The inaugural Velominati Super Prestige makes an unscheduled stop this week at the Tour de Suisse. Originally left off the VSP roster, it was decided among the Keepers that the ‘fourth Grand Tour’ is indeed worthy of inclusion in our humble tipping competition. As one of the final hit-outs for many Tour de France contenders, the Swiss race shows who might be ready to step up in July, who’s needing to pull their finger out, and who might be targeting this race as a worthy addition to their palmares. With a couple of TT’s, stages that could go to the sprinters or a daring breakaway, and some of the most picturesque mountain passes in Europe, it has something for everyone, and anyone could win.
Can Motorcus find an ‘extra gear’ and back up his 09 victory? Will the EgoTesticle show signs of his old self on the bike, or just behave like his old self off it? And are the Brothers Grimpeur finally going to do something, anything?
Let us know your thoughts, and make your picks to pick up a sweet Obey The Rules bumper sticker, in the posts section on this page. For a full rundown on the competition scoring etc, visit our VSP Schedule, Rules and Results page.
Good luck!
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@Steampunk
Dude, I love that guy. Tall, Dutch. Shit, that's enough right there, but aside from his generally poor skill at staying upright, he has some serious grinta. I have been unable to find the footage of it, but there was a mountain top finish in the Vuelta last year where he attacked soooooooo hard, head down, just powered and keep sprinting until everyone was off his wheel. Coolest attack I've ever seen in a bike race in recent memory.
Rad.
@frank
I'd love to see him have a good Tour. He's one of those guys who could be in the mix and make it more interesting if he didn't crash out early all the time. Unfortunately, the early stages seem tougher than usual, and I don't see him hanging in long enough...
...and we're probably flogging a dead horse with the C-Douche stuff, but reports today say the protest was a result of him spitting on Haussler immediately after the crash. I missed that part of the story and thought they were just protesting his unsafe riding.
Me, just 10 minutes ago: Where is Faboo on the Stage 6 results list? (http://06.live-radsport.ch/details_18120/Tour_de_Suisse__Etappe_6.html)
Me, just now: Oh... I see, he hadn't finished until just a few minutes ago, 23 minutes down. DAMN.
@ben
He's going to have to straight carve up some dudes BIG TIME on the TT. 23 minutes down, it almost seems not an impossible gap for him.
@Steampunk
He's exactly the kind of rider I love to love. I just keep on hopin' that little guy can get the girl in the end. Even just the tension of hoping he keeps from falling off is enough to make any race exciting! Reading the live report, I was thinking, "don't crash - don't crash!"
@frank
Yep: and each turn on the descent had me worried. He lost close to a minute from the top, but he got there in one piece.
Gesink is a freakin stud!
With that form, I think he moves up the TdF consideration list as not a dark horse, but a worthy rider. Wow, even the brothers Grimpeur were human today.
I suppose the real question is was Andy in it for a training ride today, or was he trying to make time on Martin and podium?? To me, he looked either to comfy or he didn't have it but it was hard to tell.
oh, and yes, I thought Gesink over-cooked it on a couple of those corners, he is no El Falco by any standard
@Souleur
Rabobank could be interesting with both Gesink and Menchov showing good form. But I refuse to get too excited yet. Both seem to spend way too much time falling over.