Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
We kick off the first races of the 2012 VSP with a double-header as we open the picks for the VVomen’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Aside from an early hiccup, the new software has been running as expected, though I should have known better than to declare something as “tested”; as the first few picks went in sideways, there was more confusion and hysterics than in a kiddie pool when an unaccounted-for deuce floats by.
The VVomen’s racing calendar appears to be a bit more open than the Men’s, and that likely means we’ll see more of the same names competing for the win on Saturday as we will at de Ronde in a month’s time. A cursory glance over the start list reveals that my sure-bet countrywoman Marianne Vos is still chilling the guns after a wicked ‘Cross season and won’t be racing. Back to the drawing board, then. Here’s a super secret tip: in Dutch and Flemish, “women” is spelled with a “V” – vrouwen. Let that be your guide.
With that we continue the 2012 VSP; up for grabs is the personalized Velominati Shop Apron to the contestent who wins the season-long competition. Check the Main VSP page for scoring guidelines and rules. Picks close at 5am Pacific on Saturday, so watch the countdown clock to make sure you get your picks in on time.
Good luck.
VSP PICKS:
1. Hoore
2. Vocht
3. Jong
4. Goede
5. Vyust
VSP PICKS:
1. Longo Borghini Elisa
2. Cromwell Tiffany
3. Blaak Chantal
4. Gunnewijk Loes
5. De Vocht Liesbet
@frank
I thought that was the whole point old boy. Maimum points..what what!
VSP PICKS:
1. Verbeke
2. Longo Borghini
3. Van Looy
4. Blaak
5. Gunnewijk
Pumped for a weekend of racing. Also just landed a whole whack of new parts for the bike. Will go for a ride, stop for an espresso to catch the end of the men’s race, and then strip the bike…
VSP PICKS:
1. Swedish Johansson
2. Suzanne de Goede
3. Kirsten Wild
4. Loes Gunnewijk
5. Swedish Fahlin
@Steampunk
Hey Steamy, Emma Jo has one too many broken clavicles and will reportedly not start.
@xyxax
Insignificant little detail (thanks””had forgotten). Nevertheless, I’ll insert a change.
VSP PICKS:
1. Kirsten Wild
2. Suzanne de Goede
3. Swedish Fahlin
4. Loes Gunnewijk
5. Chantal Blaak
@Steampunk
Hey, my wife calls me that, too!
VSP PICKS:
1. Grace Verbeke
2. Elisabeth Armitstead
3. De Vocht Liesbet
4. Longo Borghini Elisa
5. Hanka Kupfernagel
Let’s give it a go.
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead Elisabeth
2. De Jong Thalita
3. Wildeman Jet
4. De Vuyst Sofie
5. Silversides Emma
@Steampunk
That sounds like a cool as Saturday! I’ve been waiting for a new RD for my rain bike for three full weeks now – and it’s raining right now. Argh. Never had any troubles order from UK dealers, until now.
Hey – what time do you reckon the men’s race will be finishing up? Starts at 11:30, slated to finish around 16:30…so that should be about 12:30 EST, right?
@Ron
More like 10:30 EST for the men’s finish.
VSP PICKS:
1. BLAAK Chantal
2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
3. DE VOCHT Liesbeth
4. Loes Gunnewijk
5. van looy
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johanson
2. Andrea Bosman
3. Megan Guarnier
4. Regina Bruins
5. Grace Verbeke
Completely uneducated guessing… oh to have Vos back in the mix, then it would at least be easy to pick the winner!
VSP PICKS:
1. Wild
2. Rhodes
3. Armistead
4. Kupfernagel
5. Borghini
VSP PICKS:
1. Wild
2. Armistead
3. De Vocht
4. De Jong
5. Kneteman
VSP PICKS:
1. COLCLOUGH
2. GUNNEWIJK
3. DE JONG
4. MUSTONEN
5. DRUYTS
I’m guessing this is as much of a shot in the dark for me as it is for most everyone else.
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. De Johng
3. Wild
4. Borghini
5. Chantal Blaak
I have a scientific system.
2 proven prior winners. Suzanne de Goede and Kirsten Wild. I saw a picture of Katie Colclough on a podium with VVVVVVos. Joline Gossens is on Lotto and might be from Ghent. She definately shares a name with a scientist/academic in Ghent. As for Kelly Druyts, she looks fast in pictures and according to my amazing skill speaking Flemish, she has a Belgisch Kampioenschap of some kind.
VSP PICKS:
1. Suzanne de Goede
2. Kirsten Wild
3. Jolene Gossens
4. Kelly Druyts
5. Joline Gossens
VSP PICKS:
1. Amitstead
2. De Goede
3. Kupfernagle
4. Verbeke
5. Gunnewijk
Bringing to bear my encyclopedic knowledge of women’s racing, advanced stochastic statistical analysis, and unparalleled intuition…
VSP PICKS:
1. Hanka-Chief
2. Lucky Gilmour
3. Lizzy A
4. Lizzy De V
5. Trixi
I don’t have a clue about the dame’s race but looking forward to improve my knowledge.
VSP PICKS:
1. De Goede
2. Verbeke
3. Kupfernagel
4. Armitstead
5. Borghini
selected Svetlana purely on her name – how cool is it? I bet Claudia is related to Heinrich and must be a hard woman
VSP PICKS:
1. Thalita De Jong
2. Chloe Hosking
3. Claudia Häusler
4. Svetlana Bubnenkova
5. Katrien Van Looy
@imakecircles
I can’t seem to find an Andrea Bosman in our database…
@Roberto Marques
If there is a “De’ in the name, please include it… makes our job sooo much easier!
Should be interesting.
VSP PICKS:
1. Kirsten Wild
2. Trixi Worrack
3. Claudia Häusler
4. Karol-Ann Canuel
5. Julie Beveridge
Hmmm. All the former champs in the field and a few randoms.
VSP PICKS:
1. Suzanne De Goede
2. Irene Van Den Broek
3. Kirsten Wild
4. Emma Johansson
5. Katrien Van Looy
Nate – Got it! I was out tonight at the movies and got to thinking, realizing my 12:30 thought was off by two hours. Thanks for clearing that up!
VSP PICKS:
1. De Goede
2. Armitstead
3. Johansson
4. Aubry
5. Wild
Even more random than the mens!!
VSP PICKS:
1. De goede
2. Wild
3. Spratt
4. De vuyst
5. Gilmore
No idea…
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Chloe Hosking
3. Kirsten Wild
4. Megan Guarnier
5. Emilie Moberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Emma Johannson
3. Katie Colclough
4. Kirsten Wild
5. Tiffany Cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Armisted
2. Kitchen
3. De Vocht
4. Blaak
5. De Jong
This is a fantastic addition to the VSP program and for the Velominati in general. Congratulations to the Keepers!
The flip side though is the dearth of women’s cycling reporting. I really had trouble finding stuff out. I’ve tried to research and in the end have gone with a list of I think favourites based on team leaders and riders from teams I have heard of – no doubt heavily anglophonically skewed.
I expect now with a couple of thousand of us men now actively scouring the Internet for news on women’s racing this might change, perhaps supply might come to meet this new demand. Fun times.
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armisted
2. Thalita De Jong
3. Katrien Van Looy
4. Kirsten Wild
5. Alina Bondarenko
VSP PICKS:
1. armistead
2. hohl
3. martin
4. colclough
5. trott
I’m dead set keen to watch it now. Normally only watch the women’s world champs but is changes everything.
VSP PICKS:
1. Rochelle Gilmore
2. Sofie De Vuyst
3. Liz Armitstead
4. Emilia Fahlin
5. Tiffany Cromwell
@Dr C
Relieved that you’ve not got any designs on me.
My picks have no science to mine other being near the top of the list and having either a good result last year or being a brit who recognise.
VSP PICKS:
1. Liesbeth De Vocht
2. Armistead
3. Chantal Blaak
4. Emma Vom Trott
5. Elisa Longo Borghini
@Alex
I had trouble finding anything too, and some of it isn’t current, even searching for ”
[name] palmares”. It would certainly make researching a Hardwoman of Cycling article for here difficult.
VSP PICKS:
1. Suzanne de Goede
2. Armitstead
3. Chloe Hosking
4. Katrien Van Looy
5. Alexis Rhodes
Bummer, Joha’ didn’t start.
VSP PICKS:
1. d’hoore
2. d’vocht
3. d’jong
4. d’goede
5. d’vyust
Via Inrng and Greenedge twitter: Women’s Het Nieuwsblad: Loes Gunnewijk (GreenEDGE-AIS) wins ahead of Eleonora Van Dyck (Specialized-lululemon). Trixi Worrack (Specialized-lululemon) in third.
1. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) GreenEDGE-AIS
2. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon
3. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized-lululemon
4. Martine Bras (Ned) Dolmans-Boels
Pity we can’t even get a result listing somewhere.
So it has already ran? From Red Ranger’s post, looks like I again had 3 out of the 5 (or at least 4) but all in the wrong order, same as the men’s race. Too funny.
@Blah
I just hope that they did not all just ride in a bunch and then sprint at the end. Any race reports out there for this?
@Buck Rogers
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-vrouwen-elite-circuit-het-nieuwsblad-femmes-elite-2012/results
Short report on CyclingNews
Apparently first 2 were in breakaway.
@seemunkee
beat me too it.
I had Gunnewijk for 2nd.
@Cyclops takes the women’s event by a big margin with @Buck Rogers in second and Lukas rounding out the podium:
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The overall after the first two VSP events is close as expected, with @Nosyt taking the lead over @scaler911 by a single point, and a 3-way tie for third.
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