Velominati Super Prestige: Gent – Wevelgem 2016

Deinze – Wevelgem really but Gent sounds correct, like Het Volk. Last year’s windy wet edition was a pretty awesome race except Luca Paolini won it wearing tights (FFS!?) and maybe high on Italian marching powder. Riders were leaning into the wind and being blown off the road. It was awesome to watch maybe not so awesome to race.

Tony Martin will be lining up as he prepares for a Spring Classics campaign. If you have Ronde van Vlaanderen dreams you best ride this and see how the gun prep has gone. Tomeke, Faboo, it should be a proper battle.

Here is the start list and it is impressive. Let us hope the Belgian weather is true to form. The prize list is equally impressive and after that weird Milan-Sanremo finish, no VSP savants are crushing it yet. So do some stretches, limber up, if you need to unload some bad choices (H. Haussler), get those out of your system now before the real races begin.

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  • Keep the rubber side down this time, boyo.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. GAVIRIA, Fernando
    2. SAGAN, Peter
    3. STANNARD, Ian
    4. DEMARE, Arnaud
    5. KRISTOFF, Alexander
  • VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Tiesj Benoot
    3. Greg van Avermaet
    4. Sepp Vanmarcke
    5. Lars Boom
  • A technical descent on the Kemmelberg and the final 20 miles makes me hope that some of the gifted bike handlers grind it out after dispatching the purer sprinters. Given my miserable Milan-San Remo picks, this likely means that Gaviria wins the top four spots with the fifth awarded to Cav based on what he might have done had he not withdrawn.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Kristoff
    3. Cancellara
    4. Stybar
    5. VanMarcke
  • Just altering slightly in the hope they auto map and save Frank some work.

     

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Yogi Stannard
    2. Sparty
    3. Pinchy Sagan
    4. Greg Van Avermaet
    5. Eddy Boasson the Garden
  • What an incredible race that was last year, lets hope for another great one. Definitely missing Paolini, that guy was great.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. CANCELLARA Fabian
    2. BOONEN Tom
    3. VAN AVERMAET Greg
    4. KRISTOFF Alexander
    5. STANNARD Ian
  • VSP PICKS:

    1. sep vanmarcke
    2. tom boonen
    3. alexander kristoff
    4. zydenek stybar
    5. peter sagan
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