The Velominati Super Prestige is a season-long competition wherein readers will be submitting their predictions for the top five finishers of each qualifying race. In order to qualify, your picks via the VSP Picks form above the posts section of the VSP Event article pertaining to the race in question by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight on the day of the race start. These articles are clearly marked and are generally posted at least 72 hours in advance of each event. The current leader of the competition has the honor of posting on the site bearing the VSP Leader’s badge; winners of select races (the monuments and Grand Tours) similarly gain the honor of posting with a dedicated badge for the remainder of the year. Prizes may be given for key events; these prizes will be announced on the associated VSP Event. Points will be tallied as the season progresses and the winner will be announced after Paris-Tours. Prizes to be determined.
Readers who wish to enter shall enter their predictions for the top five placings of each race by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on the day of the race. Regular Points Points will be scored in reverse order of finishing order: 7 points for first place, 5 points for second, 4 for third, 3 for fourth, and 2 for fifth. Readers will also earn 1 bonus point for every other rider named in the top five, regardless of the rider’s placing, but riders are not scored twice. Tie Breaking In the event of a tie, the first reader to submit their predictions will be named the winner.
Readers who wish to enter shall enter their predictions for the top five placings on General Classification of each Grand Tour by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on the day of the first stage or prologue. Points Points will be scored as follows based on the final G.C of the race: 20 points for first place, 15 for second, 10 for third, 7 for fourth, and 5 for fifth; plus 3 points per rider in the top five regardless of the rider’s placing, but riders are not scored twice. Changing of the Picks* Contestants are allowed to make line up changes on one of the rest days of the Grand Tours but not both. These changes will come with a point penalty. You will be allotted one (1) rest day to make swaps in grand tours; you may pick either the first or second rest day. The penalties for swapping will be lower for the first rest day than the second. This will allow you to swap out a rider(s) who gets caught in some first week nervousness with a 5 point penalty for each swap. Or make some go for broke/doomed to fail break-away swap on the second rest day for a 10 point penalty for each swap. That’s it. You make one swap or five on either rest day for the corresponding 5 or 10 point penalty per swap. Additionally, if one of your riders crashes out, DNF’s, or DNS’s, you may swap them out on a rest day with corresponding penalties if you haven’t already used up your one rest day swap. Tie Breaking In the event of a tie, the first reader to submit their predictions will be named the winner. Minor Stages We will be posting VSP’s for minor stages as well. Scoring is similar to one-day racing, except no bonus points are in play for getting the rider in the wrong placing.
Readers who wish to enter shall enter their predictions for the top five placings on General Classification of each Minor Stage Race (less than three weeks) by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on the day of the first stage or prologue. Regular Points Points will be scored in reverse order of finishing order: 10 points for first place, 8 for second, 7 for third, 5 for fourth, and 3 for fifth; plus two bonus points per rider in the top five regardless of the rider’s placing, but riders are not scored twice. Tie Breaking In the event of a tie, the first reader to submit their predictions will be named the winner.
The following badges will be worn by current leaders of the competition and sub-competitions:
Overall Super Prestige Leader: | ||
Milano Sanremo: | ||
VVomen’s Ronde van Vlaanderen: | ||
Men’s Ronde van Vlaanderen: | ||
Paris-Roubaix: | ||
Leige-Bastogne-Liege: | ||
Giro d’Italia Leader: | ||
Giro Rosa Leader: | ||
Tour de France Leader: | ||
Vuelta a Espana Leader: | ||
Giro di Lombardia: | ||
Overal Super Prestige Lanterne Rouge: |
Start | End | Event | Race Website |
18.03.2017 | 18.03.2017 | Milano-Sanremo | www.milanosanremo.it |
26.03.2017 | 26.03.2017 | Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields | www.gent-wevelgem.be |
02.04.2017 | 02.04.2017 | Ronde van Vlaanderen – Tour des Flandres | www.flandersclassics.be |
09.04.2017 | 09.04.2017 | Paris-Roubaix | www.letour.fr |
16.04.2017 | 16.04.2017 | Amstel Gold Race | www.amstelgoldrace.nl |
19.04.2017 | 19.04.2017 | La Flèche Wallonne | www.letour.fr |
23.04.2017 | 23.04.2017 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège | www.letour.fr |
05.05.2017 | 28.05.2017 | Giro d’Italia | www.giroditalia.it |
04.06.2017 | 11.06.2017 | Critérium du Dauphiné | www.letour.fr |
10.06.2017 | 18.06.2017 | Tour de Suisse | www.tds.ch |
01.07.2017 | 23.07.2017 | Tour de France | www.letour.fr |
29.07.2017 | 29.07.2017 | Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | www.klasikoa.net |
19.08.2017 | 10.09.2017 | La Vuelta ciclista a España | lavuelta.com |
08.09.2017 | 08.09.2017 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | www.gpcqm.ca |
10.09.2017 | 10.09.2017 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | www.gpcqm.ca |
20.09.2017 | 20.09.2017 | Mens World Championship Time Trial | |
24.09.2017 | 24.09.2017 | Mens World Championship Road Race | |
07.10.2017 | 07.10.2017 | Il Lombardia | www.illombardia.it |
Start | End | Event | Race Website |
26.03.2017 | 26.03.2017 | Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders Fields | www.gent-wevelgem.be |
02.04.2017 | 02.04.2017 | Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres | www.flandersclassics.be |
16.04.2017 | 16.04.2017 | Amstel Gold Race | info@amstelgoldrace.nl |
19.04.2017 | 19.04.2017 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | www.letour.fr |
23.04.2017 | 23.04.2017 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes | www.letour.fr et www.pesantliege.be |
30.06.2017 | 09.07.2017 | Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile | |
20.07.2017 | 20.07.2017 | La Course by Le Tour de France | www.letour.fr |
29.07.2017 | 29.07.2017 | Prudential RideLondon Classique | www.ridelondon.co.uk/events/classique |
17.08.2017 | 20.08.2017 | Ladies Tour of Norway | www.ladiestour.no |
26.08.2017 | 26.08.2017 | GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération | www.grandprix-plouay.com |
29.08.2017 | 03.09.2017 | Boels Rental Ladies Tour | www.hollandladiestour.nl |
10.09.2017 | 10.09.2017 | Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta | lavuelta.com/Madridchallenge |
19.09.2017 | 19.09.2017 | Womens World Championship Time Trial | |
23.09.2017 | 23.09.2017 | Womens World Championship Road Race |
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*The Changing of the Picks rules are designed to promote fair play and keep the competition fun and open throughout the three-week race. Abuse of these rules will be managed through the “Piti Principle”: if we we feel you are attempting to exploit loopholes or otherwise take advantage of the Changing of the Picks rules, we will penalize you by deducting points from your total score. Much like the UCI doping suspensions, the amount of points deducted will be based on how egregious the abuse was.
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@RobSandy
Balls - my email explains.
Just to keep the balance - Pedro Delgado article
Folks Picks open for The Worlds. I think my brain is back in gear (see email explaining to those whose email I have).
I propose we do the following to give anyone a chance of catching Rick. More likely to allow Rick to steamroll us even further! Though if this last week is anything to go by I'll completely scramble my spreadsheet and screw the whole thing up.
Picks open till (all times UK)
ITT women Midday Tues 25th
ITT Men Midday Weds 26th
Others Midnight Fri 28th
Meh?!
Women's ITT
Annemiek van Vleuten
Katrin Garfoot
Anna van der Breggen
Ellen van Dijk
Amber Leone Neben
Men's ITT
Rohan Dennis
Tom Dumoulin
Tony Martin
Michal Kwiatkowski
Victor Campenaerts
Women's RR
Anna van der Breggen
Elisa Longo Borghini
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Amanda Spratt
Annemiek van Vleuten
Men's RR
Bauke Mollema
Julian Alaphilippe
Peter Sagan
Sonny Colbrelli
Michal Kwiatkowski
I'll get all me picks in soon, but one footnote to La Vuelta and Yates. Every day, every interview, every podium - a proper cap. Bless him. On the final podium, Yates and Mas wearing proper caps, Lopez? Some abomination. Setting the standard - if only others would follow.
@Teocalli
Time trials‽ Whatever next‽
I was about to launch straight into my picks, but there are no published startlists yet, so I'm going to ruminate a few more days :)
Seemed like a good idea at the time........
@Teocalli
Going to make us work for it, eh? I'll use the weekend to figure out picks that won't make any difference!
Women's TT
Van der Breggen
Van Vleuten
Ellen van Dijk
Lucinda Brand
Trixi Worrack
Men's TT
R. Dennis
T. Domoulin
B. Jungels
M. Bodnar
V. Campenaerts
Women's Road
Van Vleuten
Moolman-Pasio
C.U. Ludwig
Amanda Spratt
Van der Breggen
Men's Road
Alaphilippe
Roglic
Kwiatkowski
Miguel Lopez
A. Yates
OK, here goes with my picks ...
Women's TT:
1 Van Vleuten
2 Van Dijk
3 Brand
4 Van de Bergen
5 Worrack
Men's TT:
1 Dumoulin
2 Dennis
3 Tony Martin
4 Kiryienka
5 Campenaerts
Women's RR:
1 Van der Bruggen
2 Van Vleuten
3 Moolman-Paiso
4 Niewadoma
5 Borghini
Men's RR:
1 Nibali
2 Alaphilippe
3 Roglic
4 Kwiatkowski
5 Sagan