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| ringo182 |
Posted on 07-12-2009 09:42
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come on then, most of the transfers have now been confirmed and with the new season only a few weeks away it's time for some predictions on next season.
what does everyone think?
Who's gonna win what races?
Which teams will succeed and which will fail?
How will the likes of Sky, Radioshack and BMC do with their new super teams?
How many wins will Cav get after loosing his train?
Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
Who will be the next major doping scandal?
Will the Tour Down Under finally have a stage that doesn't end in a sprint?
Will Armstrong win a stage/race?
Will Wiggins continue to develop as a climber and improve on last season?
When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-12-2009 10:03
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ringo182 wrote:
come on then, most of the transfers have now been confirmed and with the new season only a few weeks away it's time for some predictions on next season.
what does everyone think?
"I the year 2000...."
ringo182 wrote:
Who's gonna win what races?
Professional Cyclists will win the races on the UCI Calendar.
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Which teams will succeed and which will fail?
The ones that get results to match expectations and the ones that don't
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How will the likes of Sky, Radioshack and BMC do with their new super teams?
decently, meh, and either extremely well or extremely badly, respectively
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How many wins will Cav get after loosing his train?
Since what matters most is either still there or has been adequately replaced, about as many as 2009s, barring injury.
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Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
Kritskiy, if he can recover from his massive injury. The Velits brothers.
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Who will be the next major doping scandal?
*spins wheel-of-doping-scandals*
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Will the Tour Down Under finally have a stage that doesn't end in a sprint?
BAHAHAHHAHAHHAH...HAHHAHAHHAHAH.....
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HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
no
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Will Armstrong win a stage/race?
No
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Will Wiggins continue to develop as a climber and improve on last season?
Ever so slightly. The booze will eventually catch up with him
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When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
*throws dart at calendar at random*
April 17th
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 07-12-2009 11:00
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Q: Who's gonna win what races?
A: Mostly european riders winning european races. But also odd cases where american riders win american races.
Q: Which teams will succeed and which will fail?
A: The teams that win will suceed and the ones that dont will fail.
Q:How will the likes of Sky, Radioshack and BMC do with their new super teams?
A: Fail spectaculary as they arent really super teams.
Q: How many wins will Cav get after loosing his train?
A: Plenty right until the moment Bos manhandles him off his bike.
Q: Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
A: Someone we didnt care about and had only briefly heard about before they went awesome.
Q: Who will be the next major doping scandal?
A: Please see above answer.
Q: Will the Tour Down Under finally have a stage that doesn't end in a sprint?
A: Does it matter? Will anyone ever care?
Q: Will Armstrong win a stage/race?
A: Nope
Q: Will Wiggins continue to develop as a climber and improve on last season?
A: Nah, you cant bleed a rock dry or something like that...
Q: When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
A: DURING the Paris-Roubaix. Right off the handlebars.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-12-2009 11:04
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Waghlon wrote:
Q: Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
A: Someone we didnt care about and had only briefly heard about before they went awesome.
You forgot the part where a trillion people suddenly get avatars and nicknames referencing the rider. Like Kreuziger. And A.Schleck before that. And F.Schleck before that. And Cunego before that.....and so on
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Q: When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
A: DURING the Paris-Roubaix. Right off the handlebars.
"I didn't sniff it. The wind blew it into my nose. Honest."
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 07-12-2009 11:11
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issoisso wrote:
"I didn't sniff it. The wind blew it into my nose. Honest."
"Im for a doping free world. Cocaine is not really a drug though right?"
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| JDC |
Posted on 07-12-2009 11:54
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Waghlon wrote:
Q: When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
A: DURING the Paris-Roubaix. Right off the handlebars.
No, if he is caught again, it will be after Paris-Roubaix. That's when he takes his yearly break (to go party of course). First he will try to win PR for the 4th time, because he has stated multiple times that he wants to match the record. |
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| fenian_1234 |
Posted on 07-12-2009 17:41
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Cavendish will win the sprints, Contador will win the TdF and anything other than these days/races will be well worth watching.  |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 07-12-2009 17:46
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Who's gonna win what races?
-People on bikes? It's too early to tell. Cav will win a sprint or two. Contador may win a GT.
Which teams will succeed and which will fail?
uhh. too early.
How will the likes of Sky, Radioshack and BMC do with their new super teams?
They've bought some big names. Well
How many wins will Cav get after loosing his train?
Losing and i don't see an issue with that.
Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
that one columbia signed might impress me. guld something.
Who will be the next major doping scandal?
Giro.
Will the Tour Down Under finally have a stage that doesn't end in a sprint?
no. just no.
Will Armstrong win a stage/race?
no.
Will Wiggins continue to develop as a climber and improve on last season?
yes.
When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
*sniffs* Yep, he will be. He'll win something and part-ay.
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| Maximka |
Posted on 07-12-2009 18:01
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I have only one prediction: Cavendish  and Contador and Boonen
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| kumazan |
Posted on 07-12-2009 18:07
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ringo182 wrote:
Who's gonna win what races?
As some people said before, Cav for sprints and AC for le Tour. I bet that pro cyclists will win the rest.
ringo182 wrote:Which teams will succeed and which will fail?
Succeed, ummm, maybe Columbia For the ones who will fail see next question.
ringo182 wrote:How will the likes of Sky, Radioshack and BMC do with their new super teams?
They are no such super teams, so they will fail, with the exception of BMC in the classics, and the wins that Gerrans or EBH can collect for Sky.
ringo182 wrote:How many wins will Cav get after loosing his train?
A milliard. He hasn't lost that much of his train.
ringo182 wrote:Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
Kritskiy, Velits (x2), Sicard, and more evolution of Uran. And surely many others.
ringo182 wrote:Who will be the next major doping scandal?
Contadope? Impossible to know I guess.
Oh no, I know! Valverde riding the next season.
ringo182 wrote:Will the Tour Down Under finally have a stage that doesn't end in a sprint?
Nope, unless there is a huge fall like in the Liège stage in la Vuelta, and still...
ringo182 wrote:Will Armstrong win a stage/race?
It depends. Tour of the Gila? Maybe.
ringo182 wrote:Will Wiggins continue to develop as a climber and improve on last season?
Why not?
ringo182 wrote:When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
Yep, for sure. The question is by who. Edit: I failed to answer I say before le Tour, but after the classics.
Edited by kumazan on 07-12-2009 18:09
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| Thrige |
Posted on 07-12-2009 18:31
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doddy13 wrote:
Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
that one columbia signed might impress me. guld something.
Rasmus Guldhammer 
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 08-12-2009 08:17
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when i say superteams i simply mean teams with massive budgets who can go out and get any rider that they really want (contracts depending). i believe that over the next couple of seasons they will develop into very strong teams.
also, if you were to put the 3 squads together and pick 1 "super-team", you'd have a very very strong team that could possibly clean up at the classics and grand tours.
that is why i have labelled them super-teams. |
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| Brinuzzo |
Posted on 06-01-2010 20:27
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Q; Who's gonna win what races?
- UCI Pro Tour maybe will be won by Gilbert. Then, Tour at Contador, Vuelta at Samu Sanchez Gil and for the Giro I've a fool premonition: Cunego could be on pink after Terminillo Stage ( 6th ), and, also if he go to Giro only for stages, he'd still Maglia Rosa to his Verona. Cannonball, by my opinion, is going to dominate sprint, including Milano-San Remo, but this year Petacchi will count on Lampre's train support. Eyes on Ballan with a team editing also around him. Cancellara alien on TT.
Q; Which teams will succeed and which will fail?
- I see OK most of classic team, especially Liquigas and Caisse, but I have some doubt on Astana. Team Radioshack don't convince me.
Q; How will the likes of Sky, Radioshack and BMC do with their new super teams?
- As I've said yet, I don't see Radioshack in the olympus of teams. By the way, Sky get a lot of potential riders. Look at shining star Boasson!
Q; How many wins will Cav get after loosing his train?
- Zero. If he get no train, he won't start at race u_ù.
Q; Which young talents will step up and make a name for themselves?
- Francesco Masciarelli. Edvald Boasson Hagen don't need it.
Q; Who will be the next major doping scandal?
- I hope nothing. But ... 98.3 Vo2max it's a very strange parameter ...
Q; Will the Tour Down Under finally have a stage that doesn't end in a sprint?
- December 21th 2012. Maya said it!
Q; Will Armstrong win a stage/race?
- Maybe a TT whitout Cancellara or a little American stage.
Q; Will Wiggins continue to develop as a climber and improve on last season?
- Yeah.
Q; When will Boonen be caught sniffing cocaine again?
- Of course.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 06-01-2010 20:41
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Brinuzzo wrote:
98.3 Vo2max it's a very strange parameter ...
Who are you talking about?
And yes, 98.3 is like having a sign on your head saying "doping"
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| hondo |
Posted on 06-01-2010 21:03
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Contador will once again show he's the most talented cyclist in the world, and all the arrogant whiners will complain (again) how doped he is. |
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 06-01-2010 21:13
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hondo wrote:
Contador will once again show he's the most talented cyclist in the world, and all the arrogant whiners will complain (again) how doped he is.
Lets just hope that the most arrogant whiner doesn't whine about his teammates winning again and perhaps learn how to make friends.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 06-01-2010 21:52
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Please keep the predictions here: https://pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread....d_id=10635 |
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