Velominati Super Prestige: Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2014

Race of the Leather Toe Straps.
Race of the Leather Toe Straps.

This is the kick off of the VSP for women’s racing, though the women have already kicked it off with the Ronde van Drenthe in the Netherlands. Now it’s down to Northern Italy, Varese, by Lago Maggiore, but this is a climbers course, more in the mountains than by the lake. And yes, Sunday is also Gent-Wevelgem for women but Trofeo is part of the women’s World Cup so it is the race of choice (unless you are a sprinter who likes cobbles and wet Belgian weather).

If you fancy doing well in this year’s VSP then you had better be studying up on the women’s racing. Podiumcafé always has some well informed articles on women’s racing, in addition, velofocus is worth a visit. Last year’s winner was Elisa Longo Borghini. This year’s winner will have to be a strong climber, descender and if last week’s Milan-Sanremo’s weather was any indicator of anything, tough as nails.

If any well informed individual would like to submit a guest article on women’s professional racing in 2014, we, in the Velominati Super Bunker would be open to that. Lastly, we hate whiners, so if you get confused about your time zones and nap schedule, and miss placing your picks, Rule #5. Start list is here.

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207 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2014”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. vos
    2. Borghini
    3. Armitstead
    4. Emma Johansson
    5. Amy Pieters

  2. VSP PICKS:

    1. Elisa Longo Borghini
    2. AUBRY Emilie
    3. CORDON Audrey
    4. GUNNEWIJK Loes
    5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    2. POOLEY Emma
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. GUNNEWIJK Loes
    5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    2. POOLEY Emma
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. VAN DIJK Ellen
    5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    2. POOLEY Emma
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. VAN DIJK Ellen
    5. BACCAILLE Monia

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    2. JOHANSSON Emma
    3. VAN DIJK Ellen
    4. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
    5. CORDON Audrey

  7. Including the women in the VSP is a breath of fresh air. Respect.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. johansson, emma
    2. van djik, ellen
    3. spratt, amanda
    4. van der breggen, anna
    5. armistead, elizabeth

  8. Sorry Keepers, I’m really struggling with articles not coming up with posts when I’m signed out. I usually post with the shortcut user and pwd rather than logging in, but I keep getting a blank page after hitting post, and not sure if the post has gone in or not. Sometimes the posts never come through (painful, often don’t bother rewriting, so I guess y’all will be happy with that), and sometimes they come through twice. Also, whenever I repost on a VSP thread, it seems to chuck my picks in there again too. Sorry to be a pain.

  9. I have a feeling that the Women’s VSP will make the difference in the overall win this year. Don’t sleep on their races.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Borghini
    3. Pooley
    4. Johansson
    5. Van Dijk

  10. VSP PICKS:

    1. Johansson
    2. Longo Borghini
    3. Van Vlueten
    4. van Dijk
    5. Pieters

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Longo Borghini
    3. Gunnewijk
    4. Olds-Evans
    5. Mullens

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Elisa Longo Borghini
    2. Emma JOHANSSON
    3. Ellen van Dijk
    4. Giorgia Bronzini
    5. Armitstead

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Borghini
    2. Ellen Van Dijk
    3. Armitstead
    4. Gunnewijk
    5. Johansson

  14. Hope the winner begins with an E.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Emma Pooley
    2. Emma Johansson
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Lizzie Armitstead
    5. Annemiek Van Vleuten

  15. VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne Vos
    2. Emma Johnasson
    3. Anna van der Breggen
    4. Lizzie Armitstead
    5. Elisa Longo Borghini

  16. I wish there was a full start list for this race.  Makes it (more) difficult to work out who will win…..

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Pieters
    3. Borghini the Lamborgini
    4. Johnasson
    5. Cromwell

  17. VSP picks

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne Vos
    2. Ellen van djik
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Tiffany Cromwell
    5. Megan Guarnier

  18. Server didn’t map Borgini the Lamborgini

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Pieters
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Emma Johnasson
    5. Cromwell

  19. VSP PICKS:

    1. Emma Johansson
    2. Marianne Vos
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Ellen Van Dijk
    5. Tiffany Cromwell

  20. VSP PICKS:

    1. Elisa Longo Borghini
    2. Lizzie Armistaed
    3. Emma Johansson
    4. Emma Pooley
    5. Annemiek van Vleuten

  21. All I know is I backed Lizzie all last year and she was ill with some kind of necrotic toxic sub saharan zombie condition.  This year apparently she has completed her transformation to fully fledged automaton and is back on form.

    Here we go again…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Bizzie Lizzie (Armistead)
    2. Van Der Breggen
    3. Lamborghini (Longo)
    4. Johansson (Emma)
    5. Van Dijk (Ellen)

  22. VSP PICKS:

    1. Emma Johansson
    2. Armistead
    3. Pierters
    4. Borghini
    5. Cromwell

  23. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. armitstead
    2. emma johansson
    3. borghini
    4. van dijk
    5. pieters

  24. VSP PICKS:

    1. Elisa Longo Borghini
    2. Anna Van Der Breggen
    3. Lizzie Armitstead
    4. Ellen Van Dijk
    5. Amy Pieters

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armitstead
    2. Elisa Lono Borghini
    3. Anna van der Breggen
    4. Emma Johansson
    5. Ellen van Dijk

  26. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armsistead
    2. Emma Johansson
    3. Marianne Vos
    4. Elisa Longo Borghini
    5. Tiffany Cromwell

  27. VSP PICKS:

    1. Tiffany Cromwell
    2. Lizzie Armsistead
    3. Emma Johansson
    4. Elisa Longo Borghini
    5. Ellen Van Dijk

  28. gah typo.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armistead
    2. Emma Johansson
    3. Marianne Vos
    4. Elisa Longo Borghini
    5. Tiffany Cromwell

  29. Here goes nothin.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. STEVENS Evelyn
    2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. VAN DIJK Ellen
    5. ARMITSTEAD Elisabeth

  30. VSP PICKS:

    1. vos
    2. Elisa Longo Borghini
    3. gillow
    4. johansson
    5. Ellen Van Dijk

  31. Is Vos racing???  Anyone have a full startlist???

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Armitstead
    3. Longo Borghini
    4. Van dijk
    5. Gunnewijk

  32. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armstead
    2. Evelyn Stevens
    3. Emma Johansson
    4. Ellen Van Dijk
    5. Elisa Longo Borghini

  33. Marianne Vos holds Cittiglio in her heart! Despite the fact that she will not participate in this year’s Trofeo Binda, the cannibal of modern female cycling talked to us about her strong link to the province of Varese to the race organised by Mario Minervino’s Cycling Sport Promotion “After a season where I gave 110%, this year the Trofeo Alfredo Binda will, unfortunately, not be on my calendar.

  34. @unversio

    @Buck Rogers

    Is Vos racing??? Anyone have a full startlist???

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Armitstead
    3. Longo Borghini
    4. Van dijk
    5. Gunnewijk

    This procyclingstats list appears to be complete “” somewhat.

    So no Vos.  Thanks man!  I wondered why some people were NOT picking her!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. E. Armitstead
    2. Evelyn Stevens
    3. Longo Borghini
    4. Ellen Van dijk
    5. Gunnewijk

  35. VSP PICKS:

    1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    2. ARMITSTEAD Lizzie
    3. POOLEY Emma
    4. JOHANSSON Emma
    5. VAN DIJK Ellen

  36. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armitstead
    2. Emma Johansson
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Tiffany Cromwell
    5. Emma Pooley

  37. VSP PICKS:

    1. Van Dijk, Ellen
    2. Johansson, Emma
    3. Longo Borghini, Elisa
    4. Ratto, Rossella
    5. Worrack, Trixi

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. Stevens
    2. Olds-Evans
    3. Pooley
    4. Bronzini
    5. Borghini

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. armitstead
    2. borghini
    3. emma johansson
    4. pieters
    5. van dijk

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