Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallone Feminine 2014
Wednesday sees the return of the women to the VSP. More notably, we see the return of Marianne Vos to the road. She’s won this race five of the last seven years. It makes me wonder if the rest of the field have already resigned themselves to racing for second. On the other hand, Vos hasn’t been racing of late and may not be as sharp as her competitors. Nah, that’s crazy talk. She’s Vos.
It’s been a few weeks since the women’s Ronde when Ellen Van Dyk soloed to victory from 27 km’s out. It’s unlikely we will see similar antics stick in la Fleche but we can expect some action on the way up the Huy to the finish. Click on the start list and have a look. It seems like the strong women are all toeing up.
This week we learned that Emma Pooley will make less money in her entire career than Tom Boonen probably paid for a shitty paint job on a Ferrari he subsequently crashed. We’re not entirely sure what to do with that information other than to say Tommeke probably has too much of it and Pooley probably deserves more. Sure, first world problems. They both race $15,000.00 bikes for a living and get to travel the world. There are bigger fish to fry than gender pay-equity in pro cycling to make the world a better place. But we can at least give the ladies a fair shake. As a cyclist and the father of two daughters I’d like to see more women and more coverage of women’s cycling so my daughters have heroes who are women too. A good place to start is by paying them a living wage.
Pick wisely, roll the bones and best of luck. The standings are tightening up so whatever you do, don’t Delgado. Points are points whether they be gained from the men or the women and you’ll need all you can get. There’s a sweet Veloforma frame, some killer wheels, fantastic shoes, and some other shit on the line.
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Reaches blindly into hat…
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dyk
3. Armitstead
4. Pooley
5. Stevens
Reaches blindly into hat…
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Stevens
4. Armitstead
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Stevens
4. Pooley
5. Van Dyk
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Lizzie Armitstead
3. Anna Van Der Breggen
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Marianne Vos
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Longo Borghini
4. Stevens
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. VAN DIJK Ellen
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
5. VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
Can I just start listing M. Vos in my picks as “The Great One”?
VSP PICKS:
1. M. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Van Dijk
4. Johansson
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Longo Borghini
3. Van Dijk
4. Stevens
5. GUNNEWIJK Loes
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Pooley
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. Emma Johansson
4. Marianne Vos
5. Alena Almialiusik
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Vos
3. Pooley
4. Van Dijk
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Pooley
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. Emma Johansson
4. Marianne Vos
5. Alena Amialiusik
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Borghini
4. Van Dijk
5. Pooley
@seemunkee If you post as no.13 in the VSP do you need to turn your choices upside down?
Here it goes.
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS Marianne
2. AMIALIUSIK Alena
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
5. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Pooley
5. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Armistead
4. Pooley
5. Johannsson
VSP PICKS:
1. Longo Borghini
2. Vos
3. Moolman
4. Johansson
5. Van Der Breggen
@unversio
Nice!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Johannson
4. Van Vleuten
5. Amialiusik
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Lizzie Armitstead
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Emma Johansson
5. Emma Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Armitstead
4. Van Dijk
5. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Pooley Emma
2. Stevens Evelyn
3. Johansson Emma
4. Vos Marianne
5. Jasinska Malgorzata
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos, Marianne
2. Armistead, Elizabeth
3. Stevens, Evelyn
4. Long0 Borghini, Elisa
5. Van Dijk, Ellen
The Velominati have opened my eyes to women’s cycling. Thanks! These gals really know how to lay down the V!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Longo-Borghini
4. Armistead
5. Amialiusik
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos, Marianne
2. Longo Borghini, Elisa
3. Stevens, Evelyn
4. Van Der Breggen, Anna
5. Moolman, Ashleigh
VSP PICKS:
1. Pooley
2. Johannsen
3. Vos
4. Van Dijk
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Pooley
2. Emma Johannsen
3. Vos
4. Van Dijk
5. Armistead
Vos may very well be on form. She was racing MTBs in California at the Sea Otter Classic. Where she won the short track race and the cross country race. She dominates in every discipline she takes part in.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Armistead
4. Johannsen
5. Stevens
That link leads to a page for results behind a pay wall. The start list is on the site, but this is where I found it: .
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Edmondson
4. Johansson
5. Van Dijk
Relying on Lizzie to bring this one home and Marianne to be slightly rusty…….
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Marianne Vos
4. Emma Johansson
5. Emma Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Pooley
2. Marianne Vos
3. Lizzie Armitstead
4. Lucinda Brand
5. Jolien D’Hoore
Tempted to put Vos in all five spots. Guaranteed some points that way!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johanson
3. Van Dijk
4. Armistead
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Johansson
4. Evie Stevens
5. Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Van Dijk
3. Vos
4. Pooley
5. Johansson
Here goes nothing.
VSP PICKS:
1. Borghini
2. Stevens
3. Vos
4. Moolman
5. Johansson
A former student of mine is among the starters. Excited to see how Annie Foreman-Mackey fares–and wishing her good luck.
VSP PICKS:
1. E. Longo Borghini
2. E. Stevens
3. A. Van de Breggen
4. E. Johansson
5. A. Moolmans
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Armistead
4. Johansson
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos Boss
2. Lizzie Armistead
3. Borghini
4. Dick van Dijk
5. Dr Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Van Dijk
4. Stevens
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. VAN DIJK
3. ARMISTEAD
4. BORGHINI
5. POOLEY
VSP PICKS:
1. Elizabeth Armitstead
2. Emma Johansson
3. Anna Van Der Breggen
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Marianne Vos
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armitstead
3. Van Dijk
4. Johansson
5. Van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Pooley
4. Armitstead
5. Stevens
A United Nations of picks. And probably as equally ineffective.
VSP PICKS:
1. Van der Breggen, Anna
2. Armistead, Lizzie
3. Emma Johansson
4. Evie Stevie
5. Longo-Borghini
That is damn cool, Steampunk. Hope she does well!
Damn, Boonen’s Ferrari was fucking awful. I bet Kit decided to crash itself to end the misery of going around like that.
Marko – ah, wage differences. I’m an academic. My brother is a financier. It’s laughable how much more money he has, though he still thinks he has far too little. And guess who spent more time in school? I guess I kept my eyes on the books, while he figured out how to cook the books…
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Van Dijk
4. Pieters
5. Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Stevens E
4. Johansson E
5. Worrack
This. Courtesy of my friend and cycling historian, @laxbikeguy:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7L-SrvwmM
@Ron
It’s a strong-looking field, though I would love to take a flyer of a pick on her.