The 100th running of Liége-Bastogne-Liége takes place this Sunday. Danny-boy Martin will be marked heavily as the defending champion. Malmerde, and Phil Gil have shown they are peaking too. Froomy has thrown his hat into the ring, as he did last year but after last years 26th place, maybe it’s training. 263 kms, past winners include a long list of known dopers, again, the pot belge mix paid off to keep riders cranking through those last climbs. Cancellara talked of slimming down more in to add this Monument to his palmarés but this might be the farthest from his grasp. This is a very tough race course. You need to be a fondisti, someone with staying power, a Phil Gil or a fully doped Moreno Argentin to finish this race off successfully. Last year Red Ryder went ballistic, blew up the field and opened a way for his teammate, Danny-boy. Let’s hope for some equally exciting fireworks this Sunday.
Here is an imperfect startlist.
The points from the LBL VSP count towards the overall prizes. So check the start list, review the VSP Scoring Guidelines and get your picks in by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at 00:00 hours PDT on Sunday the 27th. If you think we mapped one of your picks wrong, use the dispute system and we’ll review it. Also remember to be precise enough in your description so we know which rider you mean; in other words, if you enter “Martin”, we will use our discretion (read: wild guess) to decide if you mean Tony or Dan – and that choice will not be negotiable once the the countdown clock goes to zero, so be sure to give yourself enough time.
Don’t forget we’ve got three major prizes for the season-long VSP:
First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron
Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)
Third place is you’re fired or overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.
All Hail Cosmo!
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VSP PICKS:
1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Alejandro Valverde
3. Joaquim Rodriguez
4. Michal Kwiatkowski
5. Dan Martin
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Great lead picture by the way. It's 1987 and Criquelion and Roche are away and seemingly heading for some variant of a 1-2. In other words, a 50-50 chance of winning the oldest classic on the books. Alas, they fannied about, continuously looking behind instead of getting on with the job of making it a 2-up sprint. With about 200m to go Moreno Argentin caught up with them and won the sprint. Roche was second, Criquelion finished third. Tactical incompetence of the highest order, setting a precedent for the Schleck debacle of 2011 when they screwed up the finish of LBL , allowing Gilbert to take the top step.
VSP PICKS:
1. NIBALI Vincenzo
2. COSTA Rui
3. GILBERT Philippe
4. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
5. VALVERDE Alejandro
Has the VSP standing been updated recently? I'm still seeing my in the lead with 43 points and I know that isn't right. I've tried clearing my browser cache to make sure I'm not seeing an old page.
Froome's guns. Locked and loaded.
VSP PICKS:
1. Chris Froome
2. Jelle Vanendert
3. Alejandro Valverde
4. Michal Kwiatowski
5. Daniel Moreno
Now it appears I'm fading in the standings...
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Dan Martin
3. Philippe Gilbert
4. Michal Kwiatkowski
5. Vincenzo Nibali
VSP PICKS:
1. MARTIN Daniel
2. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
3. GILBERT Phillippe
4. KREUZIGER Roman
5. MOLLEMA Bauke
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Haha...I had already shoe horned him in to my picks! Grimpito has been chatting to the media about how shit he is but talking all aggressive about how Frandy are going to go on the attack early!
VSP PICKS:
1. moreno
2. mollema
3. martin
4. kwiatkowski
5. froome