Velominati Super Prestige: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women 2013

Here is hoping for cold and wet.

Finally, some cold nasty Belgian one day racing. Oman, Qatar, does anyone brag about winning those stage races? Yes, they might but really, it’s a tune up for the real season which finally begins this Saturday. Will racing in China or Oman grow the sport? Will there be a new wave of inspired young racers from these countries. Does professional racing require geographic or historical context? Yes, I believe it does. There are many historically significant European races that have ceased to be while in October the professional peloton flies to China to race in the smog. What is the point? The money spent getting everything to China would be better spent supporting the smaller historic races and making sure they include women’s categories.

This Saturday’s forecast calls for zero percent chance of precicitation and near freezing temperatures. I wouldn’t want to ride in those conditions but I do like to see professionals race in them. And if it’s a little wet too, excellent. They can all test out their embrocation layering and neoprene gloves. Early season Belgian races should be cold and wet. It’s the Belgian brand.

The women’s provisional start list is here. The names of many teams have changed, a few big hitters are gone but it is just as large as the men’s field, 248 riders! Granted, many will get shelled on the first cobbled berg but that’s all in the game. If you want to call yourself a professional, you have to survive cold (and wet) races like this.

Let the betting begin. Velominati is an equal opportunity betting parlor. For points awarded, the women’s races hold as much value as the men’s.

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Sauterelle says:

Feb 24 2013 at 6:44 am

@Skip Nasty!!
gerty says:

Feb 24 2013 at 7:09 am

Thanks for posting the Facebok drawing - looks like what I'm seeing outside my window here in New England today.

Good day to order some V-gear ! ( :vD )
gerty says:

Feb 24 2013 at 8:23 am

....and I should of added a good snow day to read the latest issue of Rouleur ! ( after trainer workout with thought of snow-free roads )
Rob says:

Feb 24 2013 at 8:44 am

@Skip Thanks skip for the photo. Went to bed last night with butterflies excited about the first ride of the season and woke up at 6 am seriously disappointed to see all the snow. 1 hour drive to gent would have been sketchy let alone the 3-4 hrs in the snow on pavÃ©. I feel slightly less like a pussy now......
Dan_R says:

Feb 24 2013 at 8:48 am

Off the back. Well it is the early season. Like Hinault used to say, Let's see who's slow in July!"
JohnB says:

Feb 24 2013 at 9:38 am

@Blah

@JohnB

Don't trust it - contest it. Click the drop down next to your pick. If it says no points and it should, click dispute. Guys running this aren't going to check every pick by everyone, so you have to use the system.

Disregard if you meant that now you've contested it, you trust they'll sort it out.

Novice error. The score here was for the women's race only, not cumulative with the score from the men's race.
frank says:

Feb 24 2013 at 12:29 pm

Here are the current standings. @napolinige takes an early lead.

2013 VSP G.C.

1. napolinige (8 points)

2. JohnB (8 points)

3. Chris (7 points)

4. Two Ball Billy (6 points)

5. San Tonio (6 points)

6. motor city (6 points)

7. snoov (5 points)

8. ramenvelo (5 points)

9. razmaspaz (4 points)

10. RedRanger (4 points)

11. pakrat (4 points)

12. jeyrod (4 points)

13. torrefie (3 points)

14. Deakus (3 points)

15. roberto (3 points)

16. Steampunk (3 points)

17. asyax (3 points)

18. Heihachi (3 points)

19. The Grande Fondue (3 points)

20. Bat Chainpuller (3 points)

21. Cyclops (3 points)

22. Roberto Marques (3 points)

23. Skinnyphat (3 points)

24. Bianchi Denti (2 points)

25. Sauterelle (2 points)

26. Duende (2 points)

27. The Oracle (2 points)

28. Blah (2 points)

29. Barracuda (2 points)

30. Markp (2 points)

31. mouse (2 points)

32. CanuckChuck (2 points)

33. Geordi (2 points)

34. Adrian (2 points)

35. SimonH (2 points)

36. la plaque (2 points)

37. freddy (2 points)

38. Bottles (2 points)

39. dancollins (2 points)

40. Chica (2 points)

41. LA Dave (2 points)

42. girl (2 points)

43. xyxax (2 points)

44. GiantBars (1 points)

45. Erik (1 points)

46. imakecircles (1 points)

47. Buck Rogers (1 points)

48. taon24 (1 points)

49. simonsaunders (1 points)

50. tony macaroni (1 points)

51. bugleboy21 (1 points)

52. moondance (1 points)

53. skagitteam (1 points)

54. Skip (1 points)

55. strathlubnaig (1 points)

56. Fausto (1 points)

57. the Engine (1 points)

58. Tobin (1 points)

59. Dr C (1 points)

60. unversio (1 points)

61. sthilzy (1 points)

62. spandexbro (1 points)

63. Mikael Liddy (1 points)

64. unjoursans (1 points)

65. Rob (1 points)

66. Stephen Rash (1 points)

67. scaler911 (1 points)

68. Ron (1 points)

69. Gino (1 points)

70. eightzero (1 points)

71. JBailey (1 points)

72. TomC (1 points)

73. il ciclista medio (1 points)

74. sgraha (1 points)

75. nathan (1 points)

76. seemunkee (1 points)

77. VeloVita (1 points)

78. ralph (1 points)

79. Babbs (1 points)

80. blue (1 points)

81. camh (1 points)

82. THISMACHINEKILLSCOBBLES (1 points)

83. Kyle (1 points)

84. Matthew langley (1 points)

85. Nosyt (1 points)

86. King Clydesdale (1 points)

87. brian (1 points)

88. ClydesdalePilot (1 points)

89. Rigid (1 points)

90. Jay (1 points)

91. Ashwin.S (1 points)

92. ChrisO (1 points)

93. MJ Moquin (1 points)

94. chrismurphy92 (1 points)

95. Islandbike (1 points)

96. stickyjumper (0 points)

97. Al__S (0 points)

98. Matt (0 points)

99. Lukas (0 points)

100. Facetious_Jesus (0 points)

101. DrewG (0 points)

102. Benny (0 points)

103. cal (0 points)

104. TOM.NELS2120 (0 points)

105. R00tdown (0 points)

106. paul.c (0 points)

107. Simon (0 points)

108. Gervais (0 points)

109. paolo (0 points)

110. graham d.m. (0 points)

111. diablo (0 points)

112. Don Amedo (0 points)

113. Noel (0 points)

114. Russ (0 points)

115. Dan_R (0 points)

116. Lister (0 points)

117. anotherdownunder (0 points)

118. Harminator (0 points)

119. Kojczak77 (0 points)

120. V-olcano (0 points)

121. eenies (0 points)

122. Jhortua (0 points)

123. EricW (0 points)

124. typevii (0 points)

125. Anjin-san (0 points)

126. brett (0 points)

127. m_demartino (0 points)

128. BJH (0 points)

129. Jonny (0 points)

130. Graham (0 points)

131. piwakawaka (0 points)

132. RossM (0 points)

133. wiscot (0 points)

134. G'phant (0 points)

135. HeinrichHauslersHairstyle (0 points)

136. Vernwitha_V (0 points)

137. starclimber (0 points)

138. el gato (0 points)

139. Alex (0 points)

140. Marko (0 points)

141. lovehateclimbing (0 points)

142. frank (0 points)

143. Gianni (0 points)

144. dndrouleur (0 points)

145. Green Al (0 points)

146. oneninefiveninesix (0 points)

147. ten B (0 points)
frank says:

Feb 24 2013 at 12:49 pm

@Blah

@JohnB

Don't trust it - contest it. Click the drop down next to your pick. If it says no points and it should, click dispute. Guys running this aren't going to check every pick by everyone, so you have to use the system.

Disregard if you meant that now you've contested it, you trust they'll sort it out.

This. Contest your picks if they're not mapped correctly, and we'll fix them. Also note that we do NOT monitor disputes via the comments as point of principle as that becomes unwieldy as the season goes on. Use the dispute mechanism and we'll get you sorted.

Thanks.
Deakus says:

Feb 24 2013 at 2:26 pm

@ Frank I will highjack this post now....seeing as it is all over. If there were ever a pic that spoke to me and said "These two guys have the V ..... then it is here...and what is more I think they are from the Dutch air demonstration team. Which surely must have @Frank soiling himself with pride!
Chris says:

Feb 25 2013 at 2:57 pm

To get this thread back on track as an appreciation of women's racing here's an early contender for V-Moment of the year.

Despite wearing following Rule 36, Marijn de Vries suffered an abrasion to her cornea but rather than taking a couple of days off she headed out training today with just a little more protection

For @frank "Naschrift: Dat het echt bizar koud was blijkt wel uit het volgende. Ondanks dat ik een bril droeg, hebben de kou en de wind een stukje van mijn hoornvlies (het epitheel) afgeschraapt. En ik maar denken dat ik met een vieze bril koerste, omdat ik zo wazig zag. Maar de waas bleef zitten toen ik de bril afzette. Er zit een klein schaafwondje op mijn oog, filmde Jochem voor Ogen vanochtend. De verwonding is niet ernstig, morgen moet dat flieberende flapje weer aangegroeid zijn. Intussen train ik maar zo, om te voorkomen dat er weer kou op mijn oog komt. Over episch voorjaarsklassiekerweer gesproken!"