Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallone Feminine 2014

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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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174 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallone Feminine 2014”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos, M
    2. Armistead, E
    3. Johansson, E
    4. Longo Borghini, E
    5. De Vries, M

  2. VSP PICKS:

    1. E Stevens
    2. E Johansson
    3. A van der Breggen
    4. E Borghini
    5. E Armitstead

  3. VSP PICKS:

    1. Armistead
    2. Johansson
    3. Pooley
    4. Vos
    5. Longo Borghini

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. M. Vos
    2. L. Armistead
    3. E. Johansson
    4. E. Longo Borghini
    5. E. Stevens

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne Vox
    2. Lizzie Armistead
    3. Ellen Van Dijk
    4. Emma Johansson
    5. Elisa Longo Borghini

  6. Try as I might, I simply can’t bet against Vos; the rest will just be spectators. Bloody quick spectators mind.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Armitstead
    3. Stevens
    4. Pooley
    5. Borghini

  7. VSP PICKS:

    1. JOHANSSON Emma
    2. VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
    3. ARMITSTEAD Elisabeth
    4. VOS Marianne
    5. STEVENS Evelyn

  8. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne Vos
    2. Evelyn Stevens
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Emma Pooley
    5. Valentina Scandolara

  9. VSP PICKS:

    1. Johanssen
    2. Pooley
    3. Van Der Breggen
    4. Longo Borghini
    5. Armitstead

  10. Can’t see Vos quite there first ride out

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Johansson
    2. Van Dijk
    3. Vos
    4. Armistead
    5. Borghini

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Stevens
    2. Vos
    3. Johansson, E
    4. Van der Breggen
    5. Amialiusik

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Anna Van Der Breggen
    2. Ellen Van Dijk
    3. Emma Johansson
    4. Liz Armistead
    5. Marianne Vos

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Borghini
    3. Johansson
    4. Stevens
    5. De Vries

  14. VSP PICKS:

    1. M Vos
    2. E Van Dyk
    3. E L Borghini
    4. E Stevens
    5. E Pooley

  15. I am completely incapable of choosing anyone other than Vos for the win.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne Vos
    2. Emma Johansson
    3. Ellen van Dijk
    4. Evelyn Stevens
    5. Elizabeth Armitstead

  16. VSP PICKS:

    1. M Vos
    2. E Stevens
    3. L Armistead
    4. E Johansson
    5. E Longo Borghini

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne Vos
    2. Evelyn Stevens
    3. Elizabeth Armitstead
    4. Liz Armistead
    5. Anna Van Der Breggen

  18. Another roll of the dice

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Emma Pooley
    2. Marianne Vos
    3. Elizabeth Armistead
    4. Emma Johansson
    5. Anna van der Breggen

  19. VSP PICKS:

    1. Moolman
    2. Voss
    3. Longo Borghini
    4. Pooley
    5. Van der Breggen

  20. Don’t go bettin’ against the Vos Boss.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Borghini
    3. Pooley
    4. Moolman
    5. Stevens

  21. VSP PICKS:

    1. E Stevens
    2. E Longo Borghini
    3. M Vos
    4. D King
    5. L De Vocht

  22. Please and thank you.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Vos
    2. Van Dijk
    3. Johansson
    4. Armitstead
    5. Longo Borghini

  23. VSP PICKS:

    1. Van Dijk
    2. Cromwell
    3. Vos
    4. Pooley
    5. Johansson

  24. VSP PICKS:

    1. M Vos
    2. E Borghini
    3. E Armitstead
    4. E Stevens
    5. E Johannsson

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Marianne VOS
    2. Emma JOHANSSON
    3. Elisa LONGO BORGHINI
    4. Eleonora VAN DIJK
    5. Ashleigh MOOLMAN

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