Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallone Féminine 2013

photo: Bettini

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 charge too early. Vos should know this finish, having won it four times already. It’s hard to know who is on form in the professional women field as the races are too far apart to infer much from the last race. This is their whole Ardennes campaign; one race, no holds barred, save nothing. Who is a badass? Is Marianne tuned up? Is she still hungry enough? Are there some more young guns looking to make a name for themselves? Ponder all this carefully. The race is Wednesday. To contest one has to first be there in the top ten at the bottom of the Huy. A good team is required to chase down the troublesome breaks and help shape the final kilometers. To win one has to have the best power to weight ratio and the sense to use it at exactly the right time. Experience with this race shows. People who have botched the finish have returned to win. Timing is almost everything, superlative power climbing ability is the rest. The start list is here.

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seemunkee says:

Apr 17 2013 at 1:12 pm

@Gianni

@seemunkee

WOOHOO

Don't get too hyperventilated there. Results are still brewing.

WHATYOUTALKINGABOUTWILLIS?
Nate says:

Apr 17 2013 at 2:46 pm

@Gianni

BZZZZZZTTTTTT...
ATTENTION ALL HANDS
CONTESTED RESULTS. NATE HAS BEEN ROBBED!
RESULTS PROVISIONAL

Don't reckon I've been robbed -- @seemunkee and others had (1) vos and (2) boghini + a third which I reckon beats my point total. So don't knock yourself out trying to be @frank, mucking about in the data.
Gianni says:

Apr 17 2013 at 4:58 pm

Does this look changed for Nate? Seemunkee, I think you are in the clear. Let the munkee dancing begin.

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strathlubnaig says:

Apr 17 2013 at 5:15 pm

Pretty sad state of affairs I get more points randomly picking the tastiest looking burdz on a bike than applying actual knowledge or thought like I tried with the blokes on bikes.
Nate says:

Apr 17 2013 at 5:22 pm

@Gianni THis is as I expected. Was this whole thing triggered by my mentioning a dispute over in the Men's Fleche thread?
seemunkee says:

Apr 17 2013 at 6:17 pm

Munkee Dance!
Bianchi Denti says:

Apr 17 2013 at 6:48 pm

@Bianchi Denti

I'll probably regret this, but Vos is talking like a team player,not a ruthless winner. So she is out, and P-F-P is in.

VSP PICKS:

1. Emma Johansson
2. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
3. Lisa Brennauer
4. Elia Longho Borghini
5. Anna Van Der Breggen

I so regret overthinking this shit! Turns out Vos is a cannibal after all.
starclimber says:

Apr 17 2013 at 8:43 pm

OOOOH! Close. Nice work, seemunkee.
Deakus says:

Apr 18 2013 at 1:10 am

No excuse to Delgado...LBL start list

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/116911022-Liege-Bastogne-Liege-2013-Startlist