This is big. This is the race that decides the arc-en-ciel jersey for the next year. It is the best looking jersey. It carries the most baggage. It also brings the most respect. The World Championship is a circuit race of attrition. In Ponferrada Spain it’s an 182 km loop done seven times, with a total of 2142 m of climbing. Is it a climber’s course, not exactly, nor a sprinter’s course.
I love the tension of trade teams wearing their national team jerseys; personal ambition and teamwork fight to the finish. I’m not jinxing anyone’s chances here, but repeating as World Champion is difficult, unless someone is the dominant rider of her generation. And even for her it will be very hard. But I’m not naming names here.
Here is the start list. If one delgados this, they need to check their priorities in life. We know the prizes are awesome, bragging rights, more awesome.
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Still can't get over that awful crash in the TTT. I was shocked to see Vos dropped, but she missed the carnage, so blessing in disguise? Hoping for a speedy recovery for the injured, and that Vos rides like a woman possessed.
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Emma Johansson
3. Elizabeth Armitstead
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
VSP PICKS:
1. M. Vos
2. E. Johansson
3. E. Armitstead
4. P. Ferrand-Prevot
5. R. Ratto
I just have a sneaking suspecion that Vos is not on her best form. I don't think that the sprinters will factor in the final. I would like to see Stevens win, but I may be overly optimistic.
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Johansson
3. Vos
4. Armitstead
5. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Elizabeth Armitstead
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Linda Melanie Villumsen
At the request of the the VMH, I am swapping out Tiffany Cromwell for Rossella Ratto. If Ratto places fourth, or anywhere in the top five, someone owes Ms Minnesota Expat a handlebar basket for her Bianchi Cortina. I'm guessing that someone is me.
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Marianne Vos
3. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
4. Rossella Ratto
5. Elizabeth Armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. P Ferrand Prevot
3. L Armitstead
4. G Bronzini
5. E Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
2. Elizabeth Armistead
3. Emma Johansson
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Elisa Longo-Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Johannson
3. Van dijk
4. Borghini
5. Stevens
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Lizzie Armitstead
3. Giorgia Bronzini
4. Emma Johansson
5. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
Here's to a great race!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Johansson
4. Ferrand-prevot
5. Stevens