Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Milano Sanremo 2014

Merckx takes his first of seven MSRs.
Merckx takes his first of seven MSRs.

Het Volk (it will always be Het Volk to me) and now the Strade Bianche may well mark the sentimental beginning to the season, but those are specialized, pre-season races that appeal mostly to riders who are preparing for bigger objectives later in the year, such as the Cobbled or Ardennes Classics. Same goes for Tirreno Adriatico and Paris-Nice; there are preparatory events – none of the marquee names have these events in their programme as primary objectives.

The season doesn’t really start until Milano Sanremo, the first Monument and the first race of the year that any Pro would proudly define their career by winning, and so that’s where we start the fifth installment of the Velominati Super Prestige. Last year saw our biggest turnout yet, with sponsors kicking in some serious prizes for the Tour de France VSP. This year we’ve built on that momentum to offer three major prizes for the season-long VSP:

  1. First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron
  2. Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)
  3. Third place overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.

So, without further ado, check the start list, review the VSP Scoring Guidelines and get your picks in by the time the countdown clock goes to zero at midnight PDT on Sunday the 24th. If you think we mapped one of your picks wrong, use the dispute system and we’ll review it. Also remember to be precise enough in your description so we know which rider you mean; in other words, if you enter “Martin”, we will use our discretion (read: wild guess) to decide if you mean Tony or Dan – and that choice will not be negotiable once the the countdown clock goes to zero, so be sure to give yourself enough time.

Good luck, and don’t let these awesome prizes ruin your Rule #43 spirit.

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528 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Milano Sanremo 2014”

  1. VSP PICKS:

    1. Fabian Cancellara
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Tom Boonen
    4. Sep Vanmarcke
    5. Lars Boom

  2. Can I create a few more @Chris entities to be in with a chance of winning all three prizes? I don’t want to share with @ChrisO.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cav
    2. Petachi
    3. Renshaw
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Steegmans

  3. Rumors are going that Sagan and EBH may be on the same team next year.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Boss Hog
    3. Mini Phinnie
    4. Roman Kreuzinger
    5. Gerald Ciolek

  4. @Chris can’t see Renshaw listed for Omega…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. SAGAN Peter
    2. CAVENDISH Mark
    3. KWIATKOWSKI Michal
    4. CANCELLARA Fabian
    5. DEGENKOLB John

  5. Rumors are going that Sagan and EBH may be on the same team next year.

  6. My spellcheck wanted to change “Degenkolb” to “Degenerate.” Nice.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Mark Cavendish
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Sacha Modolo
    4. John Degenkolb
    5. Faboo Cancellara

  7. Cool.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Mark Cavendish
    3. Taylor Phinney
    4. Sylvain Chavanel
    5. Fabian Cancellara

  8. @piwakawaka List? There’s a list?

    Having watched Cav’s train last night, I figured I couldn’t do any worse than last year if just stuck random OPQS locomotives down for each race. Science didn’t get me anywhere last year…

  10. VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Mark Cavendish
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. John Degenkolb
    5. Michael Matthews

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. HENAO Sergio Luis
    2. KREUZIGER Roman
    3. DEGENKOLB John
    4. MORENO Daniel
    5. URAN Rigoberto

  12. Going for a bunch sprint for some reason. Did this last year and it didnt work at all.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cav
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Segan
    4. Bouhanni
    5. Goss

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
    2. KREUZIGER Roman
    3. DEGENKOLB John
    4. MORENO Daniel
    5. URAN Rigoberto

  14. Fabulous prize list this year. There, at least one if us has said it , you ungrateful b’stards.

    I wonder what OPQS team orders are for Cav and Tommeke?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Boonen
    2. Sagan
    3. Cav
    4. Faboo
    5. Mini Phinney

  15. The start of the season.  Both the sun and the cherry blossoms are out, and – even though it is still cold enough for Flandrien best – there are people in shorts and flip flops in London’s parks.  All in all, it’s a time for dreaming… A time for optimists.  The whole season stretches ahead, as yet unseen, like a shallow reef against which all my hopes will be slowly dashed to pieces.  Come on Cav, come on Stannard, come on Chava!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Sagan
    4. Chavanel
    5. Stannard

  16. Feck.  Gerrans.  Sorry Chava.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Gerrans
    4. Sagan
    5. Stannard

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. Mark Cavendish
    5. Sep Vanmarcke

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Mark Cavendish
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Andre Greipel
    4. John Dagenkolb
    5. Carlos Bettancur

  19. @Ccos

    My spellcheck wanted to change “Degenkolb” to “Degenerate.” Nice.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Mark Cavendish
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Sacha Modolo
    4. John Degenkolb
    5. Faboo Cancellara

    Spellcheck must have seen his “mustache.”

  20. Ok, I think I speak for the majority of Velominati here, but we would agonize, sweat, fret and anguish over the VSP if there was a repaired inner tube as the grand prize. The actual prizes on offer are stunning and will only raise the stakes to unbearable levels. Many thanks to the sponsors for their generosity.

    Third place gets TWO Velominati caps? So they do exist . . . or will by the end of the season. Stop your shameless teasing FFS!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cavendish
    2. Matthew Goss
    3. Tom Boonen
    4. Fabian Cancellara
    5. Tom Jelte Slagter

  21. VSP PICKS:

    1. fabian cancellara
    2. peter sagan
    3. mark cavendish
    4. sylvain chavanel
    5. vincenzo nibali

  22. VSP PICKS:

    1. Phinney
    2. Cancellara
    3. Cavendish
    4. Sagan
    5. Boonen

  24. VSP PICKS:

    1. Kwiatkowski, M
    2. Cancellara, F
    3. Boasson Hagen, E
    4. Sagan, P
    5. Phinney, T

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Fabian Cancellara
    3. Tom Boonen
    4. Michal Kwiatkowski
    5. Gianni Meersman

  26. Chapeau to the Keepers and the sponsors for the VSP and the prizes.  The glory and prestige of victory are their own rewards, but a sweet frame or wheels or kit doesn’t hurt!

  27. I figure the big cobble guys won’t put it all on the line for this one… Boonen and Faboo have a date with destiny next month.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Cavendish
    3. Greipel
    4. Chavenel
    5. Phinney

  28. Great ghosts of Merckx (and he isn’t even dead)what a prize pool.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. sagan
    2. gerans
    3. Sparticus
    4. boonan
    5. nibali

  31. Many thanks to the sponsors for the great prizes on offer!!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. John Degenkolb
    3. Tom Boonen
    4. Michael Matthews
    5. JJ Rojas

  33. @wiscot

    Ok, I think I speak for the majority of Velominati here, but we would agonize, sweat, fret and anguish over the VSP if there was a repaired inner tube as the grand prize. The actual prizes on offer are stunning and will only raise the stakes to unbearable levels. Many thanks to the sponsors for their generosity.

    Had to consign to my picks just hours ago. Time is now spent out in the service course we are constructing — just painted a featured wall Giro d’Italia PINK. Photos to come one day this year.

  34. @Roadslave525

    The start of the season. Both the sun and the cherry blossoms are out, and – even though it is still cold enough for Flandrien best – there are people in shorts and flip flops in London’s parks. All in all, it’s a time for dreaming… A time for optimists. The whole season stretches ahead, as yet unseen, like a shallow reef against which all my hopes will be slowly dashed to pieces.

    Fuck me, we miss you and your poetry around here. Just beautiful.

    And I cut out the part where you hail all your countrymen and colonialists. A sad ending to a strong start. You can thank me now for not quoting that bit.

  35. Fab prizes! So, quick spin of the chocolate wheel and…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Spartacus
    3. Gerrans
    4. Cavendish
    5. Nibali

  36. Fuck it. Why not?!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Pelucchi
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Moser
    4. MIchael Matthews
    5. Colbrelli

  37. @xponti, @Mike_P, @wiscot, @boomboom-84, @JCM et el

    Great ghosts of Merckx (and he isn’t even dead) what a prize pool.

    Rather than organizing them for the TDF and having those awesome prizes potentially go to someone who doesn’t really hang around here, we figured we’d get organized (just a tad) and get the good prizes together for the whole caboodle.

    We still have some exciting stuff in store for the other big events, but we figured we’d put the ~$10k in prizes up for the loyalists this time.

    So thanks to you, not us.

  38. @wiscot

    Third place gets TWO Velominati caps? So they do exist . . . or will by the end of the season. Stop your shameless teasing FFS!

    Its the same cap from different angles, genius. Also, for clarification, its just one pair for shoes, not two. But lets make a deal: if you win, I’ll give you two caps.

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Andre Greipel
    3. Greg Van Avermaet
    4. Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS
    5. Michal KWIATKOWSKI

  40. Good luck to all, thanks Keepers for giving us the opportunity, and thanks to the sponsors for their fantastic kit!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. cavendish
    2. gerrans
    3. sagan
    4. cancellara
    5. degenkolb

  41. @frank

    @wiscot

    Third place gets TWO Velominati caps? So they do exist . . . or will by the end of the season. Stop your shameless teasing FFS!

    Its the same cap from different angles, genius. Also, for clarification, its just one pair for shoes, not two.

    Two shoes though….

    Awesome announcement @frank. Even if I was in the know!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Kwiatkowski
    2. Sagen
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. MiniPhinney
    5. Moser

  42. I only found the Velominati today. I will obey the rules. Great work

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Mark Cavendish
    2. John Degenkolb
    3. Edvald Boasson Hagen
    4. Alessandro Petacchi
    5. Mark Renshaw

  45. I am super stoked for these amazing prizes! Watch out I’m gonna be back in my winning form this year.

  46. VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan Hopoate
    2. Cancellara Bingle
    3. Degenkolb eBryant
    4. Phinney Fog
    5. Nibbles Nibali

  47. Thank goodness the Super Prestige is back to restore order to my life!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Cav
    4. Greipel
    5. Cancellara

  49. No love for Hausler yet, where are you haircut?

     

    Bling is climbing better than a Schleck and can sprint, go young un!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Bling Mathews
    2. Cav
    3. Sagan
    4. Ulissi
    5. Greipel

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