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Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2013

Descending the Nufenenpass photo:(KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott)

The mighty VSP generator has been switched on once again. The mil-spec hydraulic fluid has been changed since the Giro. A new power take-off belt has also been installed. And the punch card reader has been refurbished.

Broome and Berti are already riding the Critérium du Dauphiné. The top contenders prefer the Dauphiné for the decent recovery allowed between it and the Tour. The Tour de Suisse provides a chance for everyone else to prove they are worthy to make their Tour team or they are lieutenants who actually would like to win this Swiss tour before they have to work for their Tour de France team leader, who will falter and then they will assume the leadership, the understudy, as it were. No, did I say Cadel’s name? I did not.

Fabian Cancellara is in, he is a past winner of the Tour de Suisse, like Francesco Moser is a past winner of the Giro. Two Passitas if there ever were, winning mountainous stage races of their home countries.  Vlad Karpets won the Tour de Suisse in 2007! What does this mean? It means picking the winner of this race could put you in a spot of bother is what it means. Some are riding to gain fitness, some are not riding too hard to keep fitness and some are racing to win because they have no chance of winning the Big One just weeks later. Clarity on this issue is only achievable from the correct reading of chicken bones stirred with monkey paw, or a life of purity.

This race begins on Saturday so don’t mess around. The provisional start list is here. This is a stage race but not a grand tour so the winner’s prize is not as grand, but the bragging rights are.

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  • Alright! tied for 6th.  Took a screenshot of the current over all standings so I can preserve the memory of being in the lead.

  • @brett

    @Chris

    Beer and wine. Get in that spa now.

    WTF? Watch classic Cav destroying the field or lounge around being aromatherapised or whatever they do in those places? We are not talking about getting the guns massaged by some grizzly old DS.

    It wasn't so much of a question of one or the other, beer and wine were consumed, just a case of which one first.

  • Harmy increases his lead. WTF picks do you have, boy. @brett, are you seriously going to suck so much that I have to do some extra coding just to make you get your v-badge back? You and that fucking lantern. Get some fucking points, would you?

    Provisional Race Results
    1. MEYER Cameron
    2. HESJEDAL Ryder
    3. FRANK Mathias
    4. VISCONTI Giovanni
    5. PINOT Thibaut
    Provisional VSP Standings
    1. harminator (18 points)
    2. Skip (11 points)
    3. NoTubes (10 points)
    4. Simon (8 points)
    5. TomC (8 points)
    6. Jay (8 points)
    7. napolinige (5 points)
    8. asyax (4 points)
    9. sprider (3 points)
    10. motor city (3 points)
    11. ChrisO (3 points)
    12. TBONE (2 points)
    13. the Engine (2 points)
    14. mlambert1us (2 points)
    15. pakrat (2 points)
    16. chrismurphy92 (2 points)
    17. sthilzy (2 points)
    18. CanuckChuck (2 points)
    19. San Tonio (2 points)
    20. niksch (2 points)
    21. TOM.NELS2120 (2 points)
    22. piwakawaka (2 points)
    23. Dr C (2 points)
    24. coquito (2 points)
    25. Giles (2 points)
    26. V-olcano (2 points)
    27. Yannersan (2 points)
    28. jeyrod (2 points)
    29. HeinrichHausslersHairstyle (2 points)
    30. seemunkee (2 points)
    31. freddy (2 points)
    32. Deakus (2 points)
    33. gladoe (2 points)
    34. Mike_P (2 points)
    35. MJ Moquin (2 points)
    36. JohnB (2 points)
    37. Lukas (2 points)
    38. SimonH (2 points)
    39. Nate (2 points)
    40. simonsaunders (2 points)
    41. Dan_R (2 points)
    42. Chica (2 points)
    43. xyxax (2 points)
    44. eightzero (2 points)
    45. efguerrero (0 points)
    46. unversio (0 points)
    47. Steampunk (0 points)
    48. razmaspaz (0 points)
    49. Bianchi Denti (0 points)
    50. Buck Rogers (0 points)
    51. strathlubnaig (0 points)
    52. taon24 (0 points)
    53. Mikael Liddy (0 points)
    54. Two Ball Billy (0 points)
    55. Fins (0 points)
    56. scaler911 (0 points)
    57. LA Dave (0 points)
    58. gino (0 points)
    59. Nero (0 points)
    60. Daccordi Rider (0 points)
    61. torrefie (0 points)
    62. Bat Chainpullet (0 points)
    63. anotherdownunder (0 points)
    64. Sauterelle (0 points)
    65. Adrian (0 points)
    66. RedRanger (0 points)
    67. mouse (0 points)
    68. eenies (0 points)
    69. il ciclista medio (0 points)
    70. VeloVita (0 points)
    71. erik (0 points)
    72. Don Amedo (0 points)
    73. snoov (0 points)
    74. mbarston (0 points)
    75. Duende (0 points)
    76. Tobin (0 points)
    77. Rigid (0 points)
    78. tony macaroni (0 points)
    79. Smithers (0 points)
    80. Facetious_Jesus (0 points)
    81. V-inden (0 points)
    82. oneninefiveninesix (0 points)
    83. wiscot (0 points)
    84. dancollins (0 points)
    85. VirenqueForever (0 points)
    86. Smithers (0 points)
    87. leadout (0 points)
    88. ramenvelo (0 points)
    89. Heihachi (0 points)
    90. starclimber (0 points)
    91. brett (0 points)

  • I know it's the wrong race, but I was impressed with Tim Wellens over at the Dauphiné. The lad deserved more for his efforts on Stages 5 & 8, but he looks a decent rider for Lotto Belisol.

  • @frank

    Again, I'm amazed that on the first stage, someone already has 10 points. @harminator, you'll need to provide a sample, I'm afraid.

    Pardon Monsieur? Je suis a la delicatessen avec mon frère. Would you like a sample or b sample. I have both ready.

  • Has anybody else been watching Tour de Suisse on BeIn sport? I love that they just carry the eurosport feed so we get better commentary, but the 'host' they have is the most comedically stupid person I think I've ever heard. He clearly has no idea how cycling works, was frequently confused as to what was going on, and I'm not sure he pronounced any names correctly. Also, they went to commercial break with 2 km left in the stage, granted their breaks are usually just 30 seconds, but wtf.

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