National Championships 2012: Roll of Honour
Ian Stannard and Sharon Laws took the British road race titles in Yorkshire last weekend, but they weren't the only new national champions.
Throughout Europe and across the Atlantic, the championships were being held to decide who the best road racers and time triallists are. Alex Dowsett is the reigning British time trial champion - that title is up for grabs in September.
Here's who came away with the spoils around the world.
Australia*
MEN ROAD: Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge), MEN TT: Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge)
WOMEN ROAD: Amanda Spratt (GreenEdge-AIS), WOMEN TT: Shara Gillow (GreenEdge-AIS)
(*Held in January 2012)
Gerrans won Milan-San Remo as Australian champion
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Austria
MEN ROAD: Lukas Postlberger (RC Arbo Wels-Gourmetfein), MEN TT: Riccardo Zoidl (RC Arbo Wels-Gourmetfein)
WOMEN ROAD: Andrea Graus (Vienne Futuroscope), WOMEN TT: Christiane Soeder
Belarus
MEN ROAD: Yauheni Hutarovich (FDJ-Big Mat)
Belgium
MEN ROAD: Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep)
WOMEN ROAD: Jolien D'Hoore (Topsport Vlaanderen)
Brazil
MEN ROAD: Otavio Didier Bulgarelli (Funvic-Pindamonhangaba), MEN TT: Luiz Carlos Tavares (Real Cycling Team)
WOMEN ROAD: Luciene Ferreira Silva, WOMEN TT: Luciene Ferreira Silva
Canada
MEN ROAD: Ryan Roth (SpiderTech), MEN TT: Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge)
WOMEN ROAD: Denise Ramsden (Optum Pro Cycling), WOMEN TT: Clara Hughes (Specialized-Lululemon)
Croatia
MEN ROAD: Vladimir Miholjevic (Acqua & Sapone), MEN TT: Vladimir Miholjevic (Acqua & Sapone)
WOMEN ROAD: Mia Radotic, WOMEN TT: Mia Radotic
Curaco
MEN ROAD: Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare), MEN TT: Marc De Maar (UnitedHealthcare)
Czech Republic
MEN ROAD: Milan Kadlec (ASC Dukla Praha), MEN TT: Jan Barta (NetApp)
WOMEN ROAD: Pavlina Sulcova, WOMEN TT: Jarmila Machacova
Denmark
MEN ROAD: Sebastian Lander (Glud & Marstrand), MEN TT: Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan)
WOMEN ROAD: Cathrine Grage (Hvidore), WOMEN TT: Cathrine Grage (Hvidore)
Estonia
MEN ROAD: Tanel Kangert (Astana), MEN TT: Rein Taaramae (Cofidis)
WOMEN ROAD: Grete Treier (SC Michela Fanini Rox), WOMEN TT: Grete Treier (SC Michela Fanini Rox)
France
MEN ROAD: Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-Big Mat), MEN TT: Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
WOMEN ROAD: Marion Rousse (Vienne Futurocope), WOMEN TT: Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Rabobank)
Germany
MEN ROAD: Fabian Wegmann (Garmin-Barracuda), MEN TT: Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
WOMEN ROAD: Judith Arndt (GreenEdge-AIS), WOMEN TT: Judith Arndt (GreenEdge-AIS)
World time trial champion Judith Arndt won't wear her German TT champion jersey until September at the earliest.
Italy
MEN ROAD: Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli), MEN TT: Dario Caldato (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
WOMEN ROAD: Giada Borgato (Diadora-Pasta Zara), WOMEN TT: Tatilana Guderzo (G.S. Fiamme Azzurre)
Ireland
MEN ROAD: Matt Brammeier (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), MEN TT: Michael Hutchinson (In Gear-Quickvit-Trainsharp)
WOMEN ROAD: Melanie Späth (Cycleways), WOMEN TT: Olivia Dillon (NOW and Novartis)
Kazakhstan
MEN ROAD: Assan Bazayev (Astana), MEN TT: Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana)
Latvia
MEN ROAD: Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis), MEN TT: Gatis Smukulis (Katusha)
WOMEN TT: Dana Rozlapa
Lithuania
MEN ROAD: Gediminas Bagdonas (An Post-Sean Kelly), MEN TT: Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Barracuda)
WOMEN ROAD: Inga Cilvinaite (Diadora-Pasta Zara), WOMEN TT: Vilija Sereikaite
Navardauskas failed to retain his Lithuanian road race title, but is the reigning time trial champion
Luxembourg
MEN ROAD: Laurent Didier (RadioShack-Nissan), MEN TT:Bob Jungels (Leopard-Trek)
WOMEN ROAD: Christine Majerus (Team GSD Gestion), WOMEN TT: Christine Majerus (Team GSD Gestion)
Moldova
MEN ROAD: Alexandr Pluischin (Leopard-Trek)
Netherlands
MEN ROAD: Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), MEN TT: Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM)
WOMEN TT: Annemiek Van Vleuten (Rabobank), WOMEN TT: Ellen van Dijk (Specialized)
New Zealand*
MEN ROAD: Michael Vink, MEN TT: Paul Odlin (Subway Cycling Team)
WOMEN ROAD: Nicky Samuels, WOMEN TT: Lauren Ellis
(*Held in January 2012)
Norway
MEN ROAD: Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky), MEN TT: Reidar Borgersen (Joker-Merida)
WOMEN ROAD: Hildegunn Gjertrud Hovdenak (Sogn CK), WOMEN TT: Lise Nostvold (Hitec Products)
Poland
MEN ROAD: Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), MEN TT: Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas-Cannondale)
WOMEN ROAD: Katarzyna Pawlowska (UKS Jedynka), WOMEN TT: Martyna Klekot (BDC Kolejarz)
Portugal
MEN ROAD: Manuel Cardoso (Caja Rural), MEN TT: Jose Isidro Maciel Goncalves (Onda-Boavista)
WOMEN ROAD: Irina Roberta Garcia Coelho
Russia
MEN ROAD: Eduard Vorganov (Katusha), MEN TT: Denis Menchov (Katusha)
WOMEN ROAD: Yulia Blindyuk (Team Faren-Honda), WOMEN TT: Olga Zabelinskaya (RusVelo)
Slovakia
MEN ROAD: Peter Sagan (Liquigas), MEN TT: Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)
WOMEN ROAD: Alzbeta Pavlendova (Bratislava), WOMEN TT: Alzbeta Pavlendova (Bratislava)
Slovenia
MEN ROAD: Borut Bozic (Astana), MEN TT: Robert Vrecer (Team Vorarlberg)
WOMEN ROAD: Polona Batagelj (Diadora-Pasta Zara), WOMEN TT: Tjasa Rutar (Klub Polet Garmin)
South Africa*
MEN ROAD: Robbie Hunter (Garmin-Barracuda), MEN TT: Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (MTN-Qubeka)
WOMEN ROAD: Ashleigh Moolman (Lotto-Belisol), WOMEN TT: Cherise Taylor (Lotto-Belisol)
(*Held in March 2012)
Spain
MEN ROAD: Francisco Jose Ventoso (Movistar), MEN TT: Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank)
WOMEN ROAD: Anna Sanchis Chafer (Bizkaia-Durango), WOMEN TT: Anna Sanchis Chafer (Bizkaia-Durango)
Sweden
MEN ROAD: Christopher Stevenson (UK Youth), MEN TT: Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
WOMEN ROAD: Emma Johansson (Hitec Products)
Switzerland
MEN ROAD: Martin Kohler (BMC Racing), MEN TT: Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan)
WOMEN ROAD: Jennifer Hohl (Faren-Honda), WOMEN TT: Patricia Schwager (Team GSD Gestion)
Kohler won the Swiss road title but lost his time trial crown to Cancellara
Ukraine
MEN ROAD: Andriy Grivko (Astana), MEN TT: Andriy Grivko (Astana)
WOMEN ROAD: Alona Andruk (Viano-Tespo), WOMEN TT: Anna Nahirna
USA
MEN ROAD: Tim Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale), MEN TT: David Zabriskie (Garmin-Barracuda)
WOMEN ROAD: Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO), WOMEN TT: Amber Neben (Specialized-Lululemon)
Uzbekistan
MEN ROAD: Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM)
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