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.
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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VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. Nibali
2. Contador
3. Porte
4. Valverde
5. Rui Costa
VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. Nibali
2. Valverde
3. Porte
4. Vangarderen
5. Talansky
After the carnage of the first week I was tempted to wait until the second rest day to see the fallout of another week racing, but here goes...
VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. Tejay van Garderen
2. Richard Porte
3. Michal Kwiatkowski
4. Vincenzo Nibali
5. Alejandro Valverde
When you have nothing to lose, risk everything.
VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. nibali
2. porte
3. thibout pinot
4. rui costa
5. valverde
I think anyone presuming the racing is simply going to settle down after the first 10 stages is bonkers. I see a sustained insanity to this edition.
I'd also be curious as to exactly how Bertie sheered his shoe/cleat. Did he break his cleat off in the pedal when he went over de bars? Did he grind it off on the road? Saw a photo of the thing and it's scuffed on the sides, plus missing half his cleat. Seems pretty hard to grind that thing down that fast.
And stop fucking picking Talansky. He's young. He's crashed hard. He rode by a team bus looking for an apology and got none. Rookie mistake. You don't ask for apologies, you demand them. Anything else is a waste of energy. Get on with your shower, massage, and Fanta.
@Ron Terrible...
25. Frank SCHLECK, Trek Factory Racing, at 11:51
26. Andrew TALANSKY, Garmin-Sharp, at 14:44
Oh Well. I guess the consolation is that every one else is doing the Rest Day Shuffle...
VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. Nibbles
2. Valverde
3. Porte
4. Van Garderen
5. Bardet
@unversio
Funny thing is, that's a great result for Schleck and a terrible result for Talansky. Tells you everything you need to know about this tour.
Hmm... been having problems with the site lately, and not sure this worked the first time...
Rest day swaps. Froome and Bertie out, Piti and DJ Tejay in.
VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. Vincenzo Nibali
2. Alejandro Valverde
3. Tejay van Garderen
4. Bauke Mollema
5. Andrew Talansky
I wish Pinot the best, but going downhill in your backyard hills is entirely different than the high Alps.
VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):
1. Nibali
2. Porte
3. Valverde
4. TeeJ
5. Pinot