Velominati Super Prestige: Milano Sanremo 2014
Het Volk (it will always be Het Volk to me) and now the Strade Bianche may well mark the sentimental beginning to the season, but those are specialized, pre-season races that appeal mostly to riders who are preparing for bigger objectives later in the year, such as the Cobbled or Ardennes Classics. Same goes for Tirreno Adriatico and Paris-Nice; there are preparatory events – none of the marquee names have these events in their programme as primary objectives.
The season doesn’t really start until Milano Sanremo, the first Monument and the first race of the year that any Pro would proudly define their career by winning, and so that’s where we start the fifth installment of the Velominati Super Prestige. Last year saw our biggest turnout yet, with sponsors kicking in some serious prizes for the Tour de France VSP. This year we’ve built on that momentum to offer three major prizes for the season-long VSP:
- First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron
- Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)
- Third place overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.
So, without further ado, check the start list, review the VSP Scoring Guidelines and get your picks in by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on Sunday the 24th. If you think we mapped one of your picks wrong, use the dispute system and we’ll review it. Also remember to be precise enough in your description so we know which rider you mean; in other words, if you enter “Martin”, we will use our discretion (read: wild guess) to decide if you mean Tony or Dan – and that choice will not be negotiable once the the countdown clock goes to zero, so be sure to give yourself enough time.
Good luck, and don’t let these awesome prizes ruin your Rule #43 spirit.
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Tommeke is out for M-SR. His girlfriend Lore had a miscarriage.
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/DMF20140319_055?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=sportwereld&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=seeding
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Mark Cavendish
4. Michal Kwiatkowski
5. Gianni Meersman
digging the color scheme on the strada… watch for multiple changes- the course may change yet again:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/03/news/potential-rain-flooding-may-cause-last-minute-change-to-milano-sanremo-route_320586
VSP PICKS:
1. t boonen
2. stannard
3. avaermeaererert
4. sagan
5. cavendished
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Cavendish
4. Gerrans
5. Degenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Gerrans
4. Griepel
5. Dangenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Sagan
3. Bouhanni
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. cancellara
2. stannard
3. avaermeaererert
4. sagan
5. cavendished
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Boonen
3. Sagan
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Sagan
3. Faboo
4. Cav
5. Degenkolb
OOPS – now see that Boonen is out; move others up and replace spot 5 with Kreuziger
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Sagan
3. Kwiatkowski
4. Phinney
5. Kreuziger
Repeat of last year: Sagan loses his concentration right at the end. I’ll take a flyer on a young Italian who impresses me. It’s been too long since an Italian last won MSR.
VSP PICKS:
1. S. Modolo
2. P. Sagan
3. S. Gerrans
4. A. Kristoff
5. A. Demare
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Nibali
3. Gerrans
4. Sagan
5. Greipel
VSP PICKS:
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. Peter Sagan
3. Andre Greipel
4. Michal Kwiatowski
5. John Degenkolb
Dreadful news about Tommeke’s partner. Almost feels disrespectful to change my picks, but here goes…
VSP PICKS:
1. Degenkolb
2. Sagan
3. Faboo
4. Cavendish
5. Mini Phinney
Change of picks because of Tommeke’s very tragic withdrawal.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Matthew Goss
3. Peter Sagan
4. Fabian Cancellara
5. Tom Jelte Slagter
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Cancellara
4. Gerrans
5. Degenkolb
Shame about Boonen.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Spartacus
3. Gerrans
4. Cavendish
5. Greipel
This is my first official post as a newbie. Merckx be with me.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Degenkolb
3. Cavendish
4. Cancellara
5. Van Avermaet
VSP PICKS:
1. Mark CAVENDISH
2. John DEGENKOLB
3. Andre GREIPEL
4. Peter SAGAN
5. Fabian CANCELLARA
VSP PICKS:
1. Phillipe Gilbert
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. André Greipel
4. Mark Cavendish
5. John Degenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Mark Cavendish
4. Andre Greipel
5. Gerald Ciolek
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Cancellara
4. Gerrans
5. Stannard
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Alessandro Petacchi
3. Mark Cavendish
4. Micheal Kwiatkowski
5. John Degenkolb
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VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Phinney
4. Gerrens
5. Kwiatkowski
Condolences to Boonen and his partner Lore on their loss. As an expectant father who was on pins and needles for a long time, I know that it must be very difficult. Quite secondarily, it’s a shame for MSR. Tommeke has been looking good so far this season.
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Mark Cavendish
4. Andre Greipel
5. John Degenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. Peter Sagan
3. John Degenkolb
4. Taylor Phinney
5. Andre Greipel
Hmm, a lot of superb prizes seem to be bringing out a whole heap of folks never heard nor seen ’round these parts. Wheelsuckers!
Condolences to Boonen.
VSP PICKS:
1. GREIPEL André
2. HUSHOVD Thor
3. CANCELLARA Fabian
4. GERRANS Simon
5. PHINNEY Taylor
Thank you Keepers for putting together an incredible set of prizes.
I’m still gunning for the shop apron…
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Sagan
3. Gilbert
4. Cavendish
5. Greipel
@KW
No monument is worth being away from your significant other at a time like this. Chapeau to Tommeke for making the right decision to stay home this weekend.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Degenkolb
3. Sagan
4. Stannard
5. A Kristoff
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Cancellara
3. Greipel
4. Sagan
5. Degenkolb
Here goes nothing.
Hmmm….Boonen out – that is a sad turn.
revised picks.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Degenkolb
3. Gerrans
4. Phinney
5. Kwiatkowski
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Mark Cavendish
3. John Degenkolb
4. Andre Greipel
5. Fabian Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Degenkolb
3. Goss
4. Sagan
5. Stannard
VSP PICKS:
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. John Degenkolb
3. Peter Sagan
4. Michal Kwiatkowski
5. Simon Gerrans
VSP PICKS:
1. Phinney
2. Sagan
3. Cancellara
4. Cav
5. Stannard
VSP PICKS:
1. Spartacus
2. Billions and Billions
3. Kwiatkowski
4. Stannard
5. Van Avermaet
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Kiawtkowski
3. Sagan
4. Tony Martin
5. Arnaud Démarre
VSP PICKS:
1. Fab Candelabra
2. Pincher Sagan
3. Philbert Gilbert
4. Roaming Kreuziger
5. Myles Cavendish
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Sagan
3. Chava
4. AleJet
5. Spartacus
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cavendish
3. Degenkolb
4. Cancellara
5. Greipel
VSP PICKS:
1. Kwiatowski
2. Sagan
3. Cav
4. Degenkolb
5. Gerrans
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Sauceler
3. Faboo
4. EBH
5. Jelter Skelter
@Daccordi Rider
I’ve got him in for a cheeky podium, not sure he’ll beat Sagan, though if the weather’s shite his chances will go up exponentially.
@ChrisO
Yeah I think they brought that in at some point last year.
VSP PICKS:
1. Mark Cavendish
2. Peter Sagan
3. Fabian Cancellara
4. Ian Stannard
5. André Greipel