Official National Championships thread

[auscyclefan94]

why Rabo is chasing?? They think that Bos can lose the sprint??

Bos (& van hummel) will be dropped like a bad of potatoes by the others. They can't win with Theo.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

why Rabo is chasing?? They think that Bos can lose the sprint??

More Like Westra would ride off before the end. The race isn't totally flat.
Bos wouldn't win.

Boom or one of the other stronger rabo riders are a much better bet.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Bos would mb win the sprint, but if those guys would stay in front it wont be a sprint and Bos wont win.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Not usre olf Cancellara will win the swiss nats tbh, It is quite a tough circuit.


EDIT: Any news on the Spanish nats?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Not usre olf Cancellara will win the swiss nats tbh, It is quite a tough circuit.

meh it's mot like the competition are specilists in classics or anything. I would actually give spartacus the tough course plays into his hands.

A team with numbers like BMC is what can kill his chances.

 

[The Hitch]

A team with numbers like BMC is what can kill his chances.

Theres no nick nuyens to take advantage of that this time round.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Hopefully there is at least one BMC national win. I'll see you all later!

 

[Havetts]

With 84 kilometers ridden the gap of the break is back to 2;30

- Dutch Road Race.

 

[ingsve]

Hopefully there is at least one BMC national win. I'll see you all later!

Alexander Kristoff thinks he has a shot at least and with EBH out the chances increase as well.

 

[Tuarts]

From what I can make out, in the French race the breakaway consists of:

Haddou, Hurel et Le Floch (Europcar), Pineau, Bonnet et Gérard (FDJ), Lemoine et Martias (Saur-Sojasun), Bérard, Houanard et Krivtsov (AG2R-La Mondiale), Bagot et Cusin (Cofidis), Bacquet (BigMat-Auber 93) et Blain (Endura Racing) et Gaël Malacarne (Bretagne-Schuller).

about a 1 minute gap

 

[Havetts]

Bos & Van Hummel have decided to no longer cooperate with the break and are no longer doing turns. Gap hangs around 2 minutes.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Mario Aerts gives up

EDIT: Bart Wellens leading

 

[Tuarts]

From what I can make out, in the French race the breakaway consists of:

Haddou, Hurel et Le Floch (Europcar), Pineau, Bonnet et Gérard (FDJ), Lemoine et Martias (Saur-Sojasun), Bérard, Houanard et Krivtsov (AG2R-La Mondiale), Bagot et Cusin (Cofidis), Bacquet (BigMat-Auber 93) et Blain (Endura Racing) et Gaël Malacarne (Bretagne-Schuller).

about a 1 minute gap

All together?

 

[L'arriviste]

Meanwhile in Belgium...

Not much going on here yet, 10 minutes before the TV feed starts. CXer Bart Wellens off on his own, presumably just to show the jersey. Bartje has 2". High average speed so far reported by Sporza.

Mario Aerts has abandoned in his first race back since the heart thing.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

Not much going on here yet, 10 minutes before the TV feed starts. CXer Bart Wellens off on his own, presumably just to show the jersey. High average speed so far reported by Sporza.

Will it be on Sporza? or VTM ?

 

[L'arriviste]

Will it be on Sporza? or VTM ?

Couldn't say for sure, dude. Probably Sporza - they're covering it by text at the moment but TV should start around 14h. Being a foreigner Brusseleir, I'll be watching it on RTBF for the commentary. My NL is still too poor.

 

[L'arriviste]

Evelyn Arys won the ladies' title earlier, here in Belgium. Only 20 years old!

1 Evelyn Arys
2 Sofie De Vuyst - st
3 Lensy Debboudt "
4 Liesbet De Vocht "
5 Grace Verbeke "

14:09 GMT+1 : Wellens now has 5 minutes on the peloton.

RTBF now reports that they will be live at 15:00 GMT+1. In the meantime, we have commercial radio direct from the roadside: "So, Madame X, how long have you been interested in cycling?" Grrrr!

 

[Tuarts]

Leaders in the french race (21):

Haddou, Hurel, Rolland et Le Floch (Europcar), Pineau, Bonnet Jeannesson, Ladagnous et Gérard (FDJ), Lemoine, Poux et Martias (Saur-Sojasun), Bouet, Bérard, Houanard et Krivtsov (AG2R-La Mondiale), Bagot, Valentin et Cusin (Cofidis), Le Boulch (BigMat-Auber 93) et Blain (Endura Racing)

In Germany:
Dominic Klemme (Team Leopard - Trek) Nils Plötner(Team Heizomat) (LKT Team Brandenburg) 1"15 ahead of peloton

 

[Tuarts]

Wow, massive Rabobank attack there!

 

[Tuarts]

Theo Bos, Laurens ten Dam, Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk, Pieter Weening (RAB) Joost van Leijen, Lieuwe Westra (VCD), Kenny Van Hummel (SKS), Cornelius van Ooijen, Rene Hooghiemster, Boy van Poppel en Jeroen Janssen.

Have about a minute gap

 

[L'arriviste]

This is the TV picture from francophone Belgium. A bunch of radio people in their studio shack until 15:00. Great!

Wellens has 5'10" with 150km to go. Snore.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

In Ireland, there's an extremely strong 9 man break nearly two minutes ahead of a chase group. It contains all of the big names in the race (Martin, Roche, Deignan, Brammeier and riders from An Post Sean Kelly and Giant Kenda), so perhaps would be better described as a "selection" rather than a break.

Basically, the professionals dropped the domestic riders and are now heading off into the distance.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

is there coverage for:
dutch
Belgium
or
French

 

[Tuarts]

France - in front:

Haddou, Hurel, Rolland et Le Floch (Europcar), Pineau, Bonnet, Jeannesson, Ladagnous et Gérard (FDJ), Lemoine, Poux et Martias (Saur-Sojasun), Bouet, Bérard, Houanard et Krivtsov (AG2R-La Mondiale), Bagot, Valentin et Cusin (Cofidis), Le Boulch (BigMat-Auber 93) et Blain (Endura Racing).

At the end of 8th (out of 15) lap: 3'15" lead

 

[L'arriviste]

is there coverage for:
dutch
Belgium
or
French

Belgium is still text-only at the moment. Belgian francophone TV live starts at 15h (geo-restricted) The channel showing it is La Deux. Sporza never announces its online broadcasts in advance but it will probably come on at the Live Match Center at that time too.