Velominati Super Prestige: La Fléche Wallone Féminine 2013
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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The reversion to the mean starts here…
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos Boss
2. “Dick” van Dijk
3. Emma Johansssssssson
4. Longo Borghini
5. van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Ellen Van Dijk
3. Emma Johansson
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Evelyn Stevens
Same picks as last time. Worked well then, hopefully will again!
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. van dijk
3. emma johansson
4. Longo Bofghini
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. M. Vos
2. E. Johansson
3. E. Stevens
4. M. De Vries
5. E. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. voss
2. johansson
3. stevens
4. borghini
5. van dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. voss
2. De Vries
3. Armistead
4. Borgini
5. Johansson
Evelyn Stevens is out due to injury?
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/stevens-making-quick-recovery-from-crash
Although it doesn’t appear that Stevens will be able to defend her 2012 win at Flèche Wallonne on April 17, Scrymgeour said that because Stevens did not incur a concussion in the crash, she could be back for Gracia Orlova at the end of April.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Villums
3. Johansson
4. Longo Borghini
5. Van Dijk
I’m not Delagado’ing again !!!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johannson
3. Van Dijk
4. Stevens
5. Borghini
Feck !!!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johannson
3. Van Dijk
4. Borghini
5. De Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. JOHANSSON Emma
3. FAHLIN Emilia
4. ARMITSTEAD Elisabeth
5. TROTT Laura
Huy Huy Huy!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Borghini
5. Neben
VSP PICKS:
1. Johannson
2. Vos
3. Armistead
4. Longo Borghini
5. Kupfernagel
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. STEVENS
3. JOHANSSON
4. VISSER
5. VAN VLEUTEN
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRAND
3. JOHANSSON
4. VISSER
5. VAN VLEUTEN
@sthilzy
Thanx for that research.
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRAND
3. JOHANSSON
4. VISSER
5. MOOLMAN
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRAND
3. JOHANSSON
4. MOOLMAN
5. GUARNIER
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRAND
3. JOHANSSON
4. ARMITSTEAD
5. MOOLMAN
@sthilzy
Thanks! Going with De Vries then.
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. van dijk
3. emma johansson
4. Longo Bofghini
5. De vries
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRAND
3. JOHANSSON
4. ARMITSTEAD
5. VISSER
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. van dijk
3. emma johansson
4. Longo Borghini
5. De Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. JOHANSSON
3. VAN DIJK
4. LONGO BORGHINI
5. STEVENS
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. BRAND
3. JOHANSSON
4. ARMITSTEAD
5. BECKER
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. JOHANSSON
3. VAN DIJK
4. LONGO BORGHINI
5. VAN VLEUTEN
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johannsson
3. Van Vleuten
4. Van Dijk
5. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. M. Vos
2. E. Johansson
3. E. Van Dijk
4. M. De Vries
5. E. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Stevens
4. Borghini
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. armistead
3. de vries
4. johnassen
5. van dijik
VSP PICKS:
1. Ellen Van Dijk
2. Emma Johansson
3. Marian De Vries
4. Marianne Vos
5. Elizabeth Armitstead
THANK YOU PROCYCLING STATS
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. JOHANNSON
3. VAN VLEUTEN
4. VAN DIJK
5. LONGO BORGHINI
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Elizabeth Armitstead
3. Emma Johansson
4. Longo Borghini
5. Ellen Van Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Brand
4. Van Vleuten
5. Guarnier
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
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Johansson
4. Borghini
5. Stevens
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
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. van Dijk
4. Bronzini
5. Longo Borghini
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
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. van Dijk
4. Visser
5. Longo Borghini
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
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. VAN DIJK Ellen
4. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
5. BRAND Lucinda
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Borghini
4. Van Dijk
5. Moolman
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. van dijk
3. johansson
4. cantele
5. longo borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Neylan
3. Johannsen
4. van Dijk
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Armitstead
5. Collins
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Dijk
2. Vos
3. Collins
4. Johansson
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. The Boss
2. Emma J
3. Brand
4. Armitstead
5. Garner
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos Hogg
2. Emma jo
3. Van Dijk
4. Borghini
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Marianne Vos
3. Van Dijk
4. Armistead
5. Kristen McGrath
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Armistead
4. Johansson
5. Van Dijk
Spoiler alert. @eightzero’s lady friend is not starting on Wednesday.