Official National Championships thread

[Michielveedeebee]

Belgium National Championships RR (26th of June) : 241.2km TT (15th of April): unknown. Reigning Champions: Stijn Devolder and Stijn Devolder

fixed it for you

 

[Descender]

LOL at the Italians and their short-*** TT.

 

[Descender]

Yeah... sorry about that...

Eeh... here's a route, which is also on the site but... whatever?

Hey, I was there just some months ago! Nyborg is a nice and cosy, but very small and unimportant town where as far as I could see, nothing happens or has ever happened...

 

[Weeman]

The Scottish one has come and gone,won yet again by Endura's Evan Oliphant.

http://www.veloresults.co.uk/2011/05/22/ottish-rr-champs-2011/

 

[auscyclefan94]

I have posted all the main national championships main details and their official websites. They are on the previous page and will be on the thread post.

 

[bjaelkesex]

Hey, I was there just some months ago! Nyborg is a nice and cosy, but very small and unimportant town where as far as I could see, nothing happens or has ever happened...

You just described 99% of all Danish towns!

 

[LaFleur]

Taaramäe just trashed others in the rainy Estonian Championships in time trial. Time 47.34 over 38,7km.

 

[Andy99]

The Scottish one has come and gone,won yet again by Endura's Evan Oliphant.

http://www.veloresults.co.uk/2011/05/22/ottish-rr-champs-2011/

This is the NATIONAL championship thread, not regional.

 

[roundabout]

I have posted all the main national championships main details and their official websites. They are on the previous page and will be on the thread post.

You probably missed the French championship, but just in case

http://www.ffc.fr/a_Route/Calendrie...date_debut=25/06/2011&cal_date_fin=25/06/2011

Very informative too.

 

[Midnightfright]

Are the italians having a prologue national championships aswell?

 

[boomcie]

Belgium National Championships RR (26th of June) : 241.2km TT (15th of April): unknown. Reigning Champions: Stijn Devolder and Stijn Devolder

@ACF:

TT is 15th of August, not April.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

April would make sense tho, most Belgians would be in peak form

So are most of the nats this weekend?

 

[auscyclefan94]

April would make sense tho, most Belgians would be in peak form

So are most of the nats this weekend?

TT's are generallly on tuesday and wednesday an Road races on the sunday.

The national championships over Europe start on the 22nd.

 

[dabaideschbi]

what about the czech/slovak championships??? is peter sagan riding the TT and the road race?????

 

[togo95]

what about the czech/slovak championships??? is peter sagan riding the TT and the road race?????

Sagan will be there, he said that on his website, though he didn't say whether he will ride also the TT. Štybar and Velits brothers should be attending too.

TT - 23.6.2011 (44km, altitude gain about 1000m)
RR - 26.6.2011 (185km) The route includes an 150m long cobbled climb on a 2meters wide road, which will be ridden 17 times

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Irish National Championships:

24/6/2011: Men's Time Trial: 40KM
26/6/2011: Men's Road Race: 175KM

All taking place in the North Monaghan area. In the same week, the women's championships also take place. Irritatingly, I can't seem to find out anything about the parcours. Judging by the region, it's not going to involve any high climbs, but they could potentially find a course with some short sharp hills or something nearly flat.

The main favourites in the men's road race will be the four Irish registered Pro Tour riders Daniel Martin, Phil Deignan, reigning champion Matt Brammeier and, assuming he has recovered from his crash at the Dauphine, Nicolas Roche. Deignan is the only one of the four never to have won the race. Obviously, a flat parcours would favour Brammeier, a hilly one the three superior climbers.

The main competition to the four big names will likely come from the Irish contingents at An Post Sean Kelly and Giant Kenda. It's difficult to see the winner coming from outside of the individual Pro Tour riders or the two Continental teams: The last time a domestic based rider won was more than a decade ago. I'm not entirely sure why this is. None of the big names have any teammates, so you would think that they would have a very difficult time covering attacks.

However there have been rumours that a few other riders have been asking their parents if their Granny was by any chance born in Mayo. There's nothing like a national champions jersey to increase your profile and perhaps get you an improved contract after all. It certainly didn't do Matt Brammeier any harm.

As for the Time Trial, it's hard to look past 6 time champion David McCann of Giant Kenda, with his two teammates, twice champion David O'Loughlin and runner up the last two years Martyn Irvine providing the likeliest challengers. The field in the Time Trial isn't always particularly deep however, as evidenced by the fact that Nicolas Roche has won it in the past. If Matt Brammeier decides to ride it, he might well be a strong contender as he's shown pretty decent time trialling form this season and has been competing in much stronger competitions than the Giant Kenda trio.

The U23 champions are the highest U23 finisher in the men's competions. Reigning U23 Road Race champion Sam Bennett (An Post Sean Kelly) would be a strong favourite, with his teammate Philip Lavery another contender.

 

[riobonito92]

Belize National Championships

Both the ITT and the Road Race were won by 21 year old Byron Pope of Benny's Megabytes.

Byron is a very powerful young rider whose talent is utterly wasted in Belize. He needs a chance to test himself in a bigger pool.

 

[sulgpallur]

ITT Estonian National Championships
1 Taaramäe, Rein COF 47:34.541 48,80 km/h
2 Jõeäär, Gert CFC 48:39.647
3 Ojavee, Mart CKT 49:41.933

Distance 38,7 km

 

[rmacek]

Sagan will be there, he said that on his website, though he didn't say whether he will ride also the TT. Štybar and Velits brothers should be attending too.

TT - 23.6.2011 (44km, altitude gain about 1000m)
RR - 26.6.2011 (185km) The route includes an 150m long cobbled climb on a 2meters wide road, which will be ridden 17 times

And Czech ProTeam riders: Kreuziger wanted to come, but finally he won't be there, because Vino and co. wants whole Astana TdF team on training camp.
Rabon also wanted to race, but he was very tired after Giro so he wants some rest and training and not racing before the second part of the season.

Don't know what about Barta and König (NetApp) but I asume they will be there.

 

[Fus087]

All taking place in the North Monaghan area. In the same week, the women's championships also take place. Irritatingly, I can't seem to find out anything about the parcours. Judging by the region, it's not going to involve any high climbs, but they could potentially find a course with some short sharp hills or something nearly flat.

I found the parcours:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/33366892/?open_ive_done=1
As you say, nothing with high climbs. A 8 km uphill at 1% followed by a similar descent, with some flat sections in between. Basically, for a professional rider, it's flat.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I found the parcours:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/33366892/?open_ive_done=1
As you say, nothing with high climbs. A 8 km uphill at 1% followed by a similar descent, with some flat sections in between. Basically, for a professional rider, it's flat.

That's a bit disappointing, given that most of the best Irish riders are climbers. Ireland obviously doesn't have any high mountains, but it does have a hell of lot of short climbs and generally uneven countryside. There's really no excuse for not including at least one short climb. I have no objection to a course which favours sprinters from time to time, but they should at least have to work to hold on in a national championship.

Roche and Martin can sprint a bit as well as climb, but the parcours limits Deignan's chances significantly. Brammeier will be pretty happy though, as will Sam Bennett. Although, I suppose that the widely varied quality of the field and the fact that the best riders don't have teams will make things somewhat unpredictable anyway.

 

[Andy99]

TT's are generallly on tuesday and wednesday an Road races on the sunday.

The national championships over Europe start on the 22nd.

One exception is the British TT champs which is always held on some obscure date in Aug/Sep. Normally clashes with a major race so not all of the top pro's get to ride.

Has something to do with the rather inbred CTT which promotes most TT's in the UK instead of British Cycling. There are rather dull historical reasons behind this, which I shall not bore you with now.

 

[will10]

One exception is the British TT champs which is always held on some obscure date in Aug/Sep. Normally clashes with a major race so not all of the top pro's get to ride.

Has something to do with the rather inbred CTT which promotes most TT's in the UK instead of British Cycling. There are rather dull historical reasons behind this, which I shall not bore you with now.

Actually it has everything to do with British Cycling, who have as yet not thrown the necessary money and putting the TT champs a) on closed roads and b) midweek in June in line with the other championships. You can blame the CTT all you want, but the TT champs as it stands is a joint promotion, where BC does little other than provide commissaries

 

[El Pistolero]

April would make sense tho, most Belgians would be in peak form

So are most of the nats this weekend?

April would be hard with all sundays having a classic on them and then Romandie. In late June there aren't many races to compete with.

 

[Havetts]

25 June, Dutch National Road Race.

Professionals: start 11.00 uur - distance 243 km / 18 laps.

Parcours:

Altitude Gains & Drops.