The inaugural Velominati Super Prestige continues with its the first Summer Classic, Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian, on Saturday, July 31. This will be the first post-Tour event in the series and with the unpredictability of how riders are recovering, it makes this race a tough one to predict.
The route of this Basque road race is a difficult one, and this year’s new route makes it more suited to the strong climbers who can finish well like Damiano Can-he-go. Defending champ Carlos Barredo showed good form at the Tour; will he be able to defend? Peer deep into the race preview, and then deep into your heart, and divine your selections.
This winner of this Super Prestige edition will again earn an “Obey the Rules” bumper sticker and all reader’s points qualify towards the final prize of the free Velominati Shop Apron. As always, if you are inclined to enter, simply post your predictions for the top five placings in the comment section. Make your picks for by the time tomorrow’s stage starts, regular VSP Rules apply. Good luck!
Rules and results are posted Velominati Super Prestige page.
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@Joe congrats, have a great time
Story of my racing career: get in the break and not get the result. I was feeling good their for a while as well, with Nico and Haymaker in the selection
Good race though
Looking back over the selections it's amazing how many names keep on appearing and how many actually made the final break. I guess many of us were thinking a like, as this is a tricky race to call. You have the Tour riders who should be super-fit, some of whom will be out to make up for a bad Tour, but others will be knackered so you never really know who is going to perform. Then you have the classics riders and those who weren't at the Tour who will be fresh and wanting to race.
Given that there are no obvious contenders like there are at the spring classics - choosing a Spanish rider is obvious, not clever - that's a massive number of riders to chose from. Yet our selections although very different, were similar enough to suggest that we felt there were key favourites. Of there fourteen of us, only @marko managed not to pick any riders who made the selection. Even those slightly left-field choices hit the mark.
But then again, this is the Velominati, we should be getting these things right.
@Jarvis
Yea man, thanks for pointing that out. Seems like a spot on analysis of the velominati tho.
LL Sanchez! Son of a bitch, that was obvious and yet I completely forgot about him. Doh. I fear wise Frank has won this. Nice work F. You too Marko.
@Joe
Banana milk? Getting married? is this some sort of code? euphemisms? Cunting rain I understand. You can't really be getting married as no man has proceeded his marriage with a ride/banana milk/Howling Wolf/champagne...that would be too pleasurable and wise. If it's true, you have added to your already massive legend. Is Guy shooting it? Did Guy survive? Poor Guy.
most of us were just that close.....
Please tell me you guys saw those podium girls! Holy smokes they were hot. TdF podium girls ain't got shit compared to them!
@Joe
Outstanding way to commence the day of your nuptials. Congratulations.
@Omar
That comment is useless without pictures. Get on it, lad!!
@frank
Can't link directly to the pictures or embed them, but there's a link to the photos on velonews.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/luis-leon-sanchez-wins-clasica-san-sebastian_132142/attachment/classicabam
Those are, by far, the two hottest podium girls I have EVER seen.