Comments on: Velominati Super Prestige: VVomen’s Chrono des Nations 2013

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 16:59:59 +0000

@dancollins Chapeau. Near-Merckxian level of dominance. The apron shall be promptly annointed with tubular mastic on receipt.

By: Tobin

Tobin — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:58:01 +0000

Fucking Fuck! Delgado’d the last race of the year…Chapeau to @dancollins!

By: Barracuda

Barracuda — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:52:29 +0000

@Gianni – agree with your comments and well played @dancollins.

@Gianni – do you need an address for our “special guest” to be sent to ?

My email go lost in translation

Cheers

By: Mikael Liddy

Mikael Liddy — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:34:14 +0000

@Gianni hey Gianni, was riding with Shane on Saturday & he couldn't speak highly enough of the unofficial tour guide role you played when he was over earlier in the year.

By: Gianni

Gianni — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:12:12 +0000

@dancollins You da man. And a monster finish too, chapeau. It was a great year of racing.

By: dancollins

dancollins — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:42:42 +0000

@San Tonio Can I wear it while riding my bike??

By: San Tonio

San Tonio — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:34:57 +0000

@dancollins Chapeau Sir, Congratulations on your well deserved victory. I'm sure you will do us proud with the illustrious velominati shop apron.

By: Bianchi Denti

Bianchi Denti — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:38:58 +0000

@dancollins

Frank: Thanks to you and the Keepers for running such a great site and doing all you do for the VSP. I am already looking forward to next year's Het Nieuwsblad (or maybe the Tour Downunder?). Definitely will have withdrawal. Even the Packers don't cut it for me here in Wisconsin! Reading Half Man, Half Bike and really enjoying it right now. Thanks again. Dan

Congratulations. You smashed us on the last stage, even though you had the VSP in the bag. The Prophet would be proud.

By: imakecircles

imakecircles — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:33:30 +0000

Whew, I’m glad that my Delgado in the last race of the VSP season didn’t cost me my top 10 place. Many thanks to the Keepers for hosting the VSP, and I’m also of the opinion that the VSP having ladies’ races in it helped me to form a broader perspective on bike racing and gain knowledge of the women’s field. Chapeau!

By: Skip

Skip — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 21:59:09 +0000

Congrats @dancollins! I’m just stoked on finishing top 10.

By: dancollins

dancollins — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:49:52 +0000

Frank: Thanks to you and the Keepers for running such a great site and doing all you do for the VSP. I am already looking forward to next year’s Het Nieuwsblad (or maybe the Tour Downunder?). Definitely will have withdrawal. Even the Packers don’t cut it for me here in Wisconsin! Reading Half Man, Half Bike and really enjoying it right now. Thanks again. Dan

By: frank

frank — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:14:31 +0000

Massive congratulations to @dancollins for taking the 2013 VSP in style by winning the final event of the season.

Final Race Results

1. SOLOVEY Hanna

2. TETRICK Alison

3. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa

4. ZABELINSKAYA Olga

5. PITEL Edwige

Final VSP Results

1. dancollins (8 points)

2. Nate (6 points)

3. Heihachi (6 points)

4. VeloVita (6 points)

5. girl (6 points)

6. JohnB (5 points)

7. sthilzy (5 points)

8. strathlubnaig (5 points)

9. zeitzmar (5 points)

10. Buck Rogers (4 points)

...

11. starclimber (4 points)

12. CanuckChuck (4 points)

13. Skip (3 points)

14. xyxax (3 points)

15. freddy (3 points)

16. anotherdownunder (3 points)

17. plynie (2 points)

18. Bianchi Denti (2 points)

19. DCR (2 points)

20. meursault (2 points)

21. TOM.NELS2120 (2 points)

22. Ron (2 points)

23. Mikael Liddy (2 points)

24. Lukas (2 points)

25. harminator (2 points)

26. ramenvelo (2 points)

27. Chica (2 points)

28. eightzero (1 points)

29. Steampunk (1 points)

30. mouse (1 points)

31. eenies (1 points)

32. Adrian (1 points)

33. moondance (1 points)

34. Sauterelle (0 points)

35. Rigid (0 points)

And the final GC for this year's series is as follows: [vsp_gc year="2013"/] @dancollins, we'll be in touch regarding your apron!

By: Optimiste

Optimiste — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:27:45 +0000

@Gianni

HELLO! He said Greg LeMan referred to himself as a Velominatus. Are you people paying attention here?

Still processing...

By: JohnB

JohnB — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:06:58 +0000

@strathlubnaig

couple of sweaty socks in the mix just for laughs. VSP PICKS: 1. Neben 2. Zabelinskaya 3. Longo Borghini 4. Burgess 5. Turvey

I had both the Scots in my first picks too but the desire to try to score some points took over! Even though she's a triathlete Turvey is handy in a TT and way better than Jay.

By: the Engine

the Engine — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:55:50 +0000

@strathlubnaig

@JohnB
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
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

S'ok I Delgadoed for the first time this year - still recovering from my message from LeMan

By: DCR

DCR — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:49:10 +0000

1
28
Solovey Hanna
Ukraine team
00h28’24 “740
00h00’00 “00

2
3
Alison Tetrick
Exergy TWENTY 16
00h29’07 “890
00h00’43 “00

3
30
Elisa Longo Borghini
Hitec
00h29’23 “760
00h00’59 “00

4
2
Olga Zabelinskaia
RUSVELO
00h29’25 “060
00h01’01 “00

5
6
Edwige Pitel
SC Michela Fanini
00h29’29 “430
00h01’05 “00

By: starclimber

starclimber — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:26:17 +0000

Live here:

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:31:11 +0000

@eenies

@Buck Rogers
@eenies
@DCR
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
You are changing your picks based on a link to the 2013 race?
Have another drink, mate!
I had plenty already with that cheeky wee bottle of red. Maybe I should stick to IPA in the future.

Ha! With the red wine for dinner that CannuckChuck brought, then 3 different scotches, 3 different bourbons and the wheat whiskey that MJ brought, I was SPINNING for hours last night! T-38 minutes 'til roll out! Espresso machine brewing overtime! Thanks for the Beans, Steamy!!!

By: eenies

eenies — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:00:39 +0000

@Buck Rogers

@eenies
@DCR
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
You are changing your picks based on a link to the 2013 race?
Have another drink, mate!

I had plenty already with that cheeky wee bottle of red. Maybe I should stick to IPA in the future.

By: scaler911

scaler911 — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 12:41:37 +0000

Merckx damn it! Got side tracked by cow wrapped in pork on the BBQ and IPA last night. Ah well…………..

By: zeitzmar

zeitzmar — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:47:38 +0000

@Deakus it happens to the best of us...

By: Deakus

Deakus — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:48:20 +0000

Bollocks! Delgado’d….

By: Chica

Chica — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:57:57 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Ellen van Dijk
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Longo Borghini
5. Olga Zabelinskaia

By: anotherdownunder

anotherdownunder — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:46:30 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Bridie O’Donnell
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Olga Zabelinskaia
5. Magdale De Saint Jean

By: ramenvelo

ramenvelo — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:32:37 +0000

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

By: harminator

harminator — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:48:13 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. BrÃ»lÃ©e
2. Zabalinskaia
3. De Vocht
4. Neben
5. Longo Borghini

By: zeitzmar

zeitzmar — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:35:18 +0000

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

By: Lukas

Lukas — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 05:15:45 +0000

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

By: moondance

moondance — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 04:17:39 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Longo, Jeannie
2. Zabelinskaia, Olga
3. Neben, Amber
4. O’Donnell, Bridie
5. Strappazzon, Marine

By: Mikael Liddy

Mikael Liddy — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 04:00:05 +0000

@Gianni

HELLO! He said Greg LeMan referred to himself as a Velominatus. Are you people paying attention here?

now that my picks are in, this can get my attention. Holy Fucking Shit that's cool!

By: Mikael Liddy

Mikael Liddy — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:58:42 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Bridie O’Donnell
3. Olga Zabelinskaia
4. Lisbeth De Vocht
5. Elisa Longo Borghini

By: Rigid

Rigid — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:54:33 +0000

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

By: girl

girl — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:37:10 +0000

Lets go Ladies!

VSP PICKS:

1. Tetrick
2. Neben
3. Borghini
4. Solovey
5. Pitel

By: VeloVita

VeloVita — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:31:27 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. Zabelinskya
3. Longo Borghini
4. Solovy
5. Stienen

By: freddy

freddy — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:20:12 +0000

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

By: Heihachi

Heihachi — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:05:21 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. Zabelinskaya
3. Longo Borghini
4. Solovey
5. Longo

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:24:07 +0000

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

By: xyxax

xyxax — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:14:55 +0000

@Sauterelle cool name.

By: xyxax

xyxax — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 02:12:34 +0000

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

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:37:57 +0000

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 MÃ©lodie
4. Pitel Edwige
5. OÃ¢??Donnell Bridie

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:37:41 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. neben
2. de vocht
3. BrÃ»lÃ©e
4. Pitel
5. Longo

By: dancollins

dancollins — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:18:46 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Olga Zabelinskaya
2. Hanna Solovey
3. Elisa Long Borgini
4. Patricia Schwager
5. Edwige Pitel

By: TOM.NELS2120

TOM.NELS2120 — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:49:22 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Dijk
2. Small
3. Zabalinskaia
4. Neben
5. Tetrick

By: CanuckChuck

CanuckChuck — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:43:33 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Alison Tetrick
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Zabelinskaia
5. Dijk

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:22:30 +0000

@eenies

@DCR
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
You are changing your picks based on a link to the 2013 race?

Have another drink, mate!

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:21:36 +0000

@meursault

Oh, and Bon Chance all tomorrows Cogal riders

Merci!!! Currently raining and in the 50's. Should be awesome tomorrow!!!

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:17:35 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Longo Borghini
2. Amber Neben
3. Jutta Stienen
4. Alison Tetrick
5. Olga Zabelinskaia

By: strathlubnaig

strathlubnaig — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:16:34 +0000

@JohnB

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

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

By: strathlubnaig

strathlubnaig — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:06:22 +0000

@eenies

@DCR
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
You are changing your picks based on a link to the 2013 race?

but, this is 2013 n'est pas ??

By: strathlubnaig

strathlubnaig — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:04:48 +0000

couple of sweaty socks in the mix just for laughs.

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. Zabelinskaya
3. Longo Borghini
4. Burgess
5. Turvey

By: sthilzy

sthilzy — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:03:15 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Olga Zabelinskaia
2. Amber Neben
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Jeannie Longo
5. Bridie O’Donnell

By: eenies

eenies — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:48:40 +0000

@DCR

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

You are changing your picks based on a link to the 2013 race?

By: eenies

eenies — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:46:35 +0000

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

By: mouse

mouse — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:29:52 +0000

Go Bridie!!

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. Zabelenskya
3. Bridie O’Donnell
4. Lisbeth DeVocht
5. Patricia Schwager

By: meursault

meursault — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:57:00 +0000

Oh, and Bon Chance all tomorrows Cogal riders

By: meursault

meursault — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:55:52 +0000

@Gianni No, I am snoozing here godammit.

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Alison Tetrick
4. Lesueur Melody
5. Julia Shaw

By: starclimber

starclimber — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:47:55 +0000

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

By: dancollins

dancollins — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:27:52 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Olga Zabelinskaya
2. Hanna Solovey
3. Elisa Long Borgini
4. Melodie Lesueur
5. Edwige Pitel

By: DCR

DCR — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 20:22:58 +0000

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

By: Sauterelle

Sauterelle — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:37:18 +0000

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

By: JohnB

JohnB — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:31:53 +0000

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

By: DCR

DCR — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:28:56 +0000

Let’s see what happens…

VSP PICKS:

1. dijk
2. zabelinskaia
3. neben
4. small
5. ritter

By: Bianchi Denti

Bianchi Denti — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:24:30 +0000

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

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:05:38 +0000

That’ll be the last we see of Frank for a while, his head must have exploded when he saw that!

By: plynie

plynie — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 19:02:10 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Elodie Rival
5. Alison Tetrick

By: RedRanger

RedRanger — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:49:02 +0000

@Gianni

HELLO! He said Greg LeMan referred to himself as a Velominatus. Are you people paying attention here?

I was half asleep this morning and I caught it on FB. Pretty amazing. Makes me proud to be part of this community

By: Gianni

Gianni — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:37:51 +0000

HELLO! He said Greg LeMan referred to himself as a Velominatus. Are you people paying attention here?

By: Steampunk

Steampunk — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 18:03:30 +0000

VSP PICKS:

1. A. Neben
2. E. Van Dijk
3. O. Zabelinskaia
4. L. Brennauer
5. J. Longo

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:55:54 +0000

Wow, Cycling Fans and Cycling Fever have completely different start lists for the 2013 Chronos.

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:54:41 +0000

@eightzero

Not a big field. VSP PICKS: 1. VAN DIJK Ellen 2. ZABELINSKAYA Olga 3. GILLOW Shara 4. SIMMONS Hayley 5. RITTER Martina

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?

By: Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:53:03 +0000

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

By: eightzero

eightzero — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:50:51 +0000

Not a big field.

VSP PICKS:

1. VAN DIJK Ellen
2. ZABELINSKAYA Olga
3. GILLOW Shara
4. SIMMONS Hayley
5. RITTER Martina