Velominati Super Prestige: La Fleche Wallonne 2015

Merckx help us if this tool wins again.

Who doesn’t like a nice, steep, uphill finish after getting your head kicked in for six hours? Not me, assuming I’m not racing. The key feature on this little doozy of a race is the 1.3km long Mur de Huy; doing a wind sprint up this thing has made the world’s best climbers shift into reverse and reduces the winner to a blubbering baboon at the finish line.

We’re looking at some seriously short notice here, folks, so I won’t waste your time writing a witty but rambling scenario of what might happen and how totes amazeballs the prizes for the VSP GC are (*cough* Jaegher *cough* Café Roubaix). Just check out the start list and put your damn picks in already!

[vsp_results id=”32759″/]

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.

Next Velominati Super Prestige: La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 2015 »

Previous « The Real Diel

View Comments

Kevin says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:33 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde, Alejandro
2. Gilbert, Philippe
3. Martin, Dan
4. Kwiatkowski, Michal
5. Rodriguez, Joaquin
unversio says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:36 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. VALVERDE Alejandro
2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
3. MARTIN Daniel
4. MOLLEMA Bauke
5. HENAO Sergio Luis
Haldy says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:38 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Gilbert
3. Martin
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Simon Yates
unversio says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:41 pm
Hoping that a dog running (top speed) straight into my front fork/wheel/and crank while continuing at my good speed is a good sign. My stem was moved about 5 degrees but moved it back at the top of the next hill. Apparently dogs are not a problem at speed. And perhaps it will bring me luck even though most all are betting on Al V.

VSP PICKS:
1. VALVERDE Alejandro
2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
3. MARTIN Daniel
4. MOLLEMA Bauke
5. HENAO Sergio Luis
Yagerbomb says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:44 pm
Need points desperately. Stuck getting 3 points a week won't cut it.

VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Dan Martin
4. Joaquim Rodrriguez
5. Sergio Henao
unversio says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:44 pm
@xyxax

Yes, I think Henao is going to get in this time -- unexpectedly.

VSP PICKS:
1. VALVERDE Alejandro
2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
3. MARTIN Daniel
4. MOLLEMA Bauke
5. HENAO Sergio Luis
Yagerbomb says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:45 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Dan Martin
4. Joaquim Rodriguez
5. Sergio Henao
CoachRobDC says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:50 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Martin
4. Rodriguez
5. Nibali
Julez says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:58 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Gilbert
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Costa
4. S Yates
5. Rodriguez
Julez says:

Apr 21 2015 at 4:59 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Gilbert
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Rui Costa
4. Simon Yates
5. Rodriguez