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.

[vsp_results id=”47525″/]

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Erik says:

Jun 15 2016 at 11:04 am

@Ron

@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…

What's worse is my father-in-law is generally go to tech guy.
wiscot says:

Jun 15 2016 at 11:04 am

@Ron

@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…

Don't forget, they are also men who shave their legs and have stricter diets than most supermodels.
Teocalli says:

Jun 15 2016 at 12:09 pm

errrr....excuse me.....but......
wiscot says:

Jun 15 2016 at 1:39 pm

@Teocalli

errrr….excuse me…..but……

What . . . the . . . fuck . . . is . . . that?
Beers says:

Jun 15 2016 at 1:51 pm

@Mikael Liddy

@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?

If I'm not mistaken, those are Assos logos on the shoulders. I will get some of their bibs, but I think the styling of their jerseys is a bit meh, and carries through to these jerseys.
Teocalli says:

Jun 15 2016 at 2:00 pm

@wiscot

@Teocalli

errrr….excuse me…..but……

What . . . the . . . fuck . . . is . . . that?

Gilbert today........
wiscot says:

Jun 15 2016 at 2:09 pm

@Teocalli

I won't repost, but he really should know better. I think he's losing it in his old age.
Mikael Liddy says:

Jun 15 2016 at 4:32 pm

@Beers

yup, and Assos being Swiss, I understand why they're the manufacturer of choice, but the actual design is just god awful.
Randy C says:

Jun 16 2016 at 4:45 am

@wiscot @Teocalli

I can't help but get this idea that something must have fell out of a tree as he road by, landed on his head, and wouldn't let go. I don't know what? A tree squid? Whatev… Strange indeed.
wiscot says:

Jun 16 2016 at 5:34 am

@Mikael Liddy

@Beers

yup, and Assos being Swiss, I understand why they’re the manufacturer of choice, but the actual design is just god awful.

Looks like they use the same "designer" as the Tour of California. Which is not a good thing.