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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Rigid says:

Oct 19 2013 at 8:54 pm

I must admit to picking names I like the sound of rather than having knowledge of their form - some of them sound like burlesque dancers

VSP PICKS:

1. Strappazzon Marine
2. Leleu Fanny
3. Artaud Audrey
4. Van Houweling Molly
5. Brulee Latoya
Mikael Liddy says:

Oct 19 2013 at 8:58 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Amber Neben
2. Bridie O'Donnell
3. Olga Zabelinskaia
4. Lisbeth De Vocht
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
Mikael Liddy says:

Oct 19 2013 at 9:00 pm

@Gianni

HELLO! He said Greg LeMan referred to himself as a Velominatus. Are you people paying attention here?

now that my picks are in, this can get my attention. Holy Fucking Shit that's cool!
moondance says:

Oct 19 2013 at 9:17 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Longo, Jeannie
2. Zabelinskaia, Olga
3. Neben, Amber
4. O'Donnell, Bridie
5. Strappazzon, Marine
Lukas says:

Oct 19 2013 at 10:15 pm

Darts at the wall. Hope this is a lucky day. Wait, it was a sunny day in Portland and I got 67k on the bike, it is a very lucky day.

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. Borghini
3. De Vocht
4. O'Donnell
5. Zabelinskaia
zeitzmar says:

Oct 19 2013 at 10:35 pm

Almost Delgado'd that one! Good thing I checked the site after work.

VSP PICKS:

1. Neben
2. van Dijk
3. Longo
4. Shaw
5. Zabalinskaya
harminator says:

Oct 19 2013 at 10:48 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. BrÃ»lÃ©e
2. Zabalinskaia
3. De Vocht
4. Neben
5. Longo Borghini
ramenvelo says:

Oct 19 2013 at 11:32 pm

Last to start, my money is on you. Where has Neben been this season?

VSP PICKS:

1. Zabelinskaia, Olga
2. Neben, Amber
3. Longo, Jeannie
4. De Vocht, Liesbeth
5. Tetrick, Alison
anotherdownunder says:

Oct 19 2013 at 11:46 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Bridie O'Donnell
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Olga Zabelinskaia
5. Magdale De Saint Jean
Chica says:

Oct 19 2013 at 11:57 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Ellen van Dijk
2. Amber Neben
3. Jeannie Longo
4. Longo Borghini
5. Olga Zabelinskaia