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Velominati Super Prestige: Giro di Lombardia

No event of the year is more likely to provide piles of Rule #9 in the Five and Dime than il Giro di Lombardia. A hilly circuit around Lake Como ensures lots of climbing and that the bunch is blown to bits before the finish. Add to that its position as the last classic of the season, nestled in amongst the falling leaves of mid-October, and you’re nearly certain the weather will be terrible. The fact that it is being moved from October to September is distressing on several levels, not least that I’m certain the weather will be better. Good for the riders, bad for us; the way you hear some of the race organizers and the UCI talk, you’d almost thing they actually put the riders’ well-being before the amusement of the public. That can’t be right.

But most importantly, the Giro di Lombardia represents the final edition of this year’s VSP. The results are all but buttoned up for Nate, although both Marcus and G’Phant are in with a mathematical chance of taking over the win with a perfect score and Nate pulling a Delgado.

VSP G.C.
1. Nate (120 points)
2. Marcus (109 points)
3. G’phant (107 points)

(Antipodal VSP Podium. Interesting.)

You know the drill, get your picks in by 5am Pacific on Saturday. Depending on how things go, we may be late to post the final results as the race organizers and the UCI scheduled the event in conjunction with the Seattle Cogal. Oh, and if you don’t know what time 5am Pacific is and your Google Skills are not sufficient to elucidate that for you, I suggest you simply don’t cut it too close.

Good luck.

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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scaler911 says:

Oct 13 2011 at 10:13 pm

No way these guys will all be in a break together. Just rolling the dice Vegas style.

VSP PICKS:

1. Scraps only
2. Nibbles
3. Sorensen
4. Brajkovic
5. phil gil
minion says:

Oct 13 2011 at 10:17 pm

@Jamin

@minion

@harminator

And further to this...1. Wallabies2. Wales3. All Blacks4. FranceDon't count on doing any business with New Zealand next week. It will be closed for mourning.

SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP NOTLISTENINGNOTLISTENING SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP

Love this race. Wish I could be there. Buuuut, absolutely salivating over the RWC semi's.Wallabies all the way.The Kiwi's play in black because it takes less time to look like their mourning
VSP PICKS:
1. Gilbo2. Gerro3. Roche4. Rodriguez5. Fuglsang

Screw it. Where's Marcus, lets let him get his shot in then I'm off to kill myself before we fricken lose.

VSP PICKS:

1. Chavanel.
2. What Pedale Forchetta picked
scaler911 says:

Oct 13 2011 at 10:24 pm

@mcsqueak

Alternate Seattle Cogal VSP FTW.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cyclops
2. Scaler911
3. Frank
4. EightZero
5. mcsqueak

Thank you good sir, but you do realize all a guy has to do to be state champion in Idaho is smash a potatoe while wearing lycra. You think the skinheads actually let them on the road? Just target practice. Im'a going to crush the Cogal VSP!
Dr C says:

Oct 13 2011 at 11:09 pm

@Rose City Rolleur
admirable tactic, I think you should get double points if your man wins
il ciclista medio says:

Oct 13 2011 at 11:10 pm

Missed the last VSP due to being in another country without access to the webs, so here's hoping I pull a large one out of the freckle

VSP PICKS:

1. Phil Gil
2. Guaca Molle
3. Sam San
4. J-Rod
5. Nibbles
Dr C says:

Oct 13 2011 at 11:13 pm

@Dr C
please Merckx don't let the Wallabies win at the weekend
Kiwicyclist says:

Oct 13 2011 at 11:19 pm

@minion

@Jamin

@minion

@harminator

And further to this...1. Wallabies2. Wales3. All Blacks4. FranceDon't count on doing any business with New Zealand next week. It will be closed for mourning.

SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP NOTLISTENINGNOTLISTENING SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP

Love this race. Wish I could be there. Buuuut, absolutely salivating over the RWC semi's.Wallabies all the way.The Kiwi's play in black because it takes less time to look like their mourningVSP PICKS:1. Gilbo2. Gerro3. Roche4. Rodriguez5. Fuglsang

Screw it. Where's Marcus, lets let him get his shot in then I'm off to kill myself before we fricken lose.
VSP PICKS:
1. Chavanel.2. What Pedale Forchetta picked

Bring it on for Sunday I say. The Convicts won't be able to do it this year - the All Blacks will go all the way.

VSP PICKS:

1. The same picks as Marcus
scaler911 says:

Oct 13 2011 at 11:28 pm

As an aside, I take back any and all shit I've ever given MT bikers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M&feature=youtu.be

though you've all already seen this I'm sure
Nate says:

Oct 13 2011 at 11:48 pm

@scaler911
I think you are the third Velominatus to post it, but that one won't get old. Brutal how the fucker rotates 90 degrees while airborne to start the dude off with the horns and finish him off with the hind legs.
roche kelly says:

Oct 14 2011 at 1:29 am

VSP PICKS:

1. phil gilbert
2. j j cobo
3. dan martin
4. greg van avermaet
5. tommy voeckler