Velominati Super Prestige: Grand Prix de Plouay-Bretagne 2013

Emma Pooley wins in 2010

Brittany is the kind of area that produces strong-minded and strong-bodied people; I’m looking at you, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault. It produces this type of person because that’s what windy farming land does to people. Brittany is also lumped full of short, steep hills, and we all know what that means: its a perfect place for a bike race.

The next installment of the Velominati Super Prestige is the Pro VVomen’s event of the larger Grand Prix Cycliste de Plouay. This is a route for a hardwoman who has some climbing punch. Vos is racing, which basically means that the one person who doesn’t pick her will win the event should she fail to cross the line first. But how likely is that? She is a monster of a racing machine, perhaps the most well-rounded racing Cyclist ever.

Check the start list, and roll the dice. Get your picks in by midnight on the 30th. Good luck.

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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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sthilzy says:

Aug 29 2013 at 5:30 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Marianne Vos
2. Emma Johnansson
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Evelyn Stevens
Steampunk says:

Aug 29 2013 at 7:02 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. M. Vos
2. E. Longo Borghini
3. E. Stevens
4. A. Van der Breggen
5. E. Johansson
ramenvelo says:

Aug 29 2013 at 8:14 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Borghini
5. Van Dijk
il ciclista medio says:

Aug 29 2013 at 8:36 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Borghini
4. Van Dijik
5. De Vries
starclimber says:

Aug 29 2013 at 9:03 pm

VLVV, sort of.

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Van Vleuten
4. Johansson
5. Van Dijk
starclimber says:

Aug 29 2013 at 9:06 pm

OH, forgot this: overview of the course and standings, etc.
freddy says:

Aug 29 2013 at 9:25 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Longo Borghini
4. van der Breggen
5. van Dijk
TOM.NELS2120 says:

Aug 29 2013 at 9:39 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. De Vries
5. Borghini
anotherdownunder says:

Aug 30 2013 at 5:02 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Longo Borghini
3. Johansson
4. Carla Ryan
5. Cantele
Deakus says:

Aug 30 2013 at 5:47 am

I find that as the season progresses I am actually becoming less excited about womens cycling. Why? Because you cannot ever find out much about it. The races are not televised, there is very very little on the internet in terms of views or discussion (unless I am missing some magical website) so what are we left with?

A start list and a result with little or nothing in between. I would love to get more in to womens cycling but the fact of the matter is with so little publicity even the most enthusiastic fan is struggling to get engaged in this.

I can really understand why they feel so neglected!

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Dijk Chick
2. De Vries
3. Borghini
4. The Voss Boss
5. Even Stevens