National championships June 2021

[Broccolidwarf]

Team sizes for the French RR on Sunday:

FDJ 19
Ag2r 17
B&B 16
Total Direct Energie 16
Arkea 14
Cofidis 9
Delko 7

 

[Wvv]

Team sizes for the French RR on Sunday:

FDJ 19
Ag2r 17
B&B 16
Total Direct Energie 16
Arkea 14
Cofidis 9
Delko 7

Will this be finally the year for Cofidis?

 

[RedheadDane]

And several of them aren't even bringing all their French riders... but, yeah. I suppose there's a reason FDJ has pretty much been owning the French RR for the last decade or so; they're playing with unfair teams!

 

[BlueRoads]

Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous... but let's all concentrate on the one important thing here: Coquard needs to win the title. I hope all FDJ riders got the memo.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Imagine being on the FDJ roster, and being told you are the first one to work

 

[Samu Cuenca]

At least Charles has two development riders with him so he won't be a lonely Planet.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Team sizes for the French RR on Sunday:

FDJ 19
Ag2r 17
B&B 16
Total Direct Energie 16
Arkea 14
Cofidis 9
Delko 7

At least nowadays only the PCT teams can bring a huge armada in Italy, but back in the Lampre/Liquigas days it looked a lot like this.

 

[RedheadDane]

Imagine being on the FDJ roster, and being told you are the first one to work

Those 19 riders, is that including the conti-guys?

Yeah, I have long(ish) been amused by the madness that is FDJ at the French RR nationals. Since 2010 they've won six times, and only once did they not get any riders in the top-10.
And then there's this absolute ridiculousness from 2013!

1	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ		15	6:04:38
2	CHAVANEL Sylvain	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step		10	,,
3	GALLOPIN Tony	RadioShack - Leopard		7	0:13
4	ROUX Anthony	FDJ		4	0:30
5	OFFREDO Yoann	FDJ		2	0:36
6	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ		1	0:41
7	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R La Mondiale			,,
8	GÉRARD Arnaud	Bretagne - Séché Environnement			,,
9	GESLIN Anthony	FDJ			,,
10	LEMOINE Cyril	Sojasun			,,

They even went 1-2 a few times. The same two riders, though with swapped positions. Both times the guy finishing second was genuinely happy for his teammate... NOT!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Those 19 riders, is that including the conti-guys?

Yes, and I think, because they are a CT team, their riders can't enter the amateur race, unlike the riders from the other development teams.

 

[BlueRoads]

So Alaphilippe says he would have liked a more selective course... so Gaudu will probably not be the chosen one... then who?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Neither did Küng. Essentially, if a country has a flag with a white cross on a red background, then things will turn out as expected.

In fairness, they didn't have Bissegger and Kragh there to really put the pressure on

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Those 19 riders, is that including the conti-guys?

The article on feltet.dk said "incl. 4 development riders", so I am guessing not incl. conti riders?

 

[RedheadDane]

The article on feltet.dk said "incl. 4 development riders", so I am guessing not incl. conti riders?

The conti riders are the development riders. But I only just found the article in question.

So Alaphilippe says he would have liked a more selective course... so Gaudu will probably not be the chosen one... then who?

The guy on Feltet.dk has Armirail as his favourite. But he kinda lists them all, really...

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Fun fact: Trek has the same lineup in Denmark as they did last year. Sure... Egholm wasn't officially riding for them at the time...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Alexander Cepeda is the new Ecuadorian RR champion, so Caicedo finally gets to wear a pink jersey again.

 

[RedheadDane]

01	Kevin Geniets		Groupama-FDJ	​	​
02	Michel Ries		Trek-Segafredo	​	​
03	Alex Kirsch		Trek-Segafredo

Jungels wasn't riding.

 

[johnymax]

Imagine being on the FDJ roster, and being told you are the first one to work

Imagine you are being told you are the 11th to work. I'd probably lose the count during the race.

 

[RedheadDane]

Around 40 Ks to go in Spain. Six riders up front; Mavi Garcia, Eider Merino, Sara Martin, Martina Moreno, Ines Cantera, and Ane Santesteban.

 

[Wvv]

Nine out of the first ten in the Belarus title race are from the same team.
Congratulations Stanislau Bazhkou, you'll pay for the barbecue.

 

[RedheadDane]

I turn my back for a little while, and everything changes.... Less than 20 Ks to go.
Garcia and Santesteban at the front.
Cantera, Martin, Merino, and Moreno chasing.
And it's started raining.

Meanwhile in Israel; bit of an upset:

2021 CN Israel RR (firstcycling.com)

 

[RedheadDane]

It's gonna be between Santesteban and Garcia, despite a crash from Santesteban.

 

[RedheadDane]

Garcia won after leaving Santesteban behind with 1.5 K to go. Martin rounded out the podium and took the U23 title ahead of Cantera and Moreno. Merino last of the group.

And meanwhile, over in the Czech/Slovak race(s), it was a great day for Tereza, with Neumenova winning the Czech title - as well as the race in general - and Medvedova winning the Slovak title.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The Croatian national ITT was won by Toni Stojanov, who appears to be a Cat 4 living in Ireland.

If you were reasonable you might assume that his categorisation in the lowest amateur ranks is a legacy of moving to Dublin and having to work his way up the categories. But I prefer to think that this means that there’s hope for a lot of people here yet...

https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/dublin-club-rider-powers-to-national-elite-mens-title-at-croatian-champs/

 

[BlueRoads]

This link shows various livestream offers from the german national championships:

RAD-DM im TV - Brezel Race

Was vor vier Wochen noch unmöglich erschien: durch Erreichen des Öffnungsschritts 2 der Corona-Verordnung ist es nun möglich, dass insgesamt 250 Zuschauer zur

www.brezelrace.de

Most of them are probably geo blocked. But the SWR also seems to be broadcasting via a YouTube channel, so that there is perhaps a chance for all interested parties here?:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swr+sport

Men's Elite is scheduled to be broadcast sunday starting at 2.30pm.

Do you have any idea whether there's some live-timing somewhere for the itt? (There are no pictures, are there?)

 

[screaming fist]

Do you have any idea whether there's some live-timing somewhere for the itt? (There are no pictures, are there?)

There should be one on the German federation's site:

Leider müssen Sie es später erneut versuchen

Women 13:40 CEST
Men 15:00
U 23 men 16:15

There it is: https://ticker.rad-net.de/r/80/

 

[Mayomaniac]

Cassani seems to be happy about the extrem heat tomorrow. He said that the conditions should be similar to the ones that the riders will find at the Olympics, so it's a good indicator for him.