Velominati Super Prestige
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.
Scoring (One-Day Races)
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.
Scoring (Grand Tours)
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.
Scoring (Minor Stage Races)
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.
Posting Badges
The following badges will be worn by current leaders of the competition and sub-competitions:
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| Milano Sanremo: |  |
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| VVomen’s Ronde van Vlaanderen: |  |
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| Men’s Ronde van Vlaanderen: |  |
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| Paris-Roubaix: |  |
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| Leige-Bastogne-Liege: |  |
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| Giro d’Italia Leader: |  |
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| Giro Rosa Leader: |  |
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| Tour de France Leader: |  |
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| Vuelta a Espana Leader: |  |
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| Giro di Lombardia: |  |
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| Overal Super Prestige Lanterne Rouge: |  |
2016 Velominati Super Prestige Schedule
Les Hommes
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 |
La Femmes
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 |
Standings
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Past Results
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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.
@Nate
Right. Thought so. And I am Karl Hungus, as in “I’m here to fix the cable” Hungus.
@the Engine
Moi aussi.
Ruh-roh……….ZERO; I will be eating a good deal of humble pie in this contest. As Buck said, “It’s all about the learning”. I will take comfort in knowing that I can at least ride a bike.
@Buck Rogers
Hey, we were neck and neck last year, and you won:
Velominati Trivia Standings
@Nate Fucking HTML. That didn’t work very well.
3 points.. Hmmm. Much work to be done
@Nate Not thinking I will repeat this year. I am at least 2 months from peaking on my cycling knowledge right about now.
On the overall last year I beat Steampuck by ONE point (alht5ough we both were down a ways)!!! Such a delicious smell of espresso beans in the morning, smelled like … victory.
Ahhh, that should be Steampunk, not Steampuck, although the “puck” has a ring (rink) to it with him being all Canadian and what-not, eh?
4 points. Time to brush up on some cycling history!
6 points. Better than a poke in the eye.
This week’s Cycling Revealed quiz is up
15 questions – 12 points scored
@ped
Oh thanks for the reminder.
14 points for me today.
@Mike_P
Ditto. Last week was less impressive.
11 points this week. A far cry better than last week!
7 last week, 15 this week. I hope I’m not peaking too early.
I got 14. For the life of me I can’t figure out which one I got wrong though.
15 here.
14. Knew 6, guessed 8.
@CanuckChuck
8 last week, 15 this week. Neck and neck, Brother, neck and neck!
Fuck’in great quiz this week. Good challenges. Only scored an 11, which I think means that I missed #4 with the way that the points work, or maybe 1 & 3 but I think it was 4. Great stuff!
@Buck Rogers
Fkn A! Good clean fun. If there was a quiz every night I’d be doing it. I’m entered as forkedup and doing better than I thought. (I’m no threat to the lads on the front – as usual.)
@Buck Rogers
11 this week too! (Missed #4 as well.) Still neck and neck!
15 obviously reading at reading helps, still slow up hills though!
Reading at reading! WTF should be , all this reading helps.
@CanuckChuck
Located as Deakus_Velominati so it will be interesting to see how things pan out from last year. I full anticipate my initial surge in performance tailing off pretty quickly as I purge the EPO from my system post summer!
Ugh, only 6 points for me this week. I may have been top of the table but the door is open now.
My fluke winning streak has come to an end in rather a similar fashion to the Tashkent Terror!. 6 pts today…O the shame of it!
@Nate
Damn! I must have been in the same groupetto as you and Deakus when you went off the back as I also scored a 6. That final “Hill” in November had the Man with the Hammer hiding on it, eh?
@Deakus
Fuck’in Abdu!!! What a MAD Bastardo!!! Crazy-clueless sonofabitch could sprint! Fun to hear Auntie Phil in his prime prior to all the dementia settin in.
@Deakus
How Abdu wasn’t killed or paralyzed after that crash escapes me. Ok, he had a hairnet on, but we all know they were basically useless.
My quiz scores are too embarrassing to post.
@Buck Rogers Seriously. I will have to study that one when Barry posts the answers.
Hmmm. Bit shit this week so I’m starting my own quiz. Round one. Name the pro:
Looks like Bertie is going to go all soft on us and probably eat more steaks!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/no-ardennes-classics-for-contador-in-2014
2nd to last has to be twiglet but then that one is only marginally easier than the last one. The rest I am guessing but it is not worth ruining it for others….there are some tricky ones in there!
@Chris No-one else has taken that bait so here goes:
Tony Martin
No Idea
Robert Gesink
Tyler Farrar (but looks worryingly like COTHO)
Laurens Ten Dam
Old Man Horner
Phil Gil
Wiggo
Cav
I predict 1 point!
Correct!
1 Point.
Not that I’m entirely sure who they all are. Given the unimpeachable accuracy of the internet, it could be the Keepers mixed in amongst random kids.
@Chris At least I’ve not peaked too early
@Chris
Actually, should I be slightly concerned about you googling images of kids on the internet Chris? Remember GCHQ are watching ;-)
Trivia Monday
Blow me! Only knew 2, wild guessing for the other 3 , + scored 15!
@ped
Bloody HELL! I knew the first 3 and guessed the last two and scored a fuck’in 6! Painful. Two weeks in a row I’ve blown the last two!!!
Great quizzes, though!
@Buck Rogers
I answered very confidently. Knew em all!
Scored 3.
Bugger.
@Chris
Nice work!
Cuddles, Hookers and Blow, King Kelly, TBone, COTHO, Sagan Wagon, Thor, Twiggo, Manx Mouth.
@harminator Imprecisely, two.
Just jumped on “the quiz”…fack, I need to do some reading.
Major crash and burn this week. 1 point ! Off to skulk in a corner for a week now.
@Chris
Cadelephant
cunt
cunt
2 days to come up with that lot.
@ped
That looks about right.
Unfortunately, other than pride, there isn’t a prize.
Shitty death it gets worse…only 3 pts this week!
Les femmes