Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2014

Marcel’s tan lines are crisp

Attention all Velominati. The Tour VSP is going on line and it should be a good one. Sure, between Froomy and Bertie a person could hedge their bets but Moviestar is all in for Valverde, BMC for TeeJay, Astana for the Shark and Garmin is finally committing to a team leader in Talansky. Some other teams (ahem…Trek Factory Racing for one) have resigned themselves to hunting stage wins. The Tour swings through the Yorkshire Dales, everyone but the riders can enjoy some excellent ales. As the Tour continues to Lille, Norther France and Belgium, the quality pints continue. Yes, it’s hot and the VSP generator has beer on its mind.

The route, the sprints, the climbing and even the final time trial should make this a decent Tour. Here is a start list. Everyone will have a vial in their jersey pocket, but don’t worry, it’s legal.

It is still not too late to win the overall 2014 VSP and we have made it worth your while.

First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron
Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)
Third place overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.

Refer to the VSP page for details concerning scoring and rest day swaps. If you want to call yourself Pedro Delgado, you will only have yourself to blame. The VSP banner on the homepage has the countdown clock, refresh your browser and don’t be late. Good luck and good picking.

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Dave R says:

Jul 4 2014 at 1:02 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Nibali
2. Contador
3. Valverde
4. van den Broeck
5. Mollema
Dan_R says:

Jul 4 2014 at 1:15 pm

Had a moment there and had Q still in my five. Corrected....

VSP PICKS:

1. Froome Dog
2. Cuntador
3. Talansky
4. ten Dam
5. van Garderen
unversio says:

Jul 4 2014 at 1:39 pm

@Minnesota Expat

Okay, because I fear a Delgado, here goes. I reserve the right to make changes anytime between now and midnight PST (and the consumption of a six-pack of Stella Artois, barbecue chicken, Potato salad and five pieces of corn-on-the-cob).

I really don't want to see Froome win, but how do you bet against him? If Froome is going to have a strong tour, he'll need strong support, so why not be bold and throw Porte into the top five finishers?

I'm loving the way Contador races, attack-attack-attack!, but don't have a good feeling about his team support. I know they are good, but don't know enough the riders and can they control the race, day after day, like Team SKY?

I like Nibali, for many of the same reasons as Contador, but I am concerned that he couldn't hang at the Dauphine'. Valverde? Pfffffff. So what about Talansky (Garmin) and Van Garderen (BMC)? It would be nice to see an American on the podium, or at least the top five, but is Talansky ready for the pressure?

VSP PICKS:

1. Chris Froome
2. Alberto Contador
3. Vincenzo Nibali
4. Alejandro Valverde
5. Andrew Talansky

Entire Garmin Team is looking for redemption.
unversio says:

Jul 4 2014 at 1:43 pm

@ErikdR

VSP PICKS:

1. Chris Froome
2. Jurgen van den Broeck
3. Bauke Mollema
4. Alberto Contador
5. Nairo Quintana

Last chance -- no Nairo.
VeloJello says:

Jul 4 2014 at 1:53 pm

So I booked my hotel in Leeds back in November last year, never for a moment expecting this lot to be here tonight...

Floor 7, not the cyclist heaven...
Dave Lominati says:

Jul 4 2014 at 1:55 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Froome
2. Contador
3. Nibali
4. Tejay VG
5. A Valverde
strathlubnaig says:

Jul 4 2014 at 2:11 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Nibali
4. Kwiatkowski
5. Mollema
CanuckChuck says:

Jul 4 2014 at 2:23 pm

Revised.

VSP PICKS:

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Nibbles
4. Valverde
5. Talansky
Chica says:

Jul 4 2014 at 2:49 pm

@scaler911

VSP PICKS:

4. Staring at Stems

Ha! Oh, it's so true. He really does stare at them all the time. Think he's feeling inadequate? Love the one where he's looking at a stem and doing a Cadel impression.
Euro Fluro says:

Jul 4 2014 at 2:57 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. contador
2. Froome
3. Talansky
4. Nibali
5. Mollema