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:
[vsp_results id=”30805″/]
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I know that the picks are closed, but I tried several times on Friday and the site wouldn't let me stay signed in when I navigated to the VSP page. Oh well, here are my picks so that I can say I told you so without any reward.
Horner, Valverde, Talansky, Quintana, Uran.
I spent Saturday doing 118km on gravel, great fun! Hope you all had a great weekend.
Blingtastic finish to stage 3, this kid is gonna win some big 1 day races over the next few years.
Stage 3 Final Mr Dan Martin needs to learn Rule #92
Delgado due to computer thingy issues.
Can now sit back and watch and not get pissed off by worrying about tips.
Bling Matthews, well played sir.
@Ron
I've been a Cogaling...
@strathlubnaig
For Fuck Sake. If I see another tweet about how it's too hot at La Vuelta, I'm gonna break my internet box.
If you don't want to race in the heat, don't enter a bike race in SPAIN in AUGUST.
(Similarly, if you don't want to race in the snow, don't enter a bike race that goes through the mountains of Italy in May.)
Seems they are finding ways to keep cool. I wonder if Froome calculated the precise reduction in core temp before allowing the water to be poured on his head.
@Mikael Liddy
Yep. World Champion this year, MSR and LBL next year. #bigcall
@The Grande Fondue
#noteventopten
Bugger it! Delgadoed this one as I was on vacation. Oh well, not even a perfect five would have resurrected my VSP chances. Good luck to those who entered. At least I won't have to worry about how shite my picks would have fared.