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Lizzie Armitstead wins 2015 national road championship (picture Allan McKenzie, SWpix.com)National Road Championship: Peter Kennaugh retains title, Lizzie Armitstead wins for third time
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.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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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
"over here" it's Ken-yuck or Ken-yack depending on your Manx-ness, Fella....
No matter how you pronounce Kennaugh's name, it's spelled incorrectly on the front page headline
Edit: And now it isn't
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?
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
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.
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?
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.
Yes, well done Lizzie and Peter, let's celebrate with a discussion about how to pronounce your name....
You're right of course, the internet is no place for that sort of free flowing, tangential conversation.
Two wonderfully entertaining races and IMHO both were worthy winners.
It should be pronounced the way that Peter Kennaugh pronounces it.
Spelled "Kennaugh". Pronounced " Kenniack" - or so I am given to understand.
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.