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Vuelta 2012 Predictions
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| Mr_Monk |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:38
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Keep waiting for this thread to pop up, but it hasn't and the Vuelta starts in a couple of days so I guess I'll start one.
Startlist
Spoiler AG2R LA MONDIALE
BOUET Maxime France
GADRET John France
GASTAUER Ben Luxembourg
KADRI Blel France
MONDORY Lloyd France
MONTAGUTI Matteo Italy
NOCENTINI Rinaldo Italy
RIBLON Christophe France
ROCHE Nicholas Ireland
ANDALUCIA
CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio Spain
CESAR VELOSO Gustavo Spain
CHACON QUESADA Javier Spain
LECHUGA RODRIGUEZ Pablo Spain
LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose Spain
PALOMARES VILLAPLANA Adrian Spain
RAMIREZ ABEJA Javier Spain
ROSENDO PRADO Jesus Spain
TORIBIO ALCOLEA Jose Vicente Spain
ASTANA PRO TEAM
BAZAYEV Assan Kazahkstan
DYACHENKO Alexsandr Kazahkstan
GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy
KASHECHKIN Andrey Kazahkstan
KESSIAKOFF Fredrik Sweden
SEELDRAYERS Kevin Belgium
SILIN Egor Russia
TIRALONGO Paolo Italy
ZEITS Andrey Kazahkstan
BMC RACING TEAM
BALLAN Alessandro Italy
BOOKWALTER Brent United States
CUMMINGS Steven United Kingdom
EIJSSEN Yannick Belgium
GILBERT Philippe Belgium
LODEWYCK Klaas Belgium
MOINARD Amaël France
MORABITO Steve Switzerland
SANTAMBROGIO Mauro Italy
CAJA RURAL
ANDONOV PETROV Danail Bulgaria
ARAMENDIA LORENTE Javier Spain
BROCO Hernani Portugal
CARDOSO Andre Fernando S. Martins Portugal
CARDOSO Manuel Antonio Leal Portugal
DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David Spain
GALDOS ALONSO Aitor Spain
GARCIA FERNANDEZ Marcos Spain
PIEDRA PEREZ Antonio Spain
COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE
BAGOT Yohan France
BARLE Florent France
BUFFAZ Mickaël France
DUQUE Leonardo Colombia
GARCIA ETXEGIBEL Egoitz Spain
MATE MARDONES Luis Angel Spain
MOLARD Rudy France
MONCOUTIE David France
SIJMENS Nico Belgium
EQUIPE CYCLISTE FDJ-BIGMAT
BONNET William France
BOUCHER David France
BOUHANNI Nacer France
COURTEILLE Arnaud France
JEANNESSON Arnold France
PAURIOL Rémi France
RASCH Gabriel Norway
ROLLIN Dominique Canada
VAUGRENARD Benoît France
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor Spain
ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel Spain
LANDA MEANA Mikel Spain
OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose Spain
PEREZ MORENO Ruben Spain
SICARD Romain France
TXURRUKA ANSOLA Amets Spain
VELASCO MURILLO Ivan Spain
VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka Spain
GARMIN - SHARP
DEKKER Thomas Netherlands
FERNANDEZ DE LARREA Koldo Spain
KREDER Michel Netherlands
KREDER Raymond Netherlands
LE MEVEL Christophe France
MAASKANT Martyn Netherlands
PETERSON Thomas United States
TALANSKY Andrew United States
VAN SUMMEREN Johan Belgium
KATUSHA TEAM
BRUTT Pavel Russia
FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier Spain
IGNATIEV Mikhail Russia
LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto Spain
MENCHOV Denis Russia
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel Spain
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin Spain
SMUKULIS Gatis Latvia
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel Spain
LAMPRE - ISD
ANACONA Winner Anrew Colombia
CIMOLAI Davide Italy
CUNEGO Damiano Italy
KOSTYUK Denys Ukraine
KVACHUK Oleksandr Ukraine
MARZANO Marco Italy
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw Poland
POSSONI Morris Italy
VIGANO Davide Italy
LIQUIGAS- CANNONDALE
BODNAR Maciek Poland
CAPECCHI Eros Italy
DA DALTO Mauro Italy
DALL'ANTONIA Tiziano Italy
PATERSKI Maciej Poland
RATTO Daniele Italy
SALERNO Cristiano Italy
SARMIENTO TUNARROSA Cayetano José Colombia
VIVIANI Elia Italy
LOTTO - BELISOL TEAM
DE CLERCQ Bart Belgium
DEBUSSCHERE Jens Belgium
HANSEN Adam Australia
KAISEN Olivier Belgium
MEERSMAN Gianni Belgium
REYNES MIMO Vicente Spain
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen Belgium
VAN LEIJEN Joost Netherlands
WILLEMS Frederik Belgium
MOVISTAR TEAM
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan Spain
COBO ACEBO Juan Jose Spain
ERVITI Imanol Spain
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat Spain
LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo Spain
MORENO BAZAN Javier Spain
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Colombia
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain
OMEGA PHARMA - QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM
CATALDO Dario Italy
DE WEERT Kevin Belgium
MARTIN Tony Germany
PAUWELS Serge Belgium
RABON Frantisek Czech Republic
STEEGMANS Gert Belgium
STYBAR Zdenek Czech Republic
TERPSTRA Niki Netherlands
VANDEWALLE Kristof Belgium
ORICA GREENEDGE
CLARKE Simon Australia
DAVIS Allan Australia
DEAN Julian New Zealand
DOCKER Mitchell Australia
MEYER Cameron Australia
MEYER Travis Australia
SULZBERGER Wesley Australia
TEKLEHAYMANOT Daniel Eritrea
WEENING Pieter Netherlands
RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM
BOOM Lars Netherlands
BRESCHEL Matti Denmark
CLEMENT Stef Netherlands
GARATE Juan Manuel Spain
GESINK Robert Netherlands
MOLLEMA Bauke Netherlands
NIERMANN Grischa Germany
TEN DAM Laurens Netherlands
VAN WINDEN Dennis Netherlands
RADIOSHACK - NISSAN
BAKELANTS Jan Belgium
BENNATI Daniele Italy
DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg
GERDEMANN Linus Germany
IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel Spain
MACHADO Tiago Portugal
MONFORT Maxime Belgium
RAST Grégory Switzerland
ROULSTON Hayden New Zealand
SKY PROCYCLING
FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio Spain
FROOME Christopher United Kingdom
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Colombia
PATE Danny United States
PORTE Richie Australia
STANNARD Ian United Kingdom
SWIFT Ben United Kingdom
URAN Rigoberto Colombia
ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier Spain
TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO
DE KORT Koen Netherlands
DEGENKOLB John Germany
DOI Yukihiro Japan
DUMOULIN Tom Netherlands
FROHLINGER Johannes Germany
GENIEZ Alexandre France
GESCHKE Simon Germany
HUPOND Thierry France
JI Cheng China
TEAM SAXO BANK TINKOFF BANK
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto Spain
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus Spain
MAJKA Rafael Poland
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel Spain
NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin Spain
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira Portugal
PIRES Bruno Portugal
SØRENSEN Nicki Denmark
TOSATTO Matteo Italy
VACANSOLEIL - DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM
DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
LAGUTIN Sergey Uzbekistan
LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
LINDEMAN Bertjan Netherlands
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz Poland
MOL Wouter Netherlands
RUYGH Rob Netherlands
VALLS FERRI Rafael Spain
VEUCHELEN Frederik Belgium
Predictions
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Points-
KoM-
Young-
Team-
Most Aggresive-
Biggest fail(s)-
Biggest surprise(s)-
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or - 2:00:
Okay, now Predict! 
Edited by Mr_Monk on 16-08-2012 19:40
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Posted on 16-08-2012 19:42
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| Mr_Monk |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:44
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That thread is for discussing the Vuelta, not for only predictions  |
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| Dizzle |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:45
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Mr_Monk wrote:
That thread is for discussing the Vuelta, not for only predictions
I see
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:51
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1. Alberto Contador
2. Christopher Froome
3. Robert Gesink
4. Joaquin RodrÃguez
5. Daniel Moreno
6. Bauke Mollema
7. Sergio Henao
8. Rigoberto Urán
9. Igor Antón
10. Tiago Machado
Points - Alberto Contador
Mountain - David Moncoutie
Young - Bauke Mollema
Team - Sky
Most agressive - David Moncoutie
Biggest fail - Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Biggest surprise - Tiago Machado
Time gap - Under 2 minutes
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| Mr_Monk |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:53
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Here are mine:
1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Rodriguez
4. Anton
5. Gesink
6. Machado
7. De Gendt
8. Talansky
9.Van den Broeck
10. Hanao
Points- Rodriguez
KoM- Quintana
Young- Talansky
Team- Radioshack
Most Aggresive- Quintana
Biggest fail(s)- Van den Broeck, Cobo, Cunego
Biggest surprise(s)-Talansky, Machado
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or - 2:00: +
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| fernando97 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:53
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Predictions
1. Alberto Contador
2. Christopher Froome
3. Joaquim Rodriguez
4. Juan José Cobo Acebo
5. Igor Antón
6. Jürgen Vandenbroeck
7. Robert Gesink
8. Rigoberto Urán
9. Nairo Quintana
10. Sergio Henao
Points- Froome
KoM- Contador
Young- Urán
Team- Team Sky
Most Aggresive- Moncutie
Biggest fail(s)- Menchov
Biggest surprise(s)- Quintana, Stybar (hope for a stagewin)
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or - 2:00: - |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-08-2012 19:56
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1. Contador
2. Rodriguez
3. Anton
4. Froome
5. Gadret
6. VdB
7. Menchov
8. Cunego
9. Kessiakoff
10. some random rider
Points- Rodriguez (but i hope Swift)
KoM- Moncoutie
Young- dont know
Team- Sky or Katusha
Most Aggresive- some random rider
Biggest fail(s)- Froome, Cunego, Menchov etc.
Biggest surprise(s)- ermm .... The Race Referees
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or - 2:00: 2'35
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| Farmer Sam |
Posted on 16-08-2012 20:00
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1. Alberto Contador
2. Christopher Froome
3. Joaquin Rodriguez
4. Thomas de Gendt
5. Igor Anton
6. Juanjo Cobo
7. Jurgen Van den Broeck
8. Sergio Henao
9. Bauke Mollema
10. Dario Cataldo
Points - Alberto Contador
Mountain - Nairo Quintana
Young - Sergio Henao
Team - Sky
Biggest Fail - Robert Gesink
Biggest Surprise - Dario Cataldo
Time Gap - 3 1/2 minutes |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 20:08
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1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Rodriguez
4. Cobo
5. Gesink
6. Anton
7. Mollema
8. Quintana
9. De Gendt
10. Talansky
Points - Rodriguez
KoM - Moncoutié
U25 - Quintana
Team - Sky
Fails - Cunego, Van den Broeck
Surprises - Quintana, Talansky
Time gap - Over two minutes
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| SweatyViking |
Posted on 16-08-2012 20:11
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Stage 1: Sky
2: Rojas
3: Purito
4: Moncoutie
5: Bennati
6: Cunego
7: Bennati
8: Sarmiento
9: C. Meyer
10. Swift
11. Beefeater
12. Purito
13. Rasch
14. Froome
15. Moncoutie
16. Beefeater
17. Santambrogio
18. Viviani
19. Brutt
20. Beefeater
GC:
1. Alberto Beefeater Velasco
2. Christopher Froome
3. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
4. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
5. Igor Anton Hernandez
6. Jurgen Van Den Broeck
7. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
8. Thomas De Gendt
9. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
10. Rigoberto Uran Uran
Points: Alberto Beefeater Velasco
KoM: David Moncoutie
Young: Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Team: Movistar
Most aggressive: David Moncoutie
Biggest fail: Philippe Gilbert, Nicholas Roche
Biggest surprises: Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas and Gabriel Rasch
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or -: - |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 20:39
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Predictions
1. Alberto Contadope
2. Christopher Froome
3. Igor Anton
4. Joaquim Rodriguez
5. Jurgen Van den Broeck
6. Nairo Quintana
7. Thomas de Gendt
8. Alejandro Valverde
9. Robert Gesink
10. Nicolas Roche
Points-
1. Joaquim Rodriguez
2. Alberto Contador
3. John Degenkolb
4. Christopher Froome
5. Damiano Cunego
KoM-
1. David Moncoutie
2. Dario Cataldo
3. Sergio Henao
4. Juan Jose Cobo
5. Alberto Contador / Joaquim Rodriguez
Young-
1. Nairo Quintana
2. Andrew Talansky
3. Rigoberto Uran
4. Sergio Henao
5. Robert Ruigh
Team-
1. Sky Pro Cycling
2. Movistar Team
3. Team Katusha
4. Rabobank Cycling Team
5. Radioshack - Nissan - Trek
Most Aggresive-
1. David Moncoutie
2. Nairo Quintana
3. Juan Jose Cobo
4. Dario Cataldo
5. Alejandro Valverde
Biggest fail(s)-
1. Denis Menchov
2. Phillipe Gilbert
3. Damiano Cunego
4. Ben Swift
5. Jose Joaquin Rojas
Biggest surprise(s)-
1. Nairo Quintana
2. Tiago Machado
3. Andrew Talansky
4. Dario Cataldo
5. Tiago Machado
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or -
@ 2:21
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Wilier |
Posted on 16-08-2012 20:51
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There is no young rider classification. |
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| carmelobymelo |
Posted on 16-08-2012 20:54
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Predictions
1.Froome
2.Contador
3.Rodriguez
4.Anton
5.Vałverde
6.Quintana
7.Uran
8.de Gendt
9.Talansky
10.Henao
Points-Froome
KoM-Rodriguez
Young-Quintana
Team-Sky
Most Aggresive-Anton
Biggest fail(s)-Cobo, Gilbert
Biggest surprise(s)-Quintana, Talansky, Majka
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or - 2:00: Under
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| abel2323 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 21:52
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Predictions
1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Mollema
4. Henao
5. Joaquim
6. Anton
7. Gesink
8. Quintana
9. Landa
10. De Gendt
Points- Joaquim
KoM- Quintana
Young- Quintana
Team- Sky
Most Aggresive- De la Fuente, Valverde, De Gendt
Biggest fail(s)- VdB, Cunego, Rojas, Cobo
Biggest surprise(s)- Mollema, Landa, Henao
Time gap between 1st and 2nd: 0:50"-1:30" |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 22:08
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Oh yeah. No Young rider. that should be fixed. 
Anyway:
Combination -
1. Joaquim Rodriguez
2. Alberto Contadope
3. Christopher Froome
4. Dario Cataldo
5. Bauke Mollema
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 22:50
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Predictions
1. Contador
2. Anton
3. Rodriguez
4. Froome
5. Gesink
6. Van den Broeck
7. Cunego
8. Henao
9. Cataldo
10. Quintana
Points- Rodriguez
KoM- Is Nieve riding? If not, Henao, Txurruka or Moncoutie
Young-
Team- Katusha
Most Aggresive- Txurruka 8)
Biggest fail(s)- Froome and Cobo
Biggest surprise(s)- Quintana, Bouhanni to dominate the sprints.
Time gap between 1st and 2nd + or - 2:00: +
We'll see
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| ruben |
Posted on 16-08-2012 22:56
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I took a quick look at the startlist and made this
1 Contador
2 Froome
3 Gesink
4 J Rodriguez
5 Quintana
6 Mollema
7 Henao
8 Anton
9 Cobo
10 Van den Broeck
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 16-08-2012 23:00
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Although I also expect to see a strong Quintana, I think you guys might just be overrating him a little bit..
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| ruben |
Posted on 16-08-2012 23:03
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Nah. Quintana is something special. Something you only see once in 10 years |
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