Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallone 2014

Midweek in Belgium in Spring is a wonderful thing. Hordes of people come from seemingly nowhere to fill the bars and line the roadsides when presumably they’d usually be working, or at school, or some such. That the only ones who appear to be working are the bartenders and frites dispensers reinforces my belief that Belgium is the greatest country in the world.

You can bet your bottom dollar that the town of Huy will once again be heaving on Wednesday when the riders of La Fleche Wallone tackle the horrible, beautiful Mur de Huy three times in the afternoon (whether you regard the climb as horrible or beautiful largely depends if you’re on a bike or in the pub). While three times up the Mur is never going to be fun, the last ascent has to be one of the most brutal finishes to any race, on any climb, anywhere. It truly is horribly beautiful.

I guess the talk will now centre on Dr Phil and whether he can repeat, threepeat or maybe even Steve Peat his way into the history books after his wins in Brabantse Pilj and Amstel Gold in the last week.  The way he’s riding, the only surer bet you could make is that Abandy doesn’t show up. So with that thought, get thee to the start list, watch the timer (if we’ve managed to work it out) and get your picks in to stay in GC contention for the greatest prize pool in internet based cycling related tipping competitions.

First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron.

Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)

Third place overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.

Good luck and bottoms up!

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239 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallone 2014”

  1. Nice to see Philipe back on form.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Jelle Venendert
    3. Nibs Ali
    4. Kwiatowski
    5. Val Hair Day

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Kwiatkowski
    3. Valverde
    4. Betancur
    5. Rodriguez

  5. Big day Wednesday.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. VALVERDE Alejandro
    2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    3. GILBERT Philippe
    4. MORENO Daniel
    5. MARTIN Daniel

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Dan Martin
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Gerrans
    5. Valverde

  7. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Valverde
    3. Dan Martin
    4. Gerrans
    5. Rodriguez

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. d moreno
    2. p gilbert
    3. a valverde
    4. j rod
    5. m kwiatkowski

  9. …

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. kwiatkowski
    3. Moreno
    4. ulissi
    5. valverde

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Moreno
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Gasporatto
    5. Swift

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Kwiatkowski
    3. Valverde
    4. Vanendert
    5. Martin

  15. If anyone is picking Jerome Gilbert, from Team Wanty, best be sure to spell that out, so he’s not confused with Dr. Phil.

  16. This time of year is a real nightmare for schedule meetings, work, etc. Can’t do Sundays, can’t do Wednesday morning. Soon the Giro will be on…and I’ll have three weeks of cycling to watch. May always seemingly evaporates, as April is about to do thanks to the Classics.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Phil Gilbert
    2. Valverde
    3. Betancur
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Moreno

  18. A little switcheroo was in order here….

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Valverde
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Moreno
    5. Mollema

  19. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Dan Martin
    3. Vanendert
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Valverde

  20. VSP Picks:

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Valverde
    2. Kwiatkowski
    3. Dan Martin
    4. Gerrans
    5. Nibbles

  21. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Nibali
    3. Moreno
    4. Valverde
    5. Kwiatkowski

  26. VSP PICKS:

    1. Valverde, A
    2. Betancur, C
    3. Kwiatkowski, M
    4. Vanendert, J
    5. Kennaugh, P

  27. VSP PICKS:

    1. Moreno
    2. Kwiatkowski
    3. Valverde
    4. Gilbert
    5. Mollema

  28. If my current VSP form’s anything to go by I’ve just torpedoed the hopes of most of the big favourites – should be an interesting race then…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Gerrans
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Nibali
    5. Slagter

  31. Screwed that up. Just like betting against Gilbert for the Amstel Gold. Lesson learned.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Philip Gilbert
    2. Dani Moreno
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Michal Kwiatkowski

  34. VSP PICKS:

    1. Daniel Moreno
    2. Wouter Poels
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Jelle Vanendert
    5. Philippe Gilbert

  35. I say, my good man, a tripel for the Belgian, please.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. PhilGil
    2. Mollema
    3. Moreno
    4. Slagter
    5. Kwiatkowski

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. P Gilbert
    2. M Kwiatkowski
    3. D Moreno
    4. A Valverde
    5. J Rodriguez

  40. @piwakawaka

    Joaquim Rodríguez – winner of the 2012 race – who will take part despite crashing out of Amstel Gold. There were fears that Rodríguez had broken his ribs but he escaped with only some bruising. The Spaniard is still suffering the effect of the crash, and is unlikely to be a real contender for the victory.

    “I spent a good and long night and our osteopath treated me very well, that’s why I decided to do this test. The first 30 minutes were very painful, but afterwards it went better. The major problem remains the efforts on the climbs. There is a difference between performing on training and in the race. I am a bit afraid of the Mur de Huy, but we will see,” Rodriguez said in a team press release.

    The team line-up for the Flèche Wallonne: Daniel Moreno, Giampaolo Caruso, Alexander Kolobnev, Dmitriy Kozonchuk, Alberto Losada, Joaquim Rodriguez, Angel Vicioso and Eduard Vorganov.

  42. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rodriguez
    2. Gilbert
    3. Valverde
    4. Martin
    5. Gerrans

  43. VSP PICKS:

    1. Philippe Gilbert
    2. Valverde
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Jelle Vanendert
    5. Carlos Betancur

  44. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rodriguez
    2. Gilbert
    3. Valverde
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Moreno

  45. VSP PICKS:

    1. P. Gilbert
    2. M. Kwiatkowski
    3. D. Moreno
    4. J. Vanendert
    5. R. Costa

  46. Nothing surer to sent Phil Gil’s form than me picking him for the win.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Phil Gil
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Purito
    5. Valverde

  47. I SO wish that I had any clue at all what I was doing.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. GILBERT Philippe
    2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
    4. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
    5. MAASKANT Martijn

  49. @Simon

    If my current VSP form’s anything to go by I’ve just torpedoed the hopes of most of the big favourites – should be an interesting race then…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Gerrans
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Nibali
    5. Slagter

    For whatever reason, Gerrans isn’t riding, FYI.

  50. VSP PICKS:

    1. VALVERDE Alejandro
    2. COSTA Rui
    3. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    4. MORENO Daniel
    5. MOLLEMA Bauke

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