It seems like just weeks ago that Cav won his rainbow stripes, things were said, umbrage was taken. Luckily we have found more umbrage so we are good to go. This course is not like last year. It’s not exactly a sprinters finish. It’s a 128 km rumble in Valkenberg and the Dutch team is there for Marianne Vos. She has finished second in the World Championships five times and only won it once. For her this is a problem. This race must haunt her. It will take some amount of courage for the stakeholders in this year’s VSP to bet against her. Yet the Italians, British and Germans, among others, have brought some serious firepower to counter the Dutch. Here is a link to a start list.
Though their prize list is only 30% of what the men get, here at Velominati it’s equal points in the VSP. Do your research, pray to your god, and tune in on Saturday.
Here is a little video from 1998. The last time the women raced in Valkenberg.
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VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Giorgia Bronzini
3. Evelyn Stevens
4. Emilia Fahlin
5. Elizabeth Armitstead
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Pooley
4. Vilmussen
5. Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Arndt
4. Pooley
5. Stevens
@Lukas
Just wondering, how exactly does someone mark Vos? Does that go something like this?
"Okay, when we hit the Cauberg, I'll sit on Vos's wheel and you break away from her."
"Good plan. Tell me again, how am I going to break away from her."
"Just ride faster."
"Oh. Okay. That will be easy.'
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Arndt
3. Pooley
4. Brozini
5. Stevens
@sthilzy u
VSP PICKS:
1. Zabelinskaya
2. Olds
3. Vos
4. Cooke
5. Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens
3. Ardnt
4. Cooke
5. Pooley
@Erik
Thanks for that - the coffee that shot up my nose upon reading this was delightful.
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Zabelinskaya
3. Bronzini
4. Cooke
5. Johanssen
"Pray to your god." I really like that, Gianni! One, it could be taken as necessary to have any hope of picking this, since many of us don't follow the women as closely as we follow the men. And, picking races in general isn't easy, as demonstrated by the stats ChrisO (I think, right?) ran. And, I enjoy the small "g" and the openness to multiple gods. Nice! Universalist Unitarian VSP!!!!
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Van Vleuten
3. Bronzini
4. Pooley
5. Arndt