Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Milano-Sanremo 2015

Le Primavera has arrived. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2015 Velominati Super Prestige. It’s been a long quiet winter of very little cycling news, little racing and barely a scandal. This Sunday marks the real beginning of the season for us cycling fanatics.

The true beauty of MSR, that despite its length, only on the descent of the Poggio and the run in to Sanremo does the race really show itself.  No one is going to solo away in the last forty kms. No one is going to drop everybody on the Poggio and ride away to arrive a minute ahead on the Via Roma. The descent off the Poggio is its own race. And it’s the reason inept descenders like Frank Schleck are not pulling on the shoe covers this Sunday. Getting down to the Via Roma at the front requires some bravado. It will be a sprint of some fashion; maybe one, maybe two, maybe twenty. One is going to have to watch 290 kms of racing to understand the last three.

There is talk of rain on the coast. Rain is not required for Milano-Sanremo. It is for Paris-Roubaix. Here is a provisional start list. Be specific about your picks, just entering Chavanel can get you in a spot of bother your whining will not get you out of. And the betting window closes when the countdown timer goes to zero so refresh your page to know for sure. Or better yet, get your picks in early, like your taxes.

This 2015 Milano-Sanremo will be a good one. It is a very open field with many viable winners. Getting on the Big Board early won’t be easy this Sunday. Whatever OCD ritual you need to do to get good picks in, do it correctly, many times, then one more time for good luck.

The VSP is a race. It bestows some bragging rights on those that do well. Feel free to mock others picks, just acknowledge it when they drop you like a sack of nails. If you are supreme, omniscient and your god is a cruel (they all are) yet fair god you may win a Velominati oven mitt. But if you are supreme (supremely lucky) over the whole VSP season, then dear reader, you are going to win something special. These are the prizes for the overall 2015 season. Due to the fact that we are unable to recognize the passage of time in a meaningful way, we have yet to complete the prize list, but here is a teaser:

First place– Something big and awesome, to be determined.

Second Place– A Café Roubaix/Velominati wheel-set, Chris King hubs, hand built by professional wheelsmith and Velominatus Dan Richter.

Third Place– A Velominati kit: jersey, bibs, and cap.

The VSP generator has been rebuilt with new o-rings, auxiliary pull-start and tube amplifiers. The specifics of the VSP can be found on its slightly out of date page. Let’s do this.

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212 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Milano-Sanremo 2015”

  2. Just wanna see Cancellara winning by the escape.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara, Fabian
    2. Cımolai, Davide
    3. Sagan, Peter
    4. Stybar, Zdenek
    5. Kristoff, Alexander

  3. Seems like an age since VSP 2014. Bring it on.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. CAVENDISH Mark
    2. KRISTOFF Alexander
    3. DEGENKOLB John
    4. SAGAN Peter
    5. SWIFT Ben

  4. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Cancellara
    3. Kristoff
    4. Cavendish
    5. Swift

  5. VSP PICKS:

    1. Gilbert, P
    2. Cancellara, F
    3. Kristoff, A
    4. Degenkolb, J
    5. Sagan, P

  6. VSP PICKS:

    1. Alexander Kristoff
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Michał Kwiatkowski
    4. Peter Sagan
    5. Greg Van Avermaet

  9. With the Monuments picking a winner is feasible but picking the first four losers in the right order requires a time machine. Let’s find out who the time travellers are.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Kristoff
    2. Sagan
    3. Cavendouche
    4. Degenkolb
    5. Faboo

  10. Wet and a tail wind finish will favour the late break. Cav to lead home the rest

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Stybar
    3. Cavendish
    4. Kristoff
    5. Cancellara

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Mark Cavendish
    3. Alexander Kristoff
    4. John Degenkolb
    5. Fabian Cancellara

  12. VSP PICKS:

    1. Greg Van Avermaet,
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Michael Kwiatowski
    4. Fabian Cancellara
    5. Rui Costa

  14. The only certainty with rain predicted, and the Poggio descent, no Sky rider will make it to the sprint

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Michael Matthews
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Spartacus
    4. John Degenkolb
    5. Stybar

  19. First shot at making picks. Feel free to point and laugh when I am spit out the back.

  23. VSP PICKS:

    1. Alexander Kristof
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Mark Cavendish
    4. Fabian Cancellara
    5. Peter Sagan

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Kristoff
    2. Stybar
    3. Cancellara
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Cavendish

  29. VSP PICKS:

    1. Kristoff
    2. Cavendish
    3. Degenkalb
    4. Cancellara
    5. Sagan

  32. At least my odds here are slightly better than that of having a perfect NCAA tournament bracket…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Cancellara
    2. Kristoff
    3. Cavendish
    4. Van Avermaet
    5. Stybar

  33. To eliminate any confusion…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Fabian Cancellara
    2. Alexander Kristoff
    3. Mark Cavendish
    4. Greg Van Avermaet
    5. Zdenk Stybar

  34. VSP PICKS:

    1. Kristoff A.
    2. Kwiatowski M.
    3. Coquard B.
    4. Van Avermaet G.
    5. Rojas J.

  36. VSP PICKS:

    1. F Cancellara
    2. P Sagan
    3. A Kristoff
    4. M Cavendish
    5. P Gilbert

  37. VSP PICKS:

    1. Peter Sagan
    2. Greg Van Avermaet
    3. Zdenek Stybar
    4. Ramunas Navardauskas
    5. Philippe Gilbert

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. Alexander Kristoff
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. Greg Van Avermaet
    5. Zdenek Stybar

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. Van Avermaet
    2. Sagan
    3. Cavendish
    4. Kristoff
    5. Cancellara

  40. VSP PICKS:

    1. Kristoff
    2. Sagan
    3. Degenkolb
    4. Cavendish
    5. Cancellara

  41. Here is to another great VSP

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Sagan
    2. Cancellara
    3. Kristoff
    4. Cavendish
    5. Degenkolb

  43. VSP PICKS:

    1. Kwiatkowski
    2. Degenkolb
    3. Van Avermaet
    4. Cancellara
    5. Sagan

  45. @Drew

    First shot at making picks. Feel free to point and laugh when I am spit out the back.

    Many of us have been doing this for a while. Believe me, the ‘laughing group” is huge.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. cavendish
    2. sagan
    3. stybar
    4. cancellara
    5. matthews

  48. Well, here goes another season of VSP mid-table respectability. It’s be nice to win something. Once. Just once….

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Michal Kwiatowski
    2. Peter Sagan
    3. Fabian Cancellara
    4. Zdenek Stybar
    5. Michael Matthews

  49. Shit, who knows? Here goes!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Juanjo Lobato
    2. Michael Matthews
    3. Mark Cavendish
    4. Alexander Kristoff
    5. Peter Sagan

  50. VSP PICKS:

    1. Jujanjo Lubato
    2. Cavendish
    3. Cancellara
    4. Gilbert
    5. Michael Matthews

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