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In the year 2012
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| roturn |
Posted on 03-01-2012 10:00
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As in the last years it`s time for some guesses how the 2012 season will be.
Looking in the 2011 thread you can see some really good but also really bad guesses.
issoisso wrote:
Since we do this topic every year (and it's always funny as heck to go back and re-read it a year later  ), here it is again. Post anything at all you feel will happen in 2010. Who's going to suck, who's going to do well, etc. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 03-01-2012 10:08
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Contador will win the Tour.
Andy Schleck won`t win any GT this year totally focusing on the Tour but then being 2nd again as he won`t leave Frank`s side.
Neither Rolland nor Froome or Cobo can repeat their 2011 GT performances.
Sagan will win at least one big classic. (MSR, Ardennes, Lombardia...)
Skil will be the team with most wins. (Kittel will still be awesome)
Cancellara will challenge Tony Martin more than last year.
Evans won`t win a GT but he won`t really care this time.
The Tour Down Under will be awesome with all big sprinters participating. 
And last but not least: Gerald Ciolek will celebrate a win in a World Tour Race...
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| sam1196 |
Posted on 03-01-2012 10:13
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Gilbert will win San Remo and De Ronde, but he won't win the 3 hilly classics.
Rujano climbs like a god in the Giro but will fail at 1 stage so he loses pink.
In le tour: Nissan-Trek will do the same thing as US Postal did 7 years long. Andy will attack without looking at Frank Contador if he's not banned won't be able to follow because he had no support from his team. Wiggins loses terrain at each climb but will win Le Tour in the TT. Evans gets 2nd and Contador 3rd. If contador is suspended Andy gets 3rd. Young jersey is once again for Rolland doesn't win a stage this year. Green is for Cav and KoM is for Andy. Valverde FAILS 
In La Vuelta Anton finally gets his deserved victory.
WC TT: Martin
WC: Gilbert
Olympic RR: Gilbert
Olympic TT: Martin
Also Gesink will start not to fail in Le Tour and Kruiswijk and Mollema will do well. Sagan will be able to do some very good things.
GreenEdge will fail at mass sprints... Pozatto will dissapear for ages untill he closes a gap with Gilbert for no reason
Fabian will win P-R
VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO VINO
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| iambennyboy |
Posted on 03-01-2012 10:14
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Tour De France - Evans, Contador, A. Schleck
Green Jersey - Cavendish
Best Team - BMC
Giro - Nibali, Contador, Scarponi
Team - Liquigas
Vuelta - Froome, Menchov, Cobo
Team - rabobank
World Championship
Road - Sagan
TT - Tony Martin
Olympics
Road - Matt Goss
TT - Cancellara
UCI
#1 - Contador
#2 - Rodriguez
#3 - Evans |
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 03-01-2012 10:41
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u23 ITT: Rasmus Quaade
WC RR: Gilbert/ROdriguez/Cunego
Tour: Contador/Wiggo
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 03-01-2012 10:47
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I agree with sam1196, Gilbert leaves the Ardennes to Evans and wins MSR and De Ronde, Evans can't deliver and gets only one Top 3 finish. At least one of the three Ardennes classics will be won by a big surprise, another one by Valverde. Hushovd wins Paris-Roubaix and Cancellara again can't take a big win. He'll win at least one of the TdF-TTs though.
Contador will get a retroactive 2 years ban until after the Tour, which will be won by Andy Schleck, who is surprisingly strong in the time trials. Frank sacrifices his overall ambitions but will still finish within the Top 10. Wiggins surprises with a podium finish. Kittel will take at least one stage (given 1i4t gets a wild card), Cav takes green again.
Nicholas Roche finishes on the podium of the Vuelta. Cobo won't.
That's it for the moment. A lot of wishful thinking is in that guesses, but this topic isn't totally about making only realistic guesses, is it? 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 03-01-2012 11:02
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Contador will win the Tour, Evans 2nd and Froome 3rd. Wiggins will struggle and ride as a support act in preparation for the Vuelta. The Schlecks will fail, again. Cavendish will take Green, Rolland will take Polka Dot and Sagan will take White.
Anton will win the Vuelta from Wiggins and Dan Martin. In the Giro, Nibali takes the victory from Rujano and Gadret.
Cancellara and Gilbert share the monuments between themselves, with Cav taking Milano-San Remo and Gent-Wevelgem.
Gilbert takes the world title, with Tony Martin retaining the World TT crown. Cav wins the Olympic RR, with Froome winning the Olympic TT.
This will all end up being wrong though. 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 03-01-2012 11:13
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Contador to be in battle with Froome over 1st in Tour, Wiggo relegated to domestique. Andy to fail and be outside Top 10. Froome - mania to begin after the Tour Sagan to fail at the Tour, Goss to win green at the Tour.
Vuelta purely dominated by Henao / Froome duo with Anton being only one trying to challenge them.
Scarponi finally wins Giro, with Rujano bonking and coming out of the race and Nibali failing too.
Hagen wins Milano - Sanremo due to Cavendish's, along Ronde. Flecha, Hayman, Eisel, Stannard do a team attack and do 1-2-3-4 in Paris Roubaix
Gilbert wins a lot along Ardeens Classics, very simialr to last year with slightly less wins.
Anyone but Cavendish wins the Olympics ( I just want the race to be interesting, maybe it will show the watching people in UKthat Cavendish didn't come 2nd in Tour as my friends tought this year).
Sky dominates World TTT, Wiggo wins Olympics TT after Martin crashes into Cancellara
My opinions are probably biased, but
Edited by Alakagom on 03-01-2012 11:15
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 03-01-2012 11:21
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Contador gets banned.
Cancellara will win two big classics.
Sagan fails to win a big classic race but gets a stage win at the TdF.
One Schleck will win an Ardenne classic and Andy will finish on the podium again but won´t win the TdF.
Kittel will win many races as he did last year.
Cav will take the green jersey but won´t win the Olympic
games.
Gilbert will win two big classic races but not the WC.
Cobo will show great results but gets banned for doping.
Evans won´t get a Top3 at any big race.
EBH for the Olympics and a surprise podium in the Ronde.
Edited by felix_29 on 03-01-2012 11:23
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| olabj |
Posted on 03-01-2012 11:55
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Contador gets banned, but only for six months due to something
Cav wins green and finishes second in olympics won by Greipel
Rujano wins Giro, Cobo doubles his win account in the Vuelta
Sagan won't win anything big but wins Poland or Eneco
Frandy wont win anything better than a stage here and there, but have a lot of podiums
Surprise winner in WC out of a late break. Martin falls in TT and ends up outside of podium. Surprise winner Cancellara
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:00
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Tour De France - Contador, Evans, Schleck (Gesink 4th)
Green Jersey - Cavendish
Best youngster- B. Mollema/ S. Kruijswijk
Best Team - Rabobank
Giro - Basso, Nibali, Scarponi
Team - Liquigas
Vuelta - Gesink, Valverde, Van den Broecke
Points- Gilbert
Team - rabobank
World Championship
Road - Gilbert/Gesink
TT - Tony Martin
Olympics
Road - cavendish
TT - Cancellara
Cancellara will win big classics again.
Kittel and Degenkolb will win many races for Skil
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:10
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- Contador doesn't get banned, and consequently pwns the Tour, as well as Catalunya and maybe another week long race.
- Gilbert has another good season, but nowhere near as good as the last one, and fails to win the WC. He wins De Ronde, though.
- Nibbles wins the Giro, just hanging on to his lead in the stage to Stelvio, which Zapatero wins.
- Tommeke wins Paris Roubaix, outsprinting Spartacus.
- The Vuelta route will suck again, hence the race being really poor again. Valverde podiums the Vuelta.
- Frändy's and Rabobank's Tour focus proves to be a fail, with none of them (Frändy or Rabo's leaders) in the podium. Gesink takes revenge winning the Vuelta.
- Cavendish doesn't win the Olympic race. Cadel wins the worlds, and the Panzerwagen wins both ITTs.
- Gilbert wins the Amstel, but Purito prevails in the Mur de Huy, and Valverde in Liège.
- MSR is for... wait for it... Scarponi! Hah!
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| alexanderlens |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:14
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kumazan wrote:
.... Gesink takes revenge winning the Vuelta...
You're a smart guy!
Guess who's back?
Lets see how many friens are still around... |
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| markene2 |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:25
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Contador case will not be solved until late 2012 resulting in an 2 year ban.
Andy will not podium the Tour.
Valverde will get top 10 in the Vuelta.
Kolobnev rejoins Katusha because he was acquitted.
Egor Silin will show what a great talent he is, and get lot's of top ten placings on the Italian races.
Andrey Zeits will get top 10 in a stage race.
Vinokourov will be no where as good as in 2011, but still put on a show in every race he enters.
Riccó will return to a small continetal team after beeing acquttied.
Cobo will be the leader in the Tour.
Kasheskin will enter the top 10 in the tour.
Brajkovic will get a top 5 in the tour
Venga Vino
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| CLURPR |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:36
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Giro - Nibali/Basso
TdF - Wiggo/Evans/Tony Martin
Vuelta - Froome/Gesink
Olympic Road Race - Cav
Olympic Time Trial -Wiggins/Cancellara |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:38
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Riccó will return to a small continetal team after beeing acquttied.
As far as I'm aware, he's a Meridiana rider, set to debut in Costa Degli Estruchi |
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| olabj |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:45
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Then he's right allready
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 03-01-2012 12:50
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January: Davis, Brown or Greiple wins 3 stages at TDU.
February: Ag2r, Europcar, FDJ and Cofidis takes multiply of victories in France before Flecha finishes 2nd in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
March: An italian climber wins Tirreno - Adriatico. Cunego, Scarponi, Visconti, Garzelli or prehaps Gasparotto.
April: Tom Bonnen doesn't win any classic and announces that he is planning to retire. Riccardo Ricco announces his comeback in the same time. Philippe Gilbert only wins Amstel.
May: Nibali wins the Giro.
June: The riders who wins in Suisse/Dauphine will later on have a bad Tour. Rabobank doesn't win the dutch championships.
July: Wiggins arrives to the Tour, said to be better than ever but he hardly manages it into the top-10. Gesink crashes.
August: Cav wins the Olympics and rides the rest of the season in golden pants.
September: The Vuelta is full of suprises and Johnny Hoogerland wins the World Championships in Limburg.
October: A break stays clear in Paris - Tours. Damiano Cunego wins Lombardia again.
Edited by laidbackmarc on 03-01-2012 12:50
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| cactus-jack |
Posted on 03-01-2012 13:10
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I think Contador will turn vegan |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 03-01-2012 17:56
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Tony Martin wins both Olympic and Worlds ITT.
Gilbert wins the Worlds.
Some WTF winners throughout the season.
Egor Silin's year of breakthrough!
Gilbert doesn't do the trible once again.
Rebellin gets old.
Cristina Watches hires an ex-doper.
Igor Antón will finally win something big.
Scarponi wins the Giro, edging out Rujano and Nibali.
Evans will finish higher than the Schleck's in the Tour.
Garmin get a new rider in the top-10 of the Tour,
David Blanco wins Volta a Portugal. 
Rojas and Bennati will finish 10 times in second.
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