Velominati Super Prestige: VVomen’s Chrono des Nations 2013
In the days of Anquetil, this was considered the most prestigious individual time trial on the calendar, and he made his name early by winning the event as an amateur at 19. It was also 100km in length, which brings up the point that maybe everyone in our generation should be banned from ever breathing the phrase, “Rule #5”.
These days, there is an actual Worlds ITT, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love this race. The women also get to play in deep end of the pool and although the route is a lot shorter, its still a time trail and time trails mean pain; there’s something to love about that.
Hurry and get your picks in; not a lot of time as we almost delgado’d the last VSP of the year after having our brains melted by Greg LeMond referring to himself casually as a Velominatus.
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Bollocks! Delgado’d….
@Deakus it happens to the best of us…
Merckx damn it! Got side tracked by cow wrapped in pork on the BBQ and IPA last night. Ah well…………..
@Buck Rogers
I had plenty already with that cheeky wee bottle of red. Maybe I should stick to IPA in the future.
@eenies
Ha! With the red wine for dinner that CannuckChuck brought, then 3 different scotches, 3 different bourbons and the wheat whiskey that MJ brought, I was SPINNING for hours last night!
T-38 minutes ’til roll out! Espresso machine brewing overtime! Thanks for the Beans, Steamy!!!
Live here:
1
28
Solovey Hanna
Ukraine team
00h28’24 “740
00h00’00 “00
2
3
Alison Tetrick
Exergy TWENTY 16
00h29’07 “890
00h00’43 “00
3
30
Elisa Longo Borghini
Hitec
00h29’23 “760
00h00’59 “00
4
2
Olga Zabelinskaia
RUSVELO
00h29’25 “060
00h01’01 “00
5
6
Edwige Pitel
SC Michela Fanini
00h29’29 “430
00h01’05 “00
@strathlubnaig
S’ok I Delgadoed for the first time this year – still recovering from my message from LeMan
@strathlubnaig
I had both the Scots in my first picks too but the desire to try to score some points took over! Even though she’s a triathlete Turvey is handy in a TT and way better than Jay.
@Gianni
Still processing…
Massive congratulations to @dancollins for taking the 2013 VSP in style by winning the final event of the season.
And the final GC for this year’s series is as follows:
[vsp_gc year=”2013″/]
@dancollins, we’ll be in touch regarding your apron!
Frank: Thanks to you and the Keepers for running such a great site and doing all you do for the VSP. I am already looking forward to next year’s Het Nieuwsblad (or maybe the Tour Downunder?). Definitely will have withdrawal. Even the Packers don’t cut it for me here in Wisconsin! Reading Half Man, Half Bike and really enjoying it right now. Thanks again. Dan
Congrats @dancollins! I’m just stoked on finishing top 10.
Whew, I’m glad that my Delgado in the last race of the VSP season didn’t cost me my top 10 place. Many thanks to the Keepers for hosting the VSP, and I’m also of the opinion that the VSP having ladies’ races in it helped me to form a broader perspective on bike racing and gain knowledge of the women’s field. Chapeau!
@dancollins
Congratulations. You smashed us on the last stage, even though you had the VSP in the bag. The Prophet would be proud.
@dancollins Chapeau Sir, Congratulations on your well deserved victory. I’m sure you will do us proud with the illustrious velominati shop apron.
@San Tonio Can I wear it while riding my bike??
@dancollins
You da man. And a monster finish too, chapeau. It was a great year of racing.
@Gianni hey Gianni, was riding with Shane on Saturday & he couldn’t speak highly enough of the unofficial tour guide role you played when he was over earlier in the year.
@Gianni – agree with your comments and well played @dancollins.
@Gianni – do you need an address for our “special guest” to be sent to ?
My email go lost in translation
Cheers
Fucking Fuck! Delgado’d the last race of the year…Chapeau to @dancollins!
@dancollins Chapeau. Near-Merckxian level of dominance. The apron shall be promptly annointed with tubular mastic on receipt.