Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh has retained the men's national road championship – but his fellow Manxman Mark Cavendish of Etixx-Quickstep pushed him every inch of the way in a thrilling finale in Lincoln. Earlier, Lizzie Armitstead of Boels-Dolmans won the women's title for the third time.
Cavendish found himself with three Sky riders for company at the head of the race as it entered the final 13km lap, with Ian Stannard and Luke Rowe completing the trio alongisde Kennaugh.
When Stannard launched an attack, it was Cavendish who chased him down to bridge across, and soon he was out in front alone with Kennaugh, the pair hitting the final cobbled climb to the finish on Michaelgate together.
Both riders looked to be going deep into the red as they headed up the ascent, the defending champion finally getting clear of Cavendish, who earlier in the race had led the pursuit of an earlier attack by Kennaugh and Stannard, as they approached the top.
Behind, Stannard beat Rowe in the sprint for third, while Owain Doull of Team Wiggins finished seventh to clinch the under-23 title.
14 thoughts on “National Road Championship: Peter Kennaugh retains title, Lizzie Armitstead wins for third time”
Spelled “Kennaugh”.
Spelled “Kennaugh”. Pronounced ” Kenniack” – or so I am given to understand.
ChairRDRF wrote:Spelled
It looks like an Irish name (or Manx, they spoke a form of Gaelic similar to Scottish and Irish Gaelic after all) so the ‘gh’ at the end of it should perhaps be pronounced with a palatal sound, the sort that sounds like you’re going to spit.
It should be pronounced the
It should be pronounced the way that Peter Kennaugh pronounces it.
Two wonderfully entertaining
Two wonderfully entertaining races and IMHO both were worthy winners.
B-)
Yes, well done Lizzie and
Yes, well done Lizzie and Peter, let’s celebrate with a discussion about how to pronounce your name…. :W
crikey wrote:Yes, well done
You’re right of course, the internet is no place for that sort of free flowing, tangential conversation.
High proportion of Manx names
High proportion of Manx names begin with a hard C. Cavendish. Kelly (from the Isle of Man song). Christian (Fletcher) Quayle etc. Wikipedia has an interesting entry.
Quote:Yes, well done Lizzie
i think it’s ‘Peter’. but I could be wrong.
As I said to my daughter (who asked why my bike is white) – White bikes are faster than black ones.
‘hashtagy’ ‘Paintdoping’
And well done to Lizzie too. Did anyone else see her wave to the photographers as she went past?
Must be Mad wrote:Quote:Yes,
well Luke Rowe seems to call him Pedro. so maybe the t is silent
but great win for Lizzie, how much power did she have going up Michaelgate to do it in the big ring, and just blow the rest completely away
Awavey wrote:
but great win
Yeah, that attack was phenomenal. Noticed she “took it easy” (read: would still have been able to go up it twice in the time I could manage it) on the ascent to the finish in the inner ring.
Must be Mad wrote:
i think
And well done to Lizzie too. Did anyone else see her wave to the photographers as she went past?[/quote]
Presumably she didn’t put both hands in the air after she crossed the finish line?
No matter how you pronounce
No matter how you pronounce Kennaugh’s name, it’s spelled incorrectly on the front page headline
Edit: And now it isn’t 🙂
“over here” it’s Ken-yuck or
“over here” it’s Ken-yuck or Ken-yack depending on your Manx-ness, Fella….
It’s Kenyick, trust me
It’s Kenyick, trust me yissa.
But never mind that, Manx national road race result just in: Kennaugh beats Cav in thrilling race, apparently they let some UK riders take part this year, but none of them could manage better than 3rd =))