Velominati Super Prestige: Vuelta a España 2014

Socks, shorts, jersey, spot on. Peter Kennaugh will be there. photo-Cycling Weekly

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:

First place overall wins a Veloforma Strada iR Velominati Edition frame in addition to the customary VSP winner’s VVorkshop Apron
Second place overall wins a set of hand built CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelset in a custom Velominati paint scheme laced to orange Chris King hubs. (CR Wheelworks is Café Roubaix’s new wheel goods brand.)
Third place overall wins a full Velominati V-Kit with accompanying custom orange Bont Vaypor+ road shoes.

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GogglesPizano says:

Sep 1 2014 at 9:36 pm

VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

1. Quintana
2. Froome
3. Contador
4. D. Martin
5. Ancona
Heusdens says:

Sep 1 2014 at 11:18 pm

VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

1. Quintana
2. Froome
3. Uran
4. Rodriguez
5. Aru
Heusdens says:

Sep 1 2014 at 11:19 pm

VSP PICKS (1st Rest Day Swaps):

1. Quintana
2. Froome
3. Contador
4. Rodriguez
5. Aru
il muro di manayunk says:

Sep 2 2014 at 7:32 am

Oh for Merckx's sake, STFU Fabian!

Via Cycling News:

Fabian Cancellara was not happy with the road surface after his ride.

"It was not just hills, there were downhills, false flats but the asphalt was bad," he said.

"For the overall contenders I don't know what it will be like but this is how it is. I'd hoped they look for better roads. I did what I could and that was my goal. My only doubt was for my safety and I couldn't find my rhythm."
Buck Rogers says:

Sep 2 2014 at 8:33 am

"Fuckin' Quintana... that creep can roll" right over his handlebars, into the ditch and straight out of the Top 5. Fuck me! What a day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2EHh8B3lA0

See 1:40
wiscot says:

Sep 2 2014 at 8:35 am

@il muro di manayunk

Oh for Merckx's sake, STFU Fabian!

Via Cycling News:

Fabian Cancellara was not happy with the road surface after his ride.

"It was not just hills, there were downhills, false flats but the asphalt was bad," he said.

"For the overall contenders I don't know what it will be like but this is how it is. I'd hoped they look for better roads. I did what I could and that was my goal. My only doubt was for my safety and I couldn't find my rhythm."

Seriously! Next thing he'll be saying that the cobbles at Roubaix are a bit rough or Flanders has some nasty wee hills. Spartacus is really chipping away at his hardman status with his whingeing these days.
Buck Rogers says:

Sep 2 2014 at 8:43 am

@wiscot

@il muro di manayunk

Oh for Merckx's sake, STFU Fabian!

Via Cycling News:

Fabian Cancellara was not happy with the road surface after his ride.

"It was not just hills, there were downhills, false flats but the asphalt was bad," he said.

"For the overall contenders I don't know what it will be like but this is how it is. I'd hoped they look for better roads. I did what I could and that was my goal. My only doubt was for my safety and I couldn't find my rhythm."

Seriously! Next thing he'll be saying that the cobbles at Roubaix are a bit rough or Flanders has some nasty wee hills. Spartacus is really chipping away at his hardman status with his whingeing these days.

These days? THESE DAYS??? Guy's has been fuckin whingin' for YEARS!!! "If I stopped to take a piss they would have all stopped with me", etc, etc, etc. Fuckin Boonen tows the entire pack to the velodrome and beats them and says,"Yeah, bit rough today" and fuckin Spartypants has two guys sit in on him and bithces for the next 5 years. Jesus, Boonen had Stijn Devolder sticking closer to him than Tyler's unborn twin and he still won and never bitched a bit. Don't get me fuckin started on Sparty!
VirenqueForever says:

Sep 2 2014 at 8:53 am

FFS - my VSP f'd over again...

http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Quintana-la-chute/496011
wiscot says:

Sep 2 2014 at 9:54 am

@Buck Rogers

"Fuckin' Quintana... that creep can roll" right over his handlebars, into the ditch and straight out of the Top 5. Fuck me! What a day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2EHh8B3lA0

See 1:40

So here's the debate, if Quintana is Jesus, who plays The Dude, Donny and Walter?

The Dude = Nibali

Donny = Froome

Walter = Cavendish
wiscot says:

Sep 2 2014 at 10:17 am

@Buck Rogers

@wiscot

@il muro di manayunk

Oh for Merckx's sake, STFU Fabian!

Via Cycling News:

Fabian Cancellara was not happy with the road surface after his ride.

"It was not just hills, there were downhills, false flats but the asphalt was bad," he said.

"For the overall contenders I don't know what it will be like but this is how it is. I'd hoped they look for better roads. I did what I could and that was my goal. My only doubt was for my safety and I couldn't find my rhythm."

Seriously! Next thing he'll be saying that the cobbles at Roubaix are a bit rough or Flanders has some nasty wee hills. Spartacus is really chipping away at his hardman status with his whingeing these days.

These days? THESE DAYS??? Guy's has been fuckin whingin' for YEARS!!! "If I stopped to take a piss they would have all stopped with me", etc, etc, etc. Fuckin Boonen tows the entire pack to the velodrome and beats them and says,"Yeah, bit rough today" and fuckin Spartypants has two guys sit in on him and bithces for the next 5 years. Jesus, Boonen had Stijn Devolder sticking closer to him than Tyler's unborn twin and he still won and never bitched a bit. Don't get me fuckin started on Sparty!

Wow, sounds like I got you started! Also, another thing Lebowski Jesus and Quintana have in common is sock length. Damn near knee-length FFS. WTF was he wearing in the TT? Those abominations were longer than the pink sexy boots he wore in the Giro. I thought there were UCI regulations on sock length, or does that not apply to overshoes?

Also, that curve where Q crashed wasn't too bad - just a case of Rasmussen-style bike handling.

I'm enjoying this Vuelta because I Delgadoed the VSP and have no skin in the game.

Another great win for Tony Panzerwagen - and it was a testing course. Barring accident/injury, who would bet against him in the Worlds? Not me.