National Championship Discussion/Results

[spalco]

Great job for Duggan, very classy win.

 

[goggalor]

Think BJM was second.

 

[hatcher]

Nice win.

Commentator given no chance.

 

[Moviefan1203]

Nice camera work catching the rest of the podium finishers.

 

[ElChingon]

Now they have no idea who came in second/third because they were busy doing who knows what?

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Havetts will be very happy as his new fav rider take the win.

 

[diorgen]

Lol that was terrible coverage, like watching a race with google maps

 

[theyoungest]

Great win, not sure how he got a 30 second gap so soon but he held on to it, so chapeau. I've read this guy's story once, he hasn't exactly had the best of luck so far.

 

[mewmewmew13]

Frank Pipp Bissell 2nd

terrible commentating

 

[mewmewmew13]

Havetts will be very happy as his new fav rider take the win.

Was thinking of Havey!

Timmy lives in Boulder.

 

[Sylvester]

TIM DUGGAN FAN CLUB are having a party

 

[Havetts]

Havetts will be very happy as his new fav rider take the win.

Was thinking of Havey!

Timmy lives in Boulder.

Awesome ride by Timmy #winning!

TIM DUGGAN FAN CLUB are having a party

 

[ansimi]

Good for Timmy! Looking forward to seeing his jersey. Stars and stripes are always a design challenge and Liquigas lime doesn't help the matter.

 

[killswitch]

Awesome ride by Timmy #winning!

TIM DUGGAN FAN CLUB are having a party

Liqui should take him to the Vuelta; US Pro Cycling challenge starts on 20 august tho.

 

[CobbleStoner]

Good for Timmy! Looking forward to seeing his jersey. Stars and stripes are always a design challenge and Liquigas lime doesn't help the matter.

it cannot be worse than RSLT attempt, Italians are usually pretty good at nat champ jerseys.
good to see hard work pay off, congrats Tim, and big ups to Pipp and Reijnen, a podium here will def help out on next years contracts, good luck guys

 

[greenedge]

Congrats to Duggan. I think he is a solid, classy rider who should now be given the opportunity to ride the TDF- he rode so well for Sagan at the TOC.

Busche, TJVG and the rest should have continued to chase. Congrats to Pipp and Reijnen.

 

[Parrulo]

best domestique on cali wins the us road race a couple weeks later for the second year in a row? sound like the beginning of a nice tradition

 

[mewmewmew13]

best domestique on cali wins the us road race a couple weeks later for the second year in a row? sound like the beginning of a nice tradition

Yes, just thinking that the timing is excellent to race really well for the us champs after a hard ToC if one gives your body the right amount of rest and recovery in between.
Great prep...

Excellent podium! These are nice guys too...
all hometown boys. Cheers!

 

[Afrank]

Congrats to duggan
We'll see how the designers of the liquigas kit combine red white and blue with lime green. Hopefully it will be like Hincapies kit and not just a flag across the front like alot of other national champ kits these days.

 

[bicycle_rack]

afaik Sagan is the only national champion on the team and his kit is pretty meh

 

[Pippo_San]

Gotta love the guy. Awesome smile.
Lol

 

[greenedge]

Whats' with the red mark on his cheek?

 

[RedheadDane]

Whats' with the red mark on his cheek?

Well... you know how the guys always get kissed by these girls on the podium?


On a more serious note; this is just freaking awesome!

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012...ilitia-for-emotional-championship-ride_221757

 

[jobiwan]

Just now saw these results. Congrats to Duggan!!!

 

[Caruut]

afaik Sagan is the only national champion on the team and his kit is pretty meh

http://www.bicycling.com/sites/default/files/images/peter-sagan-tour-california-2012.jpg

I actually quite liked the jersey - the best jerseys in my opinion are the ones that start looking like a national champions jersey and then add in a little bit of the team's identity.

Don't think Velits' national champion's jersey from HTC looked nearly as good. Though, the less of the HTC kit from that year the better, in my opinion.

I just hate it when they do the Leopard-style jerseys. There, the fact that they have national champions seems to strike the team as an inconvenience, meaning they can't have all the team looking exactly the same. Movistar from last year were pretty pathetic as well (that said the Spanish jersey has been hideous before), and they aren't much better this year.