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.
First, the points classification. Only 5 riders got one or more mentions by the predictors, with Magnier, Milan and Vingegaard picked by almost everyone. Picking Bais was a smart move by kandesbunzler, awarding him the win here. Laurens in second thanks to his Tarozzi pick.
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225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
Magnier
Milan
Silva
Leknessund
Vingegaard
Stuyven
Bais
Ciccone
Gall
Tarozzi
kabu26
22
20
12
100
154
Laurens
22
20
12
25
79
Nemolito
22
20
12
54
knockout
22
20
12
54
Ollfardh
22
20
12
54
Abhishek
22
20
12
54
Imladrik
22
20
12
54
Ulrich
22
20
12
54
Dane
22
20
12
54
bbl312
22
20
12
54
Croatia
22
12
34
seancoll
20
12
32
More points are being given in the KoM, with Ciccone and Vingegaard as most picked riders. Rubio (66), Gall (43) and Gee-West (50) are the best scoring riders for the predictors, with Abhishek taking the KoM-win thanks to his four scoring picks.
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225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
Ciccone
Vingegaard
Rubio
Gall
Van Der Lee
Hindley
Sevilla
Arrieta
Gee-West
Haig
Abhishek
22
43
25
50
140
Ollfardh
27
22
43
25
117
Laurens
27
22
66
115
bbl312
27
22
25
25
99
Croatia
27
66
93
seancoll
27
22
43
92
knockout
22
66
88
Imladrik
27
22
25
74
Dane
27
22
25
74
Nemolito
22
43
65
Ulrich
27
22
49
kabu26
27
27
The biggest scores come from the U25-classification. Seancoll has predicted six out of ten names correctly, leading to a score of 172. Kandesbunzler, knockout and baseballlover all score above 150p as well. The four of them, together with Dane Bramage, all picked U25 winner Eulalio.
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225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
Eulalio
Piganzoli
Rondel
Kulset
Arrieta
Pellizzari
Svestad-B
Crescioli
Garofoli
Staune-M
seancoll
50
28
25
25
11
33
172
kabu26
50
28
25
21
11
18
10
163
knockout
50
25
25
11
33
10
154
bbl312
50
28
25
11
33
6
153
Croatia
28
25
25
21
11
18
6
134
Laurens
28
25
25
21
11
110
Nemolito
28
25
21
11
10
95
Dane
50
25
11
6
92
Abhishek
28
25
21
11
6
91
Imladrik
25
21
11
18
10
85
Ollfardh
25
21
11
10
67
Ulrich
28
18
46
And in our GC, that means... barely anything! The only thing that changes since the question round is that Abhishek and Laurens switched places. Although positions 1-2 seem quite secure, anything below is definitely still possible with the GC and captain points coming in one of the enxt days.
That points classification scoring is quite hilarious. So few hits across the board. Probably due to sprinter teams not being able to control the peloton on all those in between stages.
