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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Buck Rogers says:

Jun 13 2013 at 8:57 am

Cool article from cyclingnews.com . Yes, it is about doping but a cool way of looking at the sustained power outputs of the past 30 years' tdf winners.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vayer-casts-doubt-over-performances-of-indurain-and-jalabert
paolo says:

Jun 13 2013 at 9:14 am

Anyone watching the live stream today? I can't get rid of the buggering ads for the life of me. All the usual methods like clicking the red x in the ad and not the one in the corner or trying to expand the view to full screen aren't working...anyone got a suggestion?
the Engine says:

Jun 13 2013 at 9:26 am

@Buck Rogers

Cool article from cyclingnews.com . Yes, it is about doping but a cool way of looking at the sustained power outputs of the past 30 years' tdf winners.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vayer-casts-doubt-over-performances-of-indurain-and-jalabert

Did you see this? http://digitalepo.com/
Buck Rogers says:

Jun 13 2013 at 9:32 am

@the Engine

@Buck Rogers

Cool article from cyclingnews.com . Yes, it is about doping but a cool way of looking at the sustained power outputs of the past 30 years' tdf winners.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vayer-casts-doubt-over-performances-of-indurain-and-jalabert

Did you see this? http://digitalepo.com/

Is that for real? Does it actually work? Just one more reason to throw your strava account away. The only place to really compete on the bike against others is on the road, side-by-side in the peloton, where you can personally watch your advisary crack and be shed out the back.
Erik says:

Jun 13 2013 at 9:56 am

@Buck Rogers

@the Engine

@Buck Rogers

Cool article from cyclingnews.com . Yes, it is about doping but a cool way of looking at the sustained power outputs of the past 30 years' tdf winners.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vayer-casts-doubt-over-performances-of-indurain-and-jalabert

Did you see this? http://digitalepo.com/

Is that for real? Does it actually work? Just one more reason to throw your strava account away. The only place to really compete on the bike against others is on the road, side-by-side in the peloton, where you can personally watch your advisary crack and be shed out the back.

There is a stationary bike at the gym called an Espresso that measures your watts and lets you ride fake courses, like a bicycle video game. (Don't hate on me for riding at the gym, lately I take whatever I can get). When I try to push it up past 400 watts and make any sustained effort I don't last long. So, apparently, I'm not doping. On the mutant to normal scale, I think I would fall under Hobbit.
HeinrichHausslersHairstyle says:

Jun 13 2013 at 6:38 pm

Heinrich DOWN! Bruises, multiple wounds, fractured pelvis, fractured hip...hair messed up.
DerHoggz says:

Jun 13 2013 at 6:52 pm

@HeinrichHausslersHairstyle

Say it ain't so! Was he wearing gloves?
HeinrichHausslersHairstyle says:

Jun 13 2013 at 7:58 pm

Apparently he used his pelvis to protect his palms from the road.
andrew says:

Jun 13 2013 at 11:39 pm

@Buck Rogers Interesting article, thanks. I've seen a few comments flying around questioning how reliable power output data (estimates?) can possibly be. Vaughter's has said on Twitter that it's standardised to 70kg rider weight and more useful as an indication of trends than individual riders. I know next to nothing about measuring wattage, so I'm learning by the seat of my pants here...
frank says:

Jun 14 2013 at 9:40 am

Steamy takes the lead after a cracker of a stage!

Provisional Race Results
1. FRANK Mathias

2. DA COSTA, Rui

3. KREUZIGER Roman

4. PINOT Thibaut

5. MEYER Cameron

Provisional VSP Standings
1. Steampunk (15 points)

2. freddy (12 points)

3. NoTubes (12 points)

4. Skip (11 points)

5. LA Dave (10 points)

6. erik (10 points)

7. Dr C (9 points)

8. strathlubnaig (8 points)

9. mouse (8 points)

10. mlambert1us (7 points)

11. Giles (7 points)

12. Lukas (7 points)

13. xyxax (7 points)

14. sthilzy (5 points)

15. asyax (5 points)

16. Mike_P (5 points)

17. Chica (5 points)

18. the Engine (4 points)

19. Mikael Liddy (4 points)

20. coquito (4 points)

21. napolinige (4 points)

22. eenies (4 points)

23. Duende (4 points)

24. harminator (4 points)

25. tony macaroni (4 points)

26. motor city (4 points)

27. efguerrero (2 points)

28. unversio (2 points)

29. razmaspaz (2 points)

30. Bianchi Denti (2 points)

31. Buck Rogers (2 points)

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