Velominati Super Prestige: VVomen’s Chrono des Nations 2013

Neben kills it in the 2012 edition.

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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frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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DCR says:

Oct 19 2013 at 12:28 pm

Let's see what happens...

VSP PICKS:

1. dijk
2. zabelinskaia
3. neben
4. small
5. ritter
JohnB says:

Oct 19 2013 at 12:31 pm

1st VSP for me comes to a close. Ok start, average middle, 1 point an event at the end. Here's to bettering mid table obscurity in 2014. It's been fun.

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Melodie Lesueur
5. Julia Shaw
Sauterelle says:

Oct 19 2013 at 12:37 pm

I really have no idea here. Went with the last one because my daughter's name is Taryn.

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Doris Schweizer
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Lisa Brennauer
5. Taryn Heather
DCR says:

Oct 19 2013 at 1:22 pm

After looking at the start list on the official site I'm changing my picks.

http://www.chronodesnations.com/19-liste-des-engages

VSP PICKS:

1. neben
2. zabelinskaia
3. tetrick
4. shaw
5. pitel
dancollins says:

Oct 19 2013 at 1:27 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Olga Zabelinskaya
2. Hanna Solovey
3. Elisa Long Borgini
4. Melodie Lesueur
5. Edwige Pitel
starclimber says:

Oct 19 2013 at 1:47 pm

Ignoring the form chart at my peril. I'd love to see Longo win, if only because we're similarly geriatric.

VSP PICKS:

1. Longo Borghini
2. Pitel
3. Neben
4. Zabelinskaia
5. Longo
meursault says:

Oct 19 2013 at 1:55 pm

@Gianni No, I am snoozing here godammit.

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Olga Zabelinskaia
3. Alison Tetrick
4. Lesueur Melody
5. Julia Shaw
meursault says:

Oct 19 2013 at 1:57 pm

Oh, and Bon Chance all tomorrows Cogal riders
mouse says:

Oct 19 2013 at 2:29 pm

Go Bridie!!

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. Zabelenskya
3. Bridie O'Donnell
4. Lisbeth DeVocht
5. Patricia Schwager
eenies says:

Oct 19 2013 at 2:46 pm

Ever harder than usual to find info on this race. I hope ASO unveils a 100km ITT for the 2014 tour when they announce the route next week.

VSP PICKS:

1. Ellen van Dijk
2. Carmen Small
3. Lisa Brennauer
4. Shara Gillow
5. Olga Zabelinskaya