost all altitude was gained within first 5k or so, out of Nr. Sundby, moreover Vendsyssel is usually quite windy and generally different weather compared to south of Limfjorden.

I was not in my old proper as of yesterday, even not been able to watch the races yet so don't know exact conditions in the north.

On a windless day in the area, without taking into account the hills at Lindholm Høje, you can really get up to speed, suitable for the airport. Here I wouldn't say avg 52.1kph @ 40.9k for pro TT riders isn't something to write home about nowadays...

But if yesterday's TT Championship has been with a mixture of the stiff northwest wind and the challenging gusts, then it is definitely a high speed.

I read a bit of Nicklas Larsen's post race interview that he didn't "feel he had enough speed" (but still #2 just 25 secs behind Mads).

To me it sounds like the mischievous constant northwest wind, which you may not notice and feels like a false flat - in that case 52.1kph avg. is surely impressive!
 
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Wiebes of course
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Last year Groenewegen smoked Kooij in the final and he has decent team support.
Kooij was out of position for that sprint though. But he crashed last week, and he hasn't exactly been impressive so far this year... but neither has Groenewegen. I forgot to mention Van Poppel, another possible challenger, who beat Groenewegen a couple of times.

In other words, might be an interesting sprint. An added factor may be that Kooij is about to leave Visma so maybe they won't gamble everything on a bunch sprint.
 
163 hm on 40.9k / 0.4% avg climb I personally regard as "severely flattish" compared to my usual 0.9-1.3% avg training routes. Which advocates for high average speeds.

However, almost all altitude was gained within first 5k or so, out of Nr. Sundby, moreover Vendsyssel is usually quite windy and generally different weather compared to south of Limfjorden.

I was not in my old proper as of yesterday, even not been able to watch the races yet so don't know exact conditions in the north.

On a windless day in the area, without taking into account the hills at Lindholm Høje, you can really get up to speed, suitable for the airport. Here I wouldn't say avg 52.1kph @ 40.9k for pro TT riders isn't something to write home about nowadays...

But if yesterday's TT Championship has been with a mixture of the stiff northwest wind and the challenging gusts, then it is definitely a high speed.

I read a bit of Nicklas Larsen's post race interview that he didn't "feel he had enough speed" (but still #2 just 25 secs behind Mads).

To me it sounds like the mischievous constant northwest wind, which you may not notice and feels like a false flat - in that case 52.1kph avg. is surely impressive!
The wind was quite strong, yes.

I took at look at ProCyclingStats, and Pedersen's TT seems to be in the top 10 of the year. Ganna's TT in Italy was faster, but also on a considerably shorter distance.

I believe Pedersen's TT is the second-fastest TT at a Danish national championship ever, just slightly slower than Skjelmose's TT last year.
 
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Terrible course for the Dutch championships... but the only place able or willing to organize it. Normally Kooij should win this afternoon, but with Groenewegen and Van Uden you at least have two guys who can challenge him, unlike Wiebes in the women's peloton.
We only have terrible courses. Originally Berg en Dal was supposed to organise it, where you can actually make the hardest circuit outside of the Amstel Gold race territory, but they had to cancel that for reasons I don't remember. Not enough police availability or something.
 
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