Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013
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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Last bit about Stannard going from a distance was in reference to PR.
@Chris
Are you watching E3 on live stream? Boonen and is just killing it on the front. Not sure why he is working so hard right now. Maybe not worried about a result today but really testing the legs for the next two weeks. This E3 race is turning out to be AMAZING to watch!
VSP PICKS:
1. Boss Hogg
2. Sagan
3. Gilbert
4. Cancellara
5. Boonen
And there goes Sparty off the front!!! BAM!!!
@Buck Rogers
That was impressive…looked like 2010 all over again.
Wow! Sparty is STRONG! He’s gone solo at 35 k’s and NO ONE can follow. Tomeke dropped off the back. He will be SUPER marked again this year.
Faboo-Diesel churning and pulling away from the station …
@LA Dave
EXACTLY! Bet against him this year at your own risk. He might try a Tomeke 2012 and try to sweep the next four races.
Changing my picks now.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Billions and Billions
3. Cavendouche
4. Tomeke
5. Stannard
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Gilbert
3. Boonen
4. Cancellara
5. Boasson Hagen
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Hushovd
3. Boonen
4. G. Thomas
5. Cav
@Buck Rogers
No, just keeping half an eye on it on the cyclingnews.com ticker. Wish I was watching it, sounds like awesomely brutal hardman stuff.
Bugger, it’s just started snowing here and it’s bloody windy. If this keeps up for another week, KT is going to be fearsome. The wind is the thing that worries me the most about next weekend.
VSP PICKS:
1. The Terminator
2. T-Bone
3. Faboo
4. Philbert
5. The God of Thunder
VSP PICKS:
1. Tourminator
2. Tommeke
3. Faboo
4. Philbert
5. The God of Thunder
impressive ride by fab !!
@brian killer ride he is just hammering it
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Gilbert
3. Boonen
4. Cavendish
5. Boasson Hagen
@el gato looked like it was going to be close,then fab put the hammer down again.nice win.
@brian
Surprised that Tomeke had the sprint at the end for the bunch win. He should be there in 9 days for RVV. He worked a bunch at the head in this race today.
@Buck Rogers
That was a strong showing by Faboo. Didn’t even look stressed at the line, more like he had just been rolling around the neighborhood.
yeah,he seemed to lose his legs on the paterberg,i thought boasson hagen was going to get the bunch sprint.great race can’t wait for sunday now,cheers.
more impressive,they must have know what fab was going to try,and he still did it..see the smile on his face at the end,priceless.
If the weather stays bad ill bet on a prior winner to know how to stay strong to the finish, but eventually Sagan will get his!
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Sagan
3. Boassen-Hagen
4. Hushovd
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. Peter Sagan
3. Tom Boonen
4. Philippe Gilbert
5. Taylor Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Sagan
3. Cancellara
4. Gilbert
5. Shavanel
VSP PICKS:
1. sagan
2. thomas
3. boonen
4. boasson hagen
5. fab
Lets try this
VSP PICKS:
1. Spartacus
2. Boss Hog
3. Boonen
4. Bennati
5. Mini Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. Sag
2. Boo
3. Boa Hag
4. Cance
5. Cav
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Boonen
3. Chavanel
4. Gilbert
5. Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Sylvain Chavanel
3. Mini Phinney
4. Ian Stannard
5. Flecha
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Sagan
3. Boonen
4. Hayman
5. Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. CANCELLARA Fabian
2. SAGAN Peter
3. THOMAS Geraint
4. HOWARD Leigh
5. CHAVANEL Sylvain
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Cav
3. Boss Hog
4. Gilbert
5. Sagan
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. gilbert
3. eisel
4. sagan
5. boom
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cavendish
3. Cancellara
4. Goss
5. Stannard
Calling a bunch sprint…
VSP PICKS:
1. Cav
2. Viviani
3. Goss
4. Farrar
5. Renshaw
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Sylvain Chavanel
3. Gregory Henderson
4. Taylor Phinney
5. Ian Stannard
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Boasson Hagen
3. Cavendish
4. Griepel
5. Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Boonen
4. Hayman
5. Phinney
VSP PICKS:
1. P. Sagan
2. T. Boonen
3. E. Boasson Hagen
4. O. Gatto
5. T. Hushovd
VSP PICKS:
1. fabian cancellera
2. Peter Sagan
3. Philippe Gilbert
4. Thor Hushovd
5. Matthew Goss
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Boonen
4. Stannard
5. Goss
VSP PICKS:
1. Paolini
2. Flecha
3. Haussler
4. Boasson Hagen
5. Van Avermaet
I had to change my picks after getting some expert advice!
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Cancellara
3. Greipel
4. Hayman
5. Bennati
VSP PICKS:
1. Bennati
2. Thor
3. Cav
4. Hutarovich
5. Goss
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Tom Boonen
3. Taylor Phinney
4. Fabian Cancellara
5. Stijn Devolder
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Faboo
3. Roelandts
4. Degenkolb
5. Paolini
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Cancellara
3. Sagan
4. Stannard
5. Chavanelle
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Cancellara
3. Sagan
4. Stannard
5. Chavanel
Super Cav !!!!!!!!!
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Goss
4. Hushovd
5. Boonen
VSP PICKS:
1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Boasson Hagen
4. Greipel
5. Cancellara