Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2016

Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for the Giro, 2016, starting in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands and finishing in Torino, Italy. Here is a provisional start list. The riders make the race so it should be fantastic racing, a race up the whole of the country, for three weeks, what’s not to love? The Giro usually has a crazy stage and we are unsure what this year’s edition holds in that category, maybe more racing at night, or on dirt, bring it on. The Shark, Landa, Malmerde, Uran Uran, even Red Ryder, and more, each have a decent shot at the over all.

We all know the drill, this race starts on Friday so keep your delgado monkey on a tight leash. Consult your personal oracles; there are bike frames, carbon wheels, V-kit and more for the winners of the season-long overall VSP. Further details can be found on the VSP page. Bon chance.

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459 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia 2016”

  2. VSP PICKS:

    1. Vincenzo (Nibbles) Nibali
    2. Mikel Landa Calrissian
    3. Alejandro Valverde sauce
    4. Rafal (the magician) Majka
    5. Rigoberto (Rigo) Uran

  4. Yeah, I’m having a hard time posting, too. I filled the picks list out, as usual, and it is populated even on another device. So I can dispute the scoring, yet the picks post doesn’t show up on either. I’ve disabled all the popup blockers and all… so here they are, in all their glory

    1. Valverde

    2. Majka

    3. Nibali

    4. Chaves

    5. Landa

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. 1.Vincenzo Nibali
    2. Rigoberto Uran
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Mikel Landa
    5. Ryder Hesjedal

  6. BePink!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. His Nibs
    2. One if by Landa
    3. Va Le Verde!
    4. Ulna Zakarin
    5. Rigs Uran

  7. VSP PICKS:

    1. Mikel Landa
    2. Rigoberto Uran
    3. Vincenzo Nibali
    4. Ryder Hesjedal
    5. Alejandro Valverde

  11. First big one of the year, having a feeling Uran might sneak this one, but Nibbles has more pedigree.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nibali
    2. Uran
    3. Landa
    4. Valverde
    5. Dumoulin

  12. have got some ground to make up…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. uran
    2. nibbles
    3. chavez
    4. salsa verde
    5. landa

  13. Late swap about.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vincenzo Nibali
    2. Mikel Landa
    3. Rafal Majka
    4. Rigoberto Uran
    5. Domenico Pozzovivo

  14. @dinosaurJR

    Just because Two Windmills is a bit obscure, Im just clarfying my picks.

    Dumoulin? No?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Landa
    2. Tom Two Windmills
    3. Valverde
    4. Duran Duran
    5. Nibbler

    I was mapping the picks and came across this… wracked my brain for a good three minutes before I gave up.

  15. VSP PICKS:

    1. Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
    2. Vincenzo Nibali
    3. Ryder Hesjedal
    4. Rigoberto Uran
    5. Rafal Majka

  16. @Ron

    In other news…the VMH gave birth to our first baby boy last Thursday night. Let the breeding and blimping commence!

    22:29 EST on 4-28-16 and our house number is 824. 8 pounds, 53 cms long. Pretty crazy to have a little guy who needs to be fed every 3 hours. Life just got a whole lot more interesting. And busy.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nibali
    2. Landa
    3. Valverde
    4. Dumoulin
    5. Uran

    Time to get yourself a set of decent lights for night rides.    Its the only thing that gets me on the bike regularly having two little humans in the house.  Congrats and let the games begin !

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Mikel Landa
    2. Vincenzo Nibali
    3. Rigoberto Uran Uran
    4. Alejandro Valverde
    5. Tom Dumoulin

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Vincenzo Nibali
    2. Alejandro Valverde
    3. Mikel Landa
    4. Rafal Majka
    5. Esteban Chaves

  20. So far, my post will not show my 5 picks. I’ve tried it in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. My picks don’t post in either. I’ll try again later.

  21. It will be interesting to see what ValVerde can do without having to sheph

    erd Quintana for 3 weeks.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vincenzo Nibali
    2. Rigoberto Urán
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Ryder Hesjedal
    5. Mikel Landa

  23. VSP PICKS:

    1. Vincenzo Nibali
    2. Mikel Landa
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Rigoberto Urán
    5. Jakob Fuglsang

  25. Putting in a provisional list, just in case i don’t get around to spending more time thinking about it.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nibbles
    2. Valverde
    3. Landa
    4. Uran Uran
    5. Chaves

  27. Once again, Thank you to the Keepers, Cafe Roubaix and Don Walker for the amazing prizes!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. NIBALI, Vincenzo
    2. URAN, Rigoberto
    3. VALVERDE, Alejandro
    4. LANDA, Mikel
    5. DUMOULIN, Tom

  29. Okay. Why are these not showing up? 9h 34m showing on the clock. For the record;

    1. Vincenzo Nibali

    2. Mikel Landa

    3. Alejandro Valverde

    4. Ilnur Zakarin

    5. Rigoberto Uran

  30. Shots in the dark, but ride like hell for leather, lads!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vincenzo Nibali
    2. Mikel Landa Meana
    3. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
    4. Rigoberto Uran
    5. Steven Kruijswijk

  31. @Frank – no love for the ladies?

    Provisional Ladies Tour of Chongming VSP Picks:

    1. Lucy Garner

    2. Leah Kirchmann

    3. Chloe Hosking

    4. Emilia Fahlin

    5. Olena Pavlukhina

  33. Thanks for the well wishes everyone! Definitely new and big things on the horizon. My bikes are no longer the most important thing in my life…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nibali
    2. Landa
    3. Valverde
    4. Majka
    5. Uran

  37. @Mikael Liddy

    I think the rest of the pack will be a little too strong for the Giant D to repeat his Vuelta heroics, whereas the little Colombian is just a snowy day (& subsequent Nibs tantrum at the EWP) away from a podium place.

    Agree on Giant. Dumoulin had an awesome Vuelta, but when the road went up, steeply, he blew. Plus, can’t help but help but wonder about the ongoing impact of the training accident this spring. Sorry to say.

    It would be great to see Uran on the podium, but I just don’t think the Cannondale support is quite there yet. Too bad, cause I’m a big fan of Cannondale, Dombrowski and Formolo. So much potential and future.

  39. In classic fashion, Ryder will lose a ton of time in the first week, and gain a few seconds back on some stages in week two, and have a stellar day in week three to bring him back to the top 5, but it won’t be enough to get him on to the podium.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Chaves
    2. Landa
    3. Valverde
    4. Nibali
    5. Hesjedal

  40. Throwing darts.  Hoping to get lucky.  Can’

    t wait for the racing to begin.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
    2. Rigoberto Uran
    3. Ildar Arslanov
    4. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
    5. Tom Dumoulin

  41. Giro picks

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Landa, Mikel
    2. Nibali, Vincenzo
    3. Valverde, Alejandro
    4. Majka, Rafal
    5. Kruijswijk, Steven

  43. want to go with Landa but thinking he might lose too much time in the TT

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nibali
    2. Landa
    3. Valverde
    4. Uran
    5. Chaves

  44. Here goes nothin’.,,,

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Valverde
    2. Vince Nibbles
    3. Landa
    4. Uran
    5. Majka

  45. VSP PICKS:

    1. NIBALI, Vincenzo
    2. VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro
    3. DEMARE, Arnaud
    4. PIRAZZI, Stefano
    5. BRAMBILLA, Gianluca

  49. And here’s my maglia rosa for the Eroica in Limburg, the Netherlands (Dumoulin’s and my former home turf) that I could not post from my cellphone yesterday.

     

  50. Anyway, doesn’t matter who you pick, the corners at about 7-5km on Stage 3 will decimate the peloton. Tight narrow city corners with walls on the outside, just outside the 3km “safety” line? Going to be brutal!

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