Best and Worst National Champs jerseys

[Strawberry_Jams]

Four National Champion Jerseys - + some extras - for the price of one!

so simple. and yet so hard for other teams to achieve.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Do you think they gave Marie Schreiber a jersey of her own, or one of Demi Vollering's that has faded in the wash?

I doubt it. Also that's Christine Majerus.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The number of riders I would recognise by appearance is very low.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Do you think they gave Marie Schreiber a jersey of her own, or one of Demi Vollering's that has faded in the wash?

Not in the picture , but Schrieber has one anyway, cyclocross Nat champ.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not in the picture , but Schrieber has one anyway, cyclocross Nat champ.

She's also U23 champion on the road, but she's only worn that jersey in last year's Tour de l'Avenir.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Do you think they gave Marie Schreiber a jersey of her own, or one of Demi Vollering's that has faded in the wash?

That's Majerus in the picture, but she's probably won enough of them over the past years that she can spare a few of her own for Schreiber!

 

[tobydawq]

so simple. and yet so hard for other teams to achieve.

Well, winning WCRR, ECRR, French and Italian championships with four different riders seems quite an achievement to be honest.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Well, winning WCRR, ECRR, French and Italian championships with four different riders seems quite an achievement to be honest.

Doing it with the same rider would have been quite the accomplishment, too. Also Blanka Vas is the Hungarian champion.

 

[tobydawq]

Doing it with the same rider would have been quite the accomplishment, too. Also Blanka Vas is the Hungarian champion.

This is not my day.

 

[RedheadDane]

This is not my day.

Also, Vollering is the Dutch Champion. 🇳🇱

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Also, Vollering is the Dutch Champion. 🇳🇱

Well they don't make it easy for us when the Hungarian one looks Italian, the Dutch one looks French, and the British one looks Dutch.

 

[tobydawq]

Also, Vollering is the Dutch Champion. 🇳🇱

I think I deserve a consolation prize.

 

[Netserk]

I think I deserve a consolation prize.

Maybe you need an extra or a stronger cup of coffee when up so early.

 

[Wvv]

Also Blanka Vas is the Hungarian champion.

And the U23 world champion.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And the U23 world champion.

Yeah, and I believe she often trains in that jersey. However it's been impossible for her to get to wear it in an actual race.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Yeah, and I believe she often trains in that jersey. However it's been impossible for her to get to wear it in an actual race.

Age group world's champs jerseys used to have a slightly different design with the bands going and back down at one point.
Perhaps if something similar was reintroduced they could be worn in senior competitions.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Age group world's champs jerseys used to have a slightly different design with the bands going and back down at one point.
Perhaps if something similar was reintroduced they could be worn in senior competitions.

Perhaps, but in this particular case Vas would still be too old to wear it now.

But since the women's U23 jersey is, for now at least, won in the regular WC RR rather than in a separate U23 race, you could argue that the winner should therefore also be allowed to wear it in elite races. That would increase its prestige, although the race for it still wouldn't be completely fair, as some of the better U23 riders either aren't being selected or have to work for others.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

 

[Sciatic]

Putting the national colors or flags on the belly area means they are hardly noticeable at all during the race. Unless they win and sit upright, 90% of the riders are in the drops or crouching over their bars with hands on the hoods, we rarely get a view of that part of the jersey. Maybe some sponsors insist they get their colors and logos in the most visible locations?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

 

[scribers]

Putting the national colors or flags on the belly area means they are hardly noticeable at all during the race. Unless they win and sit upright, 90% of the riders are in the drops or crouching over their bars with hands on the hoods, we rarely get a view of that part of the jersey. Maybe some sponsors insist they get their colors and logos in the most visible locations?

Also race numbers. But there are decent photo opportunities such as start line, podiums, before, after, natural break

 

[Sciatic]

Also race numbers. But there are decent photo opportunities such as start line, podiums, before, after, natural break

True, and in the photo GenBoonenFan posted just above, it looks great. I think I was reacting more to just adding three small color stripes to the midsection.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Also race numbers. But there are decent photo opportunities such as start line, podiums, before, after, natural break

Natural break might not be the best time to take a photo...

 

[Monte Serra]

Natural break might not be the best time to take a photo...

I disagree:

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Wasn't there a rider who once punched a photographer for snapping a picture when he was doing his business.