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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torrefie says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:05 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Thomas
2. Kristoff
3. Sagan
torrefie says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:06 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Thomas
2. kristoff
3. wiggins
4. sagan
5. stybar
justinevan88 says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:13 pm
When Wiggo focuses, he usually achieves his goal. I cannot ignore him in his last UCI race. Focus and hunger will be off the charts. Van Avermaet will be alone in hot pursuit and King Kristoff will win a reduced sprint for third

VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Greg Van Avermaet
3. Alexander Kristoff
4. Zdenek Stybar
5. Niki Terpstra
DeKerr says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:13 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Sir Brad
2. Stybar
DeKerr says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:14 pm
What the Merckx? I hit "tab" to change fields an the V-9000 posts my two picks?

VSP PICKS:
1. Sir Brad
2. Stybar
3. Van Avermaet
4. Kristoff
5. Terpstra
Darren H says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:14 pm

C'mon Wiggo!!
The Engine says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:21 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Sir Wiggins
3. Stybar
4. Van Avermaet
5. Terpstra
gmk69 says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:29 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Terpstra N.
2. Stybar Z.
3. van Avermaet G.
4. Boom L.
5. Thomas G.
Fausto says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:35 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggo
2. GvA
3. Terpstra
4. Vanmarcke
5. Kristoff
wiscot says:

Apr 10 2015 at 1:35 pm

@Chris

@Geraint

@Chris

@Geraint

Shouldn’t you be betting on yourself?

I just didn’t have the legs last weekend, and have spent the week eating Welsh Cakes, drinking beer, and spending time with the missus. Hoping for better, but Brad really wants this one, you should see him…

Welsh cakes? Never had one but if it’s a bit like having one too many Eccles cakes at the tea stop on a Sunday club run I can see why you’re not too confident. I always get dropped after the stop.

I love me a nice Eccles cake. Mmmmmmm . . . Man , that word just conjures up all kinds of nostalgic 1930s club ride boys-own style imagery - the touring bikes with mudguards and saddlebags, the hedge-lined country roads, the wee cafe selling eccles cakes to be washed down with big mugs of hot tea. Then it rains on the way home and you put on your tent-like plastic cape and get a puncture. Then you wake up.