Velominati Super Prestige: Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian 2017

This week we are currently in is the most boring week of the year. After three weeks of non-stop Tour de France coverage, we slip, without any warning whatsoever, back into the doldrums of loving a sport that doesn’t get any television coverage. When, on Saturday morning, I tune into San Sebastian, it will be via a crappy, low-resolution feed snaked off Steephill.tv.

San Sebastian isn’t exactly my favorite race, but it’s a race and after enduring the post-Tour hangover for nearly a week, I’m ready to take anything resembling a bike race. It even has enough climbs to make it interesting, and enough race motos to keep us biting our nails right to the very end.

So, go get jiggy with the start list, get your picks in, and let’s party.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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  • VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg Van Avermaet
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Tony Gallopin
    4. Mikal Landa
    5. Philippe Gilbert
  • VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg Van Avermaet
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Daniel Martin
    4. Philippe Gilbert
    5. Warren Barguil
  • VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg van avermaet
    2. Michal kwiatkowski
    3. Tony gallopin
    4. Mikel landa
    5. Philippe Gilbert
  • VSP PICKS:

    1. Landa, Mikel
    2. Uran, Rigoberto
    3. Van Avermat, Greg
    4. Kwiatkowski, Michal
    5. Majka, Rafal
  • @Rick

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg Van Avermaet
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Tony Gallopin
    4. Mikal Landa
    5. Philippe Gilbert
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    this is a good group!  me too.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg van Avermaet
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Tony Gallopin
    4. Mikal Landa
    5. Philippe Gilbert
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