Velominati Super Prestige: Gent – Wevelgem 2016

The bicycle of Gert Steegmans in the 2015 Ghent-Wevelgem

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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taon24 says:

Mar 24 2016 at 3:41 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Avermaet
2. Sagan
3. Cancellara
4. Stannard
5. Kristoff
mulebeatsdrums says:

Mar 24 2016 at 3:44 pm
Getting in on the action fairly early today!

I'm also pretty psyched for E3 tomorrow as well.

VSP PICKS:
1. Van Avermaet
2. Sagan
3. Spartacus
4. Eddy Boss
5. Stannard
dpalazzo says:

Mar 24 2016 at 4:38 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Sagan
3. Gaviria
4. Demare
5. Boasson Hagen
Buck Rogers says:

Mar 24 2016 at 4:53 pm

@frank

@Buck Rogers

Picks not showing up after I am posting. Hopefully they are in. Any way to confirm?

If you see them in the VSP Picks boxes after reloading, you should be good.

Very strange that some of you are still having this problem. Please PM me your browser/computer details.

Thanks, Mate. They show up at the bottom of the page when I reload but the MSR and the Women's Race do not show that I received any points for them and the same was happening with them. I should have had one point for MSR and I only had Lizzie for the win in the Women's race. I am using Safari for my browser on a MacBook Pro (not sure if that is what you need??? I am a computer idiot).
Quasar says:

Mar 24 2016 at 5:06 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Greg Van Avermaet
3. Tiesj Benoot
4. Zdenek Stybar
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen
wilburrox says:

Mar 24 2016 at 5:56 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. DEMARE Arnaud
2. GAVIRIA Fernando
3. VIVIANI Elia
4. NIZZOLO Giacomo
5. GREIPEL Andre
Gervais says:

Mar 24 2016 at 6:26 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Tom Boonen
2. Tiesj Boonen
3. Zdenek Stybar
4. Sep Vanmarcke
5. Peter Sagan
Gervais says:

Mar 24 2016 at 6:28 pm
ha Benoot

VSP PICKS:
1. Tom Boonen
2. Tiesj Benoot
3. Zdenek Stybar
4. Sep Vanmarcke
5. Peter Sagan
Steampunk says:

Mar 24 2016 at 7:16 pm
Lotto Soudal take down another classic, while the big guns keep their powder dry.

VSP PICKS:
1. T. Benoot
2. N. Terpstra
3. E. Boasson Hagen
4. J. Roelandts
5. G. Van Avermaet
John says:

Mar 24 2016 at 7:28 pm
My heart goes out to the people of Belgium in this sorrowful time. I truly hope that the upcoming bike racing, that is so woven into their culture, will help ease the burden of their loss. The power of the bike is undeniable.

VSP PICKS:
1. P. Sagan
2. F. Gaviria
3. G. van Avermaet
4. I. Stannard
5. F.Cancellara