The Keepers and Rigid rolled into a region in France called Flandres which, without doing any further research into the matter, we assume is the coloquial French term for this region of the world. If its anything like the other regions in Europe, these places have roots that extend way past any modern country’s border and situate themselves in a history long past.
They do, however, speak French with all the stubbornness that we have come to love from the French. None of us in the group speak French very well, and no one we’ve found in Lille speaks English very well. Which means we’re all communicating with arms and legs more so than with words. We’re on our way to Kemmel, which means we’ll be able to speak a bit of Flemish again.
With Keepers Tour: Cobbled Classics 2012 about to begin in earnest, we’re busy organizing ourselves and making final preparations, so we’ll have to forgo the usual insightful, hard-hitting, race insight we usually produce for the VSPs. What’s that you say? We’re usually full of shit? Ah, right. You’ll have to forgive us the usual shit, then, and take today’s flavor.
Watch the countdown timer, get your VSP picks in by Sunday morning at 5am Pacific. Winner of this VSP event will earn the right to comment all year with the Leeuw van Vlaanderen commenting badge. We will also forgo the usual Symbol Pack prize awarded to a Monument and award the winner a copy of the local newspaper the day after the race.
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Bah.
*Geraint*
VSP PICKS:
1. Vanmarcke
2. Ballen
3. Kurt Douglas
4. Boonen
5. Breschel
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Faboo
3. Sagan
4. Chavanel
5. EBH
I've been watching so many of the races that I'm starting to lose track & is isn't even April! Did Sep win at K-B-K? No, that was Omloop. Who won...? This is not a complaint though!
In the past few years the V-Bug has bitten me hard, which is why I'm a pretty darn good cyclist, and not the best graduate student. It has been fun, but time to focus. With a wedding on the horizon, I'd like to finish a full draft by mid-June. Yesterday for the first time in a long time I put in a full day of work, then squeezed in an hour of riding at 20:30. It felt GREAT, not only to stretch my legs after a day at the desk, but to still be able to ride & to ride knowing I'd worked on my most important form, the one that will pay the bills. So long free days, hello life of the time crunched cyclist. Oh well, have even more than two months to be ready for cross racin'!
This is going to be a fantastic two weeks of racing! Tough to call this weekend. Is Cancellara on form or off? What about BMC and Thor, Phil, and Taylor? Is there any type of race Sagan can't be positioned to win? Will Boonen continue to ride for all wins or save his legs for a historic P-R win next week? Maybe support Chavanel, who is looking fine.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Boonen
3. Sep VM
4. Sagan
5. Hushovd
VSP PICKS:
1. Tom Boonen
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Stijn Devolder
4. Alessandro Ballan
5. Sylvain Chavanel
VSP PICKS:
1. John Degenkolb
2. Stijn Devolder
3. Philip Gilbert
4. Bram Tankink
5. Sylvain Chavanel
Once again, I hope that I am wrong and Tomeke wins it!
VSP PICKS:
1. Sparticus
2. Tommeke
3. Pozatto
4. Van Avermaet
5. Breschel
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Cancellara
3. Vanmarke
4. Degenkolb
5. Ballan
@Ron
Taylor Phinney isn't even riding, but he probably is going to do Roubaix.
Tom Boonen is the only pick I got mapped. What do? Dispute?