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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VSP PICKS:
1. M. Cavendish
2. A. Greipel
3. J. Degenkolb
4. A. Kristoff
5. S. Modolo
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Sagan
3. Degenkolb
4. Greipel
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Sagan
3. Modolo
4. Degenkolb
5. Greipel
VSP PICKS:
1. SAGAN, Peter
2. DEGENKOLB, John
3. KRISTOFF, Alexander
4. MODOLO, Sacha
5. CAVENDISH, Mark
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Stybar
3. T Phinn
4. Cancellara
5. Chavanel
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Phinney
3. Kwiatkowski
4. Cancellara
5. Van Avermaet
Outsiders and dark Dutch horses… And a ‘butcher’ happens to be called a ‘slagter’ in Danish… Nuff said.
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Simon Gerrans
3. Tom-Jelte Slagter
4. John Degenkolb
5. André Greipel
Course changes, 70% chance of rain, cross wind, 300Km. Who knows?
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendouche
2. Gripel
3. Sagan wagon
4. Gerrans
5. Mini Phinny
I think Mathews is in great shape if OGE can support him properly. Deggy is hungry for the win and Saggy will be close…..but I wonder if some forecast rain might not support fabulous faboos descending skills and I suspect Cav is a little under prepared to win this one, he was originally going to give it a miss until they changed the parcours.
VSP PICKS:
1. Mickey Mathews
2. Johnny Deggy
3. Saggy
4. The Manx Missle
5. Fabulous Faboo
Switching the order of things…
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen
4. John Degenkolb
5. Andre Greipel
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Kwiatkowski
4. Phinney
5. Stybar
To the streets.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Stybar
3. Ciolek
4. Degenkolb
5. Chavanel
I’d love to see Cav win a bunch sprint, but I’m going for Spartacus giving it full gas and then more full gas…
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Kwiatkovski
3. Sagan
4. Slagter
5. Kreuziger
Hurrah! It’s VSP time again; time to stir the tea leaves, drop the chicken bones and still get it utterly fucking wrong.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Gerro
3. Faboo
4. Greipel
5. Sagan
VSP PICKS:
1. P Sagan
2. Andre Greipel
3. Bauke Melloma
4. V Nibali
5. John Degenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. P Sagan
2. Degenkolb
3. Cancellara
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Cavendish
Wait and see two spanish sprinters job
two spanish sprinters with Nibali and Benatti
VSP PICKS:
1. nibali
2. kristoff
3. juanjo lobato
4. benatti
5. cancelara
VSP PICKS:
1. PAOLINI Luca
2. EISEL Bernhard
3. ULISSI Diego
4. CANCELLARA Fabian
5. CHAVANEL Sylvain
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Degenkolb
4. Greipel
5. Modolo
vsp picks
1. Stannard 2. Sagan 3. Cancellara 4. Gilbert 5. Degenkolb
Phinney has the fever.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Kwiatkowski
4. Degenkolb
5. Stybar
Update, after Phinney pulling out…
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Stybar
3. Degenkolb
4. Cancellara
5. Chavanel
After some serious deliberation I’ve decided to put a bunch of names on a dart board and make my picks that way.
VSP PICKS:
1. P. Sagan
2. R. Krueziger
3. M. Kwwiatkowski
4. I. Stannard
5. JJ Rojas
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Cancellara
3. Sagan
4. Slagter
5. Degenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. P. Sagan
2. R. Krueziger
3. M. Kwiatkowski
4. I. Stannard
5. JJ Rojas
Scarponi / Moser not competing.. adding Nibali & Jurgen Roelandts
VSP PICKS:
1. Kreuziger
2. Cancellara
3. Nibali
4. Roelandts
5. Sagan
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Degenkolb
4. Van summeren
5. Gilbert
Oh well!
Can you delete that double post
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Greg Van Avermaet
4. Mark Cavendish
5. John Begenkolb
@kixsand
Well shit. Phinney’s home with a bugaboo. Just watched Kwiatkowski fold like a cheap suit in stage 5 of Tirreno and now don’t think he’s got quite what it will take to bring this thing home.
Hopefully the final revision!
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Greipel
3. Faboo
4. Degenkolb
5. Gerrans
VSP PICKS:
1. Giblets
2. Sagan
3. Fabs
4. Nibbles
5. Sauceler
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendouche
2. Gripel
3. Sagan wagon
4. Gerrans
5. Degenklob
Changes.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sag Wagon
2. Minnie Phinnie
3. Fabs
4. Degenknob
5. Cav
Revision. Should be a good race.
@GSoroos
Revision – DEGENKOLB John for PHINNEY Taylor in 5th place
VSP PICKS:
1. GREIPEL André
2. HUSHOVD Thor
3. CANCELLARA Fabian
4. GERRANS Simon
5. DEGENKOLB John
Hmm… Phinney out due to illness.
VSP PICKS:
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. Peter Sagan
3. Simon Gerrans
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen
5. Mark Cavendish
No Stannard in the Sky line up. They are going with Eddie Bos and Swifty as their sprint options and Geraint as the guy who gets in a good position then crashes at the crucial moment.
VSP PICKS:
1. Kwiatkowski, Michal
2. Cancellara, Fabian
3. Sagan, Peter
4. Boasson Hagen, Edvald
5. Gilbert, Phillipe
No Stannard!
Hopefully get these 5 to the start line!!
VSP PICKS:
1. Diego Ulissi
2. Mark Cavendish
3. Peter Sagan
4. Franco Pellizotti
5. Faboo
Pfft, no Stannard. Maybe he still doesn’t have a rear mech strong enough?
VSP PICKS:
1. Kwiatkowski
2. Sagan
3. Van Avermaet
4. Degenkolb
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Degenkolb
4. Kristoff
5. Greipel
Revision. Who else is going to drop from the start list?
VSP PICKS:
1. Degenkolb
2. Sagan
3. Faboo
4. Cavendish
5. Chavanel
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Gerrans
4. Dekenkolb
5. Greipel
VSP PICKS:
1. Degenkolb
2. Sagan
3. Kwiatkowski
4. Greipel
5. Cavendish
VSP PICKS:
1. S. Modolo
2. P. Sagan
3. F. Cancellara
4. A. Kristoff
5. A. Demare
Question: do we get to make “rest day” changes after the Cipressa?