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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My daughter sat rapt with one of her friends watching the local crit through our neighborhood last month. They declared that next year they would race the Tour de France. They immediately set about planning sponsors (Target, Justice, and Nana's jewelry store), planned what their kit would look like, and most importantly, she woke me up the next morning to ride.
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Stevens
3. Gillow
4. Armistead
5. Guderzo
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. E. Stevens
3. Bronzini
4. De Vries
5. E. Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Marijn De Vries
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Megan Guarnier
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. De Vries
3. Emily Collins
4. Tiff Cromwell
5. Elena Kuchinskaya
ccc
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. STEVENS Evelyn
3. Moolman, Ashleigh
4. Guderzo, Tatiana
5. Wild, Kirsten
Fire in the hole!
VSP PICKS:
1. Evie Stevie
2. E Johansson
3. T Guderzo
4. A Moolman
5. MCGRATH
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Armistead
3. Johansson
4. Bronzini
5. Cromwell
Was bitterly disappointed by Contador dropping out of 2nd at the tour and stuffing my very clean run of picks, so hoping for redemption from the women
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Johansson
3. Marijn De Vries
4. Armistead
5. Bronzini