Velominati Super Prestige: Elite Women’s World Championship ITT 2013

Kristin Armstrong en route to the Olympic Gold in the women’s ITT.

There is something about a time trial that lets you go spelunking in undiscovered caverns of The Cave. Contort your body into the sleekest position you can, make the bike as uncomfortable as possible, and then rev your cardiovascular system up to the anaerobic threshold for as long as possible. Its food for legend.

Being a diesel helps, churning the legs over under sustained effort with little variation in effort. Being the perfect amount of dumb doesn’t hurt either – you have to be just smart enough to be to push yourself to your limits without chasing someone, but not so smart that you realize it would hurt less to go easier. If I was made for a discipline, its this one.

It’s September, the leaves are starting to turn, and the VSP keeps chugging along, this time with the VVomen’s World Championship ITT. Stay tuned for a busy week of events as we’ll be doing both the Road Race and IIT for both the Men and the VVomen.

If you can find the start list, study it. Then the study the stars, tea leaves, and anything else you believe will make your picks not suck.

Good luck.

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frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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starclimber says:

Sep 23 2013 at 9:18 am

A Cunuck on the podium.

VSP PICKS:

1. Villumsen
2. Van Dijk
3. Numainville
4. Stevens
5. Longo Borghini
imakecircles says:

Sep 23 2013 at 9:48 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Ellen Van Dijk
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Lisa Brennauer
4. Judith Arndt
5. Shara Gillow
xyxax says:

Sep 23 2013 at 10:05 am

@Buck Rogers

Lots of love for Gillow on here. Do not know her well enough to pick her.

Because her name is an anagram for "Will go". Part of my "because I like the name" strategy.

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Dijk, Ellen
2. Linda Melanie Villumsen
3. BRENNAUER Lisa
4. Gillow, Shara
5. STEVENS Evelyn
moondance says:

Sep 23 2013 at 10:07 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Linda Villumsen
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Trixi Worrack
5. Tatiana Antoshina
razmaspaz says:

Sep 23 2013 at 10:46 am

VSP PICKS:

1. E Van Dijk
2. E Stevens
3. E Johansson
4. L Borghini
5. L Villumsen
SimonH says:

Sep 23 2013 at 10:53 am

VSP PICKS:

1. E Stevens
2. E Johansson
3. L Brennauer
4. L Borghini
5. S Gillow
Buck Rogers says:

Sep 23 2013 at 11:10 am

@xyxax

@Buck Rogers

Lots of love for Gillow on here. Do not know her well enough to pick her.

Because her name is an anagram for "Will go". Part of my "because I like the name" strategy.

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Dijk, Ellen
2. Linda Melanie Villumsen
3. BRENNAUER Lisa
4. Gillow, Shara
5. STEVENS Evelyn

Ha! That's why I picked Van Dijk b/c you can get Diva jnk from her name.
Steampunk says:

Sep 23 2013 at 11:21 am

VSP PICKS:

1. L. Villumsen
2. E. Stevens
3. E. Van Dijk
4. S. Gillow
5. T. Worrack
tony macaroni says:

Sep 23 2013 at 11:58 am

VSP PICKS:

1. emma johansson
2. evelyn stevens
3. ellen van dijk
4. elisa borghini
5. Loes Gunnewijk
Cyclops says:

Sep 23 2013 at 3:06 pm