National Championships 2016

[LaFlorecita]

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What's the italian parcours?

Btw, this is from Portugal's NC. Like last year.

Really tough, I like it

 

[Bushman]

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Danish race is a little bit hilly... for a Danish race.
However, what I'm interested in more than the route is the riders, or rather the team-constellations.
Of course the local conti-teams have full rosters, but other than Stölting with - potentially - seven, the majority of the riders on pro-conti and WT are on very small teams.

Yeah, Stölting are the favourites to win the race imo. In Mads Pedersen they probably have the most in-form leader while they also have Guldhammer and Kamp who could potentially win the race as well as strong guys like Quaade and Norman who could go into breaks etc.

The duo of Orica, Cort and Juul-Jensen, are both in good shape but they will be outnumbered. Same with Breschel and Mørkøv.

I hope to see Mads Würtz deliver a good result too.

Well, Breschel and Mørkøv will definitely be outnumbered! They'll be so outnumbered they'll even be riding against each other.
Dunno if the Tinkoff duo could do anything.

As for Mads Würtz winning; you don't think he's raked up enough championship jerseys already?

I dont necesarily hope to see Würtz win the race but he is one of the biggest Danish talents imo and he still needs to prove himself on the big stage in road races. We know he can tt as well as any other Danish rider already.

 

[Brullnux]

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What's the italian parcours?

Somehow flat despite hosting it in the middle of the Alps. It has a short but steep kick up too which could be a launchpad for attacks, but they probably won't stick as you have over 10-15km of false flat slightly downhill to the line. Someone like Colbrelli could do very well, but I heard he was ill or something. Ulissi, Nizzolo and Trentin to watch out for, as well as Moser and Brambilla if they attack. Too easy for them though, actually. Fedi might be an outsider, but it's a long time since he last raced. If Felline were fit then he'd be good. Little or no chance of Nibali doing the hat trick. I don't think he even going actually. I'll try to find the profile for you.

 

[liamito]

Re: Re:

What's the italian parcours?

Somehow flat despite hosting it in the middle of the Alps. It has a short but steep kick up too which could be a launchpad for attacks, but they probably won't stick as you have over 10-15km of false flat slightly downhill to the line. Someone like Colbrelli could do very well, but I heard he was ill or something. Ulissi, Nizzolo and Trentin to watch out for, as well as Moser and Brambilla if they attack. Too easy for them though, actually. Fedi might be an outsider, but it's a long time since he last raced. If Felline were fit then he'd be good. Little or no chance of Nibali doing the hat trick. I don't think he even going actually. I'll try to find the profile for you.

I hope for Pippo

 

[Brullnux]

http://campionati-italiani-ciclismo.it/professionisti/
Details can be found here. I was wrong about it, btw. The hill comes within the last 5 or 6km, and reaches 17%. Could be a fun last few kilometres.

 

[Alexandre B.]

France's NC

There will be 19 loops of this demanding 13,1km circuit (55km of climbing in total).

But here's the real monster : the TT course.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Thibaut ftw in that ITT

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

What's the italian parcours?

Somehow flat despite hosting it in the middle of the Alps. It has a short but steep kick up too which could be a launchpad for attacks, but they probably won't stick as you have over 10-15km of false flat slightly downhill to the line. Someone like Colbrelli could do very well, but I heard he was ill or something. Ulissi, Nizzolo and Trentin to watch out for, as well as Moser and Brambilla if they attack. Too easy for them though, actually. Fedi might be an outsider, but it's a long time since he last raced. If Felline were fit then he'd be good. Little or no chance of Nibali doing the hat trick. I don't think he even going actually. I'll try to find the profile for you.

I hope for Pippo

I kinda liked Pippo in the crazy Katusha NC jersey, so that would be cool.
It could be a route for Ulissi, but maybe someone else will be able to win, Tiralongo with a late attack would be awesome.
I don't think that Astana will help Lampre controlling the race, it could be a bit chaotic.

 

[liamito]

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I kinda liked Pippo in the crazy Katusha NC jersey, so that would be cool.
It could be a route for Ulissi, but maybe someone else will be able to win, Tiralongo with a late attack would be awesome.
I don't think that Astana will help Lampre controlling the race, it could be a bit chaotic.

I think Moscon will be close.

 

[rodanafrenteguigs]

In Portugal i dont know if Rui Costa will be there, if he will be the main contender, if not, chances foir Tiago Machado , Joni Brandão, Ricardo Vilela could do well

Bruno Pires, Amaro Antunes, Frederico Figueiredo with small chances

For the ITT defenitely Nelson Oliveira

For the under 23 , will be figth between Ruben Guerreiro and Nuno Bico like last year.

In italia i would like to see Ulissi win , and Jan Polanc in slovenia .

 

[Pippo_San]

Ulissi looks to be in super form. Italian NC is his to lose.

 

[Inquitus]

Irish Nationals Elite Circuit (2016) - https://www.strava.com/routes/5431031

 

[BalearicBeats]

The Belgian championship is moderately hilly (250 m ascent per 15 km lap makes for 3000+ m of ascent), and at the Lacs de l'Eau de l'Heure, which is known from the Tour of Belgium visiting often. None of the hills are really steep, and Greg Van Avermaet has already shown his good form at this place before, so I'd bet on him, Sep Van Marcke, and Wout Van Aert (as the last two battled it out on a similar hilly barraque sprint a few days ago).

 

[dick the quick]

Polish NC RR:
6 laps x 37 km, fairly hilly. As usual, the WT guys (Kwiatkowski/Golas/Marczynski, maybe Majka) battling for the win with the local PC/Conti teams.

Polish NC TT:
2 laps x 13 km, flat. Bodnar vs Bialoblocki for the gold.

 

[Nirvana]

Re: Re:

What's the italian parcours?

Somehow flat despite hosting it in the middle of the Alps. It has a short but steep kick up too which could be a launchpad for attacks, but they probably won't stick as you have over 10-15km of false flat slightly downhill to the line. Someone like Colbrelli could do very well, but I heard he was ill or something. Ulissi, Nizzolo and Trentin to watch out for, as well as Moser and Brambilla if they attack. Too easy for them though, actually. Fedi might be an outsider, but it's a long time since he last raced. If Felline were fit then he'd be good. Little or no chance of Nibali doing the hat trick. I don't think he even going actually. I'll try to find the profile for you.

I watched Cassani reconnaissance during "Radiocorsa" before the Giro and he said that the little bump is at 3 km to go but it's very short (like 200/300 metres), after there is a gentle descent till 1.5 km to go.
It's a very similar finale to the stage 17 of 2015 Giro when Paolini tried an attack but ended with a bunch sprint.

 

[rodanafrenteguigs]

In Portugal Rui Costa and Tiago Machado are out of the Road Nats .

So the main contenders will be :

Elite Road Race :Ricardo Vilela, Joni Brandão, André Cardoso and José Gonçalves
Elite ITT : Nelson Oliveira, José Mendes and Rafael Reis
Under23 Road Race: Ruben Guerreiro and Nuno Bico
Under 23 ITT : Ivo Oliveira, José Fernandes and Jorge Magalhaes.

 

[tomorrow]

here's profile of joined Czech and Slovak national championships. If czechs and Sagan would race against each other, it could get interesting. However, it will most probably end up in Sagan winning solo with czechs riding their own race. It will be funny, if local continental guys will manage to do something against Stybar/Vakoc. Although Kreuziger and Koning will probably in the mix too, I think the czech champion will be decided between Stybar/Vakoc/"underdog"

 

[RedheadDane]

What would be the point of the Czechs racing against Sagan? Even if they did that, and managed to beat him, he'd still be winning the Slovakian championship. (Unless, of course, some other Slovak manages to beat him.)
Likewise, even if Sagan wins solo, the Czech who finishes first will still win that race.

 

[MatParker117]

Stannard won't be at the UK Nationals, so it's looking like Swift vs Cav.

 

[carolina]

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In Portugal Rui Costa and Tiago Machado are out of the Road Nats .

I was hopping that, without rui costa present, machado would finally win the national championship.

 

[tomorrow]

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What would be the point of the Czechs racing against Sagan? Even if they did that, and managed to beat him, he'd still be winning the Slovakian championship. (Unless, of course, some other Slovak manages to beat him.)
Likewise, even if Sagan wins solo, the Czech who finishes first will still win that race.

well, competing with sagan, if others won't, would mean that the rider competing with sagan would win the czech nationials, wouldn't it? But my point was elsewhere. 2 or 3 years ago, sagan and stybar went alone to the finish a did not sprint against each other. It might have been caused by the fact that it was raining and the finish was on cobbles, but still, the fans wanted to see that sprint

 

[Hakkapelit]

Tinkoff should ride for Kreuziger, he would have 3 teammates then xD

 

[Alexandre B.]

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What would be the point of the Czechs racing against Sagan? Even if they did that, and managed to beat him, he'd still be winning the Slovakian championship. (Unless, of course, some other Slovak manages to beat him.)
Likewise, even if Sagan wins solo, the Czech who finishes first will still win that race.

well, competing with sagan, if others won't, would mean that the rider competing with sagan would win the czech nationials, wouldn't it? But my point was elsewhere. 2 or 3 years ago, sagan and stybar went alone to the finish a did not sprint against each other. It might have been caused by the fact that it was raining and the finish was on cobbles, but still, the fans wanted to see that sprint

 

[Guybrush]

Like every year i'll chearing for those teams who make proper jerseys

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

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Irish Nationals Elite Circuit (2016) - https://www.strava.com/routes/5431031

An Irish National RR with an actual climb in the circuit! It's been a while since we saw one of those, despite the fact that for years almost all of our pros have been climbers.

Is there a start list anywhere? Are the guys who can climb, other than Roche, actually going to show up? Martin? Deignan? Dunbar?