Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Mens Amstel Gold Race 2017

I spent my formative years growing up in the United States, hearing from all my Dutch and German relatives how crap American beer is and how fantastic Dutch and German brews are, respectively. By the time I started drinking it myself, the micro brew scene in the US had flourished and was giving the European beer icons swirlies in the locker room toilet.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Amstel Gold – a beer I assumed to be as prestigious as the race it sponsors – was every bit as shit as Miller or Budweiser. Nevertheless, the advertisers do get their way because anytime I’m in a Dutch bar where none of the beers available sound appealing, I’ll always default to this particular brand of piss.

Be that as it may, I love the fact that they’ve sponsored a race for so many years, and I love the fact that they’ve been doing a women’s edition for ages as well. And don’t be fooled by this racing being in the reputedly flat Netherlands; this particular province is very bumpy parcours and if you can’t get yourself over hills very well, you won’t feature very high on the results list.

Ponder the start list, get your picks in by the time the countdown timer goes to zero and good luck!
[vsp_results id=”104246″/]

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77 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Mens Amstel Gold Race 2017”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Sonny Colbrelli
    3. Philippe Gilbert
    4. Michal Kwiatkowski
    5. Bryan Coquard

  3. Sprint or late break?  Some rain, a decent head/crosswind in the final part of the loop.  Podium women with silly little hats.  There are reasons for and against every favorite.  So riding the hot hand more than a reflection on how the race will play out.

    oh do shut up,

    xyxax.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. GVA
    2. Gilbert
    3. Matthews
    4. Colbrelli
    5. Albasini

  9. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sebastian Langeveld
    2. Philippe Gilbert
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Greg Van Avermaet
    5. Rui da Costa

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg Van Avermaet
    2. Alejandro Valverde
    3. Sebastian Langeveld
    4. Michal Kwiatkowski
    5. Zdenek Stybar

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. GILBERT Philippe
    2. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    3. MATTHEWS Michael
    4. VALVERDE Alejandro
    5. MARTIN Dan

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Alejandro Valverde
    3. Philippe Gilbert
    4. Dan Martin
    5. Sonny Colbrelli

  14. VSP PICKS:

    1. Philippe Gilbert
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Michal Kwiatkowski
    5. Sonny Colbrelli

  17. Shots in the dark…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Philippe Gilbert
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Greg van Avermaet
    5. Sonny Colbrelli

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    2. VALVERDE Alejandro
    3. MATTHEWS Michael
    4. GILBERT Philippe
    5. COLBRELLI Sonny

  19. VSP PICKS:

    1. Alejandro Valverde
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Philippe Gilbert
    4. Michal Kwiatkowski
    5. Sonny Colbrelli

  25. @frank

    @Buck Rogers, @Teocalli

    It’s looking OK to me now…you guys still seeing the problem?

    It’s all good now, Mate!  Thanks!

    But, the race has already started here in Europe and the picks window does not close for another 2.5 hours?  Might want to adjust that in the future?

     

  27. i was stoked to see the results, but it looks like my picks got dumped.  bummer.

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