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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2010 VSP G.C.
*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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rule 28 socks
have recently seen a number of "cyclist"(always with tribars) wearing "compression clothing" over their calves up too their knees. they are also wearing socks. how should this look be interpreted? surely a breach of the rules?!!!!
@humansubmarine
Yeah, those things not only breach Rule 28, but breach the entire aesthetic of our great sport. Well noted, my friend.
It's also in the spirit of Rule 74; what,exactly, are they wearing those socks for? Just to be a little bit less slow the next day?
Only posting this to give my green jersey another run, but Frank, do you not need to update the overall standings to incorporate San Sebastian?
@Marcus
Good catch. I think I updated everything, but didn't update this page. I'll check. Thanks, Mr. Green!
@Marcus
Only posting this to give my yellow jersey another run, but Frank, why does Marcus's jersey give him pecs, and mine looks all soft and flabby?
@frank
can I suggest that you have some sort of tie-break in place for the Worlds, because everyone is going to choose Philleeeepe Gilbert. In fact, you'll need the same for Paris-Tours and Lombardia for exactly the same reason
@Jarvis
Suit yourself, I'm going for Cav at the worlds
Just in case I can't get the computer at the time, my Worlds, Paris-Tour & Lombardy picks:
1. Gilbert
Right, that's me with at least 15 points.
@all
Well, that wraps it up for the 2010 Velominati Super Prestige. Andy takes overall honors with a big enough lead that we was able to cock up and miss the final edition and still have enough points to take it. Well done.
A disastrous Tour saw me fall out of contention, along with some others, but all in all, I have to say I'm pretty impressed with everyone's performance. Geof's season-long consistency saw him take second, and Steampunk was fast closing in with a strong late-season surge.
Well done - Andy, your apron is in the mail.
1 Andy 56 points
2 Geoff 53 points
3 Steampunk: 51 points
4 Frank 48 points
5 Gianni 47 points
6 Marcus: 43 points
7 Jarvis 42 points
8 Hawkeye 40 points
9 Rob 38 points
10 Brett 37 point
11 Robert Marques: 36 point
12 Joe 35 point
13 Marko 32 points
14 Scott 26 points
15 Roadslave 25 points
16 Ben 21 points
17 Ken 17 points
18 Pont 15 points
19 Nathan Edwards: 11 points
20 Souleur: 10 points
21 Crossy: 10 points
22 KitCarson 10 points
23 Mr Haven 7 points
24 Cyclops 6 points
25 Daniel 5 points
26 Sgt 3 points
27 David: 2 points
29 Dan O 2 points
30 Joshua 2 points
31 David 1 points
32 James 0 points
33 Jim 0 points
34 Ben: 0 points
35 Dale: 0 points
36 Houdini 0 points
Well done Andy, Geof and Steamer.
That was some good fun over the season, next year we will do a full calender, as we only thought of this after Flanders this year.
I'm gonna start training now...