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

  1. One more time Phil Gil …with FEEEELING!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Phil Gil
    2. Malmerde
    3. Komquatski
    4. Greg Van Avermaet
    5. Simon Gerrans

  2. VSP PICKS:

    1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    2. GILBERT Philippe
    3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
    4. VAN AVERMAET Greg
    5. GASPAROTTO Enrico

  4. I resisted Valverde all last season and paid for it so I’ll put him in this season……with my form on picks I expect an email from him asking me to remove him!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert
    2. Valverde
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. GVA
    5. Colbrelli

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    2. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
    3. SKUJINS Toms
    4. ALAPHILIPE Julian
    5. GILBERT Philippe

  7. VSP PICKS:

    1. Alejandro Valverde
    2. Philippe Gilbert
    3. Greg van Avermaet
    4. Sonny Colbrelli
    5. Michael Matthews

  8. VSP PICKS:

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

  9. Another thing that can make piss beer taste better: you win a six pack of it in a sprint prime

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Valverde
    2. Gilbert
    3. Kwiatkowski
    4. Matthews
    5. Gasparotto

  10. I mean, they’re terrible picks, but hey, logical picks haven’t produced any winning results.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Uran
    2. Coquard
    3. Bardet
    4. Boom
    5. Van Avermaet

  11. VSP PICKS:

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

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    2. MATTHEWS Michael
    3. GILBERT Philippe
    4. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
    5. BENOOT Tiesj

  14. VSP PICKS:

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

  15. Hey guys – we had some technical difficulties with the website and if you entered the competition after 5am today, you will need to re-enter your picks.

    Sorry!

  16. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rigoberto Uran
    2. Alejandro Valverde
    3. Philip Gilbert
    4. Michael Matthews
    5. Dan Martin

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Philippe Gilbert
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Sonny Colbrelli
    4. Alejandro Valverde
    5. Greg Van Avermaet

  20. Bling for the win!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Matthews
    2. Gilbert
    3. Colbrelli
    4. Valverde
    5. Kwiatkowski

  21. @frank

    Hey guys – we had some technical difficulties with the website and if you entered the competition after 5am today, you will need to re-enter your picks.

    Sorry!

    Hey Frank – that other problem still exists that you don’t see the general thread on any of the topics so you can’t post new threads.

  22. VSP PICKS:

    1. Matthews
    2. Colbrelli
    3. van Avermaet
    4. Gilbert
    5. Kwiatkowski

  25. There’s about 25 riders who could plausibly win this – also it may rain

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Giblets
    3. Sonny Colbrelli
    4. Malmerde
    5. Michal Kwiatkowski

  26. VSP PICKS:

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

  27. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michal Kwiatkowski
    2. Greg Van Avermaet
    3. Philip Gilbert
    4. Sonny Colbrelli
    5. Daniel Martin

  28. VSP PICKS:

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

  31. VSP PICKS:

    1. VALVERDE, Alejandro
    2. GILBERT, Philippe
    3. KWIATKOWSKI, Michal
    4. VAN AVERMAET, Greg
    5. HAAS, Nathan

  35. VSP PICKS:

    1. Philip Gilbert
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Dan Martin
    5. Lars Boom

  41. Amstel Gold picks

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert, Phillipe
    2. Valverde, Alejandro
    3. Kwiatkowski, Michal
    4. Van Avaermet, Greg
    5. Wellens, Tim

  44. VSP PICKS:

    1. Philippe Gilbert
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Greg van Avermaet
    4. Chris Juul Jensen
    5. Michael Matthews

  45. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Mathews
    2. Sonny Colbrelli
    3. Alejandro Valverde
    4. Greg van Avermaet
    5. Michal Kwiatkowski

  46. the new finish leaves this open for the fastest guys. We will probably be able to throw a blanket over the top 10

    at the line.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Matthews
    2. GvA
    3. Gerrans
    4. Gilbert
    5. Colbrelli

  47. VSP PICKS:

    1. Phil Gil
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Malmerde
    5. Kwiatkowski

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