The 2012
national road cycling championships
National road cycling championships are held annually by host nations in each cycle racing discipline. The annual events can take place at any time of the year. European nations usually holds their annual events in June, during a designed break ...
began in New Zealand with the time trial event (both men and women) on January 6. On January 7 the Women's Road Race.
Jerseys
The winner of each national championship wears the national jersey in all their races for the next year in the respective discipline, apart from the
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
and the
Olympics, or unless they are wearing a category leader's jersey in a stage race. Most national champion jerseys tend to represent a country's flag or use the colours from it. Jerseys may also feature traditional sporting colours of a country that are not derived from a national flag, such as the
National colours of Australia
The national colours of Australia are green and gold. They were established by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ninian Stephen, on 19 April 1984 in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette; on advice from Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
The gold ...
on the jerseys of
Australian national champions.
2012 champions
Men's Elite
Women's
Notes
References
External links
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National Cycling Championships, 2012
National road cycling championships by year