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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Teocalli says:

Jul 10 2014 at 3:03 pm

Just got home from a night mtb ride and UK BBC4 are showing the 1976 Paris-Roubaix - A Sunday in Hell. Looks like a late night then.
Chris says:

Jul 10 2014 at 3:10 pm

@Teocalli Bollocks. I really to sleep not stay up all night watching it. I've got in on record but I've missed the first eight minutes. Does 4 have a +1?
Deakus says:

Jul 10 2014 at 3:53 pm

I just thought G's comments yesterday were brilliant....after talking through to the Froome stuff...and the Richie stuff...he just said "It was a really good day, I loved it!"

Spartacus step aside!
VeloJello says:

Jul 10 2014 at 4:25 pm

@Teocalli

@Buck Rogers

Fuck'in Sparty! Just when I thought I was starting to warm up to him he pulls this shit out:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cancellara-turns-against-cobbles-in-the-tour-de-france

Sad fuckin day when Cuntador and Nibbles are more manly on a pave' stage in the rain than Sparty. He needs to take a page from Merckx's fuckin book:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/merckx-i-would-have-loved-to-race-in-this-tour-de-france

How many groups did Thomas and Porte jump? Just a shame they didn't go for it one section earlier but they seemed to get through people OK on that last section.

Porte had that cocky glint in his eye and a smile on his face today. Good to see him back on form. I hope it pays off for him.

And also fucking great seeing The Gorilla hit a stage. Thats a monkey off his back I'm sure.
VeloJello says:

Jul 10 2014 at 4:27 pm

@Chris

@Teocalli Bollocks. I really to sleep not stay up all night watching it. I've got in on record but I've missed the first eight minutes. Does 4 have a +1?

Have you not heard of cyclingtorrents.nl ? Get with the bloody program man!
Ccos says:

Jul 10 2014 at 5:33 pm

Just an observation here. I was watching a certain 4 letter sports network (it was zero dark thirty and I was on the trainer, pre-tour coverage) and noticed the following commercials in heavy rotation: fast food, shit beer, crap small cars and doritos. Then on the tour coverage in heavy rotation (this is in the US mind you): hair gel, insurance, vitamins and Michelob ultra. What sociological observations can one make?
piwakawaka says:

Jul 10 2014 at 9:14 pm

@VeloSix

@Teocalli

The thing that struck me most about what state Froome was in was that having got in the car he was unable to close the door himself. He clearly wanted it closed to shut out the cameras but was unable to grip or pull it himself and had to ask for it to be closed.

I saw that too. The guy must have been half out it after that crash. It looked like he didn't know which part of his body to hold. When they got a new bike for him, he almost looked at it like he thought it was going to bite his good hand off.

The guy had to be sitting in the car just devastated, confused and in dismay. How long did he sit in the back seat in the warm comfort of that Jaguar with his helmet still atop his dome?

I was completely rooting against Team Sky and Froome, but to see the top contender withdraw is disappointing. A victory seems somewhat diminished when the defending champion isn't there to compete against.....

I can't understand this sentiment, the defending champ was in the race, he has been beaten, simple as that, maybe the course was the winner but to finish first , first you have to finish, anyone who completes the race has beaten Chris Froome.
Geraint says:

Jul 10 2014 at 10:51 pm

@piwakawaka

I can't understand this sentiment, the defending champ was in the race, he has been beaten, simple as that, maybe the course was the winner but to finish first , first you have to finish, anyone who completes the race has beaten Chris Froome.

Agreed. Nibbles quite clearly did that, but so did Contador. He survived it, stayed upright, swallowed the time loss and resolved to make it up in the mountains. Good damage limitation. If he ends up winning then chapeau to him.
andrew says:

Jul 11 2014 at 12:07 am

@Ccos

Just an observation here. I was watching a certain 4 letter sports network (it was zero dark thirty and I was on the trainer, pre-tour coverage) and noticed the following commercials in heavy rotation: fast food, shit beer, crap small cars and doritos. Then on the tour coverage in heavy rotation (this is in the US mind you): hair gel, insurance, vitamins and Michelob ultra. What sociological observations can one make?

That succeeds in being hilarious, revealing and a sad indictment of society, all at the same time. Nice one.
piwakawaka says:

Jul 11 2014 at 12:12 am

@Geraint

@piwakawaka

I can't understand this sentiment, the defending champ was in the race, he has been beaten, simple as that, maybe the course was the winner but to finish first , first you have to finish, anyone who completes the race has beaten Chris Froome.

Agreed. Nibbles quite clearly did that, but so did Contador. He survived it, stayed upright, swallowed the time loss and resolved to make it up in the mountains. Good damage limitation. If he ends up winning then chapeau to him.

And, all the other GC guy's as well, I never considered the Schleks contenders, I think it's all just racing and it's damn fine to see it as opposed to a week of nothing, roll on stage 10.