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!

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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.

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mylezz says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:17 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Alejandro Valverde
3. Michal Kwiatkowski
4. Dan Martin
5. Joaquin Rodriguez
Kris Fernhout says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:19 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. JRod
2. Henao
3. Valverde
4. Dan Martin
5. Gilbert
ramenvelo says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:52 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Joaquim Rodriguez
4. Dan Martin
5. Henao
wilburrox says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:52 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. GILBERT Philippe
2. RODRIGUEZ Joaquim
3. MARTIN Daniel
4. VALVERDE Alejandro
5. FUGLSANG Jakob
xyxax says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:56 pm
@unversio

And not only that, every time I say his name, I get a Crowded House song stuck in my head. (and now I see Herr Liddy has beaten me to that punch!)

Going to push Kuwaitkowski down, though watching a replay of last year's race, he looked pretty solid slowly making up ground with patience.

VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Rodriguez
3. Henao
4. Martin
5. Kwiatkowski
Rockkk says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:56 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. martin
2. valverde
3. kwiatkowski
4. rodriguez
5. ulissi
Heihachi says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:56 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Kwistkowski
3. Gilbert
4. Rodriguez
5. Henao
Chica says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:58 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
2. Philippe Gilbert
3. Joaquím Rodríguez Oliver
4. Michał Kwiatkowski
5. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
Rockkk says:

Apr 21 2015 at 7:59 pm

@Rockkk

dan martin
ped says:

Apr 21 2015 at 8:00 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. gilbert
2. valverde
3. henao
4. simon yates
5. rodriguez