Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Amstel Gold 2016

Ooooof! The VSP generator and operators need more than a week to recover from that race. Tommeke may never recover, that chance will never come again.

We now move into the Netherlands and the first of three Ardennes races. Whomever did well in Paris-Roubaix probably won’t like all the hills in Amstel. Same with the beer but I’ll leave that beery subject alone this year.

PhilGil has been busy fighting drunk drivers (He Badger’d him!) and is now off the start list then again he is back on as of Wednesday. Sure, the police pay attention when the cyclist in the altercation is Philippe Gilbert, ffs. Matt Hayman and Tony Martin are on the list, ouch, no rest there. So rest, recover, don’t spare the malted rehydrating beverage. No Delgados please.

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234 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Amstel Gold 2016”

  2. T

    ime to pick aussies again after the zero in PR

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Matthews
    2. Gerran
    3. Dumoulin
    4. Aru
    5. Vanmarcke

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. Tony Gallopin
    2. M Matthews
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. J Rodriguez
    5. Alaphilippe

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. Simon Gerrans
    2. Tom Dumoulin
    3. Michal Kwiatkowski
    4. Joachim Rodriguez
    5. Diego Rosa

  5. All doomed now that I’ve picked them

    VSP PICKS:

    1. ALAPHILIPPE Julian
    2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    3. GESINK Robert
    4. ERVITI Imanol
    5. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin

  8. @Teocalli

    He says he carries the spray because he’s had such incidents before. It’s quite legal to defend yourself in such a manner in France, apparently.

  10. VSP PICKS:

    1. Julian Alaphilippe
    2. Tom Dumoulin
    3. Rui Costa
    4. Joaquin Rodriquez
    5. Simon Clarke

  11. Remembered to add the V to my Vth place rider — superstition.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. RODRIGUEZ Joaquim
    2. MATTHEWS Michael
    3. KREUZIGER Roman
    4. GALLOPIN Tony
    5. COSTA Rui V

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    2. RODRIGUEZ Joaquin
    3. DUMOULIN Tom
    4. ALAPHILIPPE Julian
    5. GALLOPIN Tony

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Matthews
    2. Kwiatkowski
    3. Alaphilippe
    4. Gallopin
    5. Vuillermoz

  14. VSP PICKS:

    1. Julian Alaphilippe
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Michal Kwiatkowski
    4. Tom Dumoulin
    5. Simon Clarke

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Simon Gerrans
    4. Julian Alaphilippe
    5. Tony Gallopin

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Kwiatowski
    3. Alaphilippe
    4. Dumoulin
    5. Gerrans

  23. I feel like my very rise to 4th in the overall is going to plummet. Please note my list of ENTIRELY WILDCARDS!

    Also, WTF was Phil Gil doing carrying pepper spray “in case of altercations with motorists”. I get that some drivers are twats (I had a bus pass me by <50 cm at 35 km/h this morning), but I cannot understand the thought process that impairment of vision is going to help matters.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Kumquatkowski
    2. Gerrans
    3. Windmill-Legs
    4. Vakoc
    5. Wilco (The Cyclist)

  24. So, the manual mapping thing doesn’t seem to be working on my work computer, so away with my silly nick

    names.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Michal KWIATKOWSKI
    2. Simon GERRANS
    3. Tom DUMOULIN
    4. Petr VAKOC
    5. Wilco KELDERMAN

  25. The latest is that PhilGil is going to ride.

    We’ll see if his finger makes much difference.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Kwiatowski
    3. Alaphilippe
    4. Dumoulin
    5. Gerrans

  27. Hopeful for Phil Gaimon’s climbing abilities to help

    power Clarke into a top 5 finish.

    And I really hope Odd Christian Eiking does well(team FDJ).  With a name like that, you gotta root for the kid.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Simon Gerrans
    2. Sep Vanmarcke
    3. Tony Martin
    4. Ben Swift
    5. Simon Clarke

  29. Had to resort to the iPhone since my work computer was conspiring to only allow one pick.

    Maybe it knows something…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Alaphillipe
    2. Matthews
    3. Gerrans
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Costa

  31. If you can’t make it, fake it. Still leading the VSP, I don’t even know how that happened. Pretty sure Jan won’t disappoint me. Or he will, who knows?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Bakelants
    2. Gallopin
    3. Bling
    4. Wellens
    5. Alaphilippe

  33. @Philonius

    Too bad my picks didn’t show up  :  (

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Michel Kawasaki
    2. Roman Kreuziger
    3. Philippe GIlbert
    4. Rui Costa
    5. Tom Dumoulin

  34. Yep.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Matthews
    2. Clarke
    3. Wellens
    4. Gilbert
    5. Hayman’s left testicle.

  35. Don’t like changing my picks once they’re picked, but Phil Gil is back on the start list and that changes things. I don’t think he can be 100% but you don’t underestimate a three-time vainqeur.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Alaphillipe
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Mathews
    5. Henao

  40. VSP PICKS:

    1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    2. ALAPHILIPPE Julian
    3. MATTHEWS Michael
    4. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
    5. GALLOPIN Tony

  43. Enrico to win for his fallen comrade.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gasparotto
    2. Kwiatkowski
    3. Wellens
    4. Vakoc
    5. Weening

  44. This race has Lotto Soudal written all over it. The problem is the squad they’re bringing. Three or four of those guys could be the winner.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. T. Gallopin
    2. M. Kwiatkowski
    3. M. Matthews
    4. P. Vakoc
    5. D. Ulissi

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