Tour de France predictions
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Posted on 29-06-2011 19:11
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_AlEkS wrote:
Suprise:
Denis Galimzyanov will take 3 stages
That's just funny, make it 1 and it will still be a huge suprise |
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Posted on 29-06-2011 19:48
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Top 10:
1. Andy Schleck
2. Alberto Contador
3. Samuel Sanchez
4. Andreas Klöden
5. Ivan Basso
6. Cadel Evans
7. Alexandre Vinokourov
8. Robert Gesink
9. Rein Taaramae
10. Damiano Cunego
Most stage wins:
Cavendish: 4
Green jersey:
Mark Cavendish
Polka dots:
David Moncoutie
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fail:
Contador will unfortunately be too tired after the Giro, Sky's GC.
Suprise:
Taaramae top 10, Rojas 2 stage wins
Best team:
RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
HTC
Most agressive rider:
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Posted on 29-06-2011 20:39
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Top 10:
1. Alberto Contador
2. Andy Schleck
3. Frank Schleck
4. Samuel Sanchez
5. Cadel Evans
6. Samuel Sanchez
7. Robert Gesink
8. Levi Leipheimer
9. Bradley Wiggins
10. Jerome Coppel
Most stage wins: Mark Cavendish
Green jersey: Philippe Gilbert
Polka dots: Thomas Voeckler
Best young rider: Rpbert Gesink
Fail(s): Cunego and Vinokourov, they both crack on Galibier.
Surprise: Gilbert wins the green jersey, somehow
Best team: Team Leopard Trek
Most stagewins per team: HTC
Most aggressive rider: Sylvain Chavanel & Thomas Voeckler |
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Posted on 29-06-2011 21:30
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Top 10:
1. Andy Schleck
2. Alberto Contador
3. Samuel Sanchez
4. Ivan Basso
5. Frank Schleck
6. Chris Horner
7. Cadel Evans
8. Bradley Wiggins
9. Damiano Cunego
10. Levi Leipheimer
Most stage wins: Mark Cavendish
Green jersey: Mark Cavendish
KoM: David Moncoutie
Best young rider: Tejay Van Garderen
Fail: Evans and Gesink's GC
Surprise: Van Garderen white jersey
Team: Leopard-Trek
Most stagewins per team: HTC
Most aggressive rider: Thomas Voeckler |
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Posted on 01-07-2011 07:01
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1 Andy Schleck
2 Alberto Contador
3 Janez Brajkovic
4 Bradley Wiggins
5 Jurgen Van Den Brouck
6 Gesink
7 Ivan Basso
8 Samuel Sanchez
9 Leipheimer
10 F Schleck
Green Jersey: Thomas Voeckler (I think the mid stage thing will see a lot bigger breakaways and there is a lack of really flat finales)
KoM: Jurgen Van Den Brouck
Youth: Gesink
Fails: Cavendish fails to register a stage win until Paris
Surprise: Brajkovic comes good towards the end of the Tour
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Posted on 01-07-2011 10:55
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. S. Sanchez
4. Van den Broeck
5. F. Schleck
6. Leipheimer
7. Gesink
8. Evans
9. Basso
10. Wiggins
Most stage wins:
Gilbert: 3
Green jersey:
Gilbert
Polka dots:
Contador
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Cancellara wont get a top3 finish on the ITT
Biggest surprise:
Daniel Martin
Best team:
Leopard - Trek
Most stagewins per team:
Omega - Lotto
Most agressive rider:
Thomas De Gendt
Edited by Ennyzor on 01-07-2011 10:56
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Ithaca |
Posted on 01-07-2011 11:31
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. Schleck
3. Basso
4. Gesink
5. Horner
6. S. Sanchez
7. Gadret
8. Wiggins
9. Van Den Broeck
10. Klöden
Most stage wins:
Gilbert - 3
Green Jersey:
Gilbert / Cavendish
Polkadot Jersey:
Coppel / Voeckler
Best Young Rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Leipheimer, F. Schleck, Evans
Biggest surprise:
Coppel / Horner
Best team:
Radio Shack
Most stage wins per team:
HTC Highroad
Most aggresive rider:
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Posted on 01-07-2011 11:54
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Top 10:
1. Alberto Contador
2. Andy Schleck
3. Robert Gesink
4. Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez
5. Cadel Evans
6. Fränk Schleck
7. Jurgen van den Broeck
8. Janez Brajkovic
9. Roman Kreuziger
10. Andreas Klöden
Most stage wins:
Mark Cavendish - 4
Green Jersey:
Mark Cavendish
Polkadot Jersey:
Andy Schleck / Damiano Cunego
Best Young Rider:
Robert Gesink (If young enough) / Roman Kreuziger
Fails:
Levi Leipheimer, Ivan Basso, The brits (Except Cavendish)
Biggest surprise:
Tejay van Garderen and some random Vacansoileil guy
Best team:
Team Leopard Trek
Most stage wins per team:
HTC Highroad
Most aggresive rider:
Thomas Voeckler / Alexandre Vinokourov
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Posted on 02-07-2011 00:08
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Podium:
1. Contador (If he survives the Passage du Gois)
2. A. Schleck
3. Van den Broeck
Most Stage Wins: Cavendish (6!)
Green Jersey:
Cavendish
KoM:
Vinokourov
White Jersey:
Taaramäe
Fails:
Radio Shack & BMC
Tour Revelation:
Taaramäe
Beat Team:
Leopard Trek
Most Aggressive:
Vinokourov
Narrative:
Team Garmin-Cervelo will start out strong, with Hushhovd winning Stage 1 and then Millar and Zabriske leading them to victory in the TTT, putting Hushhovd into Yellow for the first week.
Stage 8 & 9 will see the first serious in-fighting between Garmin-Cervelo and Leopard-Trek, which will let a substantial breakaway form and give the Yellow Jersey to someone like Charteau or Pineau - maybe even Cunego. More than likely, it will be a French rider in Yellow going into the Pyranees, which will set up an epic Bastille Day test of endurance on Stage 12 - Leopard-Trek will assert it's dominance and put Andy Schleck on the cusp of Yellow on Luz-Ardiden. Regardless, Schleck will be in Yellow before the end of the Pyranees and will take it into the Alps.
Meanwhile, Contador will be waiting in the wings - letting Leopard-Trek wear itself down defending Yellow. He'll chip away at Schleck's lead until, finally, he makes his big attack on Alp d'Huez on Stage 19, dropping Schleck and capturing Yellow. He'll cement his lead in Stage 20's ITT, and ride into Paris with a 3-4 minute lead and his 4th Tour.
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Posted on 02-07-2011 00:43
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Top 10:
1. A. Schleck
2. A. Contador
3. R. Gesink
4. S. Sanchez
5. F. Schleck
6. J. Van den Broeck
7. C. Evans
8. I. Basso
9. B. Wiggins
10. A. Klöden
Most stage wins:
Cavendish - 3
Green Jersey:
Cavendish
Polkadot Jersey:
Moncoutie
Best Young Rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Leipheimer
Biggest surprise:
Andy wins
Best team:
Leopard Trek
Most stage wins per team:
HTC
Most aggresive rider:
Voeckler |
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roturn |
Posted on 25-07-2011 11:28
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roturn wrote:
Top 10:
1. A. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. R. Gesink
4. L. Leipheimer
5. S. Sanchez
6. J. Van den Broeck
7. F. Schleck
8. Movistar leader
9. A.Klöden
10. LL.Sanchez
Most stage wins:
M. Cavendish
Green jersey:
Hushovd
Polka dots:
Evans
Best young rider:
R. Gesink
Fails:
Basso, Evans (in GC)
Biggest surprise:
Greipel won`t win a single stage.
Best team:
Leopard Trek
Most stagewins per team:
HTC
Most agressive rider:
S. Chavanel
Well, obviously I totally failed in my prediction. Just Andy`s 2nd and a bit Sanchez position was correct. Biggest fail of course my trust in Evans.
Also Greipel proved me wrong.
At least I picked Cavendish and HTC as most stage wins, but actually this wasn`t that hard to pick. |
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Posted on 25-07-2011 11:33
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kumazan wrote:
Top 10:
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. Gesink
4. Basso
5. Van den Broeck
6. F. Schleck
7. Horner
8. Evans
9. Urán
10. Vinokourov
Most stage wins:
Cavendish 5/6
Cavendish jersey:
Cavendish
Polka dots:
Voeckler
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Samuel Sánchez, Garmin-Cervélo
Biggest surprise:
Urán
Best team:
LeoTard
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Sylvain Chavanel
I only got right the obvious, HTC/Cavendish' domination and Schleck being 2nd. My prediction of Garmin failing being extremely hilarious in hindsight.
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Posted on 25-07-2011 12:26
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Top 10:
1. Schleck A.
2. Gesink
3. Sanchez
4. Van den Broeck
5. Contador
6. Schleck F.
7. Klöden
8. Cunego
9. Uran
10. Danielson
Most stage wins: Cavendish - 5
Green Jersey: Hushovd
Polkadot Jersey: Moncoutié
Best Young Rider: Gesink
Fails: Evans, Basso, Leipheimer and Wiggins.
Biggest surprise: Uran
Best team: OmegaPharma
Most stage wins per team: HTC - Highroad
Most aggresive rider: David Moncoutié
I think my prediction went quite well. I got 6/10 of the Top 10 riders, and had probably got more of them if Klöden and Van den Broeck would have avoided their crashes.
My biggest fail was predicting another fail from Evans. He really proved me wrong here. At least I got the other three failers right, since I think 8th isn't what Basso had expected.
OmegaPharma was the strongest team imo. Three stage wins from three different riders is well done, especially since they lost Vandewalle early.
HTC domination was expected, as was Cavendish's stage wins.
Biggest disappointment was Moncoutié, who I had expected a lot more from.
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Roman |
Posted on 25-07-2011 12:31
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Roman wrote:
Top 10:
1. Andy Schleck
2. Ivan Basso
3. Frank Schleck
4. Robert Gesink
5. Samuel Sanchez
6. Peter Velits
7. Jurgen Van den Breock
8. Christopher Horner
9. Nicolas Roche
10. Jerome Coppel
Most stage wins:
Mark Cavendish: 5
Green jersey:
Thor Hushovd
Polka dots:
Alexandre Vinokourov
Best young rider:
Robert Gesink
Fails:
Alberto Contador, Cadel Evans, Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Kloden, Janez Brajkovic
Biggest surprise:
Peter Velits
Best team:
Leopard Trek
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Thomas Voeckler
Well I got only obvious Cavenidsh + HTC, 3rd place from F. Schleck and expected fails from RadioFail.. And Evans was fail, right, but my fail, big fail.
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Posted on 25-07-2011 13:09
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Wilier wrote:
I think it's fun to make some predictions for the Tour de France. And it's even more fun to read them again after the Tour de France.
Top 10:
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. S. Sanchez
4. Van den Broeck
5. Gesink
6. Klöden
7. F. Schleck
8. Horner
9. Cunego
10. D. Martin
Most stage wins:
Gilbert and Cavendish: 3
Green jersey:
Gilbert
Polka dots:
Casar
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Ivan Basso, Cadel Evans
Biggest surprise:
Daniel Martin
Best team:
Team RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Thomas De Gendt
Seems like whatever I predict, the opposite will happen. |
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valverde321 |
Posted on 25-07-2011 14:23
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valverde321 wrote:
Top 10
1. Contador
2. Andy Schleck
3. Sanchez
4. Van den Broeck
5. Gesink
6. Evans
7. Basso
8. Frank Schleck
9. Wiggins
10. Hesjedal
(Guys, Horner isn't that great of a 3 week GT guy as you think, and he already peaked at California. I can't beleive so many people rate him so highly.)
Most Stage Wins:
Cavendish
Green Jersey:
I dunno anyone, we just know that Cav will finish 2nd (Darn, but I was almost right)
Polka dots:
Andy or De Gendt, Poels, or Hoogerland (Hoogerland deserved it atleast)
Best Young rider:
Gesink (He would have won easily if he didnt get injured)
Fails:
Horner/Radioshack
The italians as a whole wont get a stage win. <--Fairly sure this one is right too.
Biggest Surprise: The fact that everyone rates Horner so highly, when its doubtful he will even get a top 10. And Wout Poels.
Best Team:
Euskaltel
Most wins per team:
HTC i guess
Most aggresive rider:
Either Poels, De Gendt or Hoogerland
Also it could be Hesjedal if Vaughters ruins his GC hope and makes him attack before every big climb like he made Ryder do in California.
I think I should get something for picking a Shack fail, but thats just me.
The biggest surprise for me was all the stage wins by Norway, certainly the two Norwegians could have called a truce and let Canada get a stage win, you know on Stage 16 perhaps!
And technically speaking Euskaltel wasn't the best team, and the definitely should have attacked more with Txurruka.
To be honest I was really devastated to see Horner leave because I wanted most of you to see that he fair and square wouldn't have Top 10ed.
Edited by valverde321 on 25-07-2011 14:37
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Posted on 25-07-2011 14:31
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Roman wrote:
Well I got only obvious Cavenidsh + HTC, 3rd place from F. Schleck and expected fails from RadioFail.. And Evans was fail, right, but my fail, big fail.
How can you rate Klöden, Brajkovic and Leipheimer as fails? They all crashed and got injured before they had a chance to even show themselves. They aren't fails, they were just very unlucky.
I know others did the same, but I couldn't be arsed to find every guy who did and correct him.
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khris |
Posted on 25-07-2011 14:42
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khris wrote:
Top 10:
1. A. Schleck
2. Contador
3. Van den Broeck
4. Gesink
5. S. S�nchez
6. F. Schleck
7. Basso
8. Evans
9. Some french guy
10. Wiggins
Most stage wins:
Cavendish
Green jersey:
Cavendish
Polka dots:
Gadret maybe?
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Movistar
Biggest surprise:
Rabobank getting a top 5 that isn't Menchov.
Best team:
Radioshack
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Thomas Voeckler
So...uh...six and a half out of ten in the GC. Cav gets me three more predictions right. The rest were rubbish. Voeckler as most aggressive might have been true if he hadn't had yellow...
Edited by khris on 25-07-2011 14:43
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Posted on 25-07-2011 15:01
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valverde321 wrote:
And technically speaking Euskaltel wasn't the best team, and the definitely should have attacked more with Txurruka.
Txurruka crashed and broke his collarbone on stage 9. And for the most part I think he was there as mountain helper for Sanchez, being the last guy with him together with Verdugo. He would might have been used in the role that Izagirre and Ruben Perez had, where he would join a break on the mountain stages and be there to help Sanchez for a short time if he choose to attack.
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valverde321 |
Posted on 25-07-2011 15:08
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schleck93 wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
And technically speaking Euskaltel wasn't the best team, and the definitely should have attacked more with Txurruka.
Txurruka crashed and broke his collarbone on stage 9. And for the most part I think he was there as mountain helper for Sanchez, being the last guy with him together with Verdugo. He would might have been used in the role that Izagirre and Ruben Perez had, where he would join a break on the mountain stages and be there to help Sanchez for a short time if he choose to attack.
That explains everything then. I must have missed it when I skimmed through all the stages I missed while on holidays.
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