Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Road Championship 2012
It seems like just weeks ago that Cav won his rainbow stripes, things were said, umbrage was taken. Luckily we have found more umbrage so we are good to go. This course is not like last year. It’s not exactly a sprinters finish. It’s a 128 km rumble in Valkenberg and the Dutch team is there for Marianne Vos. She has finished second in the World Championships five times and only won it once. For her this is a problem. This race must haunt her. It will take some amount of courage for the stakeholders in this year’s VSP to bet against her. Yet the Italians, British and Germans, among others, have brought some serious firepower to counter the Dutch. Here is a link to a start list.
Though their prize list is only 30% of what the men get, here at Velominati it’s equal points in the VSP. Do your research, pray to your god, and tune in on Saturday.
Here is a little video from 1998. The last time the women raced in Valkenberg.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMmWzpMh-Io[/youtube]
Tbh I may be replicating a couple of my Olympic pics but we’ll see how we go.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Teutenberg
3. Bronzini
4. Armistead
5. Cromwell
Tbh I may be replicating a couple of my Olympic pics but we’ll see how we go.
Not you-know-who. Ever.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Kupfernagle
3. Pooley
4. Bronzini
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Olds
3. Pooley
4. Bronzini
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Armistead
4. Teutenberg
5. Arndt
VSP PICKS:
1. Cilvinaite
2. Vos
3. Pooley
4. Armisted
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Vos
3. Villumsen
4. Pooley
5. Arndt
role the dice and see what comes up!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. armistead
3. arndt
4. pooley
5. bronzini
This MUST be Vos’ year! If not, the scream of despair will be heard around the world.
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Megan Guarnier
3. Charlotte Becker
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
It would seem that Emma Pooley has been dipping into our Lexicon. Not much opportunity to chick the opposition on Sunday though.
Anyone got a link to a start list that works?
@Chris
This one should work http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/20120914_ew.pdf
@Chris
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/20120914_ew.pdf should work
@Chris
Hopefully this works half my posts don’t seem to go though.
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/20120914_ew.pdf
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Villumsen
4. Trixie Worrack
5. S Olds
HAS to be Vos
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Bronzini
4. Teutenberg
5. Guarnier
@Chris
link I used was http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/20120914_ew.pdf
VSP PICKS:
1. Judith ARNDT
2. Marianne VOS
3. Tatiana ANTOSHINA
4. Lizzie ARMITSTEAD
5. Belen LOPEZ MORALES
@Chris http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/road/20120914_ew.pdf
@Chris That’s superb! Good on her.
VSP PICKS:
1. Voss
2. Armistead
3. Stevens
4. Pooley
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Arndt
4. Pooley
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Bronzini
4. Pooley
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Gillow
2. Vos
3. Pooley
4. Van der Breggen
5. Stevens
Its been a while since we had a Womens VSP
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Stevens
4. Arndt
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Arndt
3. Armistead
4. Poskaite
5. Bronzini
Crap shoot but Vos has to be the heavy favorite for this puppy.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Pooley
4. Teutenberg
5. Arndt
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Arndt
4. Armistead
5. Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Arndt
4. Pooley
5. Bronzini
Rock and roll. Going to bet against Vos and regret it later. But Stevens is on form and she has beaten Vos before. Oh, yeah, it is on.
VSP PICKS:
1. Evelyn Stevens
2. Vos Vos Vos
3. Arndt
4. Armistead
5. Bronzini
It’s gotta be Vos – home advantage and blistering form, the rest will be fighting for 2nd.
VSP PICKS:
1. Bos
2. Arndt
3. Stevens
4. Gunnewijk
5. Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armitstead
3. Arndt
4. Bronzini
5. Pooley
We need a little Canadian content in that top five!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Armitstead
4. Arndt
5. Numainville
Hopefully VOS gets it, but I just don’t see it happening… hope I’m wrong though.
VSP PICKS:
1. POOLEY Emma
2. ARNDT Judith
3. VOS Marianne
4. TEUTENBERG Ina
5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. arndt
3. pooley
4. johanssen
5. stevens
Not sure where to put this, but very sad
sposed to be this link
http://road.cc/content/news/66967-euskaltel-euskadis-victor-cabedo-killed-training-crash-spain
FTW!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Pooley
4. Bronzini
5. Johanssen
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS!!!
2. Bronzini
3. Armistead
4. Pooley
5. Arndt
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Vleuten
Full picks this time. I think that too many racers will be marking Vos for her to be able to pull this one out.
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Vleuten
2. Pooley
3. Vos
4. Arndt
5. Bronzini
Here goes nothing. I’m predicting Vos will be psyched. Arndt will want to go out with a bang. Armistead, still pumped from the Olympics. Cooke? Nowhere.
ARMISTEAD IS OUT DUE TO ILLNESS!! Gutting
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Bronzini
4. Teutenberg
5. Guarnier
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. arndt
3. stevens
4. bronzini
5. pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Tatiana Guderzo
3. Charlotte Becker
4. Emma Pooley
5. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Bronzini the Vampire
4. Teutenberg
5. Arndt
With Armitstead out, I’ll go with this line-up instead.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Arndt
4. Pooley
5. Numainville
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Stevens
4. Arndt
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Villumsen
3. Pooley
4. Arndt
5. Bronzini
Slight change up given Armistead’s withdrawal.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Teutenberg
3. Evie Stevie
4. Bronzini
5. Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Arndt
4. Pooley
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Cooke
4. Arndt
5. Bronzini