Several countries’ national champions crowned
European countries have traditionally held their national championships on the final weekend of June. With the exception of the professional men – many of whom will be participating in the upcoming Tour de France – the United States held its national championship events on this weekend as well. Here is…
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European countries have traditionally held their national championships on the final weekend of June. With the exception of the professional men – many of whom will be participating in the upcoming Tour de France – the United States held its national championship events on this weekend as well.
Here is a quick summary of some of the national champions crowned in road races contested over the weekend.
Men’s national road champions
- Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
- Sylvain Chavanel (France)
- Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania)
- Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)
- Frank Schleck (Luxembourg)
- Robert Wagner (Germany)
- Giovanni Visconti (Italy)
- Tomaz Marczynski (Poland)
- Svein Tuft (Canada)
- Pim Ligthart (The Netherlands)
- Joao Cabreira (Portugal)
- Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
- Alexander Kristoff (Norway)
- Grega Bole (Slovenia)
- Martin Trautmans (Latvia)
- Petr Bencik (Czech Republic)
- Pavel Brutt (Russia)
- Matthew Brammeier (Ireland)
- Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
- José Joaquín Rojas (Spain)
- Nikki Sørensen (Denmark)
Women’s national road champions
- Robin Farina (U.S.)
- Liz Armitstead (Great Britain)
- Veronique Fortin (Canada)
- Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Germany)
