Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Vuelta a España 2014

Socks, shorts, jersey, spot on. Cyclingweekly
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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268 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Vuelta a España 2014”

  1. Ahh, the Vuelta.  Finally a good grand tour to watch.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. J.Rod
    3. Froomestrong
    4. Aru
    5. Valverde

  5. Not great at this game, but I’ll try again anyway

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nairo Quintana
    2. Chris Froome
    3. Joaquim Rodriguez
    4. Rigoberto Uran
    5. Alejandro Valverde

  6. Up for grabs

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Contador
    3. Rodriguez
    4. Froome
    5. Valverde

  7. We will see…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Froome
    3. Uran
    4. Aru
    5. Rodriguez

  9. Fuck Froome.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Contador
    3. Uran
    4. Valverde
    5. Martin, Tony

  11. VSP PICKS:

    1. Nairo Quintana
    2. Froome
    3. Rodriguez
    4. Uran
    5. Valverde

  15. VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Quintana
    3. Purito
    4. Kelderman
    5. Dan the Man Martin

  16. .

    VSP PICKS:

    1. N Quintana
    2. C Froome
    3. J Rodriguez
    4. R Uran
    5. W Kelderman

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Quintana
    3. J Rodriguez
    4. Valverde
    5. Aru

  20. Horner is out: http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/08/news/lampre-pulls-horner-out-of-vuelta-for-conflict-with-mpcc_342072

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Quintana
    3. J Rodriguez
    4. Valverde
    5. Aru

  21. VSP PICKS:

    1. quintana
    2. uran
    3. talansky
    4. contador
    5. valverde

  23. @il muro di manayunk I suppose the smartest thing for me to do in the context of the VSP would be to just go with the same top 3 as my closest rivals…

    Is that not a bit like Wiggo sitting on his rivals wheels staring at his power meter?

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Nairo Quintana
    2. Joaquim Rodriguez
    3. Chris Froome
    4. Dan Martin
    5. Fabio Aru

  26. VSP PICKS:

    1. Chris Froome
    2. Joaquim Rodriguez
    3. Nairo Quintana
    4. Rigoberto Uran
    5. Alejandro Valverde

  27. Too bad for Horner.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Contador
    3. Rodriguez
    4. Froome
    5. Evans

  28. VSP PICKS:

    1. Nairo Quintana
    2. Chris Froome
    3. Joaquim Rodriguez
    4. Fabio Aru
    5. Alejandro Valverde

  30. At this stage in the VSP it doesn’t matter what I pick, so I can go for an uninspiring TT based win for Froome over the rest. Interesting to note the tie in between Old Man Horner’s withdrawal and the Movement for Credible Cycling – I can see how they’d be linked, but it’d have fuck all to do with bronchitis or any current TUEs.

    Strong work getting Mr Creosote in there too; looks like Carlos Betancur has been channelling him as well as your computer.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Stemwatcher
    2. Not quite Nairo
    3. J-Rod
    4. Broken Bertie
    5. Arooooooo

  35. Its been a long time between fingerbangs.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Froome
    2. Quintana
    3. Aru
    4. Uran
    5. Fingerbang

  38. Since losing the top 10 VSP in the tour I’m going with long shots of youth, hopefully get back in the completion before the worlds….

    Hey @ Gianni,

    by Gianni / Aug 20 2014 / 85 posts  “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. ”

    This ^ is worrysome, no?? Maybe it’s time your awesome VMH should edit your articles?

    Just sayin…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Aru
    3. Kelderman
    4. Talansky
    5. E. Chaves

  40. Taking Froome out for crashing in training and Horner out for taking Cortisol.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana, Nairo
    2. Contador, Alberto
    3. Uran, Rigoberto
    4. Aru, Fabio
    5. Hesjedel, Ryder

  41. Horner—Out!  Who gets the #1 bib?  Valerio Conti?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Nairo Quintana
    2. Chris Froome
    3. Dan Martin
    4. Joaquin Rodriguez
    5. Rigoberto Uran

  45. VSP PICKS:

    1. froomdog
    2. quintaples
    3. sand martin
    4. against the door
    5. you ran

  47. Sadly login doesn’t seem to work at present, so I’m hoping the above picks will count.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Froome
    3. Contador
    4. Pinot
    5. Rodriguez

  49. Meh, that semi-naked Kittel pic felt a bit NSFW. Kennaugh winning in The Jersey while Looking Fantastic is so much better, thanks. Reminds me that I must sort out the pics I took of his suicide mission in Glasgow the other week…

    As for the VSP, I’m tooling along in the autobus just ahead of la voiture balai. But still looking forward to a good shoot-out between some frustrated/motivated Tour contenders who didn’t make it to Paris. Bring it on.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. FROOME Christopher
    2. QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
    3. CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
    4. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin
    5. MARTIN Daniel

  50. @taon24

    Sadly login doesn’t seem to work at present, so I’m hoping the above picks will count.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Quintana
    2. Froome
    3. Contador
    4. Pinot
    5. Rodriguez

    Are you sure login does not work and not that it’s your browser cache.  Sometimes when I login it looks as though I’m not logged in but if I then do a screen refresh or cache flush it’s all OK?

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