National Champion Jerseys for 2010 / 2011

Update on who is wearing what in 2010/2011 - National Championship jerseys by country

There were quite a number of riders changing professional cycling teams and changing jerseys this past year, especially National Championship jerseys. As I try to keep track of who is on what team, and wearing what jersey this year, here is a cheat sheet for some of the National Champions we will see in the Spring Classics and Grand Tours for 2011. These men won their championship titles at the end of the 2010 cycling season and will be seen wearing their countries national championship jersey during most of the 2011 professional cycling season.While last year's winners are relegated to the armband.

Thomas Voeckler, French National Champion

American 2010 Road National Champion - Ben King (Team Radioshack) 
                2011 Road National Champion - Matthew Busche (Radioshack) [blog]
American 2010 TT National Champion - Taylor Phinney (BMC)
                2011 TT National Champion - David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) [website]

Matthew Busche US National Road Champion 2011

Australian 2011 Road National Champion - Travis Meyer (Garmin-Cervelo) 
Australian 2011 TT National Champion - Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervelo)

Belgian 2010 Road National Champion - Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil)
             2011 Road National Champion - Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)
Belgian 2010 TT National Champion - Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil)
             2011 Time Trial National Championships (will be held in August 2011)

Geraint Thomas

British 2010 Road National Champion - Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) 
            2011 Road National Champion - Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky)
British 2010 TT National Champion - Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky)
            2011 Time Trial National Championships (will be held September 4, 2011)

Denmark 2010 Road National Champion - Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 
                2011 Road National Champion - Nicki Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Sungard) 
Denmark 2010 TT National Champion - Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard Trek)
                2011 TT National Champion - Rasmus Quaade (Team Concordia Forsikring)

French 2010 Road National Champion - Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) 
            2011 Road National Champion - Sylvain Chavanel (Quickstep)
French 2010 TT National Champion - Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis)
            2011 TT National Champion - Christophe Kern (Europecar)

Christian Knees, German Road National Champion

German 2010 Road National Champion - Christian Knees (Team Sky) 
              2011 Road National Champion - Robert Wagner (Leopard Trek)
German 2010 TT National Champion - Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad)
              2011 TT National Champion - Bert Grabsch (HTC-Highroad)

Irish 2010 Road National Champion - Matthew Brammeier (HTC-Highroad) 
        2011 Road National Champion - Matthew Brammeier (HTC-Highroad) 
Irish 2010 TT National Champion - David McCann (Giant Kenda Cycling Team) 
        2011 TT National Champion - Matthew Brammeier (HTC-Highroad)  

Italian 2010 Road National Champion - Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli) 
           2011 Road National Champion - Giovanni Visconti (Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli) 
Italian 2010 TT National Champion - Marco Pinotti (HTC-Highroad)
           2011 TT National Champion - Adriano Malori (Lampre-ISD)

Luxembourg 2010 Road National Champion - Fränk Schleck (Leopard Trek) 
                      2011 Road National Champion - Fränk Schleck (Leopard Trek) 
Luxembourg 2010 TT National Champion - Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) 
                     2011 TT National Champion - Christian Poos (Team Differdange-Magic-Sportfood.de)

Netherlands 2010 Road National Champion - Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) 
                    2011 Road National Champion - Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM)
Netherlands 2010 TT National Champion - Jos Van Emden (Rabobank)
                    2011 TT National Champion - Stef Clement (Rabobank)

Thor Hushovd wears the World Champion jersey

Norway 2010 Road National Champion - Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 
              2011 Road National Champion - Alexander Kristoff (BMC)
Norway 2010 TT National Champion - Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky)
              2011 TT National Champion - Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky)

Spanish 2010 Road National Champion - José Ivan Gutierrez (Movistar Team) 
             2011 Road National Champion - José Joaquín Rojas (Movistar)
Spanish 2010 TT National Champion - Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank)
              2011 TT National Champion - Luis León Sánchez (Rabobank)

Swiss 2010 Road National Champion - Martin Elmiger (Ag2-r-La Mondiale) 
           2011 Road National Champion - Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek)
Swiss 2010 TT National Champion - Rubens Bertogliati (Team Type 1)
           2011 TT National Champion - Martin Kohler (BMC)

World Champion Road - Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo)
World Champion Time Trial - Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek)

(The next Cycling World Championships will be held on September 19 - 25 in Copenhagen in 2011, Limburg in 2012, Florence, Italy in 2013, and Ponferrada, Spain in 2014)

Update on the 2011 National Champions here: National championships round-up - we look at who in Europe gets new jerseys to wear

Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/8815/Mapei-to-sponsor-UCI-road-world-championships.aspx#ixzz1QUsibRAX

Fabian Cancellara, Time Trial World Champion

Other National Champions of cycling are listed at this link: 2010 National Road Cycling Championships

Do not fear, the UCI is on top of this as well, more UCI rules (links below).  I wonder if they charge the riders a fee to be a champion? According to UCI rule 1.3.071, they trump all other jerseys except for the Race Leader's jersey. The order of priority of jersey is as follows:

Rule 1.3.060 through 1.3.067  World Champion's jersey (PDF 1.62 Mb) 
Rule 1.3.068 and 1.3.069  National Champion's jersey (PDF 113 kb) 
Should various provisions requiring the wearing of different jerseys apply to the same rider, the order of priority shall be as follows:
1. the leader’s jersey of the stage races 
2. the leader’s jersey of the UCI world cup, UCI continental circuit, UCI series and classification 
3. the world champion’s jersey 
4. the national champion’s jersey 
5. the continental champion’s jersey 
6. the national jersey 

This explains why Thor Hushovd wears the rainbow jersey this year on the road and not his Norwegian national jersey although he remains Norway's National Road Champion into 2011. It also explains why Hushovd is not going for the UCI World Cup leader title. He would have to give up that fancy rainbow jersey of his, and that is just crazy talk.

Who the heck is the UCI World Cup leader? Well that would be Matthew Harley Goss of Australia (HTC-Highroad), who is currently one vital point ahead of Michele Scarponi of Italy (Lampre-ISD). Now I need to notice if an UCI emblem appears on Matt Goss's jersey sleeve since Goss is the current UCI World Cup Leader. Thomas Voeckler of France (Team Europcar) is the current UCI Europe Tour Leader.

Of course, who knows how long the UCI will be around, but a National and World Champion lives on forever!

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