Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s La Fleche Wallonne 2016

The bunch climbs the Mur de Huy

Don’t these race organizers understand how confusing it is when races are held mid-week? It means we have to have to manage against unrealistic expectations like realizing what day of the week it is and then do the sums on how much lead time we want to give on the VSP.

Which is obviously too much to expect. Of me, anyway. I have a lot of big deals cooking, you see. Its very complicated and important. I could tell you about it but you probably wouldn’t be able to handle it all.

So. That leaves us with about 20 hours for VSP picks entry. Sorry about that. Hopefully you’ve already been prognosticating on the start list and have your game together already. If not, I hope you do well under pressure. Don’t forget there are awesome prizes on offer: Don Walker is giving away a free custom steel frame, Café Roubaix is giving away a carbon wheelset, and we are giving away a free V-Kit.

Good luck!

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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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Teocalli says:

Apr 20 2016 at 3:52 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Albasini
2. Alaphillipe
3. Dan Martin
4. Valverde
5. Wellens
xyxax says:

Apr 20 2016 at 3:53 am

Time zones. I blame the English. Or was it the Italians? Obama certainly.
Neil says:

Apr 20 2016 at 3:57 am
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VSP PICKS:
1. Martin
2. Valverde
3. Rodriguez
4. Costa
5. Alaphillipe
dinosaurJR says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:04 am

Damn you Henao! And your Biological Passport irregularities! Aaaaaarrrrrgh!
Luis Gee says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:33 am

How come my picks are not published?

There were still 13 hrs left when I made them. And my picks for the women's race (which I made like 15 mins before the men's race) went through just fine.
Minnesota Expat says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:50 am

WTF?! Go to sleep 11:00pm CST, wake up at 7:00am CST and Henao is out?! I blame Hillary.
Buck Rogers says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:52 am

@Minnesota Expat

WTF?! Go to sleep 11:00pm CST, wake up at 7:00am CST and Henao is out?! I blame Hillary.

Hey wait! We're not done blaming everything on Obama yet. You have to wait another year before we can start blaming her for everything!
Minnesota Expat says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:52 am

Just a reminder to the VSP newbies. From UPS yesterday. This is real.

No. I don't live in Australia.
Rob says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:53 am

Oops, completely missed these races! Might miss out on points but looking forward to watching this later!
Buck Rogers says:

Apr 20 2016 at 5:58 am

@Minnesota Expat

Just a reminder to the VSP newbies. From UPS yesterday. This is real.

No. I don’t live in Australia.

HOL---EEEE-FUCK!!!

Jeeezhus, man! Where are the pics of the opened box!!! Don't leave us hanging like this!!!