Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen 2012
The Velominati Super-Prestige continues with our second Women’s event of 2012, the Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. This one is made even more exciting for me by the fact that I now have some small connection to the Women’s Tibco Racing Team, as I watched with envy as they each pulled their bikes off the oversized baggage carrousel in Schiphol. Classy girls, each of them; they were really having a good time laughing in the giggly kind of way you can only understand if you’ve ever been jet lagged.
Sadly, this gives me no insight whatsoever into who might or might not be within a chance of winning the event, or placing in the top V. But be that as it may, get your VSP picks in by the time the countdown counter drops to zero for a chance to win the Women’s VSP. 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.
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Gunnwijk
3. Johansson
4. Pooley
5. Wild
VSP PICKS:
1. Cooke
2. Armistead
3. Pooley
4. Teutenberg
5. Armstrong
VSP PICKS:
1. Gunnewijk
2. Johansson
3. Hosking
4. Armitstead
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Teutenberg
3. Cooke
4. Gunnewijk
5. Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Vos
3. Gunnewijk
4. Johannson
5. Arndt
VSP PICKS:
1. Liz armistead
2. jessie deams
3. Nostvold
4. johannson
5. teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Tuetenberg
3. Pooley
4. Cooke
5. Arndt
Last minute modification…
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Johansson
3. Pooley
4. Arndt
5. Wild
Wish Anna Wilson still rode
VSP PICKS:
1. Cooke
2. Arndt
3. Armistead
4. Pooley
5. Armstrong
Just saw that Arndt won.
1. Arndt
2. Armstrong
3. Numainville
Ugh. Picked 1 of 5. And not even right spot. And to think I drink all that Belgian beer last note to pay homage…
Kirsten Wild is 4th, behind Arndt (1st), Armstrong (2nd) and Numainville (3th). I don’t know who’s 5th yet.
Result Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouen
1. Judith Arndt (Ger) GreenEdge-AIS
2. Kristin Armstrong (USA) United States National Team @ 2s
3. Jöelle Numainville (Can) Canadian National Team @ 30s
4. Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl
5. Adrie Visser (Ned) Skil-1t4i
@gaswepass
so much so that my typing next day reflected it. but an mtb ride in asheville and some recovery hair of the dog make mo betta (feel not write)
Womens race was fucking awesome as well, they came ripping by us in the big ring too. What the fuck.
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Proof.
(click for full size big ring awesomeness)
94 people got 0 points
@frank
think I got two points? Am sure this is hugely interesting to you in Flanders
@Belgian Cobblestones
Non of my
Picks were counted. I’m guessing that’s the same for many.
@frank
The points tally for the women must not be right. I had two of the top 5 picked but I didn’t get any points. Maybe I don’t understand the point system?? dancollins
I look good in pink! Still think the others need to dispute their picks.
@dancollins
Dispute your picks and we’ll sort it.
I should have a point for having Arndt in the Top V
I should have a point for Armstrong in the Top V.
WOW! Did I just get my ass handed to me by the Women’s race or what?!?! Guess I need to do a bit more research before the next one!
Kirsten Wild on place 4 proving to be a lucky pick this time!
@RedRanger
Chapeau if it holds up.
Arrgghh, only one in the top 5 adn my pick of Armstrong was a complete, “oh what the hell…”
As a Canadian, I feel like a complete tool for not picking Joelle. But she did us proud, if I didn’t
@Nate
I hope it does also. Thanks.
Disputing: Picked Arndt in top five, no points. Have fun sorting it from the tour, or leave it ’til you get back.
Interesting that despite picking Judith Arndt in top spot I’m only getting one point for having Armstrong in the top 5…has the VSP scoring been on the Tripels as well?
@Blah
Ditto here. Picked Arndt in top 5 – that gets me a point, non?
@wiscot @Blah looks like any pick of Arndt hasn’t registered with the scorers…
@Mikael Liddy
Then the win should go to you since you put that pick in before me. Congrats.
@wiscot
Oui.
@RedRanger
probably depends if anyone else put Arndt on the top spot & has more than one other point…plus I can’t post with both the MSR badge & the ladies’ RVV one so you might get to keep the pink.
I think I get a point for Wild
@paolo
Yep, me too
Don’t tell me what you’re missing in the comments. That’s what the dispute mechanism is for, use it please.
For those of you who did dispute your picks, they should be fixed. I’m not going through the comments and trying to figure out from that which of you are missing points, FYI.
@frank
That dispute mechanism is cool.
@Marcus
ermmm…dispute mechanism? How do I do that then? I looked all over but I am a bit bloody useless with computer stuff..
Found it…
@RedRanger
Looks like you’re still keeping the pink lion, congrats.
To be honest I wouldn’t really want a Schleck-esque win after the event when the winner on the day has already had the jersey presented. That & I like my little Italian symbol.
Arndt points baby. Daddy want.
Also had Wild in 4th but no points awarded – one for when you get back from the KT I think!
@paolo
Dispute mechanism? Really? Or is this April Fools joke. Not that Frank needs to be worried a point while on the KT.
Dispute mechanism?
I like to let the race organizers do their job and let the results sit as posted. If you get moved up because somebody was relagated for not keeping their line on the bunch sprint, so be it. But complaining about a result seems so unV to me…
Suck it up and get on with the next race, pumpkin.
Or as Carlos Sastre say, “don’t talk to me about no dropped chain…”
@draffenator
Tiz no joke. If I can find it even a one eyed pig with no sense of smell can find it. However if you send me a picture of a five dollar bill I will tell all! Not a fake picture either a real picture…