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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@fignons barber
since downtube shifters and toe cages.
Fuck me! I'm in the top 10 (provisionally)!!!
Not bad for throwing darts at the start list. We'll see if this holds up.
@Floridian
Nah, gotta be since Lucien Petit-Breton was turning the cranks. On one hand I'm happy for them, on the other hand I'm not as their kit is one of the worst out there. What's with the yellow helmets? Red and white kit, yellow helmet? The kit needs way more white and a red and white helmet.
@wiscot
Agree, He should give his helmet to the MTN team and ask his team for a matching helmet to celebrate his win.
@Deakus
Nice work. Apparently Faboo has put his attempt on hold while he tries to find a smooth enough track. Jensie will surely beat Boardman's (OK, Sosenka's) athlete's hour mark and hold the record until one or more of the Big Three get their shit together. I say chapeau to him.
Great finish today. Hoping they can repeat the slug-fest the next 2 days!
@Teocalli top finish! The contrast in styles is wild, Froome's technique is so effective, and so awful all at once, the other guy's race the parcours and each other blow by blow and, wait, look out, the Froome train is back, Choo Choo!!
Amazing! The Spaniards repeatedly put 15-20secs into him but the train just keeps on coming.
I love it when even other Spaniards bitch about how the spanish cyclists refuse to work together. Berti was miffed they wouldn't work together to bury Froome. Ha!
@wiscot
All about sponsor $ I'm afraid. Mavic is one of their main sponsors & their helmets only come in one colour...