Did everyone got tired of seeing a nearly naked Marcel Kittel on the massage table for the Tour’s VSP page? I know I didn’t. Young Kennaugh will be sporting his British road race jersey and his proper shoe/sock pairing in this Vuelta. Get used to it.
Ladies and gentleman we have a race. We have some Giro winners, we have some Tour de France winners and we have some Vuelta winners all lining up for the 2014 edition.
Quintana won the Giro but wants to prove he is the real deal. Is Malmerde working for him? Froome, he has been training in Sonoma, California. Talansky lives there, maybe they have both been training with egg timer. I think we can count out Horner to repeat or Bertie to do anything other than put some points in his jersey pocket. Carlos Alberto Betancur is here to lose some weight. David Millar is in to show he really deserved to ride the Tour de France. Boonen is here to train for the World Championships. Maybe everybody is here because their boss said get your skinny (or fat, in Betancur’s case) ass to Spain and ride the damn Vuelta.
No matter, the reason you, dear readers are here, is to show your total domination in the VSP. Stare at the start list until olive oil pops out of your tear ducts and stigmata appear on your palms. Redemption, points, the Worlds, spite or orders from the boss are all equally good reasons to get riders on the start list. How many people picked Chris Horner to win last year? Just a moment, I’ll query the VSP generator for archived results.
“Fuck off, I’m full”
The VSP generator is channeling Mr Creosote, that’s not a good sign. The point is, if there is one, this season’s VSP* is hanging in the balance on the Vuelta. Don’t consult the professional odds makers, that is like doping. Who is motivated? Who has a great team? Who does not make too many kit transgressions? Who looks fantastic on the bike? These are the questions.
Who has the answers?
*Prizes are as follows:
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VSP PICKS:
1. Quintana
2. Froome
3. Contador
4. Hesjedal
5. Talansky
I can't not pick Quintana to win, Froome (his training crash) spooks me, literally too, besides his girlfriend drives me nutz, Valverde will hold back for the Worlds, but I can't ignore him, Rodriguez is tanned, ready and hungry, I loved Aru's riding in the Giro, and I want to put Kelderman higher, but not with this competition. Whew!
VSP PICKS:
1. Nairo Quintana
2. Joaquim Rodriguez
3. Alejandro Valverde
4. Fabio Aru
5. Wilco Kelderman
VSP PICKS:
1. Contador
2. Quintana
3. Froome
4. Navarro
5. Uran
Whew, vacation with a bad inter web connection nearly had me Delgado the thing. Thanks to good timing on the return to the working world to save my picks.
VSP PICKS:
1. Quintana
2. Froome
3. Uran
4. Aru
5. Dan Martin
1 Rodriquez
2 Martin
3 Talansky
4 Quintana
5 Froome
Um...just heard in a Vuelta preview video that "Froome has decided not to race to train but instead has been riding with former rider Levi Leipheimer in the U.S."
What the FUCK? Is he counseling him on how to look less shite on the bike? Nah, can't be. Eggtimer, Froome and Horner always look like fucking shite and decidedly unPRO at all times. I can't believe SKY let him train with Eggtimer, just from a PR perspective.
Movistar winning the TTT? Is that crickets chirping?
Two new posts since the race started on Saturday?
Yes, I'd say there are some chirping crickets about.
@gianni if checking the professional odds makers sites is like doping I am pretty sure I would've been like the Chicken in the 2007 tour instead of the mediocre suckfest that was my early season VSP.
Candelabra still bleating, too hot for him now, chrissakes he can moan for La Suisse.