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.

[vsp_results id=”27673″/]

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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frank says:

Oct 20 2013 at 1:14 pm

Massive congratulations to @dancollins for taking the 2013 VSP in style by winning the final event of the season.

Final Race Results

1. SOLOVEY Hanna

2. TETRICK Alison

3. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa

4. ZABELINSKAYA Olga

5. PITEL Edwige

Final VSP Results

1. dancollins (8 points)

2. Nate (6 points)

3. Heihachi (6 points)

4. VeloVita (6 points)

5. girl (6 points)

6. JohnB (5 points)

7. sthilzy (5 points)

8. strathlubnaig (5 points)

9. zeitzmar (5 points)

10. Buck Rogers (4 points)

...

11. starclimber (4 points)

12. CanuckChuck (4 points)

13. Skip (3 points)

14. xyxax (3 points)

15. freddy (3 points)

16. anotherdownunder (3 points)

17. plynie (2 points)

18. Bianchi Denti (2 points)

19. DCR (2 points)

20. meursault (2 points)

21. TOM.NELS2120 (2 points)

22. Ron (2 points)

23. Mikael Liddy (2 points)

24. Lukas (2 points)

25. harminator (2 points)

26. ramenvelo (2 points)

27. Chica (2 points)

28. eightzero (1 points)

29. Steampunk (1 points)

30. mouse (1 points)

31. eenies (1 points)

32. Adrian (1 points)

33. moondance (1 points)

34. Sauterelle (0 points)

35. Rigid (0 points)

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!
dancollins says:

Oct 20 2013 at 1:49 pm

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
Skip says:

Oct 20 2013 at 2:59 pm

Congrats @dancollins! I'm just stoked on finishing top 10.
imakecircles says:

Oct 20 2013 at 3:33 pm

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!
Bianchi Denti says:

Oct 20 2013 at 4:38 pm

@dancollins

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

Congratulations. You smashed us on the last stage, even though you had the VSP in the bag. The Prophet would be proud.
San Tonio says:

Oct 20 2013 at 5:34 pm

@dancollins Chapeau Sir, Congratulations on your well deserved victory. I'm sure you will do us proud with the illustrious velominati shop apron.
dancollins says:

Oct 20 2013 at 5:42 pm

@San Tonio Can I wear it while riding my bike??
Gianni says:

Oct 20 2013 at 7:12 pm

@dancollins

You da man. And a monster finish too, chapeau. It was a great year of racing.
Mikael Liddy says:

Oct 20 2013 at 7:34 pm

@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.
Barracuda says:

Oct 20 2013 at 7:52 pm

@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