10 new national titles across the men's and women's squads
The national championships are a special time for fans and racers alike – who will have the honor of representing their country’s flag each time they line up? For Lidl-Trek, it turns out, quite a few of our riders will have that honor. Way back in January, Brodie Chapman already claimed the Australian road race champs, and has been racing in the Aussie green and gold all year. Elisa Longo Borghini added to the tally on the women’s side, again doing the double in the road race and time trial, and taking over the former title from her convalescing teammate Elisa Balsamo.
The men’s Lidl-Trek team made it clear that they are firing on all cylinders across the board. They won more national titles than any other team – a total of eight, including five road race champions.
The honor roll
Lidl-Trek Women
Elisa Longo Borghini – Italian time trial and road race champion
Brodie Chapman – Australian road race champion
Lidl-Trek Men
Quinn Simmons – USA road race champion
Mattias Skjelmose – Danish road race champion
Mathias Vacek – Czech road race champion
Emīls Liepiņš – Latvian road race champion
Alex Kirsch – Luxembourgish time trial and road race champion
Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier – Eritrean time trial champion
Toms Skujiņš – Latvian time trial champion
Elisa Longo Borghini - champion of Italy for the 11th time Credit - Sprint Cycling
Alex Kirsch claimed his first-ever wins at the Luxembourg champs Credit - Serge Waldbillig
Emīls Liepiņš, back to back winner of the Latvian road race Credit - Tomas Gaubys
