Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2013

The Lion cooks up a helping of V-cakes for <a href=
Faboo after dishing out the hurt on Le Carrefour de l'Arbre" src="http://www.velominati.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/photo-1-620x465.jpg" width="620" height="465" /> The Lion cooks up a helping of V-cakes for Faboo after dishing out the hurt on Le Carrefour

It looks so easy on the television. Well, no, actually it looks pretty bloody hard. We think we have some understanding of how they suffer, how their bodies can take the continual beating. But we don’t really know. Not even by riding these abominations they call roads twice in the space of a few days can we understand the scale of the thing. Not even by witnessing firsthand a master of the cobbles effortlessly turning the cranks, cruising past us as if on a cushion of air by comparison to our bed of nails can we fully comprehend what it takes to ride these secteurs with any panache, style or speed.

While we witnessed a Roubaix masterclass from The Lion himself today, a new name could be added alongside his on the long list of legends on Sunday. Or it could be a former vainquer adding to an already impressive palmares. But as we’ve seen in the past, and even the past hours, luck plays as big a part as skill, talent and fitness in this most beautifully horrible race. And it plays an even bigger part in picking the top five in the VSP.

All you have to do is sit back and enjoy the spectacle. We’ll be doing the hard yards at the side of the roads of Troisvilles, the Troueé, and the Carrefour. Study the form guide, then throw it out. It’s no good to you here.

In the meantime here’s a look at a bunch of nobodies and a guru riding a secteur on today’s recon. The lesson comes at around 0.15.

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347 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2013”

  1. Looking at the picks of the prominent prognosticators of this group has me feeling pretty complacent. Win or lose I’ll not fall far in the VSP standings…

  2. @brian

    rollin isn’t riding apparently so i’ll take hugo houle. going to be an early morning tomorrow,good luck to everyone,cheers.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. chavanel
    2. edvald boassen hagen
    3. flecha
    4. fab
    5. houle

    Where did you hear that?

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Phinney
    3. Stannard
    4. Haussler
    5. Roelandts

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Turgot
    3. Van Avaermet
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Chavanel

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. cancellara
    2. stannard
    3. roelandts
    4. phinney
    5. chavanel

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Sagan
    3. Turgot
    4. Roelandts
    5. Hayman

  7. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellarta
    2. Chavanel
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Pozzato
    5. Stannard

  8. Fabs has the yips and will repeat his cornering form from London…Once he’s gapped, the rest of the field will ride like nutbags trying to seize the day…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Hayman
    2. Chav
    3. Turgot
    4. Roelandts
    5. Durbo

  9. VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Boasson Hagen
    3. Phinney
    4. Haussler
    5. Devolder

  10. Hmmm.. I need to type a comment… Well then, GO PHINNEYYYYYYSSTTTERRR… HOLD THE WHEEL BAD BOY!

  11. Bummer. When I opened the page it said I had 6mins. Apparently not. Oh well.

  12. Delgado’d but who cares, we’ve a RACE to watch. All the talk about Cancellara, psssffffttt.

    Interestingly there are two names that haven’t been mentioned at all in any of the blogs and news previeware round the net.    that riders that are riding well and have cent results at P-R that gives them cause for consideration.

    Matt Hayman

    Bernard Eisel

    These old warhorses will be thernext the end when others in their team won’t. Hayman in particular lives for this race iand is psyched!

    Anyway if anyone can actually beat Cancellara it is Phinney.

  13. Frank – you can’t say you’ve Delgatoed cause your right there… Have a great day, were all watching through you guys!

  14. I notice Frank’s bibs have some orange and white checks going on at the bottom of the legs.  When are we gonna see these new designs?

    Hope everyone has their feeds etc sorted.  Went back to cable TV and now have Eurosport on tap, it’s absolutely fantastic and the box has a hard drive that is steadily filling up with cycling!

  15. Thought I spied a V-Flag about a third of the way doesn’t the Arenberg

  16. @biggles

    Well that was an unremarkable Arenberg run.

    Not for some fuckwit who dug up the LH side of the Arenberg!

  17. @biggles

    @sthilzy

    @biggles

    Well that was an unremarkable Arenberg run.

    Not for some fuckwit who dug up the LH side of the Arenberg!

    Maybe they’re putting in pipes or something. :D

    Maybe some of the local boys got drunk and w.ent for a joy ride a tractor

  18. @Adrian

    @biggles

    @sthilzy

    @biggles

    Well that was an unremarkable Arenberg run.

    Not for some fuckwit who dug up the LH side of the Arenberg!

    Maybe they’re putting in pipes or something. :D

    Maybe some of the local boys got drunk and w.ent for a joy ride a tractor

    Oh, thosse wily french drunks!

  19. I have a feeling I’m going to regret pulling Boom from my VSP picks

  20. Cancellara 20 seconds back and Eurosport is counting Jim out?  Very premature…..

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