Velominati Super Prestige: Giro d’Italia Femminile Internazionale 2013
This is the women’s Giro and it just happens to take place in early July, bad timing or good timing, at least the Italians step up and do a mini-Grand Tour. Here is the start list. Unfortunately we cannot be giving away more bikes and wheels for this race, but bragging rights and points are useful. Do I have any insightful things to say about this race? No, I don’t know anything about it and it’s not that I’m not interested. There is very little coverage of women’s racing that I ever see, in print or on television in the USA. I’d watch women racing in Italy. I’m not getting up at midnight to watch streaming video of it, sorry. I didn’t do that for the men’s Giro. The Tour will suck a lot of reporting over to France but hopefully there are a few sage reporters and photos who know women’s racing and Italy are a great combination.
Marianne Vos, Marianne Vos, can someone beat Marianne Vos? I like her, she seems a very nice person and a supremely gifted cyclist but really ladies, someone has to step up. I am a broken record about this. Maybe she is Ellen Merckx and no one will dominate so when she retires but I would love to see many other badass women up on the top step of the podiums too. Let it begin this Sunday. And don’t Delgado yourself out of this VSP with TdF fever.
From Giovinazzo to Cremona, the Giro Donne
Stage: 1 – 30 June : Giovinazzo – Margherita de Savioa, 124.30 km
Stage: 2 – 1 July : Pontecagnano Faiano, 99.60 km
Stage: 3 – 2 July : Cerro al Volturno , 111.60 km
Stage: 4 – 3 July : Monte San Vito – Castelfidardo, 137.20 km
Stage: 5 – 4 July : Varazze – Monte Beigua, 73.30 km
Stage: 6 – 5 July : Terme di Premia – San Domenico , 121.00 km
Stage: 7 – 6 July : Corbetta , 120.00 km
Stage: 8 – 7 July : Cremona ITT, 16.00 km
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. BRONZINI Giorgia
3. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
4. STEVENS Evelyn
5. DE VRIES Marijn
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. Tiffany Cromwell
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Emma Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos, marianne
2. Bronzini, Giorgia
3. Johansson, Emma
4. Stevens, Evelyn
5. Borghini, Elisa
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Evie Stevens
4. Loes Gunnewijk
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
3. BRONZINI Giorgia
4. johansen, emma
5. stevens, evie
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Nicole Cook
3. Giorgia Bronzini
4. Laura Trott
5. Dani King
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Giorgio Bronzini
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Emma Johansson
A few of you may want to check that start list, Hitec haven’t named Longo Borghini.
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Evie Stevie
3. Rachel Neylan
4. Gracie Elvin
5. Georgia Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. Emma Johansson
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Tiffany Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Giorgia Bronzini
4. Marijn De Vries
5. Tiffany Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRONZINI
3. POOLEY
4. HAUSLER
5. E STEVENS
VSP PICKS:
1. M. Vos
2. E. Stevens
3. T. Cromwell
4. T. Guderzo
5. F. Luperini
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
3. BRONZINI Giorgia
4. JOHANNSEN Emma
5. evie stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
3. BRONZINI Giorgia
4. Emma Johansson
5. evie stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS MARIANNE
2. ABBOTT MARA
3. LONGO BORGHINI ELISA
4. STEVENS EVELYN
5. BRONZINI GIORGIA
Go the girls!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansen
3. Stevens
4. Pooley
5. Abbott
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Mara Abbott
The lack of coverage for these events is crazy.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Guderzo
4. Longo Borghini
5. Antoshina
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Ashleigh Moolman
3. Tiffany Cromwell
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Lucinda Brand
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Longo Borghini
3. Van Dijk
4. Cromwell
5. Ratto
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Longo Borghini
3. Van Dijk
4. Johannsen
5. Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. M Vos
2. E Longo Borghini
3. G Bronzini
4. E Johansson
5. L Gunnewijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Noemi Cantele
4. Elena Kuchinskaya
5. Chloe Hosking
There’s a new cannibal in town, and her name is Marianne Vos. She gets my nod for the top step of the podium but I think Stevens and Emma Jo can make her work for it.
Hoping for good things from Mara Abbot as well, would be a great story to see her bounce back and perform well as she has in the past.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos – La Cannibelle
2. Evie Stevie
3. Big Leg Emma
4. Kuchi Kuchi Ku-chinskaya
5. Heyyyyy Abbott!
no form guides anywhere, Vos likely to win, but het, lets try and guess who might upset the applecart…
VSP PICKS:
1. evelyn stevens
2. marianne vos
3. giorgia bronzini
4. marijn de vries
5. silvia cecchini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Evie Stevens
3. Longo Borghini
4. Bronzini
5. De Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. Bronzini
2. Stevens
3. Johansson
4. Antoshina
5. Vos
Shocking that the keepers hold women’s racing in such low regard that the prize pool pales in comparision with the TDF VSP.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Gilmore
5. Drexel
Not a clue in other words
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos Boss
2. Ellen “Dick” van Dijk
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Chloe Hosking
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Emma Johansson
4. Bronzini
5. Tatiana Giuderzo
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne VOS
2. Evelyn STEVENS
3. Elisa LONGO BORGHINI
4. Ellen VAN DIJK
5. Claudia HAUSLER
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Marijn De Vries
5. Tiffany Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. GUNNEWIJK
2. Vos
3. Bras
4. De Vries
5. Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. BRONZINI Giorgia
2. VOS Marianne
3. GUNNEWIJK Loes
4. WILD Kirsten
5. RATTO Rossella
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Bronzini
4. Borghini
5. Cromwell
I actually know one of the women racing! Bre Walle is a local that’s been tearing up the US scene in her first season as a Pro. Next year, she’s going to be off the hook.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens (Eve)
3. Wild
4. Bronzini
5. Walle
Looking at the start list at cyclingfever and procycling stats. I don’t see Pooley, Borghini, or Johanssen listed. Anyone have news on them? Pooley has gone to the dark side and is doing Tris now.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Stevens
4. Luperini
5. Van Dijk
Too hard not to pick Vos, though it’d be nice to see a challenger get up.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Bronzini
4. Gunnewijk
5. Johansson
More of a crap shoot than my TdF picks – and that’s saying something.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Cantele
5. De Vries
Apparently, the spooks have caught up with that Snowden fellow and squeezed some critical info out of him, hence the changes in my picks.
Anyone need any used fingernails?
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS MARIANNE
2. STEVENS Evelyn
3. LUPERINI Fabiana
4. GUDERZO Tatiana
5. MOOLMAN Ashleigh
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos, M
2. Bronzini, G
3. Stevens, E
4. Borghini, E
5. Johansson, E
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Bronzini
4. Luperini
5. Hausler
Can’t seem to find Emma Jo an any startlists? What a shame. Oh well, she’s out and Bronzini’s in… probably should have had her in there to begin with…
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos – La Cannibelle
2. Evie Stevie
3. Sweet Giorgia Bronzini
4. Kuchi Kuchi Ku-chinskaya
5. Heyyyyy Abbott!
Am I missing something or are a bunch of people picking Laura Trott and Emma Johansson who are not racing? Anyway I know so little on this I am going to have to back those that were doing well in the spring classics plus the future contender to replace the profit….not only is god a woman, but now The Voss Boss is looking to take over from Fast Eddy!
VSP PICKS:
1. The Voss Boss
2. Even Stevens
3. Bronzininini
4. Cromwell
5. Van Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Longo Borghini
3. Van Dijk
4. AMIALIUSIK
5. Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Shelley Olds
3. Ashleigh Moolman
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Inga Cilvinaite
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Georgia Bronzini
3. Shelly Oldes
4. Ina Teutenberg
5. Arude Biannic
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Giorgia Bronzini
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Mara Abbott
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. DE VRIES MARIJN
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. TEUTENBERG INA YOKO
5. WILLIAMS GEORGIA