Official National Championships thread

[Gloin22]

The silly thing about the profile is that you copied the lap 12 times (or whatever). It's more useful if you just take one lap.

Well I was making it ( profile ) for the game PCM 2011 so I coudn't do jsut one lap

 

[Libertine Seguros]

17 riders in a time trial?

I guess this means that Rubén Plaza's fit to ride again, which is nice. His first race since Murcía.

I did decide to check because I didn't know if he was healthy, but CQ only lists 18 Spanish riders on Movistar's roster so he must be.

 

[RedheadDane]

Rasmus Quaade (Team Concordia) wins the Danish ITT ahead of Jakob Fuglsang - 1 second apart!

On a list of the favourites in the newspaper this morning he was the last. I actually joked slightly with myself that it could be funny if he won. Not that I thought it was very likely though...

 

[Descender]

17 riders in a time trial?

Apologies, I meant Sunday of course...

 

[Descender]

I guess this means that Rubén Plaza's fit to ride again, which is nice. His first race since Murcía.

I did decide to check because I didn't know if he was healthy, but CQ only lists 18 Spanish riders on Movistar's roster so he must be.

Yes, Plaza will return to competition on Sunday.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Martin Kohler won....Go BMC!

 

[craig1985]

Haha Christophe Kern the new French TT champion? Wow, the standard must be low amongst the French when it comes to time trialling. Now before ACF shouts at me for having the audacity to say this, Martin Kohler winning the Swiss TT champs takes some of the gloss off it with no Spartacus in therace. He's only champ because Spartacus CBF, when it's pretty obvious Spartacus would beat Kohler in a TT everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

 

[rmacek]

CZECH + SLOVAK Champ. - ITT

Men (44 km):
1. Hudeček (PSK Whirlpool-Author) 1:06:37,
2. Bárta (Team Net App) -8,
3. Okrouhlický (Sparta Praha) -57,
4. Kozubek (PSK Whirlpool-Author) -1:03,
5. Kadlec (Dukla Praha) -1:17.

Women (22 km):
1. Sáblíková (Novis Team) 37:41 - SPEED SKATER
2. Růžičková (Michela Fanini Record Rox) -1:54,
3. Machačová (Dukla Praha) -2:56,
4. Števková (SR/Dohňany) -3:53

So, czech speed skater beat the best specialist by 2 minutes.. I'd really like to see her comparison to the world specialists.. And I probably will see it on world champs..

 

[Duartista]

Haha Christophe Kern the new French TT champion? Wow, the standard must be low amongst the French when it comes to time trialling. Now before ACF shouts at me for having the audacity to say this, Martin Kohler winning the Swiss TT champs takes some of the gloss off it with no Spartacus in therace. He's only champ because Spartacus CBF, when it's pretty obvious Spartacus would beat Kohler in a TT everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

Have just been reading a thread on Kern on a French forum (veloclub)... they are not impressed at all.

Clinic stuff

 

[roundabout]

Yes, but St. Thomas of clean cycling also rides for the same team and he is having the best year of his career, lol.

 

[Duartista]

Yes, but St. Thomas of clean cycling also rides for the same team and he is having the best year of his career, lol.

I was a bit shocked tbh. I don't think I've ever seen that kind of stuff written about Bernadeau's teams on an English-language forum.

 

[roundabout]

Well, a part of me thinks that given his performances before turning pro that Kern is capable of better results than he has shown during his career while another part of me thinks that suddenly riding like this after almost 10 years as a pro is mighty suspicious.

But that's cycling for you.

 

[Damiano]

Impressive. Isn't he only 21 or something like that?

Yup. Very talented in time trials. Not so much on rail road.

 

[theyoungest]

Yup. Very talented in time trials. Not so much on rail road.

Luckily he isn't a train driver

 

[Ruudz0r]

CZECH + SLOVAK Champ. - ITT

Men (44 km):
1. Hudeček (PSK Whirlpool-Author) 1:06:37,
2. Bárta (Team Net App) -8,
3. Okrouhlický (Sparta Praha) -57,
4. Kozubek (PSK Whirlpool-Author) -1:03,
5. Kadlec (Dukla Praha) -1:17.

Women (22 km):
1. Sáblíková (Novis Team) 37:41 - SPEED SKATER
2. Růžičková (Michela Fanini Record Rox) -1:54,
3. Machačová (Dukla Praha) -2:56,
4. Števková (SR/Dohňany) -3:53

So, czech speed skater beat the best specialist by 2 minutes.. I'd really like to see her comparison to the world specialists.. And I probably will see it on world champs..

Clara Hughes who won in Canada is also a speed skater, she also won the time trial + road race on the PAN American Chamionship this year.

 

[Duartista]

Well, a part of me thinks that given his performances before turning pro that Kern is capable of better results than he has shown during his career while another part of me thinks that suddenly riding like this after almost 10 years as a pro is mighty suspicious.

But that's cycling for you.

1 Christophe KERN TEAM EUROPCAR les 45,2 km en 0h59'41 (moy. 45.440 km/h)
2 Christophe RIBLON AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:01:15
3 Geoffroy LEQUATRE TEAM RADIOSHACK 00:01:15
4 Anthony ROUX FDJ 00:01:31
5 Laszlo BODROGI TEAM TYPE 1 - SANOFI AVENTIS 00:01:49
6 Sylvain CHAVANEL QUICK STEP CYCLING TEAM 00:01:50
7 Damien GAUDIN TEAM EUROPCAR 00:01:56
8 Jérôme COPPEL SAUR - SOJASUN 00:02:15
9 Jean-Christophe PERAUD AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:02:28
10 Dimitri CHAMPION AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:02:30

Lire la suite sur DirectVelo.com : http://www.directvelo.com/actualite...ance-clm-hommes-classement.html#ixzz1Q8uhyWWZ

To be fair the whole top 10 seems kind of jumbled up. Maybe he was just the only decent tter in good form. I mean, Coppel, Chavanel and Peraud would surely beat the likes of Lequatre and Riblon comfortably if they were firing on all cylinders.

 

[theyoungest]

Clara Hughes who won in Canada is also a speed skater, she also won the time trial + road race on the PAN American Chamionship this year.

Hughes has also won two bronze medals in Atlanta, in the TT and road race. She's switched from cycling to skating and back.

 

[craig1985]

Bodrogi was a multiple TT champ for Hungary.

 

[Duartista]

Bodrogi was a multiple TT champ for Hungary.

It was a very hilly course though, not really suited to him.

 

[craig1985]

Alexandr Pliuschin remains as the National RR Champ of Moldova. Pliuschin beat Oleg Berdos (De Rosa-Ceramica Flaminia) by 4:30 over the 150km course.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Haha Christophe Kern the new French TT champion? Wow, the standard must be low amongst the French when it comes to time trialling. Now before ACF shouts at me for having the audacity to say this, Martin Kohler winning the Swiss TT champs takes some of the gloss off it with no Spartacus in therace. He's only champ because Spartacus CBF, when it's pretty obvious Spartacus would beat Kohler in a TT everyday of the week and twice on Sunday.

So? He won and he is the Swiss National TT Champion. I guess Jack Bobridge's and Meyer's titles at the Aussie Nats have less gloss on it as the best tt'ers and road races of Australia weren't competing. Silly comment if you ask me.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

So? He won and he is the Swiss National TT Champion. I guess Jack Bobridge's and Meyer's titles at the Aussie Nats have less gloss on it as the best tt'ers and road races of Australia weren't competing. Silly comment if you ask me.

Meyer's title in the TT is indeed not a big win, w/o Evans, Rogers competing...
A road race is something else, can't compare that.

But the Swiss TT indeed is an utter joke.


And what is up with Chavanel? He's supposed to be the best French TT'er no ?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Meyer's title in the TT is indeed not a big win, w/o Evans, Rogers competing...
A road race is something else, can't compare that.

But the Swiss TT indeed is an utter joke.


And what is up with Chavanel? He's supposed to be the best French TT'er no ?

It is an utter joke Because it doesn't have one rider in it like the last 3 years? Why would Cancelllara ride when he is already the TT Champ of the World? Give the jersey to another rider.
Good luck to Kohler. He deserves it.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Well, say what you want about Kern there Craig, but I saw Kern open up the can of whoop-a$$ in the Tour de Suisse. He's starting to impress me. Don't know when Kern's contract is up, but it'll be bigger next time I predict.

 

[auscyclefan94]

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