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 (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. Contador, Alberto
2. FROOME
3. Rodriguez
4. Uran
5. Aru
VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Valverde
4. Martin
5. JRod
Ok, since my brief, out of body like experience of being on the podium before the tour I admit to submarining my chances, Aru in #2, Kelderman #5, the other picks going to new blood... How sadly wrong!
So the old guard is nailing this down and all I can hope for with my -40 worth of rest day swaps is a miracle of reshuffling - isn't there a final TT?? I know my logic is very very thin. Nay, piss pathetic but this race has a ways to go yet...
VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. Froome
2. Aru
3. Contador
4. Valverde
5. Rodriguez
VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. Derty Berty
2. Froome
3. Valverde
4. Aru
5. J Rod
What a ride by Froomedog yesterday. He's obviously been suffering for a fortnight but found something special to drop Purito & Malmerde. Bertie's in a different league at the moment though, chapeau to him for coming back like that after breaking his leg.
As for the rest day swaps, my main picks crashed out early in the TdF and I thought I had nothing to lose by swapping, ended up scoring f-all, so I'm sticking with my original pics. Bertie might just have a jour sans (dias sin?). Unlikely on current form, but you never know.
VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. A. Contador
2. C. Froome
3. R. Uran
4. J. Rodriguez
5. W. Kelderman
VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Valverde
4. Pinot
5. Rodriguez
@Mike_P
Hard to believe those two guy's crashed out of TDF with fractures...
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VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. A. Contador
2. C Froome
3. J Rodriguez
4. R Uran
5. W Kelderman
VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps):
1. Alberto Contador
2. Joaquim Rodriguez
3. Alejandro Valverde
4. Fabio Aru
5. Wilco Kelderman