National championships June 2021

[saganftw]

But he didn't win...

what you mean, he won 3rd

edit: actually 2nd even more impressive

 

[Ilmaestro99]

But he didn't win...

How can you drop colbrelli when he's on 2021 Bahrain form.

Masnada is best of the rest, most underrated rider

 

[saganftw]

funny stuff in slovenia, Polanc attacks with 5km to go, Mohorič havent noticed for like 5 seconds, vintage Vino-Uran situation

mohorič counters and is gonna win

 

[CyclistAbi]

Mohorič crushed Polanc on the last climb on Markovec.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

20 year old Wandahl (Bora) was the revelation of the Danish race.

He has very much been an "under the radar" rider in Denmark, having grown up in Sweden, and getting signed early for Bora, without any significant results outside of the juniors class.

Personally, I have only really seen him do Dom work before, usually being the first guy Bora use to control breaks.

However, the way he rode the race today was very impressive indeed.

He was in every deciding move, and yet managed to conserve strength when he could, while generally seeming in complete control.

He would have won today, had Würtz not gained the last corner on him (150 metres from the line), because he was clearly faster in the sprint, but didn't have enough road to work with.

This guy can be a top level puncheur, he has stamina, he is fast and he can climb a bit.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Mohoric on his way to the win

 

[RedheadDane]

Geniets won in Luxembourg.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Mohorič takes the title and 100 UCI points.

P.S. Polanc second, Mezgec third, Tratnik fourth and Pogačar fifth.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar probably past his peak now.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Pogacar probably past his peak now.

He seemed good even greetings his sisters and brother in the last lap, but this is not a course for him.
I guess it was another try to get Polanc a win for the non selection to the tour team

 

[saganftw]

Peter Sagan wins his 7th title, Kukrle wins Czech championship

 

[CyclistAbi]

Evenepoel is not angry at van Aert but happy Pogačar finished fifth.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Pogacar probably past his peak now.

What does Barnabas Peak have to do with this? And does anyone know if the Hungarian nats are today?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Reassuring for Van Aert. His form is clearly better than he had feared. Maybe he won't be at his very best yet in the Tour, but Olympics should come in time.

 

[Tinnekeisabella]

Evenepoel is not angry at van Aert but happy Pogačar finished fifth.

Evenepoel is still on track to be the best GT winner of this generation. Tadej 5th, Bernal nowhere

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What does Barnabas Peak have to do with this? And does anyone know if the Hungarian nats are today?

I believe it is.
Blanka Vas won the women's race earlier.

 

[Eeslliw]

He seemed good even greetings his sisters and brother in the last lap, but this is not a course for him.
I guess it was another try to get Polanc a win for the non selection to the tour team

Yea according to you, he will gift every race he doesn't win from now on. He will even gift Roglic this year Tour because he mugged him last year

 

[Rackham]

I choose to believe Pogacar didn't gift anything today (I didn't see the race), because to do so would be borderline patronizing, i.e. like a benevolent despot gifting stuff he gives no sh*ts about compared to winning the Tour.

It would be that moment when magnanimous non-selfish riding becomes insulting. Just my opinion. So as I said, I believe Pogacar probably didn't gift anything at all.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Lauren Stephens takes over the Stars and Stripes from Ruth Winder. Coryn Rivera finished second after being third in the crit race on Friday behind her teammate Megan Jastrab and the winner Kendall Ryan.

 

[IndianCyclist]

Next up was Yves Lampaert who was joined by defending champion Dries De Bondt. The duo bridged up to the four leaders but never gained more than a minute on the peloton where Alpecin-Fenix kept working.

from cyclingnews
i did not see the race but considering De Bondt is from Alpecin, that would be a facepalm if true

 

[Mayomaniac]

Almeida 20th over 5 min 30 behind. Welcome to the big league, the Portugese scene isn't a shabby WT race

 

[tobydawq]

from cyclingnews
i did not see the race but considering De Bondt is from Alpecin, that would be a facepalm if true

It happened.

 

[tobydawq]

Why is it that Portugal is always treated like some kind of meme country on this board? I think I know why, but come on, if Almeida had a teammate or two, he would mug the opposition...

 

[carolina]

Almeida 20th over 5 min 30 behind. Welcome to the big league, the Portugese scene isn't a shabby WT race

In his defence, he destroyed the peloton on the first climb. The peloton was reduced to 27 riders after that. He missed the following attack, unfortunately.

 

[Panda Claws]

Because both courses are so similar.

I'm not saying that Evenepoel couldn't have won I am only saying that Lombardia 2020 wasn't a done deal because of this. Sure Evenepoel has done many amazing solo's but he hasn't shown much when it comes to dropping someone with an acceleration.
Like his win in Clasica San Sebastian the peloton allowed him to get ahead.

In the case of Lombardia the likes of Fuglsang had just received a nasty wake-up call in Poland. So I think many of them will have been glued to his wheel. Sure perhaps he would still have been the strongest by a large enough margin to simply ride them off his wheel on a climb but that was an open question. Imo it couuld have been a case of him being too much of a marked man and not enough of a kick to deal with the wheelsucking.