Once again the metal grate is rolling up in front of the VSP lotto window. It’s bettin’ time. The Route de France is an eight day women’s stage race consisting of a prologue and seven road stages. The route stays away from any serious mountains so daily victories could go to sprinters or those willing to drive a breakaway. To make it interesting, Marianne Vos is not racing. Last year’s winner was @eightzero’s favorite Evelyn Stevens (a serious Rule #27 violator), an all around power house, neither a pure sprinter or pure climber, a Phyllis Gilbert, if you will.
Women are fighting for better wages everywhere and cycling is no different. But at least they seem to be having more fun and racing their brains out too. I don’t believe they have podium boys, but they should. In this race they have their own singer (!?). Here is the start list. We at Velominati are interested in promoting women’s racing in our own half-assed way so we offer up this petition to promote a women’s Tour de France.
This race begins on Saturday so do your research and don’t Delgado. These women’s race points are worth just as much as the men’s points in the quest for overall VSP general classification victory.
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As usual, here goes very little.
VSP PICKS:
1. STEVENS Evelyn
2. GUDERZO Tatiana
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. BRONZINI Giorgia
5. ARMITSTEAD Elisabeth
Johansson has been riding well all season, but Moolman is due a big win. She now seems to be the Lotto leader, ahead of de Vries.
VSP PICKS:
1. Ashleigh Moolman
2. Emma Johansson
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Linda Villumsen
5. Megan Guarnier
Let it go, @eightzero, let it go....
VSP PICKS:
1. Johannsson
2. Bronzini
3. De Vries
4. Devorak
5. Daams
VSP PICKS:
1. MOOLMAN Ashleigh
2. DE VRIES Marijn
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. BECKER Charlotte
5. VARGAS VILLAMIL Lorena Maria
Oooh, tough.
Liked the look of Armistead in the Olympics, but that's a looong time ago and she was on home turf with super support.
Oh well, in for a penny ...
Gotta pick an Aussie too, and why not Tiff Cromwell?
VSP PICKS:
1. armistead
2. stevens
3. bronzini
4. johansson
5. cromwell
Thanks for including a link to the petition. I signed it.
VSP PICKS:
1. E. Johansson
2. E. Stevens
3. K.-A. Canuel
4. D. Muccioli
5. K. McGrath
VSP PICKS:
1. Evelyn Stevens
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Megan Guarnier
4. Ashleigh Moolman
5. Valentina Scandolara
VSP PICKS:
1. Bronzini
2. Stevens
3. Armistead
4. cromwell
5. Canuela
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Johansson
3. Bronzini
4. Armitstead
5. Guarnier
Here goes nothing! Cannot believe that they even have to fight for a women's tdf? That's seriously screwed up! I remember when it was run regularly but I am sad to say that I do not remember when they dropped it from the race calendar. Signing the petition now.
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Johansson
3. Armistead
4. Bronzini
5. De Vries