Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2013
The mighty VSP generator has been switched on once again. The mil-spec hydraulic fluid has been changed since the Giro. A new power take-off belt…
Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2013, Stage 10
Day 5 of the Six Days of the Giro continues with an impromptu VSP event. Lets have a look at where we are in the 2013 Giro.…
Velominati Super Prestige: Giro D’Italia 2013
Twiggo is dreaming of a Giro-Tour double. He has sent out mixed messages about his Tour ambitions. Will he use the Giro as the ultimate…
Velominati Super Prestige: Luik-Bastenaken-Luik 2013
There is something to love about a race that makes a deviation to its route for the simple joy of sending a fleet of professional…
Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallone 2013
We came tantalizingly close to adding a foray up the Mur de Huy during our excursion to Liege-Bastogne-Liege during this year’s Keepers Tour. But good…
Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallone Féminine 2013
Last year we saw Evelyn Stevens out-last Marianne Vos at the top of the Mur de Huy. The take home message is don’t start one’s…
Velominati Super Prestige: Amstel Gold 2013
Yes it is a race named after a barely drinkable Dutch beer. I have enjoyed Amstel beer, brought to our table by a nice waitress,…
Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2013
It looks so easy on the television. Well, no, actually it looks pretty bloody hard. We think we have some understanding of how they suffer,…
Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2013
Imagine a world without the little things we take for granted; a house without a roof, a pub with no beer, a Keepers Tour without…
Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen Féminine 2013
Marianne Vos has never won this? She who wins everything all the time has never won this? Is it not hilly and tough enough? This…
Velominati Super Prestige: Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2013
This is the second round of the Women’s World Cup, the first being the Ronde van Drenthe. Laveno Mombello to Cittiglio, 120 km of racing…
Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013
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…
Velominati Super Prestige: Milan-Sanremo 2013
Finally, we have Milan-Sanremo. I hope pedale.forcetta is ready to shoot some pictures, especially black and white because it will be cold and possibly wet.…
Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde Van Drenthe 2013
Ok, so you guys and gals don’t miss a trick, but sometimes we do. In fact, we kind of specialize in it. @Bianchi Denti just…
Velominati Super Prestige: L’Eroica/Strade Bianche 2013
Until the 70’s it was common to race on gravel roads, but the Paving of the Planet has led to nearly every road being graced…
Velominati Super Prestige: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2013
Outside my window, its pouring rain. My bike is leaning agains the wall in my office, covered in grim and grit from the ride in,…
Velominati Super Prestige: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2013
Finally, some cold nasty Belgian one day racing. Oman, Qatar, does anyone brag about winning those stage races? Yes, they might but really, it’s a…
Velominati Super Prestige: Paris Tours 2012
The final race of the 2012 Velominati Super Prestige season is upon us. It’s not the most inspiring race, supposedly a race for the sprinters.…
Velominati Super Prestige: Giro di Lombardia 2012
Il Grillo gives it some stick in 06. Photo: actionplus sports images[/caption] Lombardia is a beautiful race. Taking in the majestic shoreline of Lake Como…
Velominati Super Prestige: Mens World Championship Road Race 2012
I’m quite upset about it, actually, all this racing that’s been going on in perfectly good weather. Vlaanderen, dry. Roubaix, dry. We were nearly guaranteed…