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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  • Fortunately, I was always rooting against Froome. Unfortunately, my picks still suck.

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. Valmerde
    2. Rui Costa
    3. Porte
    4. Nibbles
    5. Mollema

  • .

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. nibali
    2. porte
    3. valverde
    4. mollema
    5. talansky

  • \m/ >< \m/

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. Nibali
    2. Porte
    3. Valverde
    4. Kwiatkowski
    5. Talansky

  • Holy. Fucking. Shit. What a first half to the tour, just unbelieveable. My VSP picks may be in tatters, but frankly I don't care as it's been great to watch, and I'm developing a serious man-crush on Tony Martin; fantastic solo win, so much burning and turning himself inside out on many stages and then when he finally went pop yesterday he fell apart like a clown car to show us mere mortals that even the boys at the top can still go up hills pedalling squares like it's the back end of your first sportive. Beautiful. My new picks are a lottery, but frankly it doesn't seem to matter this year!

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. Nibbles
    2. Porte
    3. TJ Hooker
    4. Rui Costa
    5. Piti

  • Hey you're back!  I hope...........

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. nibbles
    2. porte
    3. valverde
    4. talansky
    5. da costa

  • VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. Nibali
    2. Porte
    3. Valverde
    4. Van den Broeck
    5. Teejay Van Garderen

  • @strathlubnaig

    I got to say that Fab Candelabra has really gone down in this minions opinion, his anti-cobbles rant and now quitting the tour for Septembers' worlds, wtf, if he knew he was going to need a 2 month rest he should have stayed home and let someone else have a spot.

    This.  I'm really looking forward to Tony Martin kicking the crap out of him at the Worlds.

  • Rest day

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. Nibali, Vincenzo
    2. Porte, Richie
    3. Bardet, Romain
    4. Valverde, Alejandro
    5. Mollema, Bauke

  • I'm only going to do a single swap.  It does look like Nibali will win it this year at this point though.  I will admit I'm rooting for Chris Horner to get into the top 10 to help motivate old guys like me.

    VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

    1. Porte
    2. Van Garderen
    3. Nibali
    4. Valverde
    5. Contador

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