Ok, ok, settle down now people. Take your seats please. You’re all a little bit on edge, like some cycling Gamblers Anonymous group that’s been let out for the weekend with a pocket full of bills and the name of the nearest bookie. But in your excitement, you managed to crash our server, delaying the fix you so desperately crave.
But wait no more. You’ve warmed up on the gateway races, now it’s time for the hard stuff, as grimy, rough and unadulterated as the roads of Flanders themselves.
You see, there’s this bloke I know who knows a bloke, hangs around the Velominati bike sheds, seems to know a bit about the racing game. Reckons he’s got a sure bet for the weekend. A cert. A dead-set shoo-in. Number 1 in Race 3 of the VSP at Flanders. Fella reckons you could put your left one on it. Absolutely Faboolous or something he’s called. He’s got form (and, judging by the way he shelled the nags on last week’s card, possibly a motor). But word is there could be a late plunge on the other fella, Boom Boom Boy, so maybe a bob each way might be the way to go. I’d watch out for those not-so-roughies though, the likes of Gilbert, Devolder, Ballan and Thor will be waiting to pick up any leftover chaff and could steal away the win, leaving you as frustrated as a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest.
So what’s it gonna be then? Take the sure thing, or the other sure thing, or throw a dart at the board and hope it sticks? It’s time to study the form guide, search the dark recesses of your soul, throw out any logic, and pencil in your picks on the ticket provided at the bottom of the comments. Whether you’re canny, savvy or just plain tinny, the coveted Obey The Rules bumper sticker is waiting. Is your bumper worthy?
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Real excited for this one. Cancellara is in the top spot but I'd love to see Tommeke or Thor take this one.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Boonen
3. Thor
4. Gilbert
5. Flecha
Throw a heap of crap at the wall and hope some of it sticks. Faboo wins unless he crashes.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellera
2. Rosseler
3. Ballan
4. Flecha
5. Boonen
I'm really hoping it's wet and nasty - I don't want people to get hurt, but it's better to watch (from home) when it's as tough as it can be. And since there's no point picking all the same guys as everybody else, I've chucked a couple of outsiders in there - here's hoping!
VSP PICKS:
1. Mr 520W battery
2. G-wagon Avermaet
3. Aussie Heinrich
4. The Boom Boom Tornado
5. Baked'n Cooke'd
@GluteCramp
Merckx! You're the Lanterne Rouge!!! How fucking cool is that?
Spartacus motors away from the field again leaving the remaining strongmen to sprint it out for the scraps... Boonen will have Motorcus marked and work too hard in a hopeless pursuit, leaving a fresher Thor to outkick Boonen to the white line and Sagan getting the edge on JarJar.
So pumped for the cobbles I could chew rocks!
VSP PICKS:
1. Spartacus
2. Hushovd
3. Boonen
4. Sagan
5. Gilbert
@G'phant
Guts mate, glad you're okay. Better the bike than you (repair bill pending).
Boonen.
Because it would rule.
VSP PICKS:
1. Tommeke
2. Cancellara
3. Roly
4. Stijn
5. Ballan
Chapeau to anyone who doesn't pick Faboo. Potential for Chavanel to do a Devolder and win while everyone watches Boonen, but Chavanel isn't hard. And Thor will save everything for Roubaix (Paris, not Welli at this stage. But maybe if Brett sends him a special invite...).
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Boonen
3. Gilbert
4. Pozzato
5. Ballan
So many candidates and so many good riders I have left out.
VSP PICKS:
1. Cancellara
2. Boonen
3. Hushovd
4. Ballan
5. Flecha
VSP PICKS:
1. Devolder
VSP PICKS:
1. Devolder
2. Boonen
3. Cancellara