Velominati Super Prestige: Gent-Wevelgem 2013

Three time winner of Gent-Wevelgem

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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Mirko says:

Mar 24 2013 at 9:52 am

What bike is Sagan riding? It has a sloped top tube. He's supposed to ride a Cannondale Supersix Evo, but that doesn't come with a sloped top tube.
frank says:

Mar 24 2013 at 9:54 am

For a second there I thought, "My my, Saganwagan goes off the front solo, and does a respectable salute. Much to like." Then he fuckin' pops a wheelie. Still a douche, then I see.

Blue takes today's win, and judging by how many people got 7 points exactly, I'm guessing lots had Sagan right and donuts everywhere else. Great race!

Final Race Results
1. SAGAN Peter

2. BOZIC Borut

3. VAN AVERMAET Greg

4. HAUSSLER Heinrich

5. FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio

Final VSP Results
1. blue (10 points)

2. dancollins (8 points)

3. asyax (7 points)

4. Gervais (7 points)

5. TOM.NELS2120 (7 points)

6. harminator (7 points)

7. Nate (7 points)

8. Kiwicyclist (7 points)

9. Bat Chainpuller (7 points)

10. torrefie (7 points)

11. girl (7 points)

12. anotherdownunder (7 points)

13. quanyeomans (7 points)

14. Ron (7 points)

15. The Grande Fondue (7 points)

16. Adrian (7 points)

17. napolinige (7 points)

18. Nosyt (7 points)

19. VeloVita (7 points)

20. EricW (7 points)

21. brian (7 points)

22. Anais Ninja (7 points)

23. Sauterelle (7 points)

24. Don Amedo (7 points)

25. piwakawaka (7 points)

26. m_demartino (7 points)

27. Steampunk (7 points)

28. SimonH (7 points)

29. la plaque (7 points)

30. graham d.m. (7 points)

31. taon24 (7 points)

32. Jhortua (7 points)

33. jnunberg (7 points)

34. Vernwitha_V (7 points)

35. Tobin (7 points)

36. The Oracle (7 points)

37. leadout (7 points)

38. ped (7 points)

39. MJ Moquin (7 points)

40. Lister (7 points)

41. ralph (7 points)

42. TomC (7 points)

43. tony macaroni (7 points)

44. ramenvelo (7 points)

45. eightzero (7 points)

46. Deakus (7 points)

47. Dinan (7 points)

48. Wingnut (7 points)

49. skagitteam (7 points)

50. Gianni (7 points)

51. starclimber (6 points)

52. Duende (3 points)

53. roger (2 points)

54. HeinrichHauslersHairstyle (2 points)

55. simonsaunders (2 points)

56. Noel (2 points)

57. strathlubnaig (1 points)

58. stickyjumper (1 points)

59. seemunkee (1 points)

60. mouse (1 points)

61. sthilzy (1 points)

62. pink (1 points)

63. Barracuda (1 points)

64. moondance (1 points)

65. Heihachi (1 points)

66. R00tdown (1 points)

67. the Engine (1 points)

68. Two Ball Billy (1 points)

69. Franklin (1 points)

70. chrismurphy92 (1 points)

71. zalamanda (1 points)

72. Buck Rogers (1 points)

73. mbarston (1 points)

74. DrewG (1 points)

75. roberto (1 points)

76. Tartan1749 (1 points)

77. jurgen (1 points)

78. itburns (1 points)

79. urunomad (1 points)

80. freddy (1 points)

81. Skip (1 points)

82. CanuckChuck (1 points)

83. Kyle (1 points)

84. TBONE (1 points)

85. brett (1 points)

86. snoov (1 points)

87. sgraha (1 points)

88. JohnB (1 points)

89. San Tonio (1 points)

90. Fausto (1 points)

91. Simon (1 points)

92. Chris (1 points)

93. Patrick (1 points)

94. cal (1 points)

95. VirenqueForever (1 points)

96. wiscot (1 points)

97. matthewlangley (1 points)

98. Gino (1 points)

99. scaler911 (1 points)

100. LA Dave (1 points)

101. il ciclista medio (1 points)

102. Geordi (1 points)

103. Skinnyphat (1 points)

104. Marko (1 points)

105. V-olcano (1 points)

106. Blah (1 points)

107. el gato (1 points)

108. G'phant (1 points)

109. motor city (1 points)

110. Facetious_Jesus (1 points)

111. Markp (1 points)

112. jeyrod (1 points)

113. bugleboy21 (1 points)

114. Jay (1 points)

115. typevii (1 points)

116. NoTubes (1 points)

117. Chica (1 points)

118. Dan_R (1 points)

119. sprider (1 points)

120. Russ (1 points)

121. unversio (0 points)

122. RedRanger (0 points)

123. Benny (0 points)

124. andy holme (0 points)

125. razmaspaz (0 points)

126. Mikael Liddy (0 points)

127. Chris (0 points)

128. Graham (0 points)

129. Cyclops (0 points)

130. Erik (0 points)

131. oneninefiveninesix (0 points)

132. Bianchi Denti (0 points)
frank says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:00 am

@Mirko

VSP Picks:

1. Stybar

2. Sagan

3. Phinney

4. Eisel

5. Viviani

Looks like you missed the cuttoff, mate.
Mirko says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:03 am

@frank not a problem at all
Buck Rogers says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:09 am

@frank a douche? The guy's a 23 year old cycling God who gives the crowd what they want and is just plain awesome. I was hoping that he'd do something for a victory salute. But, in the words of the Dude, that's just like, my opinion, man.
freddy says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:11 am

I switched from Sag to Cav and Greip at the last minute due to the shortened parcours. I shouldn't have doubted. That lad's going to sell lots of Cannondales this year.
V-olcano says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:13 am

@Buck Rogers

@frank a douche? The guy's a 23 year old cycling God who gives the crowd what they want and is just plain awesome. I was hoping that he'd do something for a victory salute. But, in the words of the Dude, that's just like, my opinion, man.

A-Merckx!
Sauterelle says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:28 am

@V-olcano

@Buck Rogers

@frank a douche? The guy's a 23 year old cycling God who gives the crowd what they want and is just plain awesome. I was hoping that he'd do something for a victory salute. But, in the words of the Dude, that's just like, my opinion, man.

A-Merckx!

Double A-Merckx!!
torrefie says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:38 am

@Sauterelle I'm with frank on this one... I might have forgiven him if it had been a successful wheelie but, honestly, it was slightly crap... Still, I suppose he had just won Gent-Wevelgem. (That doesn't stop him from being a massive Knob Jockey though).
Dinan says:

Mar 24 2013 at 10:41 am

@frank

For a second there I thought, "My my, Saganwagan goes off the front solo, and does a respectable salute. Much to like." Then he fuckin' pops a wheelie. Still a douche, then I see.

Would this be being a douche or having the previously debated cycling panache?

-Dinan