Velominati Super Prestige
The Velominati Super Prestige is a season-long competition wherein readers will be submitting their predictions for the top five finishers of each qualifying race. In order to qualify, your picks via the VSP Picks form above the posts section of the VSP Event article pertaining to the race in question by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight on the day of the race start. These articles are clearly marked and are generally posted at least 72 hours in advance of each event. The current leader of the competition has the honor of posting on the site bearing the VSP Leader’s badge; winners of select races (the monuments and Grand Tours) similarly gain the honor of posting with a dedicated badge for the remainder of the year. Prizes may be given for key events; these prizes will be announced on the associated VSP Event. Points will be tallied as the season progresses and the winner will be announced after Paris-Tours. Prizes to be determined.
Scoring (One-Day Races)
Readers who wish to enter shall enter their predictions for the top five placings of each race by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on the day of the race. Regular Points Points will be scored in reverse order of finishing order: 7 points for first place, 5 points for second, 4 for third, 3 for fourth, and 2 for fifth. Readers will also earn 1 bonus point for every other rider named in the top five, regardless of the rider’s placing, but riders are not scored twice. Tie Breaking In the event of a tie, the first reader to submit their predictions will be named the winner.
Scoring (Grand Tours)
Readers who wish to enter shall enter their predictions for the top five placings on General Classification of each Grand Tour by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on the day of the first stage or prologue. Points Points will be scored as follows based on the final G.C of the race: 20 points for first place, 15 for second, 10 for third, 7 for fourth, and 5 for fifth; plus 3 points per rider in the top five regardless of the rider’s placing, but riders are not scored twice. Changing of the Picks* Contestants are allowed to make line up changes on one of the rest days of the Grand Tours but not both. These changes will come with a point penalty. You will be allotted one (1) rest day to make swaps in grand tours; you may pick either the first or second rest day. The penalties for swapping will be lower for the first rest day than the second. This will allow you to swap out a rider(s) who gets caught in some first week nervousness with a 5 point penalty for each swap. Or make some go for broke/doomed to fail break-away swap on the second rest day for a 10 point penalty for each swap. That’s it. You make one swap or five on either rest day for the corresponding 5 or 10 point penalty per swap. Additionally, if one of your riders crashes out, DNF’s, or DNS’s, you may swap them out on a rest day with corresponding penalties if you haven’t already used up your one rest day swap. Tie Breaking In the event of a tie, the first reader to submit their predictions will be named the winner. Minor Stages We will be posting VSP’s for minor stages as well. Scoring is similar to one-day racing, except no bonus points are in play for getting the rider in the wrong placing.
Scoring (Minor Stage Races)
Readers who wish to enter shall enter their predictions for the top five placings on General Classification of each Minor Stage Race (less than three weeks) by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on the day of the first stage or prologue. Regular Points Points will be scored in reverse order of finishing order: 10 points for first place, 8 for second, 7 for third, 5 for fourth, and 3 for fifth; plus two bonus points per rider in the top five regardless of the rider’s placing, but riders are not scored twice. Tie Breaking In the event of a tie, the first reader to submit their predictions will be named the winner.
Posting Badges
The following badges will be worn by current leaders of the competition and sub-competitions:
Overall Super Prestige Leader: | ![]() |
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Milano Sanremo: | ![]() |
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VVomen’s Ronde van Vlaanderen: | ![]() |
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Men’s Ronde van Vlaanderen: | ![]() |
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Paris-Roubaix: | ![]() |
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Leige-Bastogne-Liege: | ![]() |
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Giro d’Italia Leader: | ![]() |
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Giro Rosa Leader: | ![]() |
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Tour de France Leader: | ![]() |
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Vuelta a Espana Leader: | ![]() |
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Giro di Lombardia: | ![]() |
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Overal Super Prestige Lanterne Rouge: | ![]() |
2016 Velominati Super Prestige Schedule
Les Hommes
Start |
End |
Event |
Race Website |
18.03.2017 | 18.03.2017 | Milano-Sanremo | www.milanosanremo.it |
26.03.2017 | 26.03.2017 | Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields | www.gent-wevelgem.be |
02.04.2017 | 02.04.2017 | Ronde van Vlaanderen – Tour des Flandres | www.flandersclassics.be |
09.04.2017 | 09.04.2017 | Paris-Roubaix | www.letour.fr |
16.04.2017 | 16.04.2017 | Amstel Gold Race | www.amstelgoldrace.nl |
19.04.2017 | 19.04.2017 | La Flèche Wallonne | www.letour.fr |
23.04.2017 | 23.04.2017 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège | www.letour.fr |
05.05.2017 | 28.05.2017 | Giro d’Italia | www.giroditalia.it |
04.06.2017 | 11.06.2017 | Critérium du Dauphiné | www.letour.fr |
10.06.2017 | 18.06.2017 | Tour de Suisse | www.tds.ch |
01.07.2017 | 23.07.2017 | Tour de France | www.letour.fr |
29.07.2017 | 29.07.2017 | Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | www.klasikoa.net |
19.08.2017 | 10.09.2017 | La Vuelta ciclista a España | lavuelta.com |
08.09.2017 | 08.09.2017 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | www.gpcqm.ca |
10.09.2017 | 10.09.2017 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | www.gpcqm.ca |
20.09.2017 | 20.09.2017 | Mens World Championship Time Trial | |
24.09.2017 | 24.09.2017 | Mens World Championship Road Race | |
07.10.2017 | 07.10.2017 | Il Lombardia | www.illombardia.it |
La Femmes
Start |
End |
Event |
Race Website |
26.03.2017 | 26.03.2017 | Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders Fields | www.gent-wevelgem.be |
02.04.2017 | 02.04.2017 | Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres | www.flandersclassics.be |
16.04.2017 | 16.04.2017 | Amstel Gold Race | [email protected] |
19.04.2017 | 19.04.2017 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | www.letour.fr |
23.04.2017 | 23.04.2017 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes | www.letour.fr et www.pesantliege.be |
30.06.2017 | 09.07.2017 | Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile | |
20.07.2017 | 20.07.2017 | La Course by Le Tour de France | www.letour.fr |
29.07.2017 | 29.07.2017 | Prudential RideLondon Classique | www.ridelondon.co.uk/events/classique |
17.08.2017 | 20.08.2017 | Ladies Tour of Norway | www.ladiestour.no |
26.08.2017 | 26.08.2017 | GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération | www.grandprix-plouay.com |
29.08.2017 | 03.09.2017 | Boels Rental Ladies Tour | www.hollandladiestour.nl |
10.09.2017 | 10.09.2017 | Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta | lavuelta.com/Madridchallenge |
19.09.2017 | 19.09.2017 | Womens World Championship Time Trial | |
23.09.2017 | 23.09.2017 | Womens World Championship Road Race |
Standings
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Past Results
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[vsp_gc year=”2015″/]
[vsp_gc year=”2014″/]
[vsp_gc year=”2013″/]
[vsp_gc year=”2012″/]
[vsp_gc year=”2011″/]
2010 VSP G.C.
*The Changing of the Picks rules are designed to promote fair play and keep the competition fun and open throughout the three-week race. Abuse of these rules will be managed through the “Piti Principle”: if we we feel you are attempting to exploit loopholes or otherwise take advantage of the Changing of the Picks rules, we will penalize you by deducting points from your total score. Much like the UCI doping suspensions, the amount of points deducted will be based on how egregious the abuse was.
A lacklustre 8 this week
Another tough quiz in my opinion! Please no spoilers until JAN on the subject. I managed a 10 but got a bit lucky.
Loved having a Trivia Monday about the Vuelta. Still had to guess a couple though.
@Tom Mc
Or you could just post the subject of the quiz right in the first sentence of your post.
@Deakus
It can’t be that close to respectable if I got 11.
Look at the bottom right for the VSP link under Services.
Wow, Barry must be feeling kind for the New Year – 100%, and, for the first time, not through luck.
Dasn! Perfect today – but that’s what lucky guesses bring. I wish they had more questions based on photies though.
A mere 6pts I am obviously battling with the man with hammer this season.
About fucking time, a 15. Been on the downward slide for weeks, and the time we have to answer 15 questions instead of five I get it right…
9 pts this morning….my guessing skills are improving!
Happy birthday to me – 15 points today
@ped Happy Birthday. My GC hopes are gone with two 2’s and a 3 this month. NFI and bad guesswork.
Fuck. A 1.
Me too Brett. But my life is all about Q1 these days. So fuck it.
A mere 6pts this morning…seemed like a tough one to me..
http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/trivia/triviaindex.htm
12 today but me, there a couple of crazy guesses in there. It kinda pisses me off – as far as I’m concerned anyone who’s getting perfect scores (or near perfect) is cheating. No way can you get perfect scores unless you have a couple of browsers or a couple of entrant names. I mean, cheating on this is like doing drugs in a Cat 3 race. It’s fun and for bragging rights, but I guess if you need to cheat at an online quiz with no prizes at stake, you are quite the opposite of a winner.
ALSO Rouleur — Bernard Hinault: Wiggins is a favourite for Paris-Roubaix
Omloop Het Nieuwsbald tomorrow — Stannard!
@wiscot
Was just thinking the same thing. The leaderboard is ridiculous. So many obscure questions this year. I just took this weeks and last weeks and totalled 8 from a possible 30. Shite.
Rapid fire quiz this week, RAN OUT OF TIME
9 points
12 pts in this weeks quiz, maybe I am not that rusty after all!
Any ideas on when the 2015 VSP schedule will be up, I need to order new tea leaves (last years were crap), buy a couple of rabbits feet and hang some dead rodents around the perimeter of my house. I have put in a call to Loki and offered up my soul and joined every religion I can think of. Just really want that frame this year!
Hey! I can log in! Excellent!
On the side, Ass officially kicked this week on Barry’s Quiz. My recent streak of decent results is blown away. DAMN!
10pts today…not bad, not bad at all!!
Home run last week but a shabby 8 this week. Anyone who gets full marks week-in-week-out is doping.
0!
when does Milan San Remo VSP kick off?
@Deakus
I would like to know when this starts and how do I koin?Looks like the MSR is this weekend!
In for the MSR super prestige! Let’s get this year started.
Here’s hoping my VSP form comes close to my Trivia Monday form. Might keep things interesting instead of being resigned to wishful thinking by the time Roubaix rolls around.
0 last week, 1 this week… shameful.
7 for me this week – wouldn’t be a proper Trivia Monday without a couple of total guesses.
2 points to finish Trivia Monday, FFS scored more in the VSP yesterday
Holy shit…2 pts only today!
1 for me. I takes an immense amount of skill to guess this badly.
10 today for Trivia Monday. I was only confident on the last one. Barry sure finished with a tough one!
@wiscot
Ohhhh you Bastardo! I managed an 8 but it was touch and go. Damn, Barry has really NOT been pulling any punches this year! Great stuff, though. Cannot wait for the final standings as have been just hanging off the podium all season (I went by BananaBob this year as my daughter told me that should be my name this time around. :) )
Congrats to Tom Mc on finishing #20 on the overall Trivia Monday standings! Great job when you consider how many take part and that the winner is clearly cheating – a perfect score every fucking week? Are you kidding me? Can’t wait for next year!
@wiscot
Cheers mate. I’m in the same boat as you when it comes to whoever it is getting perfect scores every week – either a) they’re cheating at a free online trivia game; or b) they’re an even bigger cycling bore than I am. Either way it probably doesn’t reflect that well.
Anyway, bring on this year’s VSP!
I think it was Frank that posted that the weather was looking like making for a wet and windy GW; it did occur to me to change my tips accordingly but I hate changing tips – as if figuring out form, protected riders, rider’s season goals, and who’s due for some luck isn’t enough, you’ve also got to be a weather man!
The Ronden are going to be so tough to pick this weekend – so many riders and teams in the mix.
I’m confused how does dyalander get 24 after 17 in MSR and 0 in Gent Wevelgem. without calculating it looks to me like a whole bunch of people got some extra points from somewhere. . . . . .amiwrong?
@brendan kane
You are right… @dyalander scored 7 points and a whole bunch of people scored points in the Women’s VSP for the Trofeo Alfredo Binda.
yup, the bulk of my points have been gifted to me by the ladies. Do not ignore the women- the racing is superb
@Al__S
so they are the same competition??
@brendan kane
Yes, both men’s and women’s races count to the overall pointscore. Check out the rules and guidelines at the top of this page.
bugger
Roubaix weather April 12
1993 Paris-Roubaix