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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Lepidopterist says:

Mar 31 2012 at 1:58 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Vos
2. Pooley
3. Cooke
4. Armstrong
5. Arndt
snoov says:

Mar 31 2012 at 2:19 am

Got zero points for the last Women's race, haven't a clue but here goes.

VSP PICKS:

1. Gunnewijk
2. Vos
3. Armistead
4. Johannson
5. Arndt
Islandbike says:

Mar 31 2012 at 5:36 am

I took 7 names & taped them on 7 pit bikes for 7 friends in a drunken flanders simulation race last night. This was the finishing order.

VSP PICKS:

1. Worrack
2. Vos
3. Johansson
4. Annemiek
5. Ardnt
MJ Moquin says:

Mar 31 2012 at 7:48 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Marianne Vos
2. Ina Teutenberg
3. Emma Johansson
4. Nicole Cooke
5. Elizabeth Armitstead
zac says:

Mar 31 2012 at 7:59 am

VSP PICKS:

1. vos
2. armistead
3. johansson
4. cooke
5. pooley
Ankush says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:00 am

Damn! Marianne Vos is ill for tomorrow's race. Going to change my picks

VSP PICKS:

1. Lizzie Armistead
2. Annemiek van Vleuten
3. Ina Yoko Tuetenberg
4. Emma Johansson
5. Nicole Cooke
RedRanger says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:00 am

Vos is out

VSP PICKS:

1. Arndt
2. Cooke
3. Armisted
4. Pooley
5. Wild
TomC says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:18 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Armistead
2. Emma Johansson
3. Stevens
4. Pooley
5. Van Vleuten
tony macaroni says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:40 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Armistead
2. Johanson
3. Cooke
4. Pooley
5. Gunnewijk
Pedale.Forchetta says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:43 am

from Vos to Cooke

VSP PICKS:

1. Noemi Cantele
2. Emma Pooley
3. Cooke
4. Kristin Armstrong
5. Judith Arndt