Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2014

Need more cowbell!  photo: Moses Mexia
Need more cowbell! photo: Moses Mexia

The Tour de Suisse can be everyone’s warm-up for the Tour de France, including all you VSP dreamers. The big show seems to be the Critérium de Dauphanié this year, as far as Tour de France contenders go but the Tour de Suisse still has some big guns showing up. Twiggo is here, not for a Tour warm up, unless people are worried about Richie Porte’s lack of form. If Wiggins was drafted, we would have the potential for another Stephen Roche-Roberto Visentini affair. That would be the best but I’m getting ahead of myself.

The Swiss tour is a proper mix of time trialing and climbing but one might lose more time in the climbing than the time trialing. Rui Costa, the defending champion, has the need to win in his new white kit. Twiggo may have a need to win just to make Sky management sleep badly between now and July. Cancellara has won his home tour but he would need some special mojo to win this one. The racing may well be more interesting than the Critérium de Dauphiné as the eventual winner most likely won’t be decided on the very first day.

As always, look to the countdown timer to avoid a Delgado situation. Here is a start list.

Prizes, we remember the prizes don’t we?

  • First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron
  • Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)
  • Third place overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.

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197 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2014”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Roman Kreuziger
    2. Bradley Wiggins
    3. Rui Costa
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Rohan Dennis

  2. VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Cadel Evans
    4. Tom Boonen
    5. Fabian Cancellara

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Mollema
    4. Kreuzinger
    5. Thibaud Pinot

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggo
    2. Kreuz
    3. Rui Costa
    4. Mathias Frank
    5. T Pinot

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Kreuziger
    3. Mollema
    4. Dennis
    5. Costa

  6. Wiggins is the big question mark, isn’t he? He probably doesn’t have the team support, but I don’t get this “he’s put all this muscle back on for the track” nonsense, when it will only take a Froomian slip to put him into pole position at the Tour. But maybe he just doesn’t care if he’s not following this up with a ride around France. Still: it’s hard to bet against him…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. B. Wiggins
    2. B. Mollema
    3. R. Kreuziger
    4. T. Pinot
    5. R. Costa

  7. VSP PICKS:

    1. WIGGINS Bradley
    2. COSTA Rui
    3. POZZOVIVO Domenico
    4. CANCELLARA Fabian
    5. KRISTOFF Alexander

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. Roman Kreuziger
    2. Ion Izaguirre
    3. Bauke Mollema
    4. Mathias Frank
    5. Thibaut Pinot

  9. @Steampunk

    Wiggins is the big question mark, isn’t he? Still: it’s hard to bet against him…

    Depends on which Wiggins shows up Saturday, doesn’t it? But after watching him in the TOC and P-R, he’s looking tanned, rested, ready, and it seems his head is in a good place (not too mention the pleasure of sticking your thumb in Brailsford’s/Froome’s eye with a dominating win at TdS). It’s hard to bet against him…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Bauke Mollema
    4. Roman Kreuziger
    5. Mathias Frank

  10. VSP PICKS:

    1. Pozzovivo
    2. Kreuziger
    3. Wiggins
    4. Pinot
    5. Costa

  11. With Richie’s explosion earlier in the week, I’m thinking Wiggo will go balls out to show he belongs on the start line in Yorkshire next month.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sir Twiggo
    2. The Rainbow Goat
    3. The Roman Cross
    4. Matthias Frank
    5. Bauke Mollema

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Bradley Wiggins
    3. Roman Kreuziger
    4. Frank Schleck
    5. Dominico Pozzovivo

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins, Bradley
    2. Costa, Rui
    3. Mollema, Bauke
    4. Kreuziger, Roman
    5. Frank, Matthias

  14. VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Roman Kreuziger
    3. Bauke Mollema
    4. Rui Costa
    5. Mathias Frank

  15. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Kreuziger
    3. Costa
    4. Pozzovivo
    5. Mollema

  16. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins, Bradley
    2. Kreuziger, Roman
    3. Pozzovivo, Domenico
    4. Costa, Rui
    5. Mollema, Bauke

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Roman Kreuziger
    3. Rui Costa
    4. Mathias Frank
    5. Warren Barguil

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sir Bradley
    2. Roman Kreuziger
    3. Michael Albasini
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Tom Jelte Slagter

  19. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Twiggo
    3. Mollema
    4. Roman Kreuziger
    5. Domenico Pozzovivo

  20. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Wiggo
    3. Kreuziger
    4. Pozzovivo
    5. Rohan Dennis

  21. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sir Bradley Wiggins
    2. Roman Kreuziger
    3. Rui Costa
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Thibot Pinot

  22. Lets see if I can break my single digit streak

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Ender Wiggins
    2. Mollema
    3. Roman
    4. Pinot
    5. Rui Costa

  23. Just because this is the best way for Wiggo to be a pain in everyone’s ass, and he is a stubborn fecker

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggo
    2. Roman K
    3. Albasini
    4. Mathew Frank
    5. Tibot Pinot

  24. I see Betancur is listed as starting – does that mean he has turned up?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Roman Kreuziger
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Tony Martin

  25. I’m kinda liking my Lantern Rouge…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Alexander Kristoff
    4. Fabian Cancellera
    5. Tony Martin

  26. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Mollema
    3. Roman Kreuziger
    4. Wiggins
    5. Mathias Frank

  27. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. wiggins
    2. kreuziger
    3. mollema
    4. pozzovivo
    5. mathias frank

  28. I’m kinda liking my Lantern Rouge…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Sir Bradley Wiggins
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. Tony Martin
    5. Alex Dowsett

  29. VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Roman Kreuziger
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Thibaut Pinot

  30. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Brad Wiggins
    3. Bauke Mollema
    4. Roman Kreuziger
    5. Mathais Frank

  31. Hate to pick Wiggo, but it’s a no brainer considering his domination of the Tour of Cali.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Bradley Wiggins
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Peter Sagan
    4. Roman Kreuzinger
    5. Bauke Mollema

  32. VSP PICKS:

    1. Brad Wiggins
    2. Bauke Mollema
    3. Roman Kreuziger
    4. Rohan Dennis
    5. Cadel Evans

  33. Wiggins for the “fuck you” win.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Kreuzinger
    3. Mollema
    4. Albasini
    5. Kolobnev

  34. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Costa
    3. Rohan Dennis
    4. Mollema
    5. Schleck the Elder

  35. Here’s to hope.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. costa
    2. wiggins
    3. mollema
    4. pozzivivo
    5. kreuziger

  36. I am going to cheer for the bearded Brit this time around.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sir Wiggins
    2. Bauke Mollema
    3. Roman Kreuziger
    4. Domenico Pozzovivo
    5. Thibaut Pinot

  37. VSP PICKS:

    1. WIGGINS Bradley
    2. COSTA Rui
    3. KRISTOFF Alexander
    4. POZZOVIVO Domenico
    5. KREUZIGER Roman

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wiggins
    2. Cadel Evans
    3. Tom Danielson
    4. Rui Costa
    5. Kreuziger

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. Mollema
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Kreuziger
    4. Pozzovivo
    5. Izagirre

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