Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s Liege-Bastogne Liege 2017

There was a time when this is what Cycling looked like.

This guy. This fucking Valverde guy. How can you make it look so easy? Dan Martin was right to look like a little bitch on the podium, because that’s exactly what Valvecap made of him: his little bitch.

What kills me about him is he looks totally awesome, but I can’t find myself liking him. What’s the matter with me? Looking Fantastic is normally all I need. Maybe its because he’s bald. But that hasn’t stopped me before. Chalk it up to the great mysteries of life.

Liege is a race that’s dear to my heart; my dad and I did it together when I was seventeen and it was one of the greatest rides of my life. It’s a great classic, but today’s era of specialization means we rarely see riders contest the cobbled classics as well as the Ardennes classics. Yet, this year we’ve got Greg Van Avermaet lining up after winning Roubaix in the true Hardman style of Eddy Mereckx or Sean Kelly.

So lets make this happen people: I’m voting for GvA, nearly assuring everyone he won’t be anywhere near the podium. Appologies in advance. You know the drill: get the picks in by the time the clock goes to zero. 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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Geraint says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:21 pm
Malmerde's performances have been

this year...

And my VSP is fucked as my (crap) picks for Amstel got lost, and then I Delgadoed La Fleche.

Part of me wants to jinx Malmerde by picking him, another part of me won't allow it.

VSP PICKS:
1. MARTIN Daniel
2. GILBERT Philippe
3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
4. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
5. GERRANS Simon
MangoDave says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:25 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. GVA
3. Dan Martin
4. Kwiatkoski
5. Costa
Jansen says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:26 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. D. Martin
2. M. Kwiatkowski
3. R. Costa
4. G. van Avermaet
5. J. Izagirre
MangoDave says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:28 pm
@Geraint
Malmerde’s performances have been

this year…

And my VSP is fucked as my (crap) picks for Amstel got lost, and then I Delgadoed La Fleche.

Part of me wants to jinx Malmerde by picking him, another part of me won’t allow it.

VSP PICKS:
1. MARTIN Daniel
2. GILBERT Philippe
3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
4. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
5. GERRANS Simon
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I've seen reports that Phil Gil won't start due to injury, just in case you want to reconsider.
MangoDave says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:30 pm
Stupid thumbs, correcting Kwiatkowski...

VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. GVA
3. Dan Martin
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Costa
Geraint says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:36 pm
@MangoDave

Thanks you're absolutely right, very much appreciate you pointing this out! Forgot about that in my rush to avoid another Delgado. Cheers.

VSP PICKS:
1. MARTIN Daniel
2. HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
4. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
5. GERRANS Simon
Paul Woodhouse says:

Apr 21 2017 at 1:52 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Avermaet
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Gasparotto
4. Rui Costa
5. Dumoulin
foggypeake says:

Apr 21 2017 at 2:07 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Alejandro Valverde
2. Greg Van Avermaet
3. Michal Kwiatkowski
4. Dan Martin
5. Rui Costa
Teocalli says:

Apr 21 2017 at 2:20 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Dan Martin
David van dijk says:

Apr 21 2017 at 2:21 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Valverde
2. Martin
3. Kwiatkovski
4. Henao
5. Barguil