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Velominati Super Prestige: Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 2012

by brett / Sep 8 2012 / 120 posts

Ok, as some of you have been reminding us, this one slipped off the radar last year, and threatened to do the same again this time. Is it because it’s held in Canada? That despite a quality field and only two weeks away from the Worlds, it’s in Canada? That even though the course is a perfect template for riders who hold hopes for earni...

Velominati Super Prestige: Vuelta a España 2012

by frank / Aug 15 2012 / 410 posts

One of the loveliest things about the Grand Tours is that you get a feel, by the nature of the route, of the country’s landscape and physical qualities. Italy is littered with mountains and coasts, France is bordered by mountains with large swaths of open landscape throughout, and Spain is like Tatooine; mostly desert with some rocky outcropp...

Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Olympic Road Race 2012

by frank / Jul 26 2012 / 152 posts

What a difference four years can make. In Beijing, Nicole Cooke was the dominant rider in Women’s Cycling, taking wins in every important race on the Women’s calendar for several years running. Fast finish, good in the hills, good against the clock, she helped give context to what we mean by the term “all rounder”.Four year...

Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s Olympic Road Race 2012

by frank / Jul 25 2012 / 381 posts

You can all wave “goodbye” to your Post GT Depression Syndrome, because the Men’s Olympic Road Race is only three days yonder. I don’t typically give two shits about this particular event; while contested by national teams, unlike the Worlds it appears as just another one-day race on a calendar filled with events that carry...

Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2012, Stage 16

by Gianni / Jul 16 2012 / 339 posts

Which bold rider has this stage circled in their tour bible? Wednesday July 18th, Stage 16, 197 km. The day after a the final rest day. A climbing day with two HC climbs followed by two Category 1 climbs and a serious descent toward the finish. The Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde: you better be a fearless climber and a good descender, bu...

Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2012, Stage 11

by frank / Jul 10 2012 / 308 posts

During the 1969 Tour de France, Felice Gimondi and Ray Poulidor were fined for taking a ride from a lorry up the Tourmalet. What about Merkcx? Well, he was towing the lorry.Its an old joke, but like any good joke, it stays funny no matter how many times you hear it. I bet it’s even funnier if you know what a lorry is. I knew a girl named Lori...

Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2012

by The Keepers / Jun 27 2012 / 2,258 posts

We are proud to announce a change to the Velominati Super Prestige moving forward: sponsorship. We are delighted (if a little surprised) at the interest our partners showed in this endeavor, despite the short notice we gave them. Four sponsors will be gracing the sides of our team bus for this year’s race: fi’zi:k is our Super Domesti...

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile 2012

by Gianni / Jun 27 2012 / 145 posts

It seems a disservice to start the Women’s Giro right before the Tour de France. Even at Velominati’s main bunker HQ, the new TdF VSP sponsorship excitement has overshadowed this race. But at least it is starting (the race and the VSP), nine stages, a time trial, some sprinting, some climbing and some serious transfers. The race starts...

Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2012

by frank / Jun 5 2012 / 286 posts

This is an exciting time of year. The Giro is in the books, the Tour is firmly in everyone’s sights, and those of us with the vaguest idea of how the big race will unfold are prognosticating the loudest as we use races that are proven to reveal fuck-all about what will happen at the Tour to predict what will happen at the Tour.With the Dauphi...

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2012 Stage 20

by frank / May 24 2012 / 283 posts

See that huge mountain over there? The one with the steep, twisty road going up it? The one that is often covered in snow this time of year? Right, race ya to the top.I don’t know what more there is to say about this year’s Giro; four days from the end, with two of the biggest mountain stages yet to come and the G.C., Mountains, and P...

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2013 Velominati Super Prestige
Schedule, Rules, & Standings

Upcoming Cogals

Cogal	Date/Time
2nd Annual Ontario Cogal-2013 Café Domestique, Dundas ON	May 26, 2013
Scottish Cogal 2013 Magdalen Yard Road Car Park, Dundee	June 08, 2013
Festum Prophetae Perth 2013 South Perth Parasailing. West of Narrows Bridge, South Perth WA	June 16, 2013

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