Official National Championships thread

[TeoSheva]

Caruso is back on the three! but only 16" tha advantage!

 

[Tuarts]

Santamorita is BMC too right? So they had 3 up there at one stage.

 

[Descender]

How long to the finish?

 

[boomcie]

I'm rooting for Visconti, always a worthy champion.

Go Gio!

 

[TeoSheva]

Santaromita, Santambrogio and ????

Visconti!!!

 

[TeoSheva]

4 more are trying to catch the leaders
Ballan, Pozzovivo, Bailetti e Ponzi

EDIT: They did! 8 in front! less than 10km to the end! 3 bmc

 

[Havetts]

Go Pozzo!

 

[TeoSheva]

ballan goes! Bailetti follows him!

 

[Parrulo]

i am cheering for visconti and pozzo

the smaller italian teams need these kind of wins

 

[TeoSheva]

only 2km to go!
8 togehter again!

 

[jens_attacks]

vai caruso!what a win this will be for him...

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

BMC is such an incredible dumb team...

 

[TeoSheva]

last kilometer!

 

[Benotti69]

the wine will be flowing tonight in Farnese

 

[TeoSheva]

1 Visconti
2 Santambrogio
3 Ponzi

 

[Tuarts]

BMC fail!

Visconti, again!

 

[roundabout]

That's what, a 315th Italian Championship for Visconti?

I know it's his 3rd but it's still a lot

 

[Tuarts]

Found the u/23 Dutch startlist for anyone interested:

http://knwu-nkwielrennen.nl/NK2011/Deelnemers

 

[dabaideschbi]

damn i don't like visconti at all! too arrogant!

 

[Parrulo]

great win for visconti

i wish we could see him riding the ardennes. i hope he does well on the late season italian classics

 

[TeoSheva]

Good rider for the Tricolore!
but he will stay again in Farnese, so no Ardennas for him

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Good rider for the Tricolore!
but he will stay again in Farnese, so no Ardennas for him

You never know though; Acqua e Sapone and Androni often get to do those races, but don't seem to have the viable challengers for them that they used to. And Visconti's points with a good late season would be very useful for Farnese to push a claim for it (and if he were to win the Worlds, unlikely though that may be, they would for sure get an invite).

 

[Mellow Velo]

BMC beetroot faces.
How could they not win that?
3 men in a break of 8, then 2 out of 4, then back to 3 out of 8.
They end up 2nd, 7th and 8th.
Single attacks all marked by Visconti.
Not once did they try and double tap him.

A very entertaining and cagey race, though.

 

[boomcie]

Dutch u23=exciting race.

 

[Tuarts]

It is except I can't tell who is who.

Presently RaboCT all over it though. One guy off the front now, 1km to go