Once again the metal grate is rolling up in front of the VSP lotto window. It’s bettin’ time. The Route de France is an eight day women’s stage race consisting of a prologue and seven road stages. The route stays away from any serious mountains so daily victories could go to sprinters or those willing to drive a breakaway. To make it interesting, Marianne Vos is not racing. Last year’s winner was @eightzero’s favorite Evelyn Stevens (a serious Rule #27 violator), an all around power house, neither a pure sprinter or pure climber, a Phyllis Gilbert, if you will.
Women are fighting for better wages everywhere and cycling is no different. But at least they seem to be having more fun and racing their brains out too. I don’t believe they have podium boys, but they should. In this race they have their own singer (!?). Here is the start list. We at Velominati are interested in promoting women’s racing in our own half-assed way so we offer up this petition to promote a women’s Tour de France.
This race begins on Saturday so do your research and don’t Delgado. These women’s race points are worth just as much as the men’s points in the quest for overall VSP general classification victory.
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VSP PICKS:
1. abbott
2. stevens
3. Giorgia Bronzini
4. Johansson
5. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Tiff Cromwell
2. Emma Johannson
3. DE VRIES Marijn
4. COLLINS Emily
5. JASINSKA Malgorzta
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. Stevens
3. Armistead
4. Bronzini
5. Sulzberger
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Shara Gillow
3. Linda Villumsen
4. Georgia Bronzini
5. Marijn DeVries
VSP PICKS:
1. Eve Stevens
2. Emma Johansson
3. Marijn De Vries
4. Tiff Cromwell
5. Giorgia Bronzini
No NLers this time around
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Tatiana Guderzo
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Shara Gillow
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Van Vleuten
4. Guderzo
5. Linda Villumsen
VSP PICKS:
1. JOHANSSON Emma
2. STEVENS Evelyn
3. BRONZINI Giorgia
4. DE VRIES Marijn
5. CORDON Audrey
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. De Vries
3. Johansson
4. Bronzini
5. Moolman
I have given up on Armistead. She just seesm to lack the hunger to suffer, patches of brilliance but as far as I can see all she has done this year is win a race in Glasgow. Salzburger is my outsider, I need something to bring me up the rankings and Cromwell needs to show what she is capable of.
Petition signed, although I put in the comments section asking why it is important. Shouldn't the question be "Why not"?
VSP PICKS:
1. Bronzininini
2. Even Stevens
3. Johansssson
4. Salzburger with chips
5. New Model Army (Cromwell)