Velominati Super Prestige: Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2014
This is the kick off of the VSP for women’s racing, though the women have already kicked it off with the Ronde van Drenthe in the Netherlands. Now it’s down to Northern Italy, Varese, by Lago Maggiore, but this is a climbers course, more in the mountains than by the lake. And yes, Sunday is also Gent-Wevelgem for women but Trofeo is part of the women’s World Cup so it is the race of choice (unless you are a sprinter who likes cobbles and wet Belgian weather).
If you fancy doing well in this year’s VSP then you had better be studying up on the women’s racing. Podiumcafé always has some well informed articles on women’s racing, in addition, velofocus is worth a visit. Last year’s winner was Elisa Longo Borghini. This year’s winner will have to be a strong climber, descender and if last week’s Milan-Sanremo’s weather was any indicator of anything, tough as nails.
If any well informed individual would like to submit a guest article on women’s professional racing in 2014, we, in the Velominati Super Bunker would be open to that. Lastly, we hate whiners, so if you get confused about your time zones and nap schedule, and miss placing your picks, Rule #5. Start list is here.
[vsp_results id=”29361″/]
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. Borghini
3. Armitstead
4. Emma Johansson
5. Amy Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. AUBRY Emilie
3. CORDON Audrey
4. GUNNEWIJK Loes
5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
2. POOLEY Emma
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. GUNNEWIJK Loes
5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
2. POOLEY Emma
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. VAN DIJK Ellen
5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
2. POOLEY Emma
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. VAN DIJK Ellen
5. BACCAILLE Monia
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
2. JOHANSSON Emma
3. VAN DIJK Ellen
4. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
5. CORDON Audrey
Including the women in the VSP is a breath of fresh air. Respect.
VSP PICKS:
1. johansson, emma
2. van djik, ellen
3. spratt, amanda
4. van der breggen, anna
5. armistead, elizabeth
Including the women in the VSP is a breath of fresh air. Respect.
Sorry Keepers, I’m really struggling with articles not coming up with posts when I’m signed out. I usually post with the shortcut user and pwd rather than logging in, but I keep getting a blank page after hitting post, and not sure if the post has gone in or not. Sometimes the posts never come through (painful, often don’t bother rewriting, so I guess y’all will be happy with that), and sometimes they come through twice. Also, whenever I repost on a VSP thread, it seems to chuck my picks in there again too. Sorry to be a pain.
I have a feeling that the Women’s VSP will make the difference in the overall win this year. Don’t sleep on their races.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Pooley
4. Johansson
5. Van Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. Longo Borghini
3. Van Vlueten
4. van Dijk
5. Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Longo Borghini
3. Gunnewijk
4. Olds-Evans
5. Mullens
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Emma JOHANSSON
3. Ellen van Dijk
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. Borghini
2. Ellen Van Dijk
3. Armitstead
4. Gunnewijk
5. Johansson
Hope the winner begins with an E.
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Pooley
2. Emma Johansson
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Lizzie Armitstead
5. Annemiek Van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Emma Johnasson
3. Anna van der Breggen
4. Lizzie Armitstead
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
I wish there was a full start list for this race. Makes it (more) difficult to work out who will win…..
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Pieters
3. Borghini the Lamborgini
4. Johnasson
5. Cromwell
VSP picks
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Ellen van djik
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Megan Guarnier
Server didn’t map Borgini the Lamborgini
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Pieters
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Emma Johnasson
5. Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Marianne Vos
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Tiffany Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Marianne Vos Boss
3. Emma Johansson
4. Lizzie Armistead
5. Emma Pooley
Not sure if Emma Pooley is racing, I had heard she was still in Oz? Incomplete start list here
http://women.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjUxOTU=
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VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Lizzie Armistaed
3. Emma Johansson
4. Emma Pooley
5. Annemiek van Vleuten
All I know is I backed Lizzie all last year and she was ill with some kind of necrotic toxic sub saharan zombie condition. This year apparently she has completed her transformation to fully fledged automaton and is back on form.
Here we go again…
VSP PICKS:
1. Bizzie Lizzie (Armistead)
2. Van Der Breggen
3. Lamborghini (Longo)
4. Johansson (Emma)
5. Van Dijk (Ellen)
VSP PICKS:
1. GUNNEWIJK Loes
2. DE VRIES Marijn
3. Vos
4. JOHANSSON Emma
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
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VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Armistead
3. Pierters
4. Borghini
5. Cromwell
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VSP PICKS:
1. armitstead
2. emma johansson
3. borghini
4. van dijk
5. pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Anna Van Der Breggen
3. Lizzie Armitstead
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Amy Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Elisa Lono Borghini
3. Anna van der Breggen
4. Emma Johansson
5. Ellen van Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armsistead
2. Emma Johansson
3. Marianne Vos
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Tiffany Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Tiffany Cromwell
2. Lizzie Armsistead
3. Emma Johansson
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Ellen Van Dijk
gah typo.
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Emma Johansson
3. Marianne Vos
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Tiffany Cromwell
Here goes nothin.
VSP PICKS:
1. STEVENS Evelyn
2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
3. JOHANSSON Emma
4. VAN DIJK Ellen
5. ARMITSTEAD Elisabeth
VSP PICKS:
1. vos
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. gillow
4. johansson
5. Ellen Van Dijk
Is Vos racing??? Anyone have a full startlist???
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armitstead
3. Longo Borghini
4. Van dijk
5. Gunnewijk
@Buck Rogers
This procyclingstats list appears to be complete — somewhat.
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armstead
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Emma Johansson
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Vos
3. Johansson
4. Borghini
5. Cromwell
Marianne Vos holds Cittiglio in her heart! Despite the fact that she will not participate in this year’s Trofeo Binda, the cannibal of modern female cycling talked to us about her strong link to the province of Varese to the race organised by Mario Minervino’s Cycling Sport Promotion “After a season where I gave 110%, this year the Trofeo Alfredo Binda will, unfortunately, not be on my calendar.
@unversio
So no Vos. Thanks man! I wondered why some people were NOT picking her!
VSP PICKS:
1. E. Armitstead
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Longo Borghini
4. Ellen Van dijk
5. Gunnewijk
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
2. ARMITSTEAD Lizzie
3. POOLEY Emma
4. JOHANSSON Emma
5. VAN DIJK Ellen
VSP PICKS:
1. Borghini
2. Armistead
3. Johnasen
4. Stevens
5. Van dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Emma Johansson
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Emma Pooley
As far as well informed writers on women’s cycling go, look over at http://prowomenscycling.com/
[ video ] Longo Borghini first Italian winner in Cittiglio
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Dijk, Ellen
2. Johansson, Emma
3. Longo Borghini, Elisa
4. Ratto, Rossella
5. Worrack, Trixi
VSP PICKS:
1. Stevens
2. Olds-Evans
3. Pooley
4. Bronzini
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. Stevens
3. Borghini
4. Van Dikj
5. Gunnewijk
VSP PICKS:
1. armitstead
2. borghini
3. emma johansson
4. pieters
5. van dijk