Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Omloop Het Volk (Nieuwsblad) 2015
I don’t know what it is about Belgian Race organizers, but I love those guys. Routes? The longer the better, please. The climbs? The steeper the better please, and as many as possible (which is very many). Cobbles? As many as possible, please. Cobbled climbs? The steeper, the longer the better. And as many of possible.
Oh, and lets do all that while its still winter, so we can be sure the weather sucks.
Not only that, but they’ve been staging women’s editions of these events for ever. Het Volk is on it’s ninth edition of the Women’s race. Women’s Ronde has done 11 editions, and La Fleche has done 17. That’s a lot more than the number of Women’s Paris-Roubaix’s, which has zero.
The VSP won’t start officially until Milano Sanremo, but we can’t resist doing an unofficial event for mock points and the chance to win a V-Mussette, handmade by Gianni himself. Points don’t go towards the 2015 VSP, but they do go towards bragging rights and may serve as a bit of foreshadowing on who to look out for this year.
Meditate on the start list, get your picks in by the time the countdown timer goes to zero (5am Pacific) and pray for some rain.
Good luck, let the season begin!
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VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Amy Pieters
4. Silvia Valsecchi
5. Maria Giulia Confalonieri
VSP PICKS:
1. Elizabeth Armitstead
2. Tiffany Cromwell
3. Annemiek Van Vleuten
4. Amy Pieters
5. Chloe Hosking
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. Pieters
3. Armistead
4. van Dijk
5. van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie armitstead
2. Ellen van dijk
3. Anna van der breggen
4. ELISA longo borghini
5. Tiffany cromwell
VSP PICKS:
1. Anisha Vekemans
2. Anna Van Der Breggen
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Emma Johansson
5. Annemiek Van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Van Dijk
3. Vekemans
4. Johansson
5. Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Armitstead
2. Van Der Breggen
3. Van Dijk
4. Cromwell
5. Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Lucinda Brand
3. Amy Pieters
4. Chloe Hosking
5. Tayler Wiles
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Elisabeth Armitstead
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Anna Van Der Breggen
VSP PICKS:
1. Emma Johansson
2. Lizzie Armitstead
3. Tiffany Cromwell
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Annemiek van Vleuten
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna Van Der Breggen
2. Ellen Van Dijk
3. Lisa Brennauer
@sthilzy
pressed enter on third entry and posted picks unfinished. see how this goes…
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna Van Der Breggen
2. Ellen Van Dijk
3. Lisa Brennauer
4. Amy Pieters
5. Iris Slappendel
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Anna Van Der Braggen
3. Tiffany Cromwell
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Lisa Brennauer
Yet again the VSP sneaks up on me. Fun to do on a phone while boarding an aircraft.
VSP PICKS:
1. BronzinI
2. Birthing
3. e johansson
4. van dijk
5. armistead
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armitstead
2. Amy Pieters
3. Jolien D’hoore
4. Anisha Vekemans
5. Chantal Blaak
VSP PICKS:
1. Johansson
2. Armistead
3. Van Der Breggen
4. Borghini
5. Amialiusik
The site works properly with ios, great work guys
VSP PICKS:
1. Johannson
2. Cromwell
3. Armisted
4. Van Dijk
5. Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Dijk
2. Bronzini
3. Cromwell
4. Johansson
5. Armitstead
Ok I’m logged in as Roobar and my name just came up as Carlo Steinke, spoke too soon?
this is SO GOOD.
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armisted
2. Emma Johansson
3. Tiff Cromwell
4. Van Vleuten
5. Van der Bruggen
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Ellen van dijk
3. Emma Johansson
4. Tiffany
Shit i preemptively hit enter….
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Ellen van dijk
3. Emma Joansson
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Chantal Blaak
VSP PICKS:
1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Ellen van dijk
3. Emma Johansson
4. Tiffany Cromwell
5. Chantal Blaak
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Cromwell
3. Johannson
4. Bronzini
5. Blaak
VSP PICKS:
1. Tiffany Cromwell
2. nna Van Der Breggen
3. Elisabeth Armitstead
4. Emma Johansson
5. Giorgia Bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Johannson
3. Van Vleuten
4. Hosking
5. Pieters
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Bronzini
3. Emma Johansson
4. Longo Borghini
5. Lucy Garner
VSP PICKS:
1. Van Der Breggen
2. Van Dijk
3. armistead
4. johannson
5. bronzini
VSP PICKS:
1. Armistead
2. Johannson
3. Pieters
4. Gunnewijk
5. Bronzini
Yeah
@Kevin
Missed the deadline by 2 mins? FFS!
Armistead, Lizzie
Johansson, Emma
Stevens, Evelyn
Van Der Breggen, Anna
Cromwell, Tiffany
Call me Delgado!
Van der Breggen
Van Dijk
Armistead
Blaak
Cromwell
Newcomer @TheDon takes a solid win! Very happy to see Lizzy up there on the podium, off to another good start!
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Yay, points – I wish we could have seen the race too!
@Alex
I’ve been watching the “highlights” reel of the Women’s Cup races this year. 20 minutes is pretty decent, good editing, some interesting interviews in between. Makes it so much deeper than just a results list…
@frank I was in the VSP last year. So relative newcomer might be a better description. Sadly this is probably where I peak. Would be happy if you want to wind up the VSP 2015 early…just saying
@frank
Frank it’s Paterberg not Taaienberg. They should block that gootje for each race. Still good photo though.
@TommyTubolare
Correct.
@TommyTubolare, @brett
Looked to me like the top of the Taaienberg because of the building at the top on the false flat and I don’t remember a gutter on the Paterberg. But when it comes to gutters I’ll take @brett‘s word on it any day. My mistake.