Cycling: Traditionally, the national championships are held in many countries on the weekend before the start of the Tour de France. We take a look at the new national champions in the time trial and road race.
Großschartner celebrates double success in Austria
For the first time in his career he is allowed to Felix Grossschartner (Bora – hansgrohe) as the Austrian champion – and twice over. In addition to the time trial, the 28-year-old also won the road race. This was so dominated by Bora - hansgrohe that the first five places went to the Raublinger racing team. The team has also fulfilled its duty in Germany. Conquered the championship jersey for the first time Nils Politt in street racing and Lennard Kamna in the time trial. Premiere also in Switzerland: Joel Sutter (UAE) won the time trial and the road race was on Robin Froidevaux (Tudor).
Cavendish, Merlier, Senechal & Almeida
It will also be easy to recognize from now on for the next twelve months Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl). The now 37-year-old won the title in Great Britain for the second time after 2013. Decided the sprint in Belgium Tim Merlier (Alpecin – Fenix) for himself. Florian Senechal (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) won the road race in France. Joao almeida (UAE) won easily as a soloist in Portugal.
The winners of the national championships
| Nation | Time trial | street racing |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | Lennard Kamna | Nils Politt |
| Austria | Felix Grossschartner | Felix Grossschartner |
| Switzerland | Joel Sutter | Robin Froidevaux |
| Italian | Filippo Gana | Filippo Zana |
| Netherlands | Build Mollema | Pascal Eenkhorn |
| Belgium | Remco Evenepoel | Tim Merlier |
| Spain | Raul Garcia | Carlos Rodriguez |
| France | Bruno Armirail | Florian Senechal |
| Great Britain | ethan hayter | Mark Cavendish |
| Colombia | Daniel Martinez | Sergio Higuita |
| Denmark | Mathias Norsgaard | Alexander Kamp |
| Australia | Rohan Dennis | Luke Plop |
| Slovenia | Jan Tratnik | Kristian Koren |
| Norway | Tobias Foss | Rasmus Tiller |
| Poland | Maciej Bodnar | Norbert Banaszek |
| Slovakia | Jan Cully | Peter Sagan |
| USA | Lawson Craddock | |
| Ireland | Ben Healy | Rory Townsend |
| Luxembourg | Bob jungels | Colin Heiderscheid |
| Estonia | Purely Taaramäe | Michael Raim |
| Ecuador | Richard Carapaz | Richard Huera |
| Eritrea | Biniam Girmay | Merhawi Kudus |