Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2014
The Tour de Suisse can be everyone’s warm-up for the Tour de France, including all you VSP dreamers. The big show seems to be the Critérium de Dauphanié this year, as far as Tour de France contenders go but the Tour de Suisse still has some big guns showing up. Twiggo is here, not for a Tour warm up, unless people are worried about Richie Porte’s lack of form. If Wiggins was drafted, we would have the potential for another Stephen Roche-Roberto Visentini affair. That would be the best but I’m getting ahead of myself.
The Swiss tour is a proper mix of time trialing and climbing but one might lose more time in the climbing than the time trialing. Rui Costa, the defending champion, has the need to win in his new white kit. Twiggo may have a need to win just to make Sky management sleep badly between now and July. Cancellara has won his home tour but he would need some special mojo to win this one. The racing may well be more interesting than the Critérium de Dauphiné as the eventual winner most likely won’t be decided on the very first day.
As always, look to the countdown timer to avoid a Delgado situation. Here is a start list.
Prizes, we remember the prizes don’t we?
- 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.
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VSP PICKS:
1. Roman Kreuziger
2. Bradley Wiggins
3. Rui Costa
4. Bauke Mollema
5. Rohan Dennis
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Peter Sagan
3. Cadel Evans
4. Tom Boonen
5. Fabian Cancellara
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Mollema
4. Kreuzinger
5. Thibaud Pinot
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggo
2. Kreuz
3. Rui Costa
4. Mathias Frank
5. T Pinot
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Kreuziger
3. Mollema
4. Dennis
5. Costa
Wiggins is the big question mark, isn’t he? He probably doesn’t have the team support, but I don’t get this “he’s put all this muscle back on for the track” nonsense, when it will only take a Froomian slip to put him into pole position at the Tour. But maybe he just doesn’t care if he’s not following this up with a ride around France. Still: it’s hard to bet against him…
VSP PICKS:
1. B. Wiggins
2. B. Mollema
3. R. Kreuziger
4. T. Pinot
5. R. Costa
VSP PICKS:
1. WIGGINS Bradley
2. COSTA Rui
3. POZZOVIVO Domenico
4. CANCELLARA Fabian
5. KRISTOFF Alexander
VSP PICKS:
1. Roman Kreuziger
2. Ion Izaguirre
3. Bauke Mollema
4. Mathias Frank
5. Thibaut Pinot
@Steampunk
Depends on which Wiggins shows up Saturday, doesn’t it? But after watching him in the TOC and P-R, he’s looking tanned, rested, ready, and it seems his head is in a good place (not too mention the pleasure of sticking your thumb in Brailsford’s/Froome’s eye with a dominating win at TdS). It’s hard to bet against him…
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Bauke Mollema
4. Roman Kreuziger
5. Mathias Frank
VSP PICKS:
1. Pozzovivo
2. Kreuziger
3. Wiggins
4. Pinot
5. Costa
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. pozzovivo
3. Costa
4. Kreuziger
5. Mollema
With Richie’s explosion earlier in the week, I’m thinking Wiggo will go balls out to show he belongs on the start line in Yorkshire next month.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sir Twiggo
2. The Rainbow Goat
3. The Roman Cross
4. Matthias Frank
5. Bauke Mollema
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Mollema
3. Kreuzinger
4. Pozzovivo
5. Evans
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Bradley Wiggins
3. Roman Kreuziger
4. Frank Schleck
5. Dominico Pozzovivo
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Kreuziger
3. Pozzovivo
4. Mollema
5. Rui Costa
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins, Bradley
2. Costa, Rui
3. Mollema, Bauke
4. Kreuziger, Roman
5. Frank, Matthias
Pozzovivo on the podium.
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Roman Kreuziger
3. Bauke Mollema
4. Rui Costa
5. Mathias Frank
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Kreuziger
3. Costa
4. Pozzovivo
5. Mollema
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins, Bradley
2. Kreuziger, Roman
3. Pozzovivo, Domenico
4. Costa, Rui
5. Mollema, Bauke
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Roman Kreuziger
3. Rui Costa
4. Mathias Frank
5. Warren Barguil
VSP PICKS:
1. Sir Bradley
2. Roman Kreuziger
3. Michael Albasini
4. Bauke Mollema
5. Tom Jelte Slagter
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Twiggo
3. Mollema
4. Roman Kreuziger
5. Domenico Pozzovivo
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Wiggo
3. Kreuziger
4. Pozzovivo
5. Rohan Dennis
VSP PICKS:
1. Sir Bradley Wiggins
2. Roman Kreuziger
3. Rui Costa
4. Bauke Mollema
5. Thibot Pinot
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggo
2. Slagter
3. Albasini
Lets see if I can break my single digit streak
VSP PICKS:
1. Ender Wiggins
2. Mollema
3. Roman
4. Pinot
5. Rui Costa
Just because this is the best way for Wiggo to be a pain in everyone’s ass, and he is a stubborn fecker
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggo
2. Roman K
3. Albasini
4. Mathew Frank
5. Tibot Pinot
I see Betancur is listed as starting – does that mean he has turned up?
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Roman Kreuziger
4. Bauke Mollema
5. Tony Martin
I’m kinda liking my Lantern Rouge…
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Alexander Kristoff
4. Fabian Cancellera
5. Tony Martin
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Mollema
3. Roman Kreuziger
4. Wiggins
5. Mathias Frank
I’m kinda liking my Lantern Rouge…
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VSP PICKS:
1. wiggins
2. kreuziger
3. mollema
4. pozzovivo
5. mathias frank
I’m kinda liking my Lantern Rouge…
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Sir Bradley Wiggins
3. Fabian Cancellara
4. Tony Martin
5. Alex Dowsett
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Roman Kreuziger
4. Bauke Mollema
5. Thibaut Pinot
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Brad Wiggins
3. Bauke Mollema
4. Roman Kreuziger
5. Mathais Frank
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Costa
3. Pozzovivo
4. Kreuziger
5. Slagter
Hate to pick Wiggo, but it’s a no brainer considering his domination of the Tour of Cali.
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Peter Sagan
4. Roman Kreuzinger
5. Bauke Mollema
VSP PICKS:
1. Brad Wiggins
2. Bauke Mollema
3. Roman Kreuziger
4. Rohan Dennis
5. Cadel Evans
Wiggins for the “fuck you” win.
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Kreuzinger
3. Mollema
4. Albasini
5. Kolobnev
VSP PICKS:
1. Sagan
2. Wiggins
3. Evans
4. Cancellara
5. Betancur
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Costa
3. Rohan Dennis
4. Mollema
5. Schleck the Elder
Here’s to hope.
VSP PICKS:
1. costa
2. wiggins
3. mollema
4. pozzivivo
5. kreuziger
I am going to cheer for the bearded Brit this time around.
VSP PICKS:
1. Sir Wiggins
2. Bauke Mollema
3. Roman Kreuziger
4. Domenico Pozzovivo
5. Thibaut Pinot
VSP PICKS:
1. Rui Costa
2. Rom Kreuz
3. Wiggo
4. Albasini
5. Cadelephant
VSP PICKS:
1. Bradley Wiggins
2. Rui Costa
3. Bauke Mollema
4. Roman Kreuziger
5. Frank Schleck
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggo
2. Costa
3. Kreuziger
4. Mollema
5. Pinot
VSP PICKS:
1. WIGGINS Bradley
2. COSTA Rui
3. KRISTOFF Alexander
4. POZZOVIVO Domenico
5. KREUZIGER Roman
VSP PICKS:
1. Wiggins
2. Cadel Evans
3. Tom Danielson
4. Rui Costa
5. Kreuziger
VSP PICKS:
1. Mollema
2. Rui Costa
3. Kreuziger
4. Pozzovivo
5. Izagirre