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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Mikael Liddy says:

Mar 25 2016 at 8:08 pm

@minion

2 things: Haussler’s a baller, no bad pick IMHO. Also, a workmate suggested Paolini’s coke may have been from a blood bag that he filled during the offie, and got sprung for after re-infusing. No place for scurrilous gossip quite like the interweb, is there

Yeah I've heard that guess/rumour as well, but lets be honest, the test was the morning after J-Rod won up the Muur de Huy. My guess is simply that they celebrated...
Mikael Liddy says:

Mar 25 2016 at 8:20 pm
The Norwegian looked good early in the year, but has been pretty quiet since. Reckon he'll want to get a result before the big shows. Stumping for the back ups for the remaining positions as the big dogs look to keep the powder dry for next month

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VSP PICKS:
1. Kris Pistoffagen
2. Sepvanmarke
3. Devolder
4. Roelandts
5. Niki T
Canucklehead says:

Mar 25 2016 at 8:29 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. GVA
2. N Terpstra
3. E B Hagen
4. Second Place Sagan
5. Sep V Marke
Erik says:

Mar 25 2016 at 9:04 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Griepel
2. Sagan
3. Cancellara
4. Kristoff
5. Stannard
Tom Mc says:

Mar 25 2016 at 10:35 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Gaviria
2. Sagan
3. Kristoff
4. Cancellara
5. Debusschere
oligali says:

Mar 25 2016 at 11:06 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Boonen
2. Cancellara
3. Sagan
4. Terpstra
5. Boasson Hagen
Jed says:

Mar 25 2016 at 11:30 pm
Swapping out GVA and a few changes after E3

VSP PICKS:
1. Fabian Cancellara
2. Peter Sagan
3. Fernando Gaviria
4. Alexander Kristoff
5. Ian Stannard
1860 says:

Mar 25 2016 at 11:32 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Stannard
3. Kristoff
4. Boasson Hagen
5. Terpstra
Al__S says:

Mar 26 2016 at 1:04 am

Either Pat's bollocking will work for EQS, or I've fucked up badly. Sorely tempted to change picks based on E3, but feel that would be unpure.
Wietse Verbrugghe says:

Mar 26 2016 at 2:34 am
No way Pistoff is going to survive Kemmel in rain and wind with this kind of form. I'm going with the Strongmen. It certainly won't be Cocolini this year. Too bad there are only V picks, that's a heck of a start list!

If you're watching the race on television: if you see an idiot in a YJA stopping traffic while shivering heavily with a grim smile on the face in the rainy and windy descent of the Kemmelberg, that's me, spare me a thought.

VSP PICKS:
1. Debusschere
2. Vanmarcke
3. Sagan
4. Stannard
5. Terpstra