Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Omloop Het Volk (Nieuwsblad) 2015

The Paterberg is a brute made easier by a comfortable, wide gutter.

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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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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RedRanger says:

Feb 27 2015 at 2:38 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Emma Johansson
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Amy Pieters
4. Silvia Valsecchi
5. Maria Giulia Confalonieri
JohnB says:

Feb 27 2015 at 3:15 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Elizabeth Armitstead
2. Tiffany Cromwell
3. Annemiek Van Vleuten
4. Amy Pieters
5. Chloe Hosking
Hein says:

Feb 27 2015 at 3:22 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Johansson
2. Pieters
3. Armistead
4. van Dijk
5. van Vleuten
LeoTea says:

Feb 27 2015 at 3:41 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Lizzie armitstead
2. Ellen van dijk
3. Anna van der breggen
4. ELISA longo borghini
5. Tiffany cromwell
unversio says:

Feb 27 2015 at 3:50 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Anisha Vekemans
2. Anna Van Der Breggen
3. Ellen Van Dijk
4. Emma Johansson
5. Annemiek Van Vleuten
Al__S says:

Feb 27 2015 at 4:06 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Armistead
2. Van Dijk
3. Vekemans
4. Johansson
5. Pieters
Quasar says:

Feb 27 2015 at 4:23 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Armitstead
2. Van Der Breggen
3. Van Dijk
4. Cromwell
5. Pieters
Bianchi Denti says:

Feb 27 2015 at 4:53 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Emma Johansson
2. Lucinda Brand
3. Amy Pieters
4. Chloe Hosking
5. Tayler Wiles
Chica says:

Feb 27 2015 at 4:54 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Emma Johansson
2. Elisabeth Armitstead
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Ellen Van Dijk
5. Anna Van Der Breggen
Duende says:

Feb 27 2015 at 5:24 pm

VSP PICKS:

1. Emma Johansson
2. Lizzie Armitstead
3. Tiffany Cromwell
4. Giorgia Bronzini
5. Annemiek van Vleuten