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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Rick says:

Sep 21 2017 at 5:37 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna van der Breggen
2. Amalie Dideriksen
3. Coryn Rivera
4. Annemiek van Vleuten
5. Chloe Hoskin
Snowy says:

Sep 21 2017 at 6:16 pm
I think either

van der Breggen and van Vleuten could easily win and it would be nice to see van Vleuten do the double rainbow!

VSP PICKS:
1. van der Breggen
2. van Vleuten
3. Deignan
4. Vos
5. Hosking
Tom Mc says:

Sep 21 2017 at 11:21 pm
VSP PICKS:
1. Coryn Rivera
2. Anna van der Breggen
3. Elisa Longo Borghini
4. Christine Majerus
5. Lizzie Deignan
RobSandy says:

Sep 22 2017 at 12:52 am
Yes! So pleased to see this on the VSP schedule.

VSP PICKS:
1. Van der Breggen
2. Rivera
3. D'Hoore
4. Deignan
5. Dideriksen
JohnB says:

Sep 22 2017 at 1:24 am
Dutch Domination

Any chance the VSP points are

going to be updated for the second half of the season?

VSP PICKS:
1. Anna ven Der Breggen
2. Annemeik Van Vleuten
3. Marianne Vos
4. Coryn Rivera
5. Elizabeth Deignan
RobSandy says:

Sep 22 2017 at 1:28 am

@JohnB

Are you also wondering if you've managed to creep past me into 1st?

How do you think you did on San Sebastian? I Delgado'd!
JohnB says:

Sep 22 2017 at 1:34 am

@RobSandy

Ha! I wish, although the first year there are no prizes, I'm challenging!

San Sebastian - Kwiatkowski, Dumoulin and Landa all in the wrong order.
RobSandy says:

Sep 22 2017 at 1:37 am

@JohnB

A win is a win!

I was about 7 points ahead before the TDF. I think I did ok there, probably scored about the same as you. I missed SS so you'll have come back a bit there, possibly into the lead.

I did pretty well on the Vuelta though (top 3 in the right order) so who knows now?
JohnB says:

Sep 22 2017 at 2:37 am

@RobSandy

Spookily enough I got the Vuelta top 3 in order too so still on your wheel. I had hoped for better from Betancur but crash injuries saw him off. That'll be him ballooning in weight again!
JonnyG says:

Sep 22 2017 at 2:38 am
VSP PICKS:
1. Anna van der Breggen
2. Annemiek van Vleuten
3. Coryn Rivera
4. Elizabeth Deignan
5. Marianne Vos