Velominati Super Prestige: Paris-Roubaix 2015

The V rides with the Pros

No one can be happy about Sunday’s weather forecast (except for 95% of the riders and support staff). I am not. Now every Norwegian non-cobble riding specialists has a chance of winning this. I was hoping for day that would separate the Rule #9 riders from everybody else. Bah!

We can take some comfort in knowing our Keepers Tour brothers will be at three different cobbled secteurs, hydrating and yelling with the the locals. Keep an eye out for the V-flag.

There is not much to say about Paris-Roubaix that has not been said. It is the race of the season.

Consult your god. Go with your heart or your head on this. Enter your choices, prepare your frites deep-fryer, the beer selection, assure your family that drinking and swearing on a Sunday morning is part of your religion.

The VSP page has the details and in case anyone forgot, the end of the season could get you here:

First place– A custom Jaegher frame, handbuilt in Belgium.
Second Place– A Café Roubaix/Velominati wheelset, Chris King hubs, hand built by professional wheelsmith and Velominati Dan Richter.
Third Place– A Velominati kit: jersey, bibs, and cap.

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Gianni says:

Apr 10 2015 at 3:31 pm
@Harminator
Kristoff is the strongest but he will have unlucky.

VSP PICKS:
1. Vandenburg
2. Thomas
3. Hayman
4. Vanmarcke
5. Gaudin
Harmy, I like your style again. I'm hoping for VDB myself. Big Belgian Bastard.
Chris says:

Apr 10 2015 at 3:38 pm

@Teocalli

Welsh Cakes and Eccles cakes are totally different. Welsh cakes are like a dryer version of Scotch cakes. Eccles cakes a package of currents bound in a filo pastry bundle. Great post ride treat.

Fuck; it's a brave man that tells a Yorkshireman that his cake are made of filo pastry.

I suspect you've been eating some southern gentrified deli version.

@wiscot

I believe the groups were sorted, not by letter category or distance, but by what newspaper one read on the train: The Daily Telegraph group, the Daily Mail group and the Daily Express group. News of the World readers were shunned.

In that case, my subscription to the Telegraph is money well spent, even if it's not the paper it once was.
Grimpeur says:

Apr 10 2015 at 3:57 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Kristoff
3. Thomas
4. Stybar
5. Terpstra
Quasar says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:06 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Alexander Kristoff
3. Niki Terpstra
4. Greg van Avermet
5. Peter Sagan
Minnesota Expat says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:06 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Lars Boom
2. Alexander Kristoff
3. Niki Terpstra
4. Zdenek Stybar
5. John Degenkolb
Yagerbomb says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:19 pm
placeholder picks for now

VSP PICKS:
1. Alexander Kristoff
2. John Degenkolb
3. Zdenek Stybar
4. Greg van Avermaet
5. Bradley Wiggins
Yagerbomb says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:33 pm
very quick change of heart. Can't see Wiggins in the top 5 although I'd really like to.

VSP PICKS:
1. Alexander Kristoff
2. John Degenkolb
3. Zdenek Stybar
4. Greg van Avermaet
5. Niki Terpstra
Phillip Mercer says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:45 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Zdenek Stybar
2. Lars Boom
3. Greg van Avermaet
4. Niki Terpstra
5. Peter Sagan
TheDon says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:50 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Stybar
2. terpstra
3. kristoff
4. degenkolb
5. vanmarcke
Lukas says:

Apr 10 2015 at 4:52 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. G. Thomas
2. Z. Stybar
3. B Wiggins
4. Lars Boom
5. Peter Sagan