Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallonne 2015

Merckx help us if this tool wins again.

Who doesn’t like a nice, steep, uphill finish after getting your head kicked in for six hours? Not me, assuming I’m not racing. The key feature on this little doozy of a race is the 1.3km long Mur de Huy; doing a wind sprint up this thing has made the world’s best climbers shift into reverse and reduces the winner to a blubbering baboon at the finish line.

We’re looking at some seriously short notice here, folks, so I won’t waste your time writing a witty but rambling scenario of what might happen and how totes amazeballs the prizes for the VSP GC are (*cough* Jaegher *cough* Café Roubaix). Just check out the start list and put your damn picks in already!

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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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Minnesota Expat says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:14 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Dan Martin
4. Sergio Henao
5. Joaquim Rodriguez
Duende says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:17 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Alejandro Valverde
4. Rui Costa
5. Vincenzo Nibali
sthilzy says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:21 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Joaquim Rodriguez
3. Sergio Henao
4. Daniel Martin
5. Michal Kwiatkowski
Steampunk says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:22 pm
I've been plumping for a Lotto Soudal win in the Ardennes, but I don't like this parcours for them.

VSP PICKS:
1. A. Valverde
2. D. Martin
3. M. Kwiatkowski
4. P. Gilbert
5. J. Rodriguez
il muro di manayunk says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:25 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Rodriguez
4. Martin, Dan
5. Wellens
xyxax says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:29 pm
Throwing up some names early in the process for once. Seeing if it makes me smell better.

VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Henao
4. Martin
5. Rodriguez
Rom says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:29 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Gilbert
2. Valverde
3. Mollema
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Rodriguez
Kevin says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:30 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde, Alejandro
2. Gilbert, Philippe
3. Martin, Dan
plynie says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:30 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro VALVERDE
2. Michal KWIATKOWSKI
3. Sergio HENAO
4. Dan MARTIN
5. Simon YATES
DeKerr says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:32 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
2. GILBERT Philippe
3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
4. MARTIN Daniel
5. NIBALI Vincenzo