Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s World Championship Road Race 2017

Lizzie Armitstead wins the 2015 Women's World Road Championships in Richmond Virginia

The Women’s road race has to be my favorite one-day road race after Paris-Roubaix and de Ronde van Vlaanderen. Those two races are obviously on a pedestal that no mortal race could ever hope to achieve.

But what I love about those classics is also what I love about the women’s road race: unpredictability. Set over a tough course, the girls are sure to make an interesting race around Bergen – especially with powerhouse riders like Mary V and Queen Lizzy being on the comeback trail and lacking some of their usual dominance.

So start your engines, check the start list, and good luck.

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The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Teocalli says:

Sep 22 2017 at 3:27 am
VSP PICKS:
1. van Vleuten
2. Rivera
3. van der Breggan
4. Niewiadoma
5. Broghini
Cary says:

Sep 22 2017 at 3:52 am
Cary says:

Sep 22 2017 at 3:53 am
trying again

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1. van der Breggan
2. Rivera
3. van Vleuten
4. Deignan
5. Borghini
Teocalli says:

Sep 22 2017 at 4:07 am
VSP PICKS:
1. van Vleuten
2. Rivera
3. van der Breggan
4. Niewiadoma
5. Borghini
RobSandy says:

Sep 22 2017 at 4:14 am

@JohnB

I've done some back-if-a-fag packet maths and I reckon I'm on about 180 points and you're around 10 points behind. So still all to play for.

I tried to work out who is 3rd but there are a lot of contenders. Think it might be dancollins.
R00tdown says:

Sep 22 2017 at 5:07 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Coryn Rivera
2. Anna van der Breggen
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Lizzie Deignan
5. Annemiek van Vleuten
KogaLover says:

Sep 22 2017 at 5:44 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna vd Breggen
2. Lizzie Deignan
3. Av Vleuten
4. Borghini
5. Vos
John Irvine says:

Sep 22 2017 at 6:48 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Annemiek van Vleuten
2. Anna van der Breggen
3. Vos
4. Lizzie Deignan
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
Erik says:

Sep 22 2017 at 6:55 am
So the entire Dutch team could win this. Maybe they will ride away team time trial style with maybe an American on their wheel? Or a Brit? Or someone no one is talking about who can slip away with the win?

VSP PICKS:
1. VOS!
2. Coryn Rivera
3. Deignan
4. Van Der Breggen
5. Van Vleuten
JohnB says:

Sep 22 2017 at 10:07 am

@RobSandy

@JohnB

I’ve done some back-if-a-fag packet maths and I reckon I’m on about 180 points and you’re around 10 points behind. So still all to play for.

I tried to work out who is 3rd but there are a lot of contenders. Think it might be dancollins.

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I commend your attention to the task. Smoking is bad for you though !