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National Championships

Meintjes adds South African road race title to worlds under 23 silver medal

MTN Qhubeka rider triumphs as mechanical sees Impey loses chance in two man sprint After finishing second in the world under 23 championship last September, Louis Meintjes provided further proof of his ability when he won the South African Elite […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Powers takes control early and wins American cyclocross championship

Compton makes her tenth title running look easy Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) broke his mold a bit on his way to a second American cyclocross national championship, as he pushed the pace early and eventually wore down Ryan Trebon (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld), who […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: Cyclocross, National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Sven Nys dominates Belgian Cyclocross Championships to take ninth driekleur jersey

Sanne Cant takes fifth straight title in attritional women’s race Sven Nys (Crelan-AA Drink) won his ninth Belgian national cyclocross title on the tough, attritional course at the Waregem Hippodroom, and now trails Roland Liboton by just one championship in […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: Cyclocross, National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Evans on Australian championships: “It has gone better than I expected, that is for sure”

BMC Racing Team rider pleased with early season form, buildup to Giro appears on track Lining out in what was his earliest start to the season since 2005, Cadel Evans went frustrating close to starting things off with a win. […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Gerrans outsprints Evans, Porte and Meyer to take second Australian road race championship title

Orica GreenEdge rider’s success follows on from his 2012 win plus that of team-mate Durbridge last year Grabbing the green and gold jersey despite suffering a broken hip in August, Simon Gerrans delivered on his promise to be in strong […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Video/report: Elvin wins second Australian women’s road race title, Ewan takes Under 23 gold

Highlights from today’s races Making history when she became the first woman in two decades to take two consecutive national road race titles, Gracie Elvin outsprinted Lauren Kitchen (NSW) and last year’s Subaru National Road Series winner Katrin Garfoot (QLD) […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Video,

Evans ambitious about first Australian road nationals participation in nine years

2011 Tour de France winner not making up numbers; will take on Porte, Gerrans, Goss and others on Sunday Cadel Evans has made clear he is not simply riding Sunday’s Australian road race championships to build his condition, but rather […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Hepburn leads Orica GreenEdge podium in Australian TT champs, Wardlaw takes women’s title

Kerby and Crooks take under 23 gold medals Getting its national championship campaign off to a superb start, the riders from the Orica GreenEdge team took gold, silver and bronze in the Australian TT champs today. Michael Hepburn defeated Luke […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

Past champion Cantwell feeling ‘really, really good’ in advance of Thursday’s Australian criterium nationals

Drapac Pro Cycling team did mountain training camp rather than riding Mitchelton Bay races The 2011 Australian criterium champion Jonathan Cantwell has said that he is in top form and very psyched for this year’s edition of the race, which […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Orica-GreenEdge presents “new look” jersey for 2014 ahead of Australian nationals

Craft replaces Santini as supplier for Australian men’s and women’s teams Orica-GreenEdge and Orica-AIS have presented their new jerseys for 2014, ahead of the Australian national championships and the Santos Tour Down Under. With Swedish manufacturer replacing Italian Santini, who […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Tour Down Under,

Durbridge shrugs off sore throat, confirms he will compete in Australian national championships this week

2013 time trial and road race winner ready to chase more success Fears that defending time trial and road race champion Luke Durbridge could be forced to miss the Australian championships this week have been dismissed by the Orica GreenEdge […]

Author: VeloN Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Orica GreenEdge uncertain about Durbridge’s national championship prospects

Double champion’s throat infection causes concern After Luke Durbridge withdrew prior to Sunday’s final stage of the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic, his Orica GreenEdge directeur sportif Matt Wilson expressed uncertainty about whether the rider will be able to compete in […]

Author: VeloN Categories: Injury, National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Evans to ride Australian national championships for first time since 2005

Early season start should aid BMC Racing Team rider to hit peak form for Giro d’Italia After previously indicating that he will ride the Santos Tour Down Under as part of his buildup towards the Giro d’Italia, Cadel Evans has […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Tougher and familiar Australian nationals course preferred by Gerrans

“I think that all championship races should be about the strongest guy on the day fighting for the win, not the luckiest” The first big road cycling race of the new year traditionally takes place in Australia, with the country’s […]

Author: Gerrans by Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Video: National champions Brammeier and Spath look forward after weekend triumphs

Irish riders planning on continuing to race well this season and into 2014 Having both successfully defended the Irish road race championship titles they took last year, Matt Brammeier and Melanie Spath are aiming to ride strongly for the remainder […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: Interviews, National Championships, Pro Cycling, Video,

National championships: Women’s Road Race round up

Armitstead, Muccioli, Brand, Numainville, Worrack and De Vocht among the new champions Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) managed to overcome the numerical superiority of Wiggle Honda riders Laura Trott and Dani King in the final lap of the Great Britain championships in […]

Author: Ben Atkins Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling,

Brammeier defeats Lavery and Shaw to take record fourth Irish road race crown

Champion System rider prevails at end of tactical, testing race Defending champion Matt Brammeier made history Sunday when he won his fourth consecutive Irish road race championship title, becoming the first Irish elite rider to do so. The Champion System […]

Author: Shane Stokes Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

National Road Race Round-up: Greipel and Hoogerland amongst the winners

Results and comments from around the world, including Hushovd, Sagan, Kwiatkowski, and Jungels On a busy Sunday of racing, with men’s national road race championships happening all over the world, VeloNation grabs the results and the comments from many of […]

Author: Kyle Moore Categories: National Championships, Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results,

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