Velominati Super Prestige: Tour de Suisse 2016

Switzerland's Gotthard Pass

We are opening the rolling metal door to the VSP generator and warming it up for this weekend’s start of the Tour de Suisse. As usual, the big hitters of the Tour are riding the Dauphine; I should be more excited about that race but, yawn, not so much. The Swiss tour is longer, more climbing, generally a more awesome race and with any luck they will climb the Passo San Gottardo. The Swiss don’t fool around with their roads, tunnels or cows. Here is your start list.

OK, everyone knows the drill here. Delgado-ing is right out, this starts on Saturday, you have been warned. Prizes, rules, go to the VSP pages for the specifics.

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RobSandy says:

Jun 15 2016 at 4:13 am

So first mountain stage today - expecting it all to kick off and the favourites to emerge?

Must be a tricky one - there are only 3 mountain days so if you have a bad day today your Tour could be over.
Randy C says:

Jun 15 2016 at 5:05 am

@Oli

Wise words indeed. It is the smiles and laughs, and hopefully a long lifetime's worth, that pay off for the hard work. Cheers!
Mikael Liddy says:

Jun 15 2016 at 5:52 am

@Buck Rogers

So much for the Curse, eh??? Dude fucking KILLED it with CLASS!!! The Man has certainly honoured this jersey so far this season!

From the sublime to the piss poor, how bad are the leader's jerseys?
wiscot says:

Jun 15 2016 at 7:09 am

@Teocalli

@piwakawaka

@Pali65

From a bit further out you can see how the teams have set themselves up.

Well this adds some spice to the incident……

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/riders-arms-danny-van-poppel-relegated-tour-de-suisse-233466?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

That sucks! They should have given him a friggin' medal for bike handling skillz. How he stayed upright and didn't cause a major pile up is a miracle. The speed they went into the corner was incredible.
Pali65 says:

Jun 15 2016 at 7:33 am

Somehow I can't understand the logic why they decided to put such a sharp and narrow corner so close to the finish. It is clear that leading riders will risk everything to gain even small advantage in the final push. I doubt the common sense of those in charge. What were they thinking? Was this some intentional test of riding skills in full speed or what?
Buck Rogers says:

Jun 15 2016 at 7:56 am

Apropos of abso-fucking-lutely nothing, this needs a place on the V site somewhere.
Erik says:

Jun 15 2016 at 8:06 am

So my steephill.tv feed just tried to tell me it had an urgent Firefox update from eeyah dot fuckbox dot com. Watch out for that! That's worse than a sharp curve 150 meters from the line.
Buck Rogers says:

Jun 15 2016 at 9:10 am

And FUCK! Who knew that there were two Izaguirres in the race! My VSP pick is for Jon, not Gorka (if it comes down to mattering at all)!!!
Teocalli says:

Jun 15 2016 at 10:05 am

@Buck Rogers

And FUCK! Who knew that there were two Izaguirres in the race! My VSP pick is for Jon, not Gorka (if it comes down to mattering at all)!!!

I was thinking exactly the same thing!
Ron says:

Jun 15 2016 at 10:19 am

@Erik

So my steephill.tv feed just tried to tell me it had an urgent Firefox update from eeyah dot fuckbox dot com. Watch out for that! That’s worse than a sharp curve 150 meters from the line.

It's really nice to have your computer worked on and when the tech gives you that look of "You were watching porn, weren't you?" and you can stare him down with a look of "Nope, pirated feeds of adult men riding bicycles in Lycra." Admittedly, it's probably more socially acceptable to be doing the former...