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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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