Official National Championships thread

[Sneekes]

Any news from GB?

9 at the front:

Thomas, Froome, Dowsett (Sky), Wilkinson (Endura), House (Rapha), Christian & Lampier (Sigma) + 2 more

Bunch 70 seconds behind

Wiggins, Kennaugh & Stannard in the gap

 

[Havetts]

Sigh... That is a huge spit in the face.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Gesink wounded himself? Goddamnit

 

[thirteen]

French, Dutch, Belgian?

yes, excuse me... was typing fast.

Dutch race doesn't tell me how much further (and i still can't understand the language).

 

[Gloin22]

Any news from GB?

12 man group clear in the British race. Some of the top domestic riders in House, Partridge, Wilkinson, and Bibby. But also 6 Sky riders: Dowsett, Thomas, Wiggins, Kennaugh, Stannard and Froome. Theyre not even at the halfway stage yet. 3,40 minutes over the bunch. Looking like winning selection. Cavendish may be in the group as well, dunno yet, but it is very likely.

Check British cycling twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/BCreports They have constant updates here.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

In France Chavenel loosing seconds to the group now Tommy V is back

 

[hrotha]

Gesink is reported to have knee problems

I can see another july fail coming up. Great. So typical that everything you look forward in a year is being ruined.
First the Giro because Contador was too strong. Now this.

You should learn to like the sport, not your idols.

 

[Havetts]

Official message from Rabobank:

Gesink has troubles adapting after his Altitude training...

rofl wut

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rabobank report:

"Gesink has problems from coming back from the altitute training"

so basically, he tested and felt he wasn't good and quitted

 

[jens_attacks]

oh man sucks to hear the news about gesink
hope it was something else....

 

[roundabout]

Jebus, how many riders does Rabobank have in the Dutch Champs, 290?

 

[Dutchsmurf]

Gesink wounded himself? Goddamnit

Gesink seems to have "problems adjusting after coming back from his altitude training." According to Rabobank.

 

[Boardslide]

Any news from GB?

Front group Brad. Stan. Kennaugh. Froome. Thomas. Dowsett. Cavendish House Wilkinson Partridge Bibby with four & half mins over field now on last lap of the big circuit, info thanks to Teamskyfans twitter

 

[Moondance]

Anonymous sources report knee problems, no idea how serious.

He didn't stop cycling immediately... So it might just have been something very little he felt, and decided to be super cautious.

Also, the 'official' quote that Rabo gave is so obtuse I doubt even Piet Hein Donner could understand it.

 

[dlwssonic]

BMC screwed it again.

 

[jens_attacks]

voeckler goes like a bull!roux follows.
chavanel still uber strong

 

[Tuarts]

Floris Goesinnen is in the leading break! Go! Go! Go!

 

[Andy99]

Front group Brad. Stan. Kennaugh. Froome. Thomas. Dowsett. Cavendish House Wilkinson Prtridge Bibby with four & half mins over field now on last lap

Would love Cav to get this.

 

[Descender]

In Spain it looks like it's a Rojas-Fernandez de Larrea sprint. Only a Contador exhibition could change that on paper.

 

[hrotha]

Gesink seems to have "problems adjusting after coming back from his altitude training." According to Rabobank.

That's the biggest non-Clinic-related BS thing I've heard all year.

 

[Tyke1968]

Front group Brad. Stan. Kennaugh. Froome. Thomas. Dowsett. Cavendish House Wilkinson Prtridge Bibby with four & half mins over field now on last lap

Wonder how many of that bunch will be sky riders next year.

 

[Sofía_]

Spanish race it's a bit of joke when they have a field of 108, and 17 of them are in the same team. Mancebo -with no teammates- is leading the chasing group.

Yesterday in Italy, BMC got 3 of 8 in the break and did not win

 

[icefire]

Last lap in the Movistar race. Mancebo, Contador and Sastre leading the chase with Koldo Fdez, Rojas and Arroyo sucking wheel big time

EDIT: Contador dropped from the chasing group

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink is becoming as much as an enigma as Thomas Dekker when he went all dynepo on everyone

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Are people sure Cavendish is in the British group? Not spotted mention of it on Twitter, on the contrary, those in the know on Twitter says he is NOT there. Yet people on here seem to think differently?