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.
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Hmm, thinking the cold-weather bred racers will have a better chance than southern hemisphere riders.
VSP PICKS:
1. Johnsen, C.G.
2. Armitstead
3. Borghini
4. Biornsrud
5. Van Der Breggen
VSP PICKS:
1. Pieters, Amy
2. Borghini, Elisa Longo
3. Armitstead, Elizabeth
4. Johansson, Emma
5. Olds, Shelley
VSP PICKS:
1. Borghini
2. Johansson
3. van Dijk
4. Armitstead
5. Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Marianne Vos
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Elisa Longoria Borghini
5. Eleonora Van Dijk
Boom!
@frank, picks are in the VSP slots, tried to post with no comment, was told to comment, so added Boom! Picks still haven’t shown up?
1. Pieters, 2. Barker, 3. Armitstead, 4. Johansson, 5. Brennauer, don’t want to miss out.
VSP PICKS:
1. Amy Pieters
2. Elinor Barker
3. Elisabeth Armitstead
4. Emma Johansson
5. Lisa Brennauer
Aha! no cut ‘n paste- old skool two finger typing.
VSP PICKS:
1. Voss
2. Stevens
3. Johansson
4. Armistead
5. Borghini
Very blind and not a lot of help out there
VSP PICKS:
1. Johanson
2. Armistead
3. Garfoot
4. Aubrey
5. Spratt
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Johansson
4. Bronzini
5. Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Vos
3. Longo BorghiniLucy
4. Pooley
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Vos
3. Johansson
4. Stevens
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Ellen van Dijk
3. Annemiek van Vleuten
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Lizzie Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
2. JOHANSSON Emma
3. VAN DIJK Ellen
4. NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna
5. BRONZINI Giorgia
VSP PICKS:
1. Johannson
2. Van Dijk
3. Bronzini
4. Stevens
5. Longo Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Borghini
3. Lizzie Armitstead
4. BRONZINI
5. Van Dijk
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Anna van der Breggen
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Ashleigh Moolman
5. Emma Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Elisa Longo Borghini
2. Emma Johansson
3. Dani King
4. Lisa Brennauer
5. Annemiek Van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Jahansson
2. Borghini
3. Bronzini
4. Van dijk
5. Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. Longo Borghini
3. Armitstead
4. Stevens
5. Van Der Breggen
Nary a clue…
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Johansson
3. Van Dijk
4. Vos
5. Pooley
Bring me points, ladies
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Armistead
4. Amy Pieters
5. Emma Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. E Van Dijk
3. Borghini
4. Cromwell
5. Moolman
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Borghini
4. Stevens
5. Van dijk
Here we go-
Hard to look past Longo Borghini riding on home roads.
VSP PICKS:
1. E. Long Borghini
2. E. Johansson
3. A. Van Vleuten
4. M. De Vries
5. L. Brennauer
Here are my picks-
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Vos
3. Borghini
4. Van Dijk
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Armistead
3. Johansson
4. Van Dijk
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. LONGO BORGHINI, Elisa
2. JOHANSSON, Emma
3. STEVENS, Evelyn
4. VAN DIJK, Ellen
5. BRONZINI, Giorgia
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Van der Breggen
3. Emma Johansson
4. Pieters
5. Chantal Blaack
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Emma Johnasson
3. Lizzie Armitstead
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Anna van der Breggen
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson, E
2. Longo Borghini, E
3. van Dijk, E
4. van der Breggen, A
5. Bronzini, G
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Elizabeth Armitstead
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Ashleigh Moolman Pasio
5. Giorgia Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. E Longo Borghini
2. E Armitstead
3. G Bronzini
4. E van Dijk
5. C Blaack
VSP PICKS:
1. E Longo Borghini
2. E Armitstead
3. G Bronzini
4. E van Dijk
5. C Blaak
Just a moment to give a shoutout to the keepers. I never paid any attention to women’s racing until women’s VSP last season. After realizing I had no clue about women’s racing I watched the women’s worlds and thought it was entertaining as hell. Have been watching it whenever I can now (which is admittedly rarely) and it’s seriously good racing. You could make a decent case moreso than men. I think because teams are smaller and the discrepancy in quality between the big riders and the domestiques is larger? Anyways, cheers for turning me onto it.
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Longo Borghini
3. Worrack
4. Van Dijk
5. Johansson
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. Armistead
4. Van Vlueten
5. Ratto
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Anna Van Der Breggen
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Elizabeth Armitstead
I deserve no points. Like last year, I know jack squat about women’s racing, except they all look outstanding in lycra and crushing a bike.
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna Van Der Breggen
2. van Dijk
3. Borghini
4. Tatiana Guderzo
5. Emma Johansson
This is even more of a crap shoot…
VSP PICKS:
1. Longo Borghini
2. Vos
3. Stevens
4. Johansson
5. Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Borghini
3. van Dijk
4. Anna Van Der Breggen
5. Armitstead
Quick little switcheroo…
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Longo Borghini
3. Cromwell
4. Olds-Evans
5. Johansson
For those that are pleading ignorance, the UCI has a pretty reasonable recap of the first World Cup race up on their youtube channel. Go have a look-see before you miss the time cut.
VSP PICKS:
1. Borghini
2. Armistead
3. Johansson
4. Stevens
5. Bronzini
There’s a startlist here that says Vos is starting, so who knows? http://www.trofeobinda.com/images/2014/entry%20list%20trofeo%20binda.pdf
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Longo-Borghini
3. Johansson
4. Stevens
5. Guderzo
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Borghini
3. Vos
4. Johansson
5. Moolman
VSP PICKS:
1. E Armistead
2. M Vos
3. E Stevens
4. E Van Dijk
5. E L Borghini
No. I didn’t pick them cause their names started with the letter “E”.
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. Emma Johansson
4. Evelyn Stevens
5. Ellen Van Dijk