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. @Rick

    @RobSandy

    @Teocalli

    All get your pick in for this weekend.

    Saturday, 4 August 2018 Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian

    Details here

    0

    I’m in Norway on holiday and about to head to the mountains, so I shall get my picks in early. Going to be tough to bridge to Rick at this stage but I’ll try!

    1. Alaphillippe

    2. GVA

    3. Adam Yates

    4. Bernal

    5. Roglic

    0

    The race isn’t over, anything can happen. Enjoy your holiday!

    PS. I assume if there are mountains your trusty steed will be accompanying you.

    0

    Nei! I flew and had a wedding to go to, and am driving around in a small hire car with family – so no bike.

    If I find myself somewhere that suits I might hire something but tbh I was at the end of a long block of training and racing so a couple of weeks off suits.

    But the roads here are sooo tempting. I might just move here.

  2. I don’t think I’ve ever watched San Sebastian, so this is purely academic guesswork:

    1. Egan BERNAL
    2. Primož ROGLIČ
    3. Julian ALAPHILLIPPE
    4. Gorka IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI
    5. Mikel LANDA
  3. @Cary

    San Sebastian:

    1) Valverde

    2) Roglic

    3) Alaphilippe

    4) D Martin

    5) A Yates

    OK, Martin is back on the start list, so can i please go with my original picks?

  4. Mollema

    Roglic

    GVA

     Alaphilippe

    Valverde

    Greetings from the UK Lakedistrict where the weather has turned to its normal course. But wish I had a bike!!!

  5. @Teocalli

    Are we heading for a bunch of Delgado’s in the post TdF blues?

    0

    Don’t know about that, but the weather sounds like it’s going to be brutal down there.

  6. @Shandawg

    San Sebastian

    -Landa

    -Mollema

    -A. Yates

    -Valverde    Roglic

    -Roglic  D. Martin

    My updated list if it’s not to late

  7. @Cary

    San Sebastian:

    1) Valverde

    2) Roglic

    3) Alaphilippe

    4) D Martin

    5) A Yates

    OK, can i please replace Valverde with Van Avermaet, since Valverde isn’t starting.  yes i’m picking him to win.

  8. @Rick

    San Sebastian

    Alaphillippe

    Van Avermaet

    Valverde

    Roglic

    A Yates

    0

    Please replace Valverde with Landa

  9. No Malmerde?

    Revised picks (if not too late)

    Alaphillipe

    Landa

    Bernal

    Van Aver maet

    Dan Martin

  10. Darn, caption did not come through!

    Should have read “Hopefully I picked the right ones”

    and: pls swap Valverde for Landa, thanks

  11. It’s interesting how many “fans” claim Sky wins everything – below is the table of winners in our list of majors.  Anyone hear anyone complaining about QuickStep?

  12. Bit of a rest till the Vuelta. Get your thinking casquettes on!

    Saturday, 25 August 2018 Vuelta a Espana

  13. @Teocalli

    Bit of a rest till the Vuelta. Get your thinking casquettes on!

    Saturday, 25 August 2018 Vuelta a Espana

    0

    Thanks again for all of your work. May I ask how many events, including the Vuelta, remain on the VSP calendar?

  14. @Teocalli

    @wiscot races away again for 2 in a row…..

    Hmm… I had Alaphillippe in my top 5, so I should have 1 point I think. I wouldn’t normally quibble, but I need to catch up with Chris to get on the podium.

  15. @Teocalli

    It’s interesting how many “fans” claim Sky wins everything – below is the table of winners in our list of majors. Anyone hear anyone complaining about QuickStep?

    0

    Kwiato said something similar to that after the Tour. When QuickStep win all the classics, or Sagan dominates the Green Jersey, its great. When Sky win its boring and the rules need to be changed to stop them.

  16. I didn’t see that Valverde wasn’t racing until it was too late.  Not that it would have changed much, might have given me one more point with Mollema.

  17. I think I had most of those “winning” mags. Believe it or not, the cover between Kelly kissing the Vuelta trophy and Millar in the Vuelta polka dots is Kelly riding an early mountain bike. Not his most dignified moment . . .

    I think three covers feature Joey McLaughlin from Liverpool. Hugely talented rider who never realized his full potential.

  18. @MangoDave

    Not really VSP-related, but has anyone else heard this podcast interview with COTHO? I thought it was interesting. He seems to be more mature and has a better perspective about the doping issues. He said he’s tried to make amends with people, but there’s still a flawed character hiding in there.

    http://freakonomics.com/podcast/has-lance-armstrong-finally-come-clean-radio/

    0

    Glad you enjoyed the podcast. Personally, I have no interest in anything COTHO has to say.

  19. @Teocalli

    Time to get in your next VSP Picks.

    Saturday, 25 August 2018

    Vuelta a Espana
    GT

    Sunday, 26 August 2018

    GP de Plouay
    1.WWT

    0

    Vuelta

    1. Porte

    2. Yates

    3. Nibali

    4. Dan Martin

    5. Quintana

     

  20. Vuelta:

    Richie Porte Out Starboard Home

    Simon Yeahtes

    Nairo V-ana

    Alex Green Valley

    Michelangelo Do not walk (“Loop ‘s” means imperative “walk on” in Dutch)

    Re the lassies, let me first try to find a site where I can see who’s competing…

  21. You’ve got me on Alex Green Valley – unless you have a starter not in the list I’m looking at……….

  22. Ah bollox – I forgot to reverse it from the English to Valley Green…….a la Yoda…………….

  23. Could access list via mobile: so here goes GP de Plouay
    1. Ch vd Blaak
    2. Anna vd Breggen
    3. M Vos
    4. Longo Borghini
    5. LP Lepisto (because the name sounds like il pistolero)

  24. G.P. de Ploay:

    1. Marianne VOS
    2. Anna VAN DER BREGGEN
    3. Hannah BARNES
    4. Coryn RIVERA
    5. Georgia BRONZINI

    La Vuelta a España:

    1. Miguel Ángel LÓPEZ
    2. Simon YATES
    3. Steven KRUIJSWIJK
    4. Wilco KELDERMAN
    5. Ilnur ZAKARIN
  25. G. P. de Plouay

    1. van der Breggen

    2. Vos

    3. Blaak

    4. Spratt

    5. Rivera

     

    Vuelta

    1. Porte

    2. Lopez

    3. Valverde

    4. Kruijskijk

    5. Uran

     

     

     

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