On Sunday evening in Mamer there was a long discussion about the men’s finish sprint in the road race at the Luxembourg national championships. After lengthy deliberations, the jury decided not to change the result. Arthur Kluckers defended his national championship title, while Mathieu Kockelmann only had a bitter second place. However, the decision is also causing controversial discussions on the Internet.
“The look on your face when you know you won’t be put behind because it’s a state championship race – versus the look on your face when you know you’ve been disadvantaged but can’t complain because you’re friends.”
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The X-User “Inside Out”, who mainly writes about cycling, remembers the 4th stage of the Tageblatt Flèche du Sud. At that time, the professionals from Visma-Lease a Bike took a wrong turn before the home straight, but were classified in the same time as the stage winner. “After the Steinfort scandal at the Flèche du Sud, another hair-raising decision by the Luxembourg commissioners follows today at the Luxembourg national championships. Truly shameful for such a large cycling nation.”
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“Yes, that was a really bad sprint from Kluckers. Besides, it wasn’t a good idea to install an S-curve on the home straight. But in my opinion that was clearly a departure from the driving line and Kockelmann should have been awarded the victory.”
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Rasport blogger Lukas Ronald Lukacs, who is followed by over 44,000 people on and had to settle for second place.”
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The national cycling championship is making waves even in Spain. The Madrilenian “A2y4Ruedas” writes: “A scandal, friends! Arthur Kluckers clearly leaves his driving line just as Mathieu Kockelmann comes to the same height, thereby blocking the young Lotto Intermarché driver. Keep it up!”
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“Are you judging solely based on this video? From my point of view, it’s not that clear, especially because the final phase isn’t straight,” writes Christian Rocha. “Wtr” replies: “Isn’t he sprinting in a straight line? The road does curve, but Kluckers just seems to follow his original line.”
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The cycling YouTuber Benji Naesen writes: “The fact that Arthur Kluckers is not demoted for this action is a joke. Mathieu Kockelmann is my Luxembourg national champion.”
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“A scandalous decision by the FSCL. After long discussions before the official award ceremony, Arthur Kluckers is nevertheless confirmed as the winner. He clearly left his driving line when he noticed that Kockelmann was coming next to him. Whoever made this decision should be examined themselves.”
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