Velominati Super Prestige: Ronde van Vlaanderen Féminine 2013
Marianne Vos has never won this? She who wins everything all the time has never won this? Is it not hilly and tough enough? This seems like a tear in the time-space continuum. Someone is going to be wanting to add this to her palmarés. Weather sounds like a cold but dry day for racing. This is a big one, maybe worth two bumper stickers, so ponder this race well. Have I scared everyone into picking Vos for the win? She didn’t win last week, maybe she was saving herself. I’ll stop now. Here is the provisional start list.
The KT 2013 crowd should just be well into their Maltenis and baguette sandwiches on the Oude Kwaremont when the crazy Rodania car comes by, signaling the business end of the race is getting close. This thing plays some insane tune over and over and over again, lights flashing, horn beeping. It shows up at all these Belgian races. The driver must have earplugs in his head and a bottle of Rumple Minze between his knees. Truly this tune would drive a normal person quite insane. Spectators only hear it once, maybe three times if on the Ould Kwaremont during the men’s race but this madman keeps hauling ass around the course for hours and hours. I don’t get it. Maybe with enough Malteni and frites inside them, one of the KT 2013 riders can enlighten us.
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VSP PICKS:
1. De Vries
2. Vos
3. Warpdrive
4. Druyts
5. Cantelle
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Armitstead
4. De Vries
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. VOS
2. JOHANSSON
3. VAN DIJK
4. ARMITSTEAD
5. LONGO BORGHINI
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. Johannson
3. VAN DIJK Ellen
4. Cromwell
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Johannsson
2. Van Dijk
3. Vos
4. Borghini
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armitstead
3. Gilmore
4. Borghini
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Kirsten Wild
3. Emma Johansson
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
Yup – roulette tactics again.
I used to run a betting shop once you know.
No – really I did in Aberdeen.
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Emma Johansson
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Amanda Spratt
5. Chantal Blaak
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Borghini
5. De Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. Neylan
2. Marjian De Vries
3. Tiff Cromwell
4. Adrie Visser
5. Annemiek Van Vlueten
VSP PICKS:
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2. bronzini
3. borghini
4. johansson
5. armistead
VSP PICKS:
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2. Van Dijk
3. Johansson
4. Armistead
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Neylan
2. Stevens
3. Johansson
4. Bronzini
5. de Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. K. Wild
2. M. de Vries
3. M. Vos
4. E. Johansson
5. A. van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Vos
3. Borghini
4. Stevens
5. Wild
VSP PICKS:
1. Trixi Worrack
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Anna van der Breggen
4. Kirsten Wild
5. Adrie Visser
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Johansson
4. Armistead
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Kirsten Wild
3. Annemiek Van Vlueten
4. Emma Johansson
5. Trixi Worrack
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Wild
3. Johansson
4. Armistead
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Cromwell
3. Bronzini
4. Van Leuten
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Bronzini
4. Becker
5. Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Wild
3. Gilmore
4. Druyts
5. Andruk
VSP PICKS:
1. borghini
2. van dijk
3. johansson
4. Vos
5. van vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Bronzini
4. Van Dijk
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Brulee
3. Armitstead
4. Antoshina
5. Johansson
Gah!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Wild
3. Van Dijk
4. Armistead
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. De Vries
4. Stevens
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Borghini
5. Bronzini
Vos is due for a win. What’s it been, three weeks?
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Wild
3. Johansson
4. Van Dijk
5. Van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Cromwell
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
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2. Johansson
3. Longo Borghini
4. Wild
5. van Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Wild
2. Johansson
3. Vos
4. De Vries
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Wild
4. Van Vleuten
5. Longo Borghini
Here we go, another variation on a theme
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Vos
3. Johansson
4. Van Dijk
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Gunnewijk
4. Johansson
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Bronzini
2. Armistead
3. Vos
4. Johansson
5. Stevens
Let’s Go Finland team actually has a Finnish rider this time — GO! Sari Saarelainen!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Sari Saarelainen
3. Emma Johansson
4. Rochelle Gilmore
5. Teutenberg
Awesome. From Sari Saarelainen’s website.
“Welcome to follow my life as a cyclist and a singer.
Here you can find all the news from races to gigs,
from trainings to the latest releases. Stay tuned! I have had a great opportunity to learn from the world`s best trainers during over 18 years of sport activity of which 10 years of my career as a professional cyclist. I really can tell you how the good and efficient training should feels.”
Her website doubles for athlete/singer. Even Sagan couldn’t pull that off.
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. Johansson
3. armistead
4. borghini
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Voss
2. Teutenberg
3. Johansson
4. Armistead
5. Stevens
The tests are back, and I have Ronde Fever.
First detected in Dutch Monkeys, it has spread into the lower primates, such as myself.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Dijk
3. Johansson
4. Van Vleuten
5. Wild
Emma has 8 starts for 8 podiums in Europe this year. RVV is hers!
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. The Vos
4. Elizabeth Armitstead
5. Marijn De Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Cromwell
3. Bronzini
4. Emma Johansson
5. Van Leuten
VSP PICKS:
1. K. Wild
2. E. Johansson
3. M. Vos
4. M. de Vries
5. A. van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Sarah-Lena Hofmann
3. Lauren De Crescenzo
4. Emma Johansson
5. Marijn D Vries
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Teutenberg
4. Armitstead
5. Schnitzmeier
VSP PICKS:
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2. Johansson
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4. Wild
5. D Vries
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2. Borghini
3. Johansson
4. Van Dijk
5. Wild
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5. Stevens
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5. Bras