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Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2014

Marcel's tan lines are crisp
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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850 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de France 2014”

  2. Bertie has been hiding his light under a sirloin but will and will reveal a new, revised version of the finger bang. Froomie will have a Bad Day (Wiggo will be seen cheering on twitter). JRod is solid, Nibbles is not. J VdB, Talansky and Tejay will buckle under their respective National Expectation. Fabs will wear yellow for a day or three, Gerro will suck but win a stage, Tommy will lick his lips…etc etc..

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Dirty Bertie
    2. Froomwagon
    3. J-Rod
    4. Nibbles
    5. J VdB

  3. Missed the VSP for Tour De Suisse. Plus swinging and missing on most of the other earlier races. So this is all pretty much academic.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Froome
    3. Nibali
    4. Valverde
    5. van Garderen

  5. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. A. Contador
    2. C. Froome
    3. A. Valverde
    4. V. Nibali
    5. B. Molema

  6. VSP PICKS:

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

  7. Does anyone else apart from the Engine keep spelling Alberto’s name with a “U”?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Tejay van Garderen
    2. Alberto Contador
    3. Chris Froome
    4. Vincenzo Nibali
    5. Alejandro Valverde

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Andrew Talansky
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Romain Bardet

  9. I’ll have a crack!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Alejandro Valverde
    2. Froomedog
    3. Clenbutador
    4. Vincenzo Nibali
    5. Tejay van Garderen

  10. How fucking dumb do I feel now for not entering at the start of the year… I’d love a shot at that frame!

  12. I almost put Valverde in Nibali’s spot.  Talansky in 5th is optimistic, but I think that he will finish higher in the GC than Tejay.  There are so many possibilities, and only five choices…

    VSP PICKS:

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

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Valverde
    3. Froome
    4. Purito
    5. Rolland

  15. Hoping this will be an exciting Tour from start to finish.  Wouldn’t it be nice if the Dopers stayed home this year and the new “clean” generation were able to shine!  Wouldn’t it be nice….

    VSP PICKS:

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

  16. VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Contador
    3. Nibali
    4. Valverde
    5. Rui Costa

  17. VSP PICKS:

    1. Talansky
    2. Contador
    3. Froome
    4. Nibali
    5. Valverde

  21. I liked Contador before his bust and I like him now. I hope he wipes Crash Froome’s plate clean.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Froome
    3. Valverde
    4. Nibali
    5. Talansky

  24. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
    2. FROOME Christopher
    3. NIBALI Vincenzo
    4. MOLLEMA Bauke
    5. TALANSKY Andrew

  26. There’s on;y one way this can go pear shaped for me and that for the spider humping stick insect to fucking win.

    I’m also gonna go out on a limb and say Wiggins is going to have a spanking few months, clean clocks at the Comm Games and ride like a fucking Boss at the worlds. Then go back to Garmin, (or Tinkoff, or Saxo or anyonebutSKY), rinse and repeat. If Pride comes before a fall, Sky’s got a fucking sky scraper to fall off.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Not Froome
    2. Not Froome
    3. Not Froome
    4. Not Froome
    5. Not Froome

  27. VSP PICKS:

    1. Alberto CONTADOR
    2. Chris FROOME
    3. Vincenzo NIBALI
    4. Alejandro VALVERDE
    5. Andrew TALANSKY

  28. VSP PICKS:

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

  29. @Sauterelle

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Rui Costa
    2. Michal Kwiatkowski
    3. Andrew Talansky
    4. Bauke Mollema
    5. Romain Bardet

    You know something I don’t about an early crash at the Tete de la Course?

  30. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Contador
    3. Nibali
    4. Rolland
    5. Van Den Broek

  32. Delgado’d the women … Damn

    VSP PICKS:

    1. contador
    2. Rodriguez
    3. froome
    4. nibali
    5. valverde

  34. New found respect for sprinters…..I thought I had an inkling of what when on as the lead out trains formed but in fact I had absolutely no idea!  I will approach watching stage one with a new found appreciation of how large the cahunas of these riders are!

  35. Firsttimer here, Let see where it will get me. Hoping for Mollema to ride the tour of his life!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Contador
    3. Mollema
    4. Valverde
    5. Nibali

  36. …and a stage win for Heinrich!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Contador
    3. Van den Broek
    4. Nibali
    5. Talansky

  37. Really looking forward to the start tomorrow. riding over to watch them climb The Buttertubs Pass.

    I hope the rain clears or it could all get a bit messy on the descent and run-in to Harrogate. Forecast suggests not raining by race-time, but North Yorkshire tends to do it’s own thing!

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Costa
    3. Van Garderen
    4. Contador
    5. Frank

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador, Alberto
    2. Talansky, Andrew
    3. Van Der Broeck, Jurgen
    4. Mollema, Bauke
    5. Bardet, Romain

  40. I think Froome will win, especially with that penultimate-day TT, but it would give me no pleasure to be proved right so I’m going with Contador.

    I do think AC has a better chance than it appears on paper. Sky have never been tactically clever in my view and if Contador and Riis can be close enough to put pressure on them it might all go pear shaped for Sky.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Froome
    3. Nibali
    4. Valverde
    5. Talansky

  41. Usual wild guesses. Love to see Talansky get in there. I think the first two stages are going to be squeeky bum tim for all of us – those Yorkshire roads are damn tricky and I can see some crashes that really sink some chances. So long as Cav gets yellow, the rest is bonus for me. Vive le Tour!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Froome
    3. Van Garderen
    4. Rolland
    5. Nibali

  42. Love to see Horner take a stage but doubt his in form. Also love to see an American up there. TJ looking a little weak and over confident. Talansky looked great but 3 weeks might take its toll.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Valverde
    3. Nibali
    4. Froome
    5. Costa

  43. Ah well, like so many others I’m well out of the running for the overall, but at least I remembered to put my picks in, unlike for the Giro Rosa.

    Rode Stages 1 and 2 back to back this week, Sunday is going to be RIDICULOUS. 25% up, 25% down, rinse and repeat.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Stemwatcher
    2. Pistolwanker
    3. Nibbles
    4. Rui Costa
    5. Piti

  44. VSP PICKS:

    1. Contador
    2. Froome
    3. Valverde
    4. Van den Broeck
    5. Talansky

  47. Zoomy is going to have an off day and fall off the podium in the 3rd week. TJ is gonna have a fab ride, but not quite get to the top step (next year). Andrew is looking good. J-Rod will take some stages in the mountains, and be in the top 10, but his lack of TT prowess will be his Achilles Heel.

    Or I’ll end up with the Lantern for the whole damn thing. Such a crap shoot.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Clenbutador
    2. Nibbles
    3. TJ in the Garden
    4. Staring at Stems
    5. Talansky

  48. VSP PICKS:

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

  50. @Steve G

    How fucking dumb do I feel now for not entering at the start of the year… I’d love a shot at that frame!

    I’ve been at it all year and have bugger-all chance of winning anything so don’t feel bad!

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