Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallone Féminine 2013

photo: Bettini

Last year we saw Evelyn Stevens out-last Marianne Vos at the top of the Mur de Huy. The take home message is don’t start one’s charge too early. Vos should know this finish, having won it four times already. It’s hard to know who is on form in the professional women field as the races are too far apart to infer much from the last race. This is their whole Ardennes campaign; one race, no holds barred, save nothing. Who is a badass? Is Marianne tuned up? Is she still hungry enough? Are there some more young guns looking to make a name for themselves? Ponder all this carefully. The race is Wednesday. To contest one has to first be there in the top ten at the bottom of the Huy. A good team is required to chase down the troublesome breaks and help shape the final kilometers. To win one has to have the best power to weight ratio and the sense to use it at exactly the right time. Experience with this race shows. People who have botched the finish have returned to win. Timing is almost everything, superlative power climbing ability is the rest. The start list is here.

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Two Ball Billy says:

Apr 15 2013 at 4:27 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Marianne Vos
2. Elizabeth Armitstead
3. Emma Johansson
4. Longo Borghini
5. Ellen Van Dijk
Sauterelle says:

Apr 15 2013 at 4:33 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Brand
4. Van Vleuten
5. Guarnier
sprider says:

Apr 15 2013 at 5:12 pm

So, Delgato'd Amstel, frickin taxes, hoping to make up some points here. Wish there was better coverage of the dammes...

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. VanDijk
3. Wild
4. Pieters
5. Borgato
simon says:

Apr 15 2013 at 5:18 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Johansson
4. Borghini
5. Stevens
Erik says:

Apr 15 2013 at 6:09 pm

Here's to my worst VSP so far! May it improve now.

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Borghini
4. Armistead
5. Lucinda Brand
freddy says:

Apr 15 2013 at 7:40 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. van Dijk
4. Bronzini
5. Longo Borghini
asyax says:

Apr 15 2013 at 7:43 pm

Out of my depth here - stuck with those showing plenty of "V'

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Stevens
4. Van Vleuten
5. Van der bruggen
freddy says:

Apr 15 2013 at 7:48 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. van Dijk
4. Visser
5. Longo Borghini
starclimber says:

Apr 15 2013 at 7:53 pm

Because, really, I do not know, at all. And even if I knew their current form, they're women. Maybe they're pms'ing, bloated, ovulating. Perhaps they're too lean to menstruate. On the other hand, maybe they're all on birth control. My research 'there' suggests hormonal birth control has a small, deleterious affect on oxygen utilization, so I'd guess they aren't.

Yeah. No idea.

Go Vos!

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Johansson
4. Van Vleuten
5. Van Dijk
The Grande Fondue says:

Apr 15 2013 at 8:24 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. VAN DIJK Ellen
4. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
5. BRAND Lucinda