Velominati Super Prestige: VVomen’s Chrono des Nations 2013
In the days of Anquetil, this was considered the most prestigious individual time trial on the calendar, and he made his name early by winning the event as an amateur at 19. It was also 100km in length, which brings up the point that maybe everyone in our generation should be banned from ever breathing the phrase, “Rule #5”.
These days, there is an actual Worlds ITT, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love this race. The women also get to play in deep end of the pool and although the route is a lot shorter, its still a time trail and time trails mean pain; there’s something to love about that.
Hurry and get your picks in; not a lot of time as we almost delgado’d the last VSP of the year after having our brains melted by Greg LeMond referring to himself casually as a Velominatus.
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Not a big field.
VSP PICKS:
1. VAN DIJK Ellen
2. ZABELINSKAYA Olga
3. GILLOW Shara
4. SIMMONS Hayley
5. RITTER Martina
Closing the curtain on another VSP. THANKS Keepers, you guys have been awesome!
VSP PICKS:
1. Amber Nuben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Alison Tetrick
4. Jeannie Longo
5. Edwide Pitel
@eightzero
I know that cycling news has her listed as the favorite but she was not on the start list that I found. Is she really riding?
Wow, Cycling Fans and Cycling Fever have completely different start lists for the 2013 Chronos.
VSP PICKS:
1. A. Neben
2. E. Van Dijk
3. O. Zabelinskaia
4. L. Brennauer
5. J. Longo
HELLO! He said Greg LeMan referred to himself as a Velominatus. Are you people paying attention here?
@Gianni
I was half asleep this morning and I caught it on FB. Pretty amazing. Makes me proud to be part of this community
VSP PICKS:
1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Elodie Rival
5. Alison Tetrick
That’ll be the last we see of Frank for a while, his head must have exploded when he saw that!
Seems to be multiple start lists, depending where you look. So it’s a crap shoot.
VSP PICKS:
1. Olga Zabalinskaya
2. Patricia Schwager
3. Edwige Pitel
4. Liesbeth de Vocht
5. Fanny Leleu
Let’s see what happens…
VSP PICKS:
1. dijk
2. zabelinskaia
3. neben
4. small
5. ritter
1st VSP for me comes to a close. Ok start, average middle, 1 point an event at the end. Here’s to bettering mid table obscurity in 2014. It’s been fun.
VSP PICKS:
1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Melodie Lesueur
5. Julia Shaw
I really have no idea here. Went with the last one because my daughter’s name is Taryn.
VSP PICKS:
1. Amber Neben
2. Doris Schweizer
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Lisa Brennauer
5. Taryn Heather
After looking at the start list on the official site I’m changing my picks.
http://www.chronodesnations.com/19-liste-des-engages
VSP PICKS:
1. neben
2. zabelinskaia
3. tetrick
4. shaw
5. pitel
VSP PICKS:
1. Olga Zabelinskaya
2. Hanna Solovey
3. Elisa Long Borgini
4. Melodie Lesueur
5. Edwige Pitel
Ignoring the form chart at my peril. I’d love to see Longo win, if only because we’re similarly geriatric.
VSP PICKS:
1. Longo Borghini
2. Pitel
3. Neben
4. Zabelinskaia
5. Longo
@Gianni No, I am snoozing here godammit.
VSP PICKS:
1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Alison Tetrick
4. Lesueur Melody
5. Julia Shaw
Oh, and Bon Chance all tomorrows Cogal riders
Go Bridie!!
VSP PICKS:
1. Neben
2. Zabelenskya
3. Bridie O’Donnell
4. Lisbeth DeVocht
5. Patricia Schwager
Ever harder than usual to find info on this race. I hope ASO unveils a 100km ITT for the 2014 tour when they announce the route next week.
VSP PICKS:
1. Ellen van Dijk
2. Carmen Small
3. Lisa Brennauer
4. Shara Gillow
5. Olga Zabelinskaya
@DCR
You are changing your picks based on a link to the 2013 race?
VSP PICKS:
1. Olga Zabelinskaia
2. Amber Neben
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Jeannie Longo
5. Bridie O’Donnell
couple of sweaty socks in the mix just for laughs.
VSP PICKS:
1. Neben
2. Zabelinskaya
3. Longo Borghini
4. Burgess
5. Turvey
@eenies
but, this is 2013 n’est pas ??
@JohnB
130 pts so far, not too shabby, loon, just ahead of my 124 pts, but the important thing is we both came ahead of @The Engine
VSP PICKS:
1. Longo Borghini
2. Amber Neben
3. Jutta Stienen
4. Alison Tetrick
5. Olga Zabelinskaia
@meursault
Merci!!! Currently raining and in the 50’s. Should be awesome tomorrow!!!
@eenies
Have another drink, mate!
VSP PICKS:
1. Alison Tetrick
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Zabelinskaia
5. Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Dijk
2. Small
3. Zabalinskaia
4. Neben
5. Tetrick
VSP PICKS:
1. Olga Zabelinskaya
2. Hanna Solovey
3. Elisa Long Borgini
4. Patricia Schwager
5. Edwige Pitel
VSP PICKS:
1. neben
2. de vocht
3. Brûlée
4. Pitel
5. Longo
Woah, LeMan is a Follower? Congratulations Keepers! You’ve got the biggest Follower of all…and we can all start buying his bikes again!
Good lord, I just re-watched the Angliru climb from this year’s Vuelta. Haven’t we had some insane weather and stages this year? The Giro, the Vuelta, damn. What a ride from Kenny E!
How big is that guy? He looks Mottet-ed.
VSP PICKS:
1. Tetrick Alison
2. Neben Amber
3. Lesueur Mélodie
4. Pitel Edwige
5. Oâ??Donnell Bridie
Thanks to the Keepers for another great season and the work they put in to it.
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Olga Zabelinskaya
3. Hanna Solovey
4. Amber Neben
5. Liesbeth De Vocht
@Sauterelle
cool name.
Thanks Keepers for yet another great year. Chapeau @dancollins; please report to the controle dopage.
VSP PICKS:
1. zabelinskaya
2. neben
3. longho borghini
4. soloveny
5. van dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Neben
2. Zabelinskaya
3. Longo Borghini
4. Solovey
5. Longo
Thanks to the Keepers for a great season especially for including the women’s races which forced me to check out the talent beyond Vos (who is awesome).
VSP PICKS:
1. Zabelinskaya
2. Neben
3. Stienen
4. Longo Borghini
5. Solovey
X
VSP PICKS:
1. Neben
2. Zabelinskya
3. Longo Borghini
4. Solovy
5. Stienen
Lets go Ladies!
VSP PICKS:
1. Tetrick
2. Neben
3. Borghini
4. Solovey
5. Pitel
I must admit to picking names I like the sound of rather than having knowledge of their form – some of them sound like burlesque dancers
VSP PICKS:
1. Strappazzon Marine
2. Leleu Fanny
3. Artaud Audrey
4. Van Houweling Molly
5. Brulee Latoya
VSP PICKS:
1. Amber Neben
2. Bridie O’Donnell
3. Olga Zabelinskaia
4. Lisbeth De Vocht
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
@Gianni
now that my picks are in, this can get my attention. Holy Fucking Shit that’s cool!
VSP PICKS:
1. Longo, Jeannie
2. Zabelinskaia, Olga
3. Neben, Amber
4. O’Donnell, Bridie
5. Strappazzon, Marine
Darts at the wall. Hope this is a lucky day. Wait, it was a sunny day in Portland and I got 67k on the bike, it is a very lucky day.
VSP PICKS:
1. Neben
2. Borghini
3. De Vocht
4. O’Donnell
5. Zabelinskaia
Almost Delgado’d that one! Good thing I checked the site after work.
VSP PICKS:
1. Neben
2. van Dijk
3. Longo
4. Shaw
5. Zabalinskaya
VSP PICKS:
1. Brûlée
2. Zabalinskaia
3. De Vocht
4. Neben
5. Longo Borghini
Last to start, my money is on you. Where has Neben been this season?
VSP PICKS:
1. Zabelinskaia, Olga
2. Neben, Amber
3. Longo, Jeannie
4. De Vocht, Liesbeth
5. Tetrick, Alison
VSP PICKS:
1. Bridie O’Donnell
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Olga Zabelinskaia
5. Magdale De Saint Jean
VSP PICKS:
1. Ellen van Dijk
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Longo Borghini
5. Olga Zabelinskaia