National Championships
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2026 2:45 pm
Not completely sure about the rules right now, but think it is:
-Riders who have current points or have raced (last 2 months as well?) start. Online rules apply.
Ways to improve them:
National championships don't start if:
- less than 5 riders. It potentially can be fun, but most of the time not.
-At least 4 teams Probably better? Or a combination, at least 5 or 10 rider and at least 4 teams.
- more than 50% of the riders at the start are from one teamMakes it completely pointless. For all I care let the manager of the team with that majority of riders just give the jersey to somebody, but lets not have the waste of time that the race will be.
Usually far from 100% of managers are online anyway, so having 10 riders at least not wrong IMO.
Distance and route:
Right now the "important" NCs are long. For example Spain. 29 riders riders. 170 km, Netherlands the same, Italy 180 km, All , Probably the others, Germany, France, Belgium the same? Standard for the rest seems to be 105 km?
Fantasy NCs:
- If less than 50 riders=standard length, the 105 something most NCs have now
- 50-100 riders 120-150 km
- Over 100 riders= the long thing,
- No downhill finishes. Only up to -2. in reality since Groenewegen almost killed Jakobsen in Poland superfast finishes, going down have disappeared (even before not really a thing) Yes, in reality on mountain stages there can be - finishes (the final straight though usually is flat) but for the fantasy NCs cutting them would be fine. Or the complicated thing, downhill finishes only if the km before was at least +6%..
-Riders who have current points or have raced (last 2 months as well?) start. Online rules apply.
Ways to improve them:
National championships don't start if:
- less than 5 riders. It potentially can be fun, but most of the time not.
-At least 4 teams Probably better? Or a combination, at least 5 or 10 rider and at least 4 teams.
- more than 50% of the riders at the start are from one teamMakes it completely pointless. For all I care let the manager of the team with that majority of riders just give the jersey to somebody, but lets not have the waste of time that the race will be.
Usually far from 100% of managers are online anyway, so having 10 riders at least not wrong IMO.
Distance and route:
Right now the "important" NCs are long. For example Spain. 29 riders riders. 170 km, Netherlands the same, Italy 180 km, All , Probably the others, Germany, France, Belgium the same? Standard for the rest seems to be 105 km?
Fantasy NCs:
- If less than 50 riders=standard length, the 105 something most NCs have now
- 50-100 riders 120-150 km
- Over 100 riders= the long thing,
- No downhill finishes. Only up to -2. in reality since Groenewegen almost killed Jakobsen in Poland superfast finishes, going down have disappeared (even before not really a thing) Yes, in reality on mountain stages there can be - finishes (the final straight though usually is flat) but for the fantasy NCs cutting them would be fine. Or the complicated thing, downhill finishes only if the km before was at least +6%..
