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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RobSandy says:

Oct 7 2017 at 11:49 am

@Cary

a great Lombardia today. Alaphillipe is really going to be something in these next few years. he and Gaviria have to be the most exciting young riders in the peloton.

Nibali really put it on ‘em today. i think he’s got, at least, a couple classics wins in him, yet.

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Was out and about and missed it. Shame no VSP.

Did you see De Plus's crash? Ouch!
Cary says:

Oct 7 2017 at 12:07 pm

@RobSandy

@Cary

a great Lombardia today. Alaphillipe is really going to be something in these next few years. he and Gaviria have to be the most exciting young riders in the peloton.

Nibali really put it on ‘em today. i think he’s got, at least, a couple classics wins in him, yet.

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Was out and about and missed it. Shame no VSP.

Did you see De Plus’s crash? Ouch!

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has to be the crash of the year, even outdoing the Mont du Chat descent yatd sale at the Tour. word is, De Plus escaped serious injury, too. THAT’S good stuff to show the grandkids!
Pali65 says:

Oct 8 2017 at 9:45 am

I've heard that J. Bakelants crashed at the very same spot with 7 broken ribs and 2 vertebrae as a result.
Cary says:

Oct 8 2017 at 10:00 pm

this afternoon, i watched nbcsn’s 2017 Fleche and Liege coverage. two observations:

1) Bob Roll’s insights are good, but he’s not a good broadcaster.

2) Valverde is a real badass, but it’s too bad Philippe Gilbert was damaged this year at Amstel. given his super form it would have been awesome to see him challenge for the win throughout the Ardennes classics.
Rick says:

Oct 9 2017 at 1:40 pm

@Cary

this afternoon, i watched nbcsn’s 2017 Fleche and Liege coverage. two observations:

1) Bob Roll’s insights are good, but he’s not a good broadcaster.

2) Valverde is a real badass, but it’s too bad Philippe Gilbert was damaged this year at Amstel. given his super form it would have been awesome to see him challenge for the win throughout the Ardennes classics.

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Bob is sort of a human version of Parkinson's Law. When he has to make a point quickly he does so very well. When he has time to ramble he will do so. I used to watch his YouTube channel but had to stop because he took several minutes to make a statement that should have taken seconds.
RobSandy says:

Nov 8 2017 at 12:59 am

Has 'The Bikes' and 'The Rides' gone to archive only (i.e. no posts) for anyone else?

Is this truly the end?
chris says:

Nov 8 2017 at 1:10 am

@RobSandy

I was going straight to archive this morning. Still am.

The V-site has had crashes and off days in the past but @Frank seemed to get a handle on things pretty quickly. I'm not confident though.

Maybe it's time for a coup de grâce if all it is ever going to do is dribble on with a handful of people posting.

It's frustrating not to be able to tell people they're wrong.
RobSandy says:

Nov 8 2017 at 1:13 am

@chris

@RobSandy

I was going straight to archive this morning. Still am.

The V-site has had crashes and off days in the past but @Frank seemed to get a handle on things pretty quickly. I’m not confident though.

Maybe it’s time for a coup de grâce if all it is ever going to do is dribble on with a handful of people posting.

It’s frustrating not to be able to tell people they’re wrong.

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What a shame. Well in that case I'm going to get a photo of my nearly-finished Progetto up for posterity.
RobSandy says:

Nov 8 2017 at 1:16 am

@chris

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What a shame. Well in that case I’m going to get a photo of my nearly-finished Progetto up for posterity.

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ARSE
chris says:

Nov 8 2017 at 1:50 am

@RobSandy

@chris

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What a shame. Well in that case I’m going to get a photo of my nearly-finished Progetto up for posterity.

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ARSE

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Not able to post it?