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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Chris says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:08 pm

Haha, I remember seeing that ages ago.

The bit at 40ish seconds cracks me up "...from who is any cyclist in his right wind going to accept a lift from..." as the two too-posh-to-use-the-stairs chaps arrive on the platform via the lift. Deeply subversive reporting '50s style.
unversio says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:10 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. TERPSTRA Niki
2. DEGENKOLB John
3. SAGAN Peter
4. STYBAR Zdenek
5. VAN AVERMAET Greg
Chris John says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:13 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Stybar
2. Vanmarcke
3. Terpstra
4. Thomas
5. Senechal
CanuckChuck says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:20 pm
"Banker picks" to borrow from the F1 coverage on NBC...

VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Stybar
3. Wiggo
4. Vanmarcke
5. Terpstra
Teocalli says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:24 pm
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.

VSP PICKS:
1. avermaet
2. terpstra
3. boom
4. thomas
5. sagan
wiscot says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:28 pm

@Chris

Haha, I remember seeing that ages ago.

The bit at 40ish seconds cracks me up “…from who is any cyclist in his right wind going to accept a lift from…” as the two too-posh-to-use-the-stairs chaps arrive on the platform via the lift. Deeply subversive reporting ’50s style.

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.
erik says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:29 pm
I am over thinking this far too much. As a result, I don't expect much from these picks.

VSP PICKS:
1. Geraint Thomas
2. Pozzato
3. Kirstoff
4. Boom
5. Wiggo
rfreese888 says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:36 pm
Part research, part obvious associations from media and last year, part wtf. Watch Sagan go and win it now I have dropped him!

VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Wiggo
3. Stybar
4. Vanmarcke
5. Terpstra
foggypeake says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:41 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggo
2. VanMarcke
3. Terpstra
4. Stybar
5. Sagan
Alexander Parsons says:

Apr 10 2015 at 2:44 pm
Team depth and/or desperation meets inevitability. I give Stybar the edge over Terpstra because he has the option of dropping weight by spitting out his bridge if things get desperate.

VSP PICKS:
1. Kristoff
2. Vanmarcke
3. Stybar
4. Terpstra
5. VanAvermaet