Velominati Super Prestige

Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen 2016

Has anyone checked the weather report for Sunday? Seriously. Have you checked? Wind. Rain. This. Is. Going. To. Be. EPIC. And you can all thank me for that because this is the year I chose not to head over there, naturally. I’m annoyed that we didn’t do a Women’s Gent-Wevelgem; we somehow missed it even though we should know better because Belgium is way ahead of all the other countries in terms of holding both Men’s and Women’s events. But we’re not missing this one.

Queen Lizzie has been crushing it this year, but since I can’t find a start list I’m just assuming she’s on it for Sunday. The weather will be a real wild card because wet cobbles are very different to gobble up than dry cobbles, especially when it comes to cornering hard and climbing steep bergs; if they haven’t trained riding the Paterberg or Koppenberg in the wet, those could be decisive in the outcome. And while we focus on the cobbled climbs, there are significant secteurs of pavé on the flat and rolling terrain, sometimes involving tight, high speed corners; wet cobbles could play a significant factor there as well.

And I’m not an expert on wind strength, but 16 kmph of wind seems like it might be strong enough to blow some of the ladies off the road if they are on deep section rims, so that will be interesting as well.

Remember there are prizes on offer; Don Walker is giving a free custom steel frame to the winner of the VSP overall, and Café Roubaix is awarding a set of their CR Wheelworks Arenberg wheelsets to the runner-up. Third place gets a free V-Kit. Boom. So get prognosticating and get your picks in before the clock goes to zero. Good luck!

Update: Thanks to @hudson for a start list.

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199 Replies to “Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s Ronde van Vlaanderen 2016”

  5. God speed to the racers, and may everyone stay the hell out of their way

    VSP PICKS:

    1. van dijk
    2. armitstead
    3. johansson
    4. borghini
    5. guarnier

  6. @dinosaurJR

    Don’t feel bad, I google it for proper spelling pretty much every time i use it.  I highly doubt that i’m the only one.

  7. I’m a little sceptical as to how up to date that is- Worrack certainly isn’t starting following her crash at the weekend. She’s had a kidney removed and may never start again :(

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Longo Borghini
    2. Armistead
    3. Villumsen
    4. Ferrand Prevot
    5. Van Vleuten

  8. VSP PICKS:

    1. armistead
    2. johansson
    3. D’HOORE Jolien
    4. FERRAND PREVOT Pauline
    5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek

  11. Ffs, sorry Lizzie, my damn thumbs are too big for this iPhone of mine

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armistead
    2. Borghini
    3. Fernand prevot
    4. Moolman-Pasio
    5. Van Dijk

  13. VSP PICKS:

    1. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
    2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    3. VAN DIJK Ellen
    4. FERRAND-PREVOT Pauline
    5. JOHANSSON Emma

  15. VSP PICKS:

    1. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
    2. VAN DIJK Ellen
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. VAN DIJK Ellen
    5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek

  16. You won’t find me betting against Armitstead again

    for a while.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Jolien d’Hoore
    3. van der Breggen
    4. Brennauer
    5. Ferrand-Prevot

  18. VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Elisa Longo Borghini
    3. Ferrand Prevot
    4. Anna Van Der Breggen
    5. Annemiek Van Vleuten

  19. @Radar

    VSP PICKS:

    1. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
    2. VAN DIJK Ellen
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. VAN DIJK Ellen
    5. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek

    Piti Principle alert, mate; you can’t put the same rider in two places. I have removed both of them so please enter new picks for positions 2 and 4.

  20. VSP PICKS:

    1. VAN DIJK Ellen
    2. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
    3. VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
    4. FERRAND-PREVOT Pauline
    5. JOHANSSON Emma

  22. VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Van Dijk
    3. Van Der Breggen
    4. Longo Borghini
    5. Ferrand Prevot

  24. VSP PICKS:

    1. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
    2. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    3. JOHANSSON Emma
    4. VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
    5. VAN DIJK Ellen

  25. VSP PICKS:

    1. Jolien D’Hoore
    2. Chantal Blaak
    3. Lucinda Brand
    4. Elizabeth Armitstead
    5. Emma Johannson

  26. Is it possible to express interest in being a “podium boy” without sounding creepy? Nah, didn’t think so…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Chantal Blaak
    2. Elizabeth Armistead
    3. Elisa Longo Borghini
    4. Annamiek Van Vleuten
    5. Lisa Brennauer

  29. That should do it

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Ferrand Prevot
    2. Armistead
    3. BLAAK
    4. VAN DIJK
    5. JOHANSSON

  30. VSP PICKS:

    1. ARMISTEAD, Elizabeth
    2. LONGO BORGHINI, Elisa
    3. D’HOORE, Jolien
    4. VAN VLEUTEN, Annemiek
    5. GUARNIER, Megan

  31. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lisa Brennauer
    2. Borghini
    3. Lucinda Brand
    4. Elizabeth Armitstead
    5. Anna van der Breggen

  32. VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Ferrand-Prevot
    3. Van Vleuten
    4. Van Dijk
    5. Longo Borghini

  33. Go ladies go!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armistead
    2. Van Dijk
    3. Johansson
    4. Borghini
    5. Van Vleuten

  35. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie of course she’s on fire
    2. van Vleuten
    3. Ferrand-Prevot
    4. Borghini
    5. van Dijk

  36. Could be an epic race, will be great to see the ladies tackle the 4 types of cobbles.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armitstead
    2. Tiffany Cromwell
    3. Emma Johansson
    4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
    5. Chantal Blaak

  38. VSP PICKS:

    1. BRONZINI Giorgia
    2. ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
    3. BLAAK Chantal
    4. LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
    5. D’HOORE Jolien

  39. VSP PICKS:

    1. Lizzie Armistead
    2. Chantal Blaak
    3. Emma Johansson
    4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
    5. Ellen Van Dijk

  40. The Boss is back, but doesn’t appear on any start lists as yet. If she does,

    you can bet your arse I’ll be adding her in the top V somewhere.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Queen Liz
    2. Jolien D’Hoore
    3. Warp Drive
    4. Anna Van Der Breggen
    5. Paint it Blaak

  41. VSP PICKS:

    1. ARMITSTEAD, Elizabeth
    2. KIESANOWSKI, Joanne
    3. VILLUMSEN, Linda
    4. DRUYTS, Kelly
    5. FERRAND-PREVOT, Pauline

  42. Hup Holland Hup!

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Anna van der Breggen
    2. Elizabeth Armitstead
    3. Annemiek van Vleuten
    4. Lauren Stephens
    5. Leah Kirchmann

  43. Names drawn at random from a start list that might or might not be accurate – I can already feel first prize slipping from my grasp…

    Maybe I should aim for the “Lantern Rouge”…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Liz Armitstead
    2. Pauline Ferrand – Prevot
    3. Chantal the Black
    4. Elisa Lamborghini
    5. Emilie Moberg

  44. When is Vos coming back?

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. vd Breggen
    3. Ferrand Prevot
    4. Johansson
    5. v Vleuten

  46. Must remember to pack boots, jacket, stupid hat and gloves for standing around purposes. By the way, toilet facilities at the top of the Kvaermont are the field margins – you don’t see that from the helecopter…

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Elisa Longo Borghini
    2. Jolien D’Hoore
    3. Anna van der Breggen
    4. Annemiek van Vleuten
    5. Elena Cecchini

  47. I just can’t see past picking Lizzie to win everything at the moment.

    VSP PICKS:

    1. Armitstead
    2. Prevot
    3. Borghini
    4. Van Dijk
    5. Van Der Breggen

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