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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Hurrah! Just in time. Start list for the chaps.
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Devolder
3. Cancellara
4. Boom
5. Flecha
you shouldn't actually even try to speak English in Lille/Rijsel. They get mad at you!
VSP PICKS:
1. Der Fabs
2. Tommeke
3. ex-model Matti
4. La Machine
5. Pippo
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Konovalovas
3. Bennati
4. Gilbert
5. Vaitkus
Now he is back on Specialized Boonen can use the motor in the frame and roll Canc on the line......
VSP PICKS:
1. Tornado Tom
2. Fab Can
3. Matti B
4. Sylvain Chavanel
5. Van Marcke
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Cancellara
3. Vanmarcke
4. Devolder
5. Breschel
VSP PICKS:
1. chavanel
2. langeveld
3. gilbert
4. cancellara
5. boonen
On my way to Eurostar terminal to head to Lille... So excited... With Millar out with his useless collarbone, my wildcard pick is out the window... Fab and Tommeke rip the field to pieces, Tommeke gets dropped on the last climb a la 2010, Flecha can no longer cut it so Geraint is free to ride... But sadly is out powered by Sagan, and outsmarted by Devolder in the final sprint... Where is the Muur? Where is the Bosberg?... So sad
VSP PICKS:
1. Spartacus
2. Boonen
3. Sagan
4. Devolder
5. Super G
http://rvv.pro.p.assets.flandersclassics.be/files/646/original/2012RVVHerenDeelnemers.pdf?1333097666
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Boonen
3. Sagan
4. Boassen Hagen
5. Gatto
Supposedly this is the last day of the unseasonably warm weather in the UK so I'm going out on my bike to think about my VSP picks and make some vitamin D while working on my tan lines. This week has been better than most summers days, just lovely.
It should also take my mind of the lucky Velominati over in Flanders.
Should be "summer's".