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:

Nov 8 2017 at 2:01 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

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Not able to post it?

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Nope.
chris says:

Nov 8 2017 at 3:20 am

@RobSandy

@chris

@RobSandy

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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?

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Nope.

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Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, the V passes not away.

You could stick it on the Velominati FB page.
RobSandy says:

Nov 8 2017 at 3:31 am

@chris

You could stick it on the Velominati FB page.

Excuse me what? There's a what?
Randy C says:

Nov 8 2017 at 3:55 am

And just when the bikes conversation was getting interesting ? Was there a reminder that it was the same conversation being had for the umpteenth time ? And now… no bike fotos ?!?! NO BIKE FOTOS !? Ahhh man…
Rick says:

Nov 8 2017 at 3:56 am

Anyone else having problems with the site?
RobSandy says:

Nov 8 2017 at 4:00 am

@Rick

Anyone else having problems with the site?

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Yep, most of the site seems to be shut down.
chris says:

Nov 8 2017 at 4:08 am

@RobSandy

@chris

You could stick it on the Velominati FB page.

Excuse me what? There’s a what?

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It seems a bit Anti-V but yes, there is a Velominati Facebook page. Here.

Not much on it apart from posts announcing posts on here and people complaining about missing kit.
RobSandy says:

Nov 8 2017 at 4:09 am

@chris

@RobSandy

@chris

You could stick it on the Velominati FB page.

Excuse me what? There’s a what?

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It seems a bit Anti-V but yes, there is a Velominati Facebook page. Here.

Not much on it apart from posts announcing posts on here and people complaining about missing kit.

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I just had a quick browse and that's the conclusion I came to!
Cary says:

Nov 8 2017 at 4:31 am

wow. is this it, then?
Rick says:

Nov 8 2017 at 6:28 am

@RobSandy

@Rick

Anyone else having problems with the site?

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Yep, most of the site seems to be shut down.

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Thanks, hope it comes back soon.