That's a legitimate Pain Face right there.
Everybody knows there are two kinds of cobbles. Big cobbles, little cobbles, grippy cobbles, and slippy cobbles. And when it comes to mastering the stones, no one is better than the undisputed King of the Cobbles, Kenny Van Vlaminck. And speaking of cobble legends, there is a great piece on our friend Johan Museeuw over on Rouleur today.
According to the weather reports, there is going to be wind and rain on Sunday. And if you watched the live coverage of Gent Wevelgem last week, the storm that blew in after the race was wicked intense. And, since I’ve decided not to visit Belgium this year, you can be pretty sure that the weather will finally be rubbish. You’re welcome.
We rode the RVV route (the classic route, not the crap new one) in the wind, rain, and hail a few years back, and it was striking how slippy the cobbles on the Paterberg and Koppenberg are in the wet. These climbs are borderline doable in the dry, and if you need to get out of the saddle for some extra juice, it is going to take some good bike handling to keep from spinning out.
And don’t forget we’ve got wicked prizes on offer; Don Walker is giving a free custom steel frame to the winner of the VSP overall, and Café Roubaix is awarding a set of their CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelsets to the runner-up. Third place gets a free V-Kit. Boom. So get prognosticating and get your picks in before the clock goes to zero. Good luck!
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VSP PICKS:
Mr Kelly wasn't happy that the lads are running 30mm tyres. Reckons they are soft. Mr Kelly would know !
Mark Renshaw pulled off circuit and taken his bat and ball and gone home. ?
Tiesj Benoot is out. Why not?
Van Avermaet is down, hurt and out. Just about the whole BMC team went down that time.
I should have picked Chantal Blaack for the men's race. I'd have scored just as many points.
The men's feed is live. Van Avermaet crashed out literally the moment I started it.
The women's feed is intermittent and the English commentary has been ditched due to technical issues, according to Twatter.
@Minnesota Expat
Ahg. A bad day for the Welsh.... and my picks.
Cool beans. Eurosport1 has switched over to the women's race for a minute. 17km to go.
13km to go and Armistead and Johansson have broken clear. Have about 100m on the main group.