Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2012

The Keepers and Rigid rolled into a region in France called Flandres which, without doing any further research into the matter, we assume is the coloquial French term for this region of the world. If its anything like the other regions in Europe, these places have roots that extend way past any modern country’s border and situate themselves in a history long past.

They do, however, speak French with all the stubbornness that we have come to love from the French. None of us in the group speak French very well, and no one we’ve found in Lille speaks English very well. Which means we’re all communicating with arms and legs more so than with words. We’re on our way to Kemmel, which means we’ll be able to speak a bit of Flemish again.

With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 about to begin in earnest, we’re busy organizing ourselves and making final preparations, so we’ll have to forgo the usual insightful, hard-hitting, race insight we usually produce for the VSPs. What’s that you say? We’re usually full of shit? Ah, right. You’ll have to forgive us the usual shit, then, and take today’s flavor.

Watch the countdown timer, get your VSP picks in by Sunday morning at 5am Pacific. Winner of this VSP event will earn the right to comment all year with the Leeuw van Vlaanderen commenting badge. We will also forgo the usual Symbol Pack prize awarded to a Monument and award the winner a copy of the local newspaper the day after the race.

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289 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2012”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. 121 SAGAN Peter
    2. 161 CANCELLARA Fabian
    3. 157 VAN SUMMEREN Johan
    4. 21 BOONEN Tom
    5. 143 BRESCHEL Matti

  2. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Fab Fabian
    3. Chavanel
    4. Sagan
    5. Vanmarcke

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Vanmarcke
    3. Boonen
    4. Sagan
    5. Boasson Hagen

  4. Can’t wait.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Cancellara
    3. EBH
    4. Sagan
    5. Vanmarke

  5. Do we know where to look for the V-Banner tomorrow? Where are you guys watching from?

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Sagan
    3. Spartacus
    4. Van Avermaet
    5. Chavanel

  7. VSP PICKS:

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

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Cancellara
    3. Pozzato
    4. Sagan
    5. Boasson Hagen

  9. Yerp.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Sagan
    3. Cancellara
    4. Gilbert
    5. Boasson Hagen

  10. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Sep Vanmarcke
    3. Cancellara
    4. Pfaffs about with sunnies
    5. breschel

  11. @nico

    Did anyone not put Cancellara and Boonen in their top 5?

    If they didn’t, be interesting to ask why the hell not.

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Gilbert
    3. Fabu
    4. Chava
    5. sagan

  13. Would love to see Big George figure

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Boonen
    3. Chavanel
    4. Ballan
    5. Devolder

  14. VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Cancellara
    3. Hincapie
    4. Tjallingii
    5. Van Amermaet

  15. Last switch, not sure if this is late or not.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Tom Boonen
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. Sylvain Chavanel
    5. Sep Vanmarke

  16. There you go. You’ll than me later for getting it right.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Don’t care
    3. Daylight
    4. Cartman
    5. Timmeehhhh!!!

  17. Looks like the Eurosport coverage is gonna stop for an hour just before the Ouse Kwaremont. I’ll be very disappointed if I don’t get to see the Keepers Tour Vlag.

  18. I’m watching on sporza. I can’t understand Flemish, but no commercials & no breaks.

  19. @Ron
    Thanks but for some reason my laptop won’t let me watch sporza and I’m out of town. Did you see the flag?

  20. @sthilzy
    I tried that one too but I’m in the wrong region. 35 mins till it comes back on, think I’ll have a shower.

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