Velominati Super Prestige: Mens World Road Race Championships 2015

The Prophet has spoken

The last time the US hosted a World Championship, it was for the Cyclocross and it was totally badass. But potholes are part of the fun in CX; we’ll have to see how a speeding peloton deals with them.

My Pedalwan Nephew will be roadside watching this weekend in Richmond, and I have to say I hate him a little bit for having that opportunity at such a young age; he better be wearing Velominati gear or I’m disowning him. I also now realize in a face-palm moment that I should have sent him the V-Flag. What day is it? Can I still overnight it? Is that even worth it?

Ok. Back on message. I really hope the police don’t shoot any of the riders, or arrest the peloton for speeding. Assuming that doesn’t happen, I suggest you meditate on the start list, pull a few aces out of your sleeve, and lay down your picks. Good luck!
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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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R00tdown says:

Sep 26 2015 at 5:11 pm
Switchin' it up...

VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Van Avermaet
3. M. Matthews
4. Degenkolb
5. Sagan
dancollins says:

Sep 26 2015 at 5:19 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. M. Matthews
3. J. Degenkolb
4. Peter Sagan
5. Stybar
Canucklehead says:

Sep 26 2015 at 5:41 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Matthews
2. Degenkolb
3. Sagan
4. Kristoff
5. Gilbert
xyxax says:

Sep 26 2015 at 5:58 pm
Virginia is for lovers. Richmond is for let's not ruin our friendship.

VSP PICKS:
1. Matthews
2. Degenkolb
3. Kristoff
4. Sagan
5. GVA
Chica says:

Sep 26 2015 at 6:06 pm
After a dismal showing in la Vuelta, I'm now right out of it. This would be the perfect time to go with heart over head, but sadly, I think Chava went out in the Vuelta as well. Ready to round out the season and look forward to next year.

That being said, ride like hell for leather, lads!

VSP PICKS:
1. Philippe Gilbert
2. Alexander Kristoff
3. Zdenek Stybar
4. Peter Sagan
5. Julien Alaphilippe
Chica says:

Sep 26 2015 at 6:07 pm

@xyxax

Virginia is for lovers. Richmond is for let’s not ruin our friendship.

Love this!
wilburrox says:

Sep 26 2015 at 6:21 pm

@ChrisO

@LeoTea

@ChrisO

The hip came through OK. Bit painful on the big efforts – it’s a 2.5km circuit with a couple of sharp turns, one coming up a climb, so pretty much every lap you have to do at least two power sprints. Feeling a bit stiff and sore now though, but not too bad.

Glad to hear you’re back racing. Some of my favourite pieces on the site were your escapades in the desert. I was wondering about the side effects of the injury. From the X-rays you posted, it looked to be a reasonably clean break, and given that I was under the impression that such breaks usually heal pretty thoroughly, it must be something else causing the pain? Joint problems? Or side effect of having the leg cut open in order to install the hardware?

Thanks.

Yes the break was clean and it has healed well. The current pain is being caused by the hardware itself inflaming the soft tissue and normally the metal plate has to be in for at least 12-18 months.

It got quite bad a few months ago and the doctors said there were three options.

1) Take it out early, but they didn’t want to do that.

2) Stop riding, but I didn’t want to do that.

3) Suck it up.

So we’re just managing the pain. I have daily exercises to stretch and strengthen, and am using a foam roller to keep things loose. It seems to keep it under control, if not back to normal.

Taylor Phinney was recently sharing his new thoughts on pain since coming back from his injury. Read it somewhere on the inter webs today. Have a look for it for interesting perspective. Good stuff getting back in the races @ChrisO. Cheers!
Jay says:

Sep 26 2015 at 6:37 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Sagan
3. Valverde
4. Degenkolb
5. Gilbert
osbk67 says:

Sep 26 2015 at 7:41 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Nibali
2. Stybar
3. Peter Sagan
4. Gilbert
5. Purito Rodriguez
Haldy says:

Sep 26 2015 at 7:56 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Sagan
3. Van Avermaet
4. Valverde
5. Degenkolb