Has been incredibly fun to play along and hit on some surprising choices throughout - not looking forward to getting wrecked on the captain points sadly
1) What team will have the most stage wins? Visma
2) What rider will be part of the first breakaway of the Giro? Sevilla - Tarozzi
3) What rider will lead the U25 classification during the first rest day (after stage 3)? Silva
4) What team will win the team’s classification? Visma
5) Stage with biggest time gap between the first and second place finishers? Stage 10 - 1'53"
6) What rider will win back-to-back stages? No rider
7) How many stages will be won by an Italian rider? 4
8) Will the final Giro podium include a rider who has never before podiumed a GT? Yes
9) Will someone get Zabel’d for any stage victory? Yes or no. No
10) What team will not win any stage? Unibet, Alpecin, Bardiani, Picnic, Lotto, Groupama, NSN, Polti, Jayco, Movistar, Pinarello, Decathlon, Tudor, Red Bull
11) Will somebody younger than 23 (max. 22 y/o and 364d) win a stage? Yes
12) Will somebody older than 34 (including 34) win a stage? Yes or no. Yes
13) Will a former maglia rosa winner wear the pink, KoM or points jersey at any time in the race? No
14) Will a rider, that doesn't have bib #1 on his team, win two or more stages? Yes
15) What nationality will have the most different riders win a stage? Italy
And for once, I was actually the best predictor! 12 out of 15 possible correct answers, scoring myself 300 points. Everybody else between 6 and 10 right answers, as Croatia14 managed to do well here as well.
Nemo
12
300
Croatia14
10
250
knockout
9
225
kandesbunzler26
9
225
Dane Bramage
9
225
Ulrich
8
200
AbhishekLFC
8
200
seancoll
7
175
Imladrik
7
175
bbl312
7
175
Ollfardh
6
150
Laurens147
6
150
In the GC, Laurens and Abhishek swap places (4-5), with me jumping from ninth to seventh.