National Champs 2017 *spoilers*

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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Apparently Stannard has attacked off the front. Five others with him including Dowsett.


    Tricky keeping up on Twitter/BC feed. Might give it up and wait for highlights on ES later
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Oliver Naesen (AG2R) new Belgian champion
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Dillier (BMC) Swiss champion
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Ryan Mullen took the Irish RR title to add to his ITT title
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Italian race sounds good. 15km to go Aru gone solo (30" advantage) Nibali being dropped.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    yourpaceormine wrote:
    Oliver Naesen (AG2R) new Belgian champion
    That's a great result
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Jungels retains his Luxembourg national jumper
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Kennaugh, Stannard and Dowsett (+5 others) have the lead. Dibben and Cummings trying to bridge the 15" gap.

    Confusing Brother claim Stannard is in the group, BC say group of 7 with no Stannard.

    Cummings has made the front.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,589
    I thought the BBC had covered the UK nationals for a few years now. Am I getting confused or, if not, why have they dropped it? Shame as it's a great course for a bike race.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Aru takes the Italian title
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    edited June 2017
    Dibben and Tao have bridged over to the lead group. BC now saying Stannard is in lead group. 31 miles to go.

    Lead group now 14 riders. Cav a looooong way back.
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,194
    Pross wrote:
    I thought the BBC had covered the UK nationals for a few years now. Am I getting confused or, if not, why have they dropped it? Shame as it's a great course for a bike race.

    You're getting confused, can't remember BBC ever having televised the nats?

    Actually, I vaguely remember it being on TV when it was in Glasgow?
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    r0bh wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    I thought the BBC had covered the UK nationals for a few years now. Am I getting confused or, if not, why have they dropped it? Shame as it's a great course for a bike race.

    You're getting confused, can't remember BBC ever having televised the nats?

    Actually, I vaguely remember it being on TV when it was in Glasgow?

    Or was that the Commonwealth Games RR?
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    edited June 2017
    Kennaugh chute! < Apparently that was a fib.

    Lead group now whittled down to 6. Kennaugh is one of them. Lawless, Bibby, Cummings, Swift, Dibben
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    r0bh wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    I thought the BBC had covered the UK nationals for a few years now. Am I getting confused or, if not, why have they dropped it? Shame as it's a great course for a bike race.

    You're getting confused, can't remember BBC ever having televised the nats?

    Actually, I vaguely remember it being on TV when it was in Glasgow?

    ITV4 have had highlights since at least 2012 when Stannard won, it was shown live by Eurosport for 3 years in a row in Wales, Lincoln and Stockton. Cav's win in Glasgow was 1 hrs worth of highlights on ITV4.
  • yourpaceormine
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    Stannard and Thwaites rejoin the lead group
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    No idea what is going on now. BC very tardy in tweeting race updates (their ticker is their Twitter feed). #roadchamps is full of people moaning or trying to be witty. Ok, so there are highlights later but I'd be pretty miffed to be part of the Manx group that brought the champs to their island as coverage is dire.
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Steve Cummings 12 seconds ahead, last lap
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Now 27" with under 5km to go
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,935
    Seems to have been a good race with attacks all over the place. Cummings getting his gig for July!
  • dav1d1
    dav1d1 Posts: 653
    Yes following teamDD on twitter less than 2km to go Steve still out front
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Cummings doubles up! Chapeau
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Aru wins in Italy
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Hope Steve smiles a lot from now! Excellent stuff
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    how did Cav do ? Wasnt really his course but home race for him
  • Shadowrider
    Shadowrider Posts: 483
    sherer wrote:
    how did Cav do ? Wasnt really his course but home race for him

    Was well down last I seen. If that course had been anywhere else I don't think he'd have bothered racing.
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    chuffing great, pleased for Cummings

    stato for yous all: this is the 1st time since Team Sky was launched that no Sky rider has made the podium



    ARE THEY ALL FINISHED
    :P
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Time trial & road race double must be a fairly rare achievement?
    https://gibworth.mypixieset.com
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    thegibdog wrote:
    Time trial & road race double must be a fairly rare achievement?


    Last time was Holy Dave, 10 years ago
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    There's some sort of a hullabaloo on twattwers about the Brit u23 race. Anyone care to provide a précis?
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy

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