Gent (Deinze)-Wevelgem, it starts with 130 km of cruising around Belgium and Northern France followed by a flurry of bergs and then a final 38 km of flatter riding to the inevitable sprint finish. How hard can the climbing be if Super Mario got over them? Ask the riders from KT 2012, (the ones not in the following car) and they will tell you the Kemmelberg, for one, is a steep beast of a climb. It does not go up too far but it goes. And all these bergs seem to have some climbing just to get to the named climb, so yes, one can be gassed real fast in this area. Luckily there is the chance of catching back on each descent too, something sprinters like Cipo must have been good at.
This is one of the final tune up races for Ronde van Vlaanderen. The Velominati banner shall be flying in Flanders in a week from this Sunday’s race. Whomever is fit and fast into Wevelgem shall be on the short list for the Ronde.
Here is a provisional start list and here is the race profile. The start list shall be updated by Saturday so double check your picks before start time. No whining, no delgados.
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VSP PICKS:
1. I suck @ VSP
2. I screw the pooch @ VSP
3. I am become the VSP Anti-V
4. I attack off the back @ VSP
5. Cyclops = VSP Cat 5
Go big or go home. Daniel Oss for the win because not many others will pick him and I saw him chugging champagne in a picture the other day.
VSP PICKS:
1. Daniel Oss
2. Mark Cavendish
3. Edvald Boasson Hagan
4. Taylor Phinney
5. Tom Boonen
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Eisel
4. Cancellara
5. Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Thor Husholvd
3. Sagan
4. Goss
5. Steele Von Hoff
Dice rolled, chicken entrails inspected, tea leaves consulted, magic 8-ball shaken, coin tossed, wet finger aired, eeny-meeny-miney-mo played, prayers offered, Cyclingnews read, others' picks reviewed and self introspected at length. Still, remarkably, no wiser. As time will tell. Again.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Gripe
3. Sag
4. Fab
5. Min Phin
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Eddy Bo
3. Sagan
4. Phinbar Saunders
5. Degenkolb
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Greipel
4. Boassan Hagen
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Mark Cavendish
2. Peter Sagan
3. Tom Boonen
4. Andre Greipel
5. Matthew Goss
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cavendish
3. Boonen
4. Greipel
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Boassan Hagen
2. Cav
3. Greipel
4. Phinney
5. Roelandts