Velominati Super Prestige: Women’s World Championship Road Race 2017

Lizzie Armitstead wins the 2015 Women's World Road Championships in Richmond Virginia

The Women’s road race has to be my favorite one-day road race after Paris-Roubaix and de Ronde van Vlaanderen. Those two races are obviously on a pedestal that no mortal race could ever hope to achieve.

But what I love about those classics is also what I love about the women’s road race: unpredictability. Set over a tough course, the girls are sure to make an interesting race around Bergen – especially with powerhouse riders like Mary V and Queen Lizzy being on the comeback trail and lacking some of their usual dominance.

So start your engines, check the start list, and good luck.

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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Jay says:

Sep 22 2017 at 6:44 pm
I have pretty much delgadoed most of the VSP season...

VSP PICKS:
1. Van Vleuten
2. Van der Breggen
3. Guarnier
4. Rivera, Coryn
5. D'Hoore
Clingon says:

Sep 22 2017 at 7:12 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna Van Der Breggen
2. Coryn Rivera
3. Pauline Ferrand Prevot
4. Elisa Longo Borghini
5. Annemiek Van Vleuten
ojhart says:

Sep 22 2017 at 10:04 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. van Vleuten
2. van der Breggen
3. Deignan
4. Vos
5. Borghini
Teocalli says:

Sep 23 2017 at 1:24 am
@wiscot
To the divine Ms Vos, forgve me for putting you in 4th. Prove me wrong!’

Rivera rode TOAD in my wee home town of

West Bend, WI this summer. That’s reason enough for me to put her #1.

VSP PICKS:
1. Rivera
2. Deignan
3. van der Breggen
4. d”hooore
5. Vos
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That would be 4th as in 5 - Vos? I guess it could be 4th Runner Up?
Randy C says:

Sep 23 2017 at 1:44 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna van der Breggen
2. Elisa Longo Borghini
3. Coryn Rivera
4. Annemiek van Vleuten
5. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot
xyxax says:

Sep 23 2017 at 3:21 am
Well, I am excited.

VSP PICKS:
1. Anna van der Breggen
2. Annemiek van Vleuten
3. Roarin' Coryn Rivera
4. The divine Ms. M. Vos
5. Post-op Lizzie D.
wiscot says:

Sep 23 2017 at 5:09 am

Errrr . . . 4th runner up . . . of course!
Rick says:

Sep 23 2017 at 8:59 am

Great to see that the new Women's Elite Road Race Champion adheres to Rule #13. The V is clearly with her.

Kudos to Ms. Blaak and to her teammates. The Cycling news feed reported that Van der Breggen and Van Vlueten controlled the pack to ensure a Dutch World Championship. That has to be tough for the two biggest favorites but is great teamwork.

Chapeau to the Dutch women's team!