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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Cary says:

Dec 14 2017 at 4:14 am

about time!:

http://www.velonews.com/2017/12/news/lance-armstrong-will-invited-guest-flanders_453344
Teocalli says:

Dec 14 2017 at 5:04 am

@Cary

about time!:

http://www.velonews.com/2017/12/news/lance-armstrong-will-invited-guest-flanders_453344

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hmm - might withdraw my entry.
wiscot says:

Dec 14 2017 at 7:01 am

I think many here (are there many here anymore?) might find this useful:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/dec/14/chris-froome-failed-drug-test-live-webchat
chuckp says:

Dec 14 2017 at 4:33 pm

Coincidence or inspiration?
wiscot says:

Dec 15 2017 at 7:06 am

@chuckp

Well spotted sir, well spotted! Yet still no room on the jersey for GSK? For shame Sir Dave, for shame!
Teocalli says:

Dec 15 2017 at 12:27 pm

It would seem that the Wiggins household is not best buddies with the Froome household.......
Rick says:

Dec 16 2017 at 5:24 am

@Teocalli

It would seem that the Wiggins household is not best buddies with the Froome household…….

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That is a shame. The wives seemed to be such good friends.
Cary says:

Dec 16 2017 at 7:19 pm

@Rick

@Teocalli

It would seem that the Wiggins household is not best buddies with the Froome household…….

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That is a shame. The wives seemed to be such good friends.

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“slithering lizard”, was it? i appreciated how she backed down from the statement later, without really apologizing. i laughed a little too hard.
Teocalli says:

Dec 18 2017 at 6:29 am

On a similar subject, I see Nibbles is still bleating that Froome would be nothing without the Sky train. IMHO he's somewhat forgetting that in 2012 Froome did the hard miles to take Wiggo to victory and in finishing second he still beat Nibbles into third. I think most folk would admit that Froome could easily have won in 2012 had he been given freedom to ride away.
Steve Trice says:

Dec 18 2017 at 6:45 am

@Cary

@Rick

@Teocalli

It would seem that the Wiggins household is not best buddies with the Froome household…….

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That is a shame. The wives seemed to be such good friends.

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“slithering lizard”, was it? i appreciated how she backed down from the statement later, without really apologizing. i laughed a little too hard.

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I thought that the comment was amusing, but also embarrassingly undignified. It betrayed a large degree of lingering bitterness, as though Froome is the head Fancy Bear himself. It's clear that the self-deception which doping athletes develop to maintain their sanity whilst cheating is being employed by the Wiggins family, to convince themselves that Brad's use of a fat-stripping intramuscular injection for a previously unknown condition was totally necessary, and gained him no sporting advantage whatsoever.