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:
Milano Sanremo:
VVomen’s Ronde van Vlaanderen:
Men’s Ronde van Vlaanderen:
Paris-Roubaix:
Leige-Bastogne-Liege:
Giro d’Italia Leader:
Giro Rosa Leader:
Tour de France Leader:
Vuelta a Espana Leader:
Giro di Lombardia:
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
11.05.2017 14.05.2017 Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease Women’s Race empowered with SRAM amgentourofcalifornia.com
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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2010 VSP G.C.

1. Andy 56 points
2. Geoff 53 points
3. Steampunk: 51 points
4. Frank 48 points
5. Gianni 47 points
6. Marcus: 43 points
7. Jarvis 42 points
8. Hawkeye 40 points
9. Rob 38 points
10. Brett 37 point
11. Robert Marques: 36 point
12. Joe 35 point
13. Marko 32 points
14. Scott 26 points
15. Roadslave 25 points
16. Ben 21 points
17. Ken 17 points
18. Pont 15 points
19. Nathan Edwards: 11 points
20. Souleur: 10 points
21. Crossy: 10 points
22. KitCarson 10 points
23. Mr Haven 7 points
24. Cyclops 6 points
25. Daniel 5 points
26. Sgt 3 points
27. David: 2 points
29. Dan O 2 points
30. Joshua 2 points
31. David 1 points
32. James 0 points
33. Jim 0 points
34. Ben: 0 points
35. Dale: 0 points
36. Houdini 0 points

*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.

2,331 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige”

  1. LBL Men

    Valverde

    Alaphilippe

    Wellens

    Nibbles

    Quiet Cough Ski

    Weather is beautiful here too. Normal bibs and shirt this week.

  2. @RobSandy

    @Teocalli

    1. Alaphilippe

    2. Matthews

    3. Wellens

    4. Dan Martin

    5. Bardet

    0

    Sorry, already changed my mind

    1. Alaphillipe

    2. Nibali

    3. Matthews

    4. Wellens

    5. Bardet

  3. Les Femmes de la Doyenne 2018

    VDB

    Blaak

    New Ia Doyoma

    Van Vleuten

    Ze Fox

  4. @RobSandy

    @RobSandy

    @Teocalli

    1. Alaphilippe

    2. Matthews

    3. Wellens

    4. Dan Martin

    5. Bardet

    0

    Sorry, already changed my mind

    1. Alaphillipe

    2. Nibali

    3. Matthews

    4. Wellens

    5. Bardet

    0

    That’s OK – just noticed I had found a way of limiting your winning.  I’d put your women entries in the mens and vice versa……

  5. @Teocalli

    @RobSandy

    @RobSandy

    @Teocalli

    1. Alaphilippe

    2. Matthews

    3. Wellens

    4. Dan Martin

    5. Bardet

    0

    Sorry, already changed my mind

    1. Alaphillipe

    2. Nibali

    3. Matthews

    4. Wellens

    5. Bardet

    0

    That’s OK – just noticed I had found a way of limiting your winning. I’d put your women entries in the mens and vice versa……

    0

    I guess I didn’t specify which way around they were myself.

    I’m fond of a gamble but putting Anna VDB down to win the Men’s race would be a step too far…

  6. @KogaLover

    Les Femmes de la Doyenne 2018

    VDB

    Blaak

    New Ia Doyoma

    Van Vleuten

    Ze Fox




    0

    You had me there for a while with Ze Fox but fortunately Mr Google he speak Dutch.

  7. Liege-B-L W
    Spratt
    Blaak
    van der Breggen
    Moolman-Pasio
    Amialiusik

    Liege-B-L M
    Valverde
    Kreuzinger
    Alaphilippe
    Kwiatkowski
    Wellens

  8. LBL Men

    Alaphilippe

    Valverde

    Kreuziger

    Nibali

    Matthews

     

    LBL Women

    van der Breggen

    Moolman-Pasio

    Niewiadoma

    van Vleuten

    Brand

  9. @freddy

    LBL Men

    Alaphilippe

    Valverde

    Kreuziger

    Nibali

    Matthews

    LBL Women

    van der Breggen

    Moolman-Pasio

    Niewiadoma

    van Vleuten

    Brand

    0

    Got them.

     

  10. Went off the back with women’s Fleche W.  Hoping to improve…

    Liege W

    1.  Blaak

    2.  van der Breggen

    3.  Guamier

    4. Moolman

    5. van Vleuten

     

    Liege M

    1. Valverde

    2. Kwiatkowski

    3. Alaphilippe

    4. Matthews

    5. Nibali

     

     

  11. L-B-L Men

    Alaphilippe

    Benoot

    Valverde

    Dan Martin

    Nibali

     

    LBL Women

    van der Breggen

     

    Niewidoma

     

    van Vleutem

     

    Blaak

    Guarnier

     

  12. Liege-Bastogne-Liege Women:

    van der Breggen
    Gillow
    Moolman
    van Vleuten
    Niewiadoma

    Liege-Bastogne-Liege Men:

    Nibali
    Alaphilippe
    Majka
    Uran
    Wellens

    Thanks!

  13. LBL M:

    1 – Nibali

    2 – Alaphilippe

    3 – Valverde

    4 – Kreuziger

    5 – Bardet

    LBL W (and it would actually help to pick those who are actually starting the race, which two of my picks didn’t at Flèche … doh!):

    1 – Gaurnier

    2 – van Vlueten

    3 – van der Breggen (I know not picking her to win is insane, but …)

    4 – Moolman-Pasio

    5 – Ensing

  14. LBLM

    1)  Alaphilippe

    2)  Valverde

    3)  Kwiatkowski

    4)  Nibali

    5)  Dan Martin

  15. LBL – Men

    Alaphilippe

    Benoot

    Valverde

    Dan Martin

    Nibali

    LBL – Women

    Niewidoma

    van der Breggen

    van Vleutem

    Guarnier

    Blaak

  16. @Teocalli

    For a moment there you had me thinking the race was today!

    Liège-Bastogne-Liège* (Women) VSP Picks:

    1. Anna Van Der Breggen
    2. Ashleigh Moolman-Passio
    3. Janneke Ensing
    4. Lucinda Brand
    5. Annamiek Van Vleuten

    *From the map, it looks like it’s just Bastogne-Liège for the women.

    Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Men) VSP Picks:

    1. Julian Alaphilippe
    2. Alejandro Valverde (to my shame, but he’s got the legs)
    3. Romain Bardet
    4. Vincenzo Nibali
    5. Jakob Fuglsang
  17. The Ladies:

    1. van der Breggen

    2. Gillow

    3. Moolman

    4. van Vleuten

    5. Niewiadoma

    And the Gents

    1. Alaphilippe

    2. Bardet

    3. Valverde

    4. Nibbles

    5. Kwiatkowski

     

  18. Results Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2018

    1. Bob Jungels (lux)
    2. Michael Woods (can) + 0.37
    3. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t.
    4. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) + 0.39
    5. Domenico Pozzovivo (ita) s.t.

    Results Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2018

    1. Anna van der Breggen (nld)
    2. Amanda Spratt (aus) + 0.06
    3. Annemiek van Vleuten (nld) + 0.58
    4. Ashleigh Moolman (rsa) + 1.13
    5. Ellen van Dijk (nld) s.t.

  19. @Teocalli

    Running, seems to be a clear breakaway group up front……

    0

    Thanks again for your efforts. It has made the races much more fun to watch.

    I was wondering if there is an official tie breaking system?

  20. @Rick

    For us?  Currently I’m just giving 1st=.  Looking at the old rules it was based on the first person to submit picks but as this is all manual it’s easier to have = places………..

  21. @Teocalli

    Sorry, I should have been more clear. If there is a tie for the lead or a podium position at the end of the season is there a methodology for breaking the tie? Just curious and anal retentive………..sorry.

  22. @Rick

    @Teocalli

    Sorry, I should have been more clear. If there is a tie for the lead or a podium position at the end of the season is there a methodology for breaking the tie? Just curious and anal retentive………..sorry.

    0

    Ah right – hadn’t thought that far ahead!  Maybe I should……..Most win flags would be my first fallback I guess……

  23. @Rick

    Yeah – Just a count back wins, then 2nds, 3rds etc……….should get a split before we get to 5ths………

  24. @Teocalli

    Thanks for indulging my anal retentive tendencies.

    This raises an interesting thought: Are we anal retentive because we are roadies or roadies because we are anal retentive. In my case I am certain it is the latter.

  25. @Teocalli

    Running, seems to be a clear breakaway group up front……

    Woop! That’s my first ever VSP win! Always assumed it would be a women’s race…and probably a higher score than 5 points. All credit to Bardet.

  26. As I’m here, I’ll throw these into the ring. I’m expecting to drop out of the breakaway in the Overall pretty soon; my history in VSP stage races has been pretty poor!

    Tour de Romandie VSP Picks:

    1. Primoz Roglic
    2. Geraint Thomas (please please please please pleeeeease!)
    3. Jakob Fuglsang
    4. Ion Izagirre
    5. Steven Kruijswijk

    Predicting Richie Porte will continue to struggle, and Dan Martin will wear the jersey but crash in a ditch somewhere. I love the guy, but he cannot stay upright!

  27. Romain Bardet continues to be impressive.  i like this relatively new trend of GC riders racing the monuments to win.

  28. I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races.  Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

  29. @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    0

    I kinda think a GT should be worth more than a classic. Also, I agree there should be no swaps, and with that in mind it’d be quite easy for nearly everyone to score virtually nothing in a GT.

    It probably makes the scoring more complex though so I’m happy with whatever.

  30. @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    0

    Wha’ever. I will make the same choices for the upcoming Tour de Romandie as @Robsandy picks.

  31. @Cary

    Romain Bardet continues to be impressive. i like this relatively new trend of GC riders racing the monuments to win.




    0

    Especially when they shake things up an an unexpected manner.

  32. @KogaLover

    @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    0

    Wha’ever. I will make the same choices for the upcoming Tour de Romandie as @Robsandy picks.

    0

    If you do that for all the remaining events you will finish exactly 43 points behind me.

    I think should put your nose in the wind. Just sayin’.

  33. @KogaLover

    @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    0

     

    Wha’ever. I will make the same choices for the upcoming Tour de Romandie as @Robsandy picks.




    0

    Ref’s hand is twitching near his card wallet…………

     

  34. @Teocalli

    @KogaLover

    @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    0

    Wha’ever. I will make the same choices for the upcoming Tour de Romandie as @Robsandy picks.

    0

    Ref’s hand is twitching near his card wallet…………

    0

    I’m not worried, it’s a tactic that cannot lead to victory.

  35. Though I feel a need to put Porte in here somewhere……

    Tour de Romandie
    Thomas
    Izagirre
    Soler
    Costa
    Kruijswijk

  36. @Teocalli

    Though I feel a need to put Porte in here somewhere……

    Yeah, my thinking too.

    He could…but probably wont…but might!

  37. Ah heck – shuffling……..not that it is likely to help…….

    Tour de Romandie Thomas Porte Soler Izagirre Fuglsang
  38. @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    0

    None here. I tip my hat to you for doing this seeing as Frank seems to have abandoned us completely.

    While I’m here, I understand Bob J not wearing a cap on the LBL podium – he has great hair. Those caps worn by Woods and Bardet were abominations.

    Oh, and just like Terpstra getting away at Flanders, it was great tactics by EQS to get Jungels away up the road, knowing they had favorite Alaphilippe in the bunch.

  39. @Teocalli

    I had not really realised that previous VSP gave more points to the stage races. Unless anyone knows a good reason to change I’m proposing we stay 7,5,4,3,2 for the whole of the VSP.

    Any objections?

    I’m also thinking no swaps for the GTs.

    Keep it simple.  Thanks for doing this!

  40. @RobSandy

    @KogaLover

    Tour De Romandie

    1. Geraint

    2. Roglic

    3. Porte

    4. Fuglsang

    5. Kruijswijk

    0

    Thanks mait! I will not be able to catch up on you but the distance stays the same!

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