Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen 2012

Oenone Wood rocks up the Kapelmuur

The Velominati Super-Prestige continues with our second Women’s event of 2012, the Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen. This one is made even more exciting for me by the fact that I now have some small connection to the Women’s Tibco Racing Team, as I watched with envy as they each pulled their bikes off the oversized baggage carrousel in Schiphol. Classy girls, each of them; they were really having a good time laughing in the giggly kind of way you can only understand if you’ve ever been jet lagged.

Sadly, this gives me no insight whatsoever into who might or might not be within a chance of winning the event, or placing in the top V. But be that as it may, get your VSP picks in by the time the countdown counter drops to zero for a chance to win the Women’s VSP. Winner of this VSP event will earn the right to comment all year with the Leeuw van Vlaanderen commenting badge. We will also forgo the usual Symbol Pack prize awarded to a Monument and award the winner a copy of the local newspaper the day after the race.

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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Marcus says:

Apr 1 2012 at 9:46 pm

@frank
That dispute mechanism is cool.
paolo says:

Apr 1 2012 at 9:56 pm

@Marcus

ermmm...dispute mechanism? How do I do that then? I looked all over but I am a bit bloody useless with computer stuff..
paolo says:

Apr 1 2012 at 10:19 pm

Found it...
Mikael Liddy says:

Apr 1 2012 at 10:23 pm

@RedRanger

@Mikael Liddy
Then the win should go to you since you put that pick in before me. Congrats.

Looks like you're still keeping the pink lion, congrats.

To be honest I wouldn't really want a Schleck-esque win after the event when the winner on the day has already had the jersey presented. That & I like my little Italian symbol.
gaswepass says:

Apr 1 2012 at 10:39 pm

Arndt points baby. Daddy want.
Fausto says:

Apr 1 2012 at 10:52 pm

Also had Wild in 4th but no points awarded - one for when you get back from the KT I think!
draffenator says:

Apr 2 2012 at 7:01 am

@paolo
Dispute mechanism? Really? Or is this April Fools joke. Not that Frank needs to be worried a point while on the KT.
Dan_R says:

Apr 2 2012 at 9:00 am

Dispute mechanism?

I like to let the race organizers do their job and let the results sit as posted. If you get moved up because somebody was relagated for not keeping their line on the bunch sprint, so be it. But complaining about a result seems so unV to me...

Suck it up and get on with the next race, pumpkin.
Dan_R says:

Apr 2 2012 at 9:01 am

Or as Carlos Sastre say, "don't talk to me about no dropped chain..."
paolo says:

Apr 2 2012 at 9:27 am

@draffenator

Tiz no joke. If I can find it even a one eyed pig with no sense of smell can find it. However if you send me a picture of a five dollar bill I will tell all! Not a fake picture either a real picture...