Jolien D'Hoore (Lotto-Belisol) wins the 2014 Belgian national road race title
(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Slovak podium: Peter Velits, Peter Sagan and Martin Mahdar
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Zdenek Stybar and Peter Sagan win the Czech and Slovak championship, respectively
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Edgar Nohales (7-Eleven)
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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) shows his silver medal
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High five, Ion
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A teary Arnaud Demare
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Elite men's podium
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Arnaud Demare triumphs at French nationals
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Peter Kennaugh , Team Sky lets loose on the podium.
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The Mens podium.
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Fränk Schleck (Trek) celebrates his 2014 Luxembourg national road race victory
(Image credit: Serge Waldbillig/ Luxemburger Wort Photographe)
Adriano Malori (Movistar) celebrates his national time trial victory
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Sebastian Langeveld the new Dutch road race champion
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The Dutch TT podium: Sebastian Langeveld, Tom Dumoulin and Jos van Emden
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Jens Debusschere (Lotto Belisol) checks if his medal is real gold
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The 2014 Belgian road race podium
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Philippe Gilbert (BMC)
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The top three men on the podium
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The women's Belgian road race podium for 2014
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Peter Kennaugh , Team Sky takes the win!
(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Alejandro Valverde shows his Spanish National ITT champion jersey.
(Image credit: El Pedal de Frodo)
Peter Velits tops the Slovak TT podium
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Peter Velits on his way to another national title
(Image credit: Jan Brychta / SvetCyklistiky.cz)
Jan Barta on his way to another Czech TT title
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The Czech time trial podium
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The winner, Mayuko Hagiwara ( Wiggle - Honda ) in action in the Japan national championship time trial
(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Minami Uwano ( Kanoya University), the third place in the Japan national championship time trial
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Mayuko Hagiwara ( Wiggle - Honda ) won the time trial Japan national championship
(Image credit: Sonoko Tanaka)
Fumiyuki Beppu (Trek Factory Racing) concentrated before the start of time trial
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Leire Olaberría (Bizkaia)
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Pauline Ferrand-Prevot wins the French road national championships
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Laura Trott (Wiggle Honda) wins the national road race
(Image credit: Mark Gunter)
Men's podium: Ryan Roth, Svein Tuft, Christian Meier
(Image credit: Tour of Japan)
U23 men podium: Kristofer Dahl, Benjamin Perry, Jay Lamoureux
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Svein Tuft (Orica GreenEDGE) wins
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Leah Kirchmann (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) wins
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Podium: Denise Ramsden, Leah Kirchmann, Leah Guloien
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French road national champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
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The Czech/Slovak championships race took place in a massive downpour
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Martina Sablikova wins the women's Czech road championship
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The women's Czech road race podium: Anezka Drahotova, Martina Sablikova and Pavlina Sulcova
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The Czech junior men's race
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Adam Toupalik soloed to the Czech junior road race win
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The Czech junior podium: Ludek Helis, Adam Toupalik and Vojtech Pezlar
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Elena Cecchini the new Italian women's road champion
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Valentian Scandolara, Elena Cecchini and Maria Giulia Canfalonieri made up the Italian women's road race podium
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The Slovak U23 podium: Filip Taragel, Lubos Malovec and Erik Baska
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The Czech/Slovak championships race
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The Slovak podium: Peter Velits, Peter Sagan and Martin Mahdar
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Peter Sagan wins another Slovakian championship
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Zdenek Stybar is the Czech champion
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The Czech/Slovak elite championships
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The U23 Czech championship podium: Daniel Turek, Tomas Koudela and David Dvorsky
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Etixx and Omega Pharma banded together for Stybar
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
The first attack group in the Czech/Slovak championship
(Image credit: Jan Brychta)
Elena Cecchini the new Italian women's road champion
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Eric Marotte (SmartStop) is the new National Road Champion
(Image credit: Jonathan Devich)
Each year the lull between the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de France is filled with national championships. Countries across Europe and around the world time their time trial and road race championship events largely on the same weekend, leading to a flood of results, and new champions to remember. To make things a little easier, Cyclingnews has compiled this table of new champions so you know who will ride in their national colours for the next 12 months.
Notable amongst the winners are top elite men's riders Peter Sagan (Slovakia), Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), Martin Elmiger (Switzerland), double Canadian winner Svein Tuft, Arnaud Demare (France), Andre Greipel (Germany), Sebastian Langeveld (Netherlands) and double Portuguese champion Nelson Oliveira, all of whom are expected to fly their national colours at the Tour de France on the road stages.
Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania), Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland), Tony Martin (Germany), Jan Barta (Czech Republic), Sylvain Chavanel (France), Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands), Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland), Peter Velits (Slovakia) and Alejandro Valverde (Spain) will have but one stage in which to wear their national champions jerseys in the time trial at the Tour.
2014 National Champions
| Men RR | Men TT | Women RR | Women TT | U23 RR | U23 TT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Daniel Diaz | Laureano Rosas | Valeria Muller | Valeria Muller | Gaston Javier | Hugo Angel Valazquez |
| Australia | Simon Gerrans | Michael Hepburn | Gracie Elvin | Felicity Wardlaw | Caleb Ewen | Jordan Kerby |
| Austria | Riccardo Zoidl | Matthias Brändle | Jacqueline Hahn | Martina Ritter | Gregor Mühlberger | |
| Azerbaijan | Elchin Asadov | Elchin Asadov | ||||
| Belarus | Yauheni Hutarovich | Kanstantsin Sivtsov | Alena Amialiusik | Raman Tsishkou | ||
| Belgium | Jens Debusscherre | Kristof Vandewalle | Jolien D'Hoore | Ann-Sophie Duyck | Jens Wallays | Elias Van Breussegem |
| Belize | Nissan Arana | Nissan Arana | Shalini Zabaneh | Kaya Cattouse | ||
| Bosnia | Đulaga Trejić | Lejla Tanovic | Mujo Kurtovic | |||
| Brazil | Rodrigo Nasciamento | Luciene Ferreira Da Silva | Ana Paula Polegatch | |||
| Bulgaria | ||||||
| Men RR | Men TT | Women RR | Women TT | U23 RR | U23 TT | |
| Canada | Svein Tuft | Svein Tuft | Leah Kirchmann | Leah Kirchmann | Benjamin Perry | Kris Dahl |
| Chile | Lino Arriagada | Jonathan Guzman | ||||
| Colombia | Miguel Angel Rubiano | Pedro Herrera | ||||
| Costa Rica | Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas | Josué Gonzáles | Paula Herrera | Edith Guillen | ||
| Croatia | Radoslav Rogina | Bruno Maltar | Mia Radotic | Mia Radotic | ||
| Cuba | Arnold Alcolea | Yennier Lopez Fonseca | Arlenis Sierra Cañadilla | Yoanka Gonzalez Perez | ||
| Czech Republic | Zdenek Stybar | Jan Barta | Martina Sablikova | Martina Sablikova | ||
| Denmark | Michael Valgren Andersen | Rasmus Quaade | Amalie Dideriksen | Julie Leth | ||
| Dutch Antilles | ||||||
| Ecuador | Bayron Guama De La Cruz | Jose Ragonessi | Jazmín Taborda | |||
| Eritrea | Amanuel Gebrezgabihier | Natnael Berhane | Wehazit Kidane | Wehazit Kidane | Amanuel Gebrezgabihier | Meron Teshome Hagos |
| Estonia | Alo Jakin | Gert Jõeäär | Liisi Rist | Liisi Rist | ||
| Ethiopia | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay | ||||
| Finland | Jussi Veikkanen | Samuel Pökälä | Lotta Lepistö | Lotta Lepistö | Oskari Vainionpää | Matti Manninen |
| Men RR | Men TT | Women RR | Women TT | U23 RR | U23 TT | |
| France | Arnaud Demare | Sylvain Chavanel | Pauline Ferrand Prevot | Pauline Ferrand Prevot | ||
| Germany | André Greipel | Tony Martin | Lisa Brennauer | Lisa Brennauer | Max Walscheid | |
| Great Britain | Peter Kennaugh | Bradley Wiggins | Laura Trott | Emma Pooley | ||
| Greece | Georgios Bouglas | Polychronis Tzortzakis | Barvara Fasoh | Athina Chatzistyli | Stylianos Farantakis | Ioannis Spanopoulos |
| Hong Kong | King Lok Cheung | King Lok Cheung | Zhao Juan Meng | Wan Yiu Jamie Wong | Chun Wing Leung | |
| Hungary | Balázs Rózsa | Gabor Fejes | Diána Szurominé Pulsfort | Veronika Kormos | János Pelikán | |
| Iran | Rahim Emami | Alireza Haghi | Maryam Jalaliyeh | Maryam Jalaliyeh | ||
| Ireland | Ryan Mullen | Michael Hutchinson | Caroline Ryan | Ryan Mullen | Ryan Mullen | |
| Israel | Niv Libner | Yoav Bar | Paz Bash | Paz Bash | ||
| Men RR | Men TT | Women RR | Women TT | U23 RR | U23 TT | |
| Italy | Vincenzo Nibali | Adriano Malori | Elena Cecchini | Elisa Longo Borghini | Simone Sterbini | Davide Martinelli |
| Japan | Junya Sano | Fumiyuki Beppu | Mayuko Hagiwara | Mayuko Hagiwara | Tanzou Tokuda | Manabu Ishibashi |
| Kazakhstan | Ilya Davidenok | Daniil Fominykh | ||||
| Latvia | Andris Voskalns | Gatis Smukulis | ||||
| Lithuania | Paulius Siskevicius | Ramunas Navardauskas | ||||
| Luxembourg | Fränk Schleck | Laurent Didier | Christine Majerus | Christine Majerus | ||
| Mexico | Ignacio Sarabia Diaz | Bernardo Colex Tepoz | Ana Teresa Casas Bonilla | Verónica Leal Balderas | Ignacio Prado | |
| Moldova | Sergiu Cioban | Sergiu Cioban | ||||
| Morocco | Adil Jelloul | Soufiane Haddi | Fatima Zahra El Hiyani | |||
| Netherlands | Sebastian Langeveld | Tom Dumoulin | Iris Slappendel | Annemiek Van Vleuten | Tim Kerkhof | Steven Lammertink |
| Men RR | Men TT | Women RR | Women TT | U23 RR | U23 TT | |
| New Zealand | Hayden Roulston | Taylor Karl Gunman | Rushlee Buchanan | Jaime Nielsen | Hayden Mccormick | Fraser Gough |
| Norway | Tormod Hausken Jacobsen | Reidar Bohlin Borgersen | Camilla Søgjerd | Thrude Natholmen | Sondre Holst Enger | |
| Poland | Bartlomiej Matysiak | Michal Kwiatkowski | Paulina Guz | Eugenia Bujak | Piotr Brozyna | Szymon Rekita |
| Portugal | Nelson Oliveira | Nelson Oliveira | Celina Carpinteiro | Katarina Larsson | Joaquim Silva | Rafael Ferreira Reis |
| Puerto Rico | Efren Ortega | Donelys Cariño | ||||
| Romania | ||||||
| Russia | Alexander Porsev | Anton Vorobyev | Tatiana Antoshina | Tatiana Antoshina | Ivan Savitskiy | Alexander Evtushenko |
| Serbia | Miloš Borisavljevic | Gabor Kasa | Jelena Eric | Jelena Eric | ||
| Slovakia | Peter Sagan | Peter Velits | Monika Kadlecova | Michaela Malarikova | Mario Dasko | |
| Slovenia | Matej Mugerli | Gregor Gazvoda | Polona Batagelj | David Per | ||
| Men RR | Men TT | Women RR | Women TT | U23 RR | U23 TT | |
| South Africa | Louis Meintjes | Daryl Impey | Ashleigh Moolman | Ashleigh Moolman | Louis Meintjes | Louis Meintjes |
| Spain | Ion Izagirre | Alejandro Valverde | Anna Ramirez Bauxel | Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro | Gonzalo Andrés | Óscar González |
| Sweden | Michael Olsson | Alexander Gingsjö | Emma Johansson | Emma Johansson | ||
| Switzerland | Martin Elmiger | Fabian Cancellara | Mirjam Gysling | Linda Indergand | Théry Schir | |
| Turkey | Feritcan Samli | Ahmet Orken | Semra Yetis | Nour Dissem | ||
| Ukraine | Vitaly Buts | Andriy Vasylyuk | Tetyana Riabchenko | Tetiana Riabchenko | Valerii Taradai | Marlen Zmorka |
| USA | Eric Marcotte | Taylor Phinney | Alison Powers | Alison Powers | ||
| Uzbekistan | Ruslan Karimov | Muradjan Halmuratov | Olga Drobysheva | Olga Drobysheva | ||
| Venezuela | Xavier Quevedo | Carlos Gálviz | Danielys Del Valle Garcia | Danielys Del Valle Garcia | Yonder Godoy |