National Championships 2013

[goggalor]

Gap is much smaller now. Vai Phillip!!

 

[jaylew]

15 secs. Someone go!

 

[burning]

Gaimon losing ground

 

[Moviefan1203]

Get up there Busche!

 

[jaylew]

Going to be close.

 

[goggalor]

Nooo, caught in the final km.

 

[Moviefan1203]

The WT riders have come out to play now.

 

[goggalor]

Rodriguez in front of Bookwalter. 2nd 2nd for him.

 

[jaylew]

Fast Freddy!!!!! Wins his 4th title. Turning 40 this summer.

Bookwalter 2nd.

 

[Afrank]

Good win for fast Freddie, beating the world tour riders. Nice!

 

[Moviefan1203]

Man that sucks for Bookwalter. Two 2nd's this weekend.

 

[burning]

Fred Rodriguez (born September 3, 1973 in Bogotá, Colombia) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist.

@Wikipedia


Amazing comeback from him though

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Rodriguez wins his 4th. Well done! I see he's rocking those Mad Fiber wheels.

 

[goggalor]

Kind of funny how the chose the absolute worst possible camera angles for the sprint. One helishot where the entire street was obscured by trees, and one where the riders were blocked by the barricades.

 

[gjb483]

great race, plenty of suspense.

 

[Beech Mtn]

Perfect for Freddie. He only recently got a ride with Jelly Belly for the rest of this year. Surely someone will pick him for 2014 as well so he can show off his stars-n-stripes.

Can't wait to see how JB incorporates his national champs kit with the jelly bean theme, though

 

[jaylew]

Good win for fast Freddie, beating the world tour riders. Nice!

I'll always consider Freddie WT though, as much time as he spent on top teams in Europe.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gotta admit that my first reaction was How the heck can Rodriguez win the US National Championship?
Even though I technically know it wasn't 'Purito'...

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Any highlights of the sprint?
I fell asleep before it finished - doh.

 

[Roderick]

The USA championship must be the biggest joke-race ever. Even a bigger joke than the Tour of Cali

 

[TRDean]

The USA championship must be the biggest joke-race ever. Even a bigger joke than the Tour of Cali

Why do you say that?

 

[spalco]

Kind of funny how the chose the absolute worst possible camera angles for the sprint. One helishot where the entire street was obscured by trees, and one where the riders were blocked by the barricades.

Last year I watched the livestream (forgot this time around) and it was horrible too.

If I remember correctly (might be mixing up with a different race, but I'm pretty confident I don't), they only had the helicopter camera, plus a couple static cameras in corners, but no motos at all.

 

[jaylew]

Why do you say that?

Because it takes place in the US, of course.

 

[Roderick]

Because the best riders of the US don't even care about their national championship. They don't even bother to race it

 

[phanatic]

Gotta admit that my first reaction was How the heck can Rodriguez win the US National Championship?
Even though I technically know it wasn't 'Purito'...

It's funny though that Rodriguez was born (in Colombia) a few months after Hincapie whose father was Colombian. Seems like a really strong cycling country.