Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013

Past winner of Gent-Wevelgem
Three time winner of Gent-Wevelgem

Gent (Deinze)-Wevelgem, it starts with 130 km of cruising around Belgium and Northern France followed by a flurry of bergs and then a final 38 km of  flatter riding to the inevitable sprint finish. How hard can the climbing be if Super Mario got over them? Ask the riders from KT 2012, (the ones not in the following car) and they will tell you the Kemmelberg, for one, is a steep beast of a climb. It does not go up too far but it goes. And all these bergs seem to have some climbing just to get to the named climb, so yes, one can be gassed real fast in this area. Luckily there is the chance of catching back on each descent too, something sprinters like Cipo must have been good at.

This is one of the final tune up races for Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Velominati banner shall be flying in Flanders in a week from this Sunday’s race. Whomever is fit and fast  into Wevelgem shall be on the short list for the Ronde.

Here is a provisional start list and here is the race profile. The start list shall be updated by Saturday so double check your picks before start time. No whining, no delgados.

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303 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Tom Boonen
    2. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    3. Peter Sagan
    4. Daniele Bennati
    5. Philippe Gilbert

  3. To heck with all the usual guesswork, going for a 100 % Belgian card here, new strategy #dumbmove

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Tommeke
    2. Van ‘Aver Mate
    3. Jugs Roelandts
    4. ‘sup Vanmarcke
    5. Devolder

  4. ted king will fill the 5 slot all year. just because

    VSP PICKS:

    1. boozey hoosie
    2. boonen woonen
    3. saggin waggin
    4. flabby fabby
    5. ted king

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. Tom Boonen
    2. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    3. Lars Boom
    4. Daniele Bennati
    5. Lieuwe Westra

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Boasson Hagen
    3. Phinney
    4. Leigh Howard
    5. Cancellara

  7. It’s tearing me apart!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Tom Boonen
    2. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    3. Lars Boom
    4. John Degenkolb
    5. Lieuwe Westra

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Arnaud Demare
    2. Thor Husholvd
    3. Bjorn Luekemans
    4. Matt Hayman
    5. Steele Von Hoff

  15. Geez, Phinney should be getting close to nailing one.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Tom Boonen
    2. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    3. Philippe Gilbert
    4. Peter Sagan
    5. Lars Boom

  16. Going for a bunch sprint for the second week in a row. Sagen will get in there but will be outgunned but the big two after leaving it a little too late trying not to lead them out. Renshaw and Eisal 6th and 7th showing that the leadout men should stay as sutch. Goss to sneek in there without anyone noticing.

    Boonen will be last man on Cavs train and will celerbrate like he just won himself.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cav
    2. Griepel
    3. Sagen
    4. Goss
    5. Degenkolb

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boassen Hagen
    2. Van Avermaet
    3. Degenkolb
    4. roelandts
    5. Phinney

  18. The Trofeo Alfredo Binda is on the same day – we still picking on this one?

  22. At least for now…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Stannard
    3. Sylvain Chavanel
    4. Maxim Iglinskiy
    5. Phinney

  26. Come on Heinrich, lift!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Heinrich
    2. Sagan
    3. Fabian
    4. Sylvan Chav
    5. Head butt Renshaw

  27. VSP PICKS:

    1. peter Sagen
    2. tom boonen
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. Geraint Thomas
    5. Ian Stannard

  30. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Boonen
    3. Chavanel
    4. Guardini
    5. Farrar

  31. As ever – what the fuck would I know (the insertion of this comment was endorsed by Mrs Engine)

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendouche
    2. Tom “Boonbangabang” Boonen
    3. Peter “Cakeman” Sagan
    4. Faboo
    5. Ian “Hardman” Stannard

  33. Ugh oh, going to be traveling and not sure I’ll see it. Oh, the horrors!

    Is it really Classics time already? You wait so long, you ride in such bad weather, then it’s Spring & time to race.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Gilbert
    3. Greipel
    4. Boonen
    5. Farrar

  34. Not at all sure about Chavanel (apparently he has a cold) or Boonen (apparently a sore elbow makes his legs stop working). But surely one of them will come good..

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Gilbert
    3. Cancellara
    4. Chavanel
    5. Boonen

  35. VSP PICKS:

    1. Mark Cavendish:
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    4. Taylor Phinney
    5. Tyler Farrar

  36. The Welsh lad looked good until he hit the deck…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Thomas
    2. Boonen
    3. Boasson-Hagen
    4. Sagan
    5. Gilbert

  37. Sagan has got to win one sooner or later…….

    VSP PICKS:

    1. sagan
    2. cancellara
    3. stannard
    4. farrar
    5. gilbert

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Geraint Thomas
    3. david millar
    4. Flecha
    5. Big Phil

  40. VSP PICKS:

    1. tornado tom
    2. eddy bos
    3. phil gil
    4. spartacus
    5. peter sagan

  42. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Greipel
    3. Boassen Hagen
    4. Cancellara
    5. Phinney

  48. Fucking Tomeke laying down the LAW in the E3 race right now!!!  Early days yet but the Dude is STRONG!

  49. Cannondale vs Omega at the E3 with 47 k’s to go.  Preview of the next three weeks?

  50. @Buck Rogers Sky look like their building some real strength in depth for the classics. Stannard and and Hayman have been going well and it now looks like EBH is comming into a bit of form. Not sure that Stannard has a finish so he’d need to go it alone from a good distance out but he’s not ruling that out.

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