Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Tours 2014

Ramunas "Honey Badger" Navardauskas could do this
Ramunas “Honey Badger” Navardauskas is a contender. photo by Team Garmin-Sharp

Attention, this is the final event on the Men’s VSP calendar for 2014. There is one more Women’s event to come. We may already have a winner of this years over-all but the rest of the podium could be up for grabs. @il muro di manayunk has broken away and I’m not sure @steampunk is going to chase him down. Has everyone noticed how @xyxax is always up there, every year? His mojo is also good this year.

Paris-Tours is billed as a sprinter’s classic but recent wins by Phil Gil and Greg Van Avermaet let one know it can be won by a tough one day rider too. It’s long, 237 km but relatively flat. And it’s not the Tour of Beijing, is that a reward or punishment to miss Paris-Tours and fly to China for a few days?

Who still has any form in October? What non-climber finished well last weekend? There are a lot of dark horses in this start list but only the masseurs have a clue who is going to climb into the team car at the first feed and who is not. Is this finally when Heinrich Haussler pulls the trigger and wins something again? No, probably not.

All right VSP players, one more chance for Men’s Elite glory here. Pray to your god and don’t delgado. Good luck.

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99 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Tours 2014”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Navardauskas
    5. Nizzolo

  2. If my math is correct, it is still technically possible for me to lose this with two races left.

  3. Thanks to the Keepers for another great season–it’s been fun.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. J. Degenkolb
    2. A. Demare
    3. G. Van Avermaet
    4. S. Vanmarcke
    5. J. Debusschere

  4. There is no way I can win the overall unless my points are squared. Presuming that I earn some…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Navardauskus
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Feillu
    5. Nizzolo

  5. Totally out of it but hoping to improve my ranking…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Demare
    2. Vanmarcke
    3. Terpstra
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Gallopin

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Navardauskas
    5. Hutarovich

  7. Sprinting for a mid pack finish (like a douche)

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Van Avernaet
    2. Dekenkolb
    3. Demare
    4. Vanmarke
    5. Nizzolo

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Nizzolo
    5. Vanmarcke

  9. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. A. Demare
    2. J. Degenkolb
    3. M. Breschel
    4. G. Van Avermaet
    5. G. Nizzolo

  10. @il muro di manayunk

    If my math is correct, it is still technically possible for me to lose this with two races left.

    Yes. Your math is correct (insert emoticon here)!

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Arnoud Demare
    2. John Degenkolb
    3. Sep Vanmarcke
    4. Greg Van Avermaet
    5. Giacomo Nizzolo

  12. Final cirner

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. van Avermaet
    4. Nizzolo
    5. Navardauskas

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Demare
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Nizzolo
    5. Breschel

  14. VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb, John
    2. Demare, Arnaud
    3. Nizzolo, Giacomo
    4. Van Avermaet, Greg
    5. Vanmarcke, Sep

  15. VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb, John
    2. Demare, Arnaud
    3. Van Avermaet, Greg
    4. Vanmarcke, Sep
    5. Gallopin, Tony

  16. For reals?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. Nizollo
    4. Hutarovitch
    5. Debusschere

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Navaradauskas
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Demare
    5. Gallopin

  18. Who knows

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. van avermaet
    4. gallopin
    5. vanmarcke

  19. Here is to a good race

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Van avermaet
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Vanmarcke
    4. Demare
    5. Nizzolo

  20. VSP PICKS:

    1. J. Degenkolb
    2. G. Nizzolo
    3. A. Demare
    4. G. van Avermaet
    5. J. Debusschere

  21. There, in my race to the bottom I’m not picking Degenkolb, repeating is tough.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. sep vanmarcke
    2. Van Avermaet
    3. Ramunas Navardauskas
    4. tom veelers
    5. Tommy boy Voeckler

  22. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. degenkolb
    2. navardauskas
    3. breschel
    4. van avermaet
    5. vanmarcke

  23. VSP PICKS:

    1. Arnaud Demare
    2. Yauheni Hutarovich
    3. John Degenkolb
    4. Giacomo Nizzolo
    5. Heinrich Haussler

  24. The red kite is flying on another road season. Time flies when you’re having fun. Thanks for another great VSP Keepers.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Boom Boom Boom Boom
    2. Degenkolberoonie
    3. Van Avermizzle
    4. Sep Van Winkle
    5. Niz Markie

  25. Tricky to apply my usual picking strategy. Thanks Keepers, always fun.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Van avermaet
    2. Nizzolo
    3. Van marcke
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Haussler

  26. One Final Hurrah?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Degenkolb
    2. Demare
    3. Naverdauskus
    4. van Avermaet
    5. Gallopin

  27. Ah bugger. Checked last night at midnight, no VSP. Checked this morning at 8:45, VSP closed. would have stuck big John D at 1, and then made a few wild guesses.

  28. Well, that was disappointing from a VSP perspective, but great, dramatic conclusion””and congrats to the Belgian lad. I expect Tommy V would be congratulating him on a terrific race.

  29. That was a pretty silly finish. A bunch of the favorites go clear with under 10k to go and then decide none of them are going to be the one to chase down Voeckler and Wallays (who had been away all day) so they all sit up and call it a day.

  30. @bianchi denti and @girl picking Hairstyle for fifth.  What prescience (which means “before science”)!

  31. @il muro di manayunk

    There was a moment there when I had four of my five in that small selection and all was well. Then Degenkolb’s helper gassed. No one was about to work to tow the German to the line. And once Demare got back on, Degenkolb wasn’t about to do the work either. Kudos to Tommy V the opportunist.

  32. Well I don’t feel so bad at missing out now, very few points won in the VSP there. Chapeau to Bianchi Denti and girl.

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