Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

We kick off the first races of the 2012 VSP with a double-header as we open the picks for the VVomen’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Aside from an early hiccup, the new software has been running as expected, though I should have known better than to declare something as “tested”; as the first few picks went in sideways, there was more confusion and hysterics than in a kiddie pool when an unaccounted-for deuce floats by.

The VVomen’s racing calendar appears to be a bit more open than the Men’s, and that likely means we’ll see more of the same names competing for the win on Saturday as we will at de Ronde in a month’s time. A cursory glance over the start list reveals that my sure-bet countrywoman Marianne Vos is still chilling the guns after a wicked ‘Cross season and won’t be racing. Back to the drawing board, then. Here’s a super secret tip: in Dutch and Flemish, “women” is spelled with a “V” – vrouwen. Let that be your guide.

With that we continue the 2012 VSP; up for grabs is the personalized Velominati Shop Apron to the contestent who wins the season-long competition. Check the Main VSP page for scoring guidelines and rules. Picks close at 5am Pacific on Saturday, so watch the countdown clock to make sure you get your picks in on time.

Good luck.

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156 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Longo Borghini Elisa
    2. Cromwell Tiffany
    3. Blaak Chantal
    4. Gunnewijk Loes
    5. De Vocht Liesbet

  2. Pumped for a weekend of racing. Also just landed a whole whack of new parts for the bike. Will go for a ride, stop for an espresso to catch the end of the men’s race, and then strip the bike…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Swedish Johansson
    2. Suzanne de Goede
    3. Kirsten Wild
    4. Loes Gunnewijk
    5. Swedish Fahlin

  3. @xyxax
    Insignificant little detail (thanks””had forgotten). Nevertheless, I’ll insert a change.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Kirsten Wild
    2. Suzanne de Goede
    3. Swedish Fahlin
    4. Loes Gunnewijk
    5. Chantal Blaak

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. Grace Verbeke
    2. Elisabeth Armitstead
    3. De Vocht Liesbet
    4. Longo Borghini Elisa
    5. Hanka Kupfernagel

  5. Let’s give it a go.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead Elisabeth
    2. De Jong Thalita
    3. Wildeman Jet
    4. De Vuyst Sofie
    5. Silversides Emma

  6. @Steampunk

    Pumped for a weekend of racing. Also just landed a whole whack of new parts for the bike. Will go for a ride, stop for an espresso to catch the end of the men’s race, and then strip the bike…
    VSP PICKS:
    1. Swedish Johansson
    2. Suzanne de Goede
    3. Kirsten Wild
    4. Loes Gunnewijk
    5. Swedish Fahlin

    That sounds like a cool as Saturday! I’ve been waiting for a new RD for my rain bike for three full weeks now – and it’s raining right now. Argh. Never had any troubles order from UK dealers, until now.

    Hey – what time do you reckon the men’s race will be finishing up? Starts at 11:30, slated to finish around 16:30…so that should be about 12:30 EST, right?

  7. @Ron
    More like 10:30 EST for the men’s finish.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. BLAAK Chantal
    2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    3. DE VOCHT Liesbeth
    4. Loes Gunnewijk
    5. van looy

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. Emma Johanson
    2. Andrea Bosman
    3. Megan Guarnier
    4. Regina Bruins
    5. Grace Verbeke

  9. Completely uneducated guessing… oh to have Vos back in the mix, then it would at least be easy to pick the winner!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Wild
    2. Rhodes
    3. Armistead
    4. Kupfernagel
    5. Borghini

  10. VSP PICKS:

    1. Wild
    2. Armistead
    3. De Vocht
    4. De Jong
    5. Kneteman

  11. I’m guessing this is as much of a shot in the dark for me as it is for most everyone else.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armistead
    2. De Johng
    3. Wild
    4. Borghini
    5. Chantal Blaak

  12. I have a scientific system.

    2 proven prior winners. Suzanne de Goede and Kirsten Wild. I saw a picture of Katie Colclough on a podium with VVVVVVos. Joline Gossens is on Lotto and might be from Ghent. She definately shares a name with a scientist/academic in Ghent. As for Kelly Druyts, she looks fast in pictures and according to my amazing skill speaking Flemish, she has a Belgisch Kampioenschap of some kind.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Suzanne de Goede
    2. Kirsten Wild
    3. Jolene Gossens
    4. Kelly Druyts
    5. Joline Gossens

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Amitstead
    2. De Goede
    3. Kupfernagle
    4. Verbeke
    5. Gunnewijk

  14. Bringing to bear my encyclopedic knowledge of women’s racing, advanced stochastic statistical analysis, and unparalleled intuition…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Hanka-Chief
    2. Lucky Gilmour
    3. Lizzy A
    4. Lizzy De V
    5. Trixi

  15. I don’t have a clue about the dame’s race but looking forward to improve my knowledge.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. De Goede
    2. Verbeke
    3. Kupfernagel
    4. Armitstead
    5. Borghini

  16. selected Svetlana purely on her name – how cool is it? I bet Claudia is related to Heinrich and must be a hard woman

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Thalita De Jong
    2. Chloe Hosking
    3. Claudia Häusler
    4. Svetlana Bubnenkova
    5. Katrien Van Looy

  17. Should be interesting.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Kirsten Wild
    2. Trixi Worrack
    3. Claudia Häusler
    4. Karol-Ann Canuel
    5. Julie Beveridge

  18. Hmmm. All the former champs in the field and a few randoms.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Suzanne De Goede
    2. Irene Van Den Broek
    3. Kirsten Wild
    4. Emma Johansson
    5. Katrien Van Looy

  19. Nate – Got it! I was out tonight at the movies and got to thinking, realizing my 12:30 thought was off by two hours. Thanks for clearing that up!

  20. Even more random than the mens!!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. De goede
    2. Wild
    3. Spratt
    4. De vuyst
    5. Gilmore

  21. No idea…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armitstead
    2. Chloe Hosking
    3. Kirsten Wild
    4. Megan Guarnier
    5. Emilie Moberg

  22. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armitstead
    2. Emma Johannson
    3. Katie Colclough
    4. Kirsten Wild
    5. Tiffany Cromwell

  23. This is a fantastic addition to the VSP program and for the Velominati in general. Congratulations to the Keepers!

    The flip side though is the dearth of women’s cycling reporting. I really had trouble finding stuff out. I’ve tried to research and in the end have gone with a list of I think favourites based on team leaders and riders from teams I have heard of – no doubt heavily anglophonically skewed.

    I expect now with a couple of thousand of us men now actively scouring the Internet for news on women’s racing this might change, perhaps supply might come to meet this new demand. Fun times.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armisted
    2. Thalita De Jong
    3. Katrien Van Looy
    4. Kirsten Wild
    5. Alina Bondarenko

  24. I’m dead set keen to watch it now. Normally only watch the women’s world champs but is changes everything.

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rochelle Gilmore
    2. Sofie De Vuyst
    3. Liz Armitstead
    4. Emilia Fahlin
    5. Tiffany Cromwell

  26. @Dr C
    Relieved that you’ve not got any designs on me.

    My picks have no science to mine other being near the top of the list and having either a good result last year or being a brit who recognise.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Liesbeth De Vocht
    2. Armistead
    3. Chantal Blaak
    4. Emma Vom Trott
    5. Elisa Longo Borghini

  27. @Alex
    I had trouble finding anything too, and some of it isn’t current, even searching for ”
    [name] palmares”. It would certainly make researching a Hardwoman of Cycling article for here difficult.

  28. VSP PICKS:

    1. Suzanne de Goede
    2. Armitstead
    3. Chloe Hosking
    4. Katrien Van Looy
    5. Alexis Rhodes

  29. Bummer, Joha’ didn’t start.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. d’hoore
    2. d’vocht
    3. d’jong
    4. d’goede
    5. d’vyust

  30. Via Inrng and Greenedge twitter: Women’s Het Nieuwsblad: Loes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) wins ahead of Eleonora Van Dyck (Specialized-lululemon). Trixi Worrack (Specialized-lululemon) in third.

  31. 1. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) GreenEDGE-AIS
    2. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon
    3. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized-lululemon
    4. Martine Bras (Ned) Dolmans-Boels

  32. So it has already ran? From Red Ranger’s post, looks like I again had 3 out of the 5 (or at least 4) but all in the wrong order, same as the men’s race. Too funny.

  33. @Blah

    Via Inrng and Greenedge twitter: Women’s Het Nieuwsblad: Loes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) wins ahead of Eleonora Van Dyck (Specialized-lululemon). Trixi Worrack (Specialized-lululemon) in third.

    I just hope that they did not all just ride in a bunch and then sprint at the end. Any race reports out there for this?

  34. @Cyclops takes the women’s event by a big margin with @Buck Rogers in second and Lukas rounding out the podium:

    [vsp_results id=”14608″]
    [/vsp_results]

  35. The overall after the first two VSP events is close as expected, with @Nosyt taking the lead over @scaler911 by a single point, and a 3-way tie for third.

    [vsp_gc]
    [/vsp_gc]

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