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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scaler911 says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:44 am

Nice catch @Ankush. I wouldn't have checked again.

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Vleuten
2. Teutenburg
3. Johansson
4. Armstrong
5. Armistead
Buck Rogers says:

Mar 31 2012 at 8:53 am

Vos out, van Vleuten in.

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Vleuten
2. Armistead
3. Teutenberg
4. Gunnewijk
5. Johansson
VeloVita says:

Mar 31 2012 at 9:00 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Van Vleuten
2. Armistead
3. Cooke
4. Teutenberg
5. Wild
Trobs says:

Mar 31 2012 at 9:03 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Armistead
2. Cooke
3. Van Vleuten
4. Arndt
5. Wild
gaswepass says:

Mar 31 2012 at 9:17 am

Becauss I know her so well, Cooke for vos. Damn shame too didn't pick her to begin with, lol...

VSP PICKS:

1. Cooke
2. johansson
3. pooley
4. arndt
5. cant tell wont tell
napolinige says:

Mar 31 2012 at 9:21 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Armistead
2. Cooke
3. Johansson
4. Arndt
5. Gunnewijk
Netraam says:

Mar 31 2012 at 9:30 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Annemiek van Vleuten
2. Emma Johansson
3. Cooke
4. Kirsten Wild
5. Grace Verbeke
MJ Moquin says:

Mar 31 2012 at 10:00 am

Annemiek van Vleuten for Vos

VSP PICKS:

1. Annemiek van Vleuten
2. Ina Teutenberg
3. Emma Johansson
4. Nicole Cooke
5. Elizabeth Armitstead
brett says:

Mar 31 2012 at 10:29 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Bras
2. Cooke
3. Armistead
4. Van Vlueten
5. Tuetenberg
Bianchi Denti says:

Mar 31 2012 at 10:35 am

VSP PICKS:

1. Pooley
2. Johansson
3. de Goede
4. Gunnewijk
5. Ferrand Prevot