Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013

Past winner of Gent-Wevelgem
Three time winner of Gent-Wevelgem

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  flatter riding to the inevitable sprint finish. How hard can the climbing be if Super Mario got over them? Ask the riders from KT 2012, (the ones not in the following car) and they will tell you the Kemmelberg, for one, is a steep beast of a climb. It does not go up too far but it goes. And all these bergs seem to have some climbing just to get to the named climb, so yes, one can be gassed real fast in this area. Luckily there is the chance of catching back on each descent too, something sprinters like Cipo must have been good at.

This is one of the final tune up races for Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Velominati banner shall be flying in Flanders in a week from this Sunday’s race. Whomever is fit and fast  into Wevelgem shall be on the short list for the Ronde.

Here is a provisional start list and here is the race profile. The start list shall be updated by Saturday so double check your picks before start time. No whining, no delgados.

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303 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013”

  2. No thought, I’m in a curry house after 2 days of Rule #9 slogging round Yorkshire. Pure guesswork…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Faboo
    2. Tomeke
    3. Cav
    4. Sagan
    5. Boom!

  3. we could make this a double or quits thing like the lottery by having a single yes/no answer as to whether Tyler F crashes.  Reckon it’s just about a 50/50…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cav
    2. Goss
    3. Sagan
    4. Petacchi
    5. Farrar

  10. Bike racing takes balls…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Fabian Cancellara
    3. Silvain Chavanel
    4. Tom Boonen
    5. Taylor Phinney

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Fabian Cancellara
    3. The Manx Missile
    4. Petacchi
    5. God of Thunder

  16. Any thaughts on the zebra kit in the photo? I hope even my cold dead body would fight back and not allow someone to put that kit on me.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Farrer
    2. Boonen
    3. Cancellara
    4. Gilbert
    5. Chavanel

  17. If it’s held at all.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cav
    2. Bozic
    3. Greipel
    4. Goss
    5. Sagan

  20. @Chris

    Any thaughts on the zebra kit in the photo? I hope even my cold dead body would fight back and not allow someone to put that kit on me.

    I can’t even see Cipo he blends in with the team car so well.

  23. It’s going to be cold. Slight chance of snow, but I’m thinking it’s a straight up sprinters gig. I’m batting a .000 on winners this year, and hope to keep the streak alive.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendouche
    2. Gripel
    3. Slovakian Running Man
    4. Potatoe
    5. Goss

  24. I know after todays ride picking Faboo seems like the surest thing next to Lindsey Lohan violating her probation, but I was so impressed with Cavs’ ride at MSR I’m going to take a flyer on him. I think if OPQ can keep him close, he’ll have enough ups to get over the climbs and be there in the end to show the world that he’s still the fastest in a flat out sprint.

     

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Sagan
    3. EBH
    4. The Motor
    5. Boonen

  30. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavandish
    2. Griepel
    3. Sagan
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Boasson Hagen

  32. @Chris

    Any thaughts on the zebra kit in the photo? I hope even my cold dead body would fight back and not allow someone to put that kit on me.

    This dude don’t have any negative thoughts on the zebra kit. It’s long sleeve-n-leg which would keep your cold dead body warm!

  33. Chavanel isn’t racing? I’ll try this Sky thing

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Gilbert
    3. Cancellara
    4. Geraint Thomas
    5. Boonen

  34. @sthilzy

    @Chris

    Any thaughts on the zebra kit in the photo? I hope even my cold dead body would fight back and not allow someone to put that kit on me.

    This dude don’t have any negative thoughts on the zebra kit. It’s long sleeve-n-leg which would keep your cold dead body warm!

    That is happily the funniest picture I’ve seen in my entire nearly 50 years on this planet. Worthy of some sort of AoP discussion – for instance is he wearing the kit for a bet; is he being paid to wear it or did he buy it to match his shoes? Who is he? He must have balls the size of ostrich eggs.

  36. With Easter almost here it didn’t seem right to pass over (!) somebody named Jesus.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Filippo Pozzato
    3. Mark Cavendish
    4. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    5. Jesus Herrada

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Sagan
    3. Boonen
    4. Roelandts
    5. Geirant Thomas

  39. @the Engine

    @sthilzy

    @Chris

    Any thaughts on the zebra kit in the photo? I hope even my cold dead body would fight back and not allow someone to put that kit on me.

    This dude don’t have any negative thoughts on the zebra kit. It’s long sleeve-n-leg which would keep your cold dead body warm!

    That is happily the funniest picture I’ve seen in my entire nearly 50 years on this planet. Worthy of some sort of AoP discussion – for instance is he wearing the kit for a bet; is he being paid to wear it or did he buy it to match his shoes? Who is he? He must have balls the size of ostrich eggs.

    Ah, this old chestnut shows itself again. Dude actually went to a ton of work to get that look. I mean, where TF do you find zebra striped bar tape?

    I’ll bet a hundy that he’d be the first guy to sign up for Cippo’s Seminar; “How to Look Fucking Fabulous, and Kill it with the Ladies”, then drive around forever alone in this:

  40. @scaler911 That van is not intended for ‘alone time’. It’s intended for rolling goth with your Magic playing friends on your way to the Trekie Convention. Either way, nobody gettin’ none.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendishoutthepain
    2. Secondagan
    3. Faboonen
    4. Tomellara
    5. The Go-rilla

  41. VSP PICKS:

    1. BOONEN Tom
    2. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
    3. GREIPEL André
    4. BENNATI Daniele
    5. HUSHOVD Thor

  42. @sthilzy

    @Chris

    Any thaughts on the zebra kit in the photo? I hope even my cold dead body would fight back and not allow someone to put that kit on me.

    This dude don’t have any negative thoughts on the zebra kit. It’s long sleeve-n-leg which would keep your cold dead body warm!

    Personally, I’m a bit disappointed he didn’t make the effort to find a tiger striped helmet to complete the look…

  43. Gonna bet on a mass sprint….

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Sagan
    3. Griepel
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Boonen

  44. (Nacho voice) “Beneath the clothes, we find a man… and beneath the man, we find his… nucleus.”

  47. @Skip

    Gonna bet on a mass sprint….

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Sagan
    3. Griepel
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Boonen

    Could very well end in a sprint.  They have shortened it by 45 k’s and will possibly drop two ascents of the Casselberg as well, all favoring Cav I would think.

  48. The hardest thing about calling this one is if the winner is gonna come out of a small group or a bunch gallop. Also, Sagan has to be sick of second place, it’s time to step up.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Cavendish
    3. Greipel
    4. Oss
    5. Cancellara

  49. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Cavendish
    3. Greipel
    4. Boasson Hagen
    5. Cancellara

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