Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s World Championship Road Race 2017

Don't ride triples, win triples.

Peter Sagan has undergone quite the transformation over the years; starting as a brash and disrespectful neo-pro, he’s blossomed into one of the most exciting and charismatic racers in the bunch. A sort of modern-day Mario Cipollini.

And, as much as I dislike seeing riders dominate and take the excitement out of the sport, I love watching Peter race and I expect that if he manages to pull off his third straight worlds title, it was be a spectacular feat. Besides, he looks great in his black bibs with the bands, and I’ve gotten quite used to seeing him in those colors, so I don’t want to have to adjust to seeing another rider in them.

And, everybody knows you don’t ride triples; win triples.

Check the start list and good luck!

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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Rick says:

Sep 21 2017 at 6:00 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen
4. Fernando Gaviria
5. Greg van Avermaet
Snowy says:

Sep 21 2017 at 6:24 pm
Should be a cracker!

VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Kwiatkowski
3. Boasson Hagen
4. Matthews
5. van Avermaet
wiscot says:

Sep 21 2017 at 6:40 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Edvald Boasson Hagen
2. Greg van Avermaet
3. Julian Alaphilippe
4. Micheal Matthew
5. Peter Sagan
Cary says:

Sep 21 2017 at 8:13 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen
3. Phillipe Gilbert
4. Greg Van Avermaet
5. Julian Alaphilippe
Tom Mc says:

Sep 21 2017 at 11:33 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Fernando Gaviria
2. Peter Sagan
3. Michael Matthews
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen
5. Elia Viviani
RobSandy says:

Sep 22 2017 at 1:00 am
Fuck yeah triple. He's been ill...but...still can't bet against him.

VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Kwitkowski
3. GVA
4. Boasson Hagen
5. Matthews
JohnB says:

Sep 22 2017 at 1:27 am
It would be awesome if the VSP points for the second half of the season could be updated?

VSP PICKS:
1. Edvald Boasson Hagen
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Peter Sagan
4. Greg Van Avermaet
5. Alexander Kristoff
JonnyG says:

Sep 22 2017 at 2:41 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Peter Sagan
2. Michal Kwiatkowski
3. Greg van Avermaet
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen
5. Michael Matthews
R00tdown says:

Sep 22 2017 at 4:55 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Three Pete
2. Matthews
3. van Avermaet
4. Boasson Hagen
5. Kwiatkowski
R00tdown says:

Sep 22 2017 at 4:56 am
Clarifying...

VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Michael Matthews
3. van Avermaet
4. Boasson Hagen
5. Kwiatkowski