Attention, this is the final event on the Men’s VSP calendar for 2014. There is one more Women’s event to come. We may already have a winner of this years over-all but the rest of the podium could be up for grabs. @il muro di manayunk has broken away and I’m not sure @steampunk is going to chase him down. Has everyone noticed how @xyxax is always up there, every year? His mojo is also good this year.
Paris-Tours is billed as a sprinter’s classic but recent wins by Phil Gil and Greg Van Avermaet let one know it can be won by a tough one day rider too. It’s long, 237 km but relatively flat. And it’s not the Tour of Beijing, is that a reward or punishment to miss Paris-Tours and fly to China for a few days?
Who still has any form in October? What non-climber finished well last weekend? There are a lot of dark horses in this start list but only the masseurs have a clue who is going to climb into the team car at the first feed and who is not. Is this finally when Heinrich Haussler pulls the trigger and wins something again? No, probably not.
All right VSP players, one more chance for Men’s Elite glory here. Pray to your god and don’t delgado. Good luck.
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Ah bugger. Checked last night at midnight, no VSP. Checked this morning at 8:45, VSP closed. would have stuck big John D at 1, and then made a few wild guesses.
Another Delgado...meh...
Bugger +1 That'll teach me to sleep during the night. My first Delgado.
Well, that was disappointing from a VSP perspective, but great, dramatic conclusion"”and congrats to the Belgian lad. I expect Tommy V would be congratulating him on a terrific race.
That was a pretty silly finish. A bunch of the favorites go clear with under 10k to go and then decide none of them are going to be the one to chase down Voeckler and Wallays (who had been away all day) so they all sit up and call it a day.
@bianchi denti and @girl picking Hairstyle for fifth. What prescience (which means "before science")!
@il muro di manayunk
There was a moment there when I had four of my five in that small selection and all was well. Then Degenkolb's helper gassed. No one was about to work to tow the German to the line. And once Demare got back on, Degenkolb wasn't about to do the work either. Kudos to Tommy V the opportunist.
That Dylan Teuns kid looks good, too.
Well I don't feel so bad at missing out now, very few points won in the VSP there. Chapeau to Bianchi Denti and girl.
@Steampunk
Positively 4th Street?