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Tour de France predictions
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| Wilier |
Posted on 20-06-2011 11:20
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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
Edited by Wilier on 20-06-2011 11:24
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 20-06-2011 11:33
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. S. Sanchez
4. Gesink
5. Van den Brock
6. F. Schleck
7. Bradley Wiggins
8. Ivan Basso
9. Cadel Evans
10. Chris Horner
Most stage wins:
Cavendish: 4
Green jersey:
Cavendish
Polka dots:
Thomas Vouckler
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Cadel Evans
Biggest surprise:
Vouckler getting the Polka
Best team:
Team RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Thomas Vouckler
Edited by hillis91 on 20-06-2011 11:34
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 20-06-2011 11:48
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. Schleck
3. Gesink
4. Van den Broeck
5. Sanchez
6. Basso
7. Horner
8. Schleck (the other one)
9. Hesjedal
10. Coppel
Most stage wins:
Cavendish - 5
Green jersey:
Cavendish
Polka dot jersey:
Cunego
White jersey:
Gesink
Best team:
Rabobank
Most stage wins per team:
HTC
Most agressive rider:
Voeckler
Fails:
Evans, the Shack
Biggest surprise:
Coppel
Edited by alexkr00 on 20-06-2011 11:50
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| kumazan |
Posted on 20-06-2011 11:48
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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:
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 20-06-2011 11:53
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What if Conta gets taken out? anyway this is my prediction:
Top 10:
1. A. Schleck
2. A. Contador
3. S. Sanchez
4. Basso
5. Van den Broeck
6. Cunego
7. F. Schleck
8. Hesjedal
9. Cadel Evans
10. Gesink
Most stage wins:
A. Schleck: 3
Green jersey:
Hushovd
Polka dots:
A. Schleck
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Leipheimer/wiggins/Horner
Biggest surprise:
Some unknown rider takes the polka dot
Best team:
Leopard
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
De Gendt
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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| CasperVg |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:02
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. S. Sanchez
4. Gesink
5. Basso
6. Cunego
7. Klöden
8. Evans
9. Van den Broeck
10. Casar (breakaway)
Most stage wins:
Cavendish: 2
Green jersey:
Hushovd
Polka dots:
Voeckler
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Horner, Coppel, Van den Broeck
Biggest surprise:
Gilbert fails to win a single stage
Best team:
Team RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
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| fefj |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:07
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Stijn_vranken wrote:
What if Conta gets taken out? anyway this is my prediction:
Top 10:
1. A. Schleck
2. A. Contador
3. S. Sanchez
4. Basso
5. Van den Broeck
6. Cunego
7. F. Schleck
8. Hesjedal
9. Cadel Evans
10. Gesink
Most stage wins:
A. Schleck: 3
Green jersey:
Hushovd
Polka dots:
A. Schleck
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Leipheimer/wiggins/Horner
Biggest surprise:
Some unknown rider takes the polka dot
Best team:
Leopard
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
De Gendt
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:15
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Top 10:
1. Andy
2. Contador
3. Gesink
4. Sanchez
5. Van den Broeck
6. Klöden
7. F Schleck
8. Coppel
9. Evans
10. Dan Martin, as Garmin's new top-10 rider.
Most stage wins: Cavendish, around 4 or 5
Green jersey: Cavendish
Polka Dots: Cyril Gautier. 
Fails: Horner, Evans, Vinokourov, Garmin (trying to place VdV or Hesjedal in the top-10, and then end with another one. ) and Tony Martin, whom I predict that won't be inside the best 40.
Best young rider: Gesink
Biggest surprise: Coppel, Urán, Dan Martin, Galimzyanov
Best Team: Radio Shack
Most stagewins per team: HTC
Most agressive riders: Thomas Voeckler, Damiano Cunego, Thomas De Gendt, Sylvain Chavanel, Jerôme Pineau
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:20
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Top 10:
1. Contador
Big gap, probably about 5 minutes but I don't now for sure...
2. A. Schleck
Again huge gap, around 3 minutes this time
3. F.Schleck
4. Van den Broeck
5. S. Sanchéz
6. Horner
7. R.Gesink
8. Some random french that gains 20 minutes in a break. The new Hinault, probably...
9. C.Evans
10. C. Vande Velde
Most stage wins:
Cavendish: 4
Green jersey:
Cavendish, if he manages to survive the mountains!
Polka dots:
Contador
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Cadel Evans takes the yellow ans says: "I will keep to Paris!" But then he looks tortued in the mountains and Contador takes it.
Biggest surprise:
Robert Gesink doesn't crash out of top-10
Best team:
Leopard - Trek
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Alberto Contador, in two ways. He will attack his competitors in every mountain and every fan that screams: Beef!
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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:21
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@fefj lolz. i need some coffee
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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| Schllierenzauer |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:32
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Top 10:
1. A.Schleck
2. C.Evans
3. A.Klöden
4. S.Sanchez
5. I.Basso
6. J.Van den Broeck
7. A.Vinokourov
8. D.Cunego
9. C.Vandevelde
10.R.Gesink
Most stage wins:
Cavendish: 6
Green jersey:
Cavendish
Polka dots:
Voeckler
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fail:
Alberto Contador
Suprise:
3 Garmin riders in top 20 - Vandevelde,Hesjedal and Dan Martin
Best team:
Team RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
HTC - Highroad
Most agressive rider:
Thomas Voeckler
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| di-rect |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:36
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Top 10:
1. A. Schleck
2. Gesink
3. Contador
4. Van den Broeck
5. F.Schleck
6. S.Sanchez
7. Wiggins
8. Basso
9. Klöden
10. Le Mével
most stage wins:
Gilbert: 3
Green jersey:
Farrar
Polka dots:
Hesjedal
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Evans
Biggest surprise:
Farrar beats Cavendish in most stages
Best team:
Leopard Trek
Most stagewins per team:
Garmin Cervelo
Most agressive rider:
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| marble |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:41
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Since I don't really have a clue who's starting and who isn't I'll just throw some names out there.
GC:
1. Andy Schleck
2. Alberto Contador
3. Samuel Sanchez
4. Jurgen Van den Broeck
5. Robert Gesink
6. Fränk Schleck
7. Chris Horner
8. Peter Velits
9. Janez Brajkovic
10. Ivan Basso
Green Jersey:
1. Mark Cavendish
2. Tyler Farrar
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen
Polkadot Jersey:
1. Anthony Charteau
2. Andy Schleck
3. Alberto Contador
White Jersey:
1. Robert Gesink
2. Jerome Coppel
3. Romain Sicard
Team:
1. Team Radioshack |
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| evann0 |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:43
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. Gesink
3. A.Shleck
4. Basso
5. Sanchez
6. Van den Broeck
7. Cunego
8.Wiggins
9.D.Martin
10. S. Casar
Most stage wins:
Cavendish:4 maybe 5
Green jersey:
Farrar
Polka dots:
Voekler
Best young rider:
(apparantly) Gesink
Fails:
Leipheimer
Biggest surprise:
Geraint Thomas:- surprise attacks, newly found climbing ability.
Best team:
Leopard Trek
Most stagewins per team:
HTC- Columbia
Most agressive rider:
Van den Broek
Edited by evann0 on 20-06-2011 12:44
Lance Armstrong=hero of our generation
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:46
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You guys have hugh support to van den Broeck..based on what? |
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| pbenoit4 |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:51
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Top 10:
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. Van den Broeck
4. Wiggins
5. Leipheimer
6. Basso
7. Horner
8. S. Sanchez
9. F. Schleck
10. Evans
most stage wins:
Farrar/Cavendish: 3
Green jersey:
Farrar
Polka dots:
Some French Rider
Best young rider:
Gesink, I guess. First time no White jersey in the top ten in awhile.
Fails:
Tony Martin (personal ambitions will be sacrificed again for Cav's leadout train)
Biggest surprise:
Hushovd proves to be the lead-out man Farrar needs to beat Cav
Best team:
Team RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
Leopard Trek
Most agressive rider:
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| Kami |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:52
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Guido Mukk wrote:
You guys have hugh support to van den Broeck..based on what?
Dauphiné? 5 at the Tour last year?
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| hemsedal |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:52
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Top 10:
1. A. Schleck
2. Contador
3. S. Sanchez
4. Basso
5. Gesink
6. F. Schleck
7. Klöden
8. Leipheimer
9. Van den Broeck
10. Coppel
Most stage wins:
A. Schleck
Green jersey:
Hushovd
Polka dots:
A. Schleck
Best young rider:
Gesink
Fails:
Garmins GC hopes and Wiggins again
Biggest surprise:
Hushovd wins a flat stage
Best team:
Team RadioShack
Most stagewins per team:
Leopard Trek
Most agressive rider:
Thomas Voeckler
Edited by hemsedal on 20-06-2011 12:55
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| evann0 |
Posted on 20-06-2011 12:54
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based on him being a rider who has progressed well, he preformed well and showed awsome talent and real climbing potential in the criterium.
Edited by evann0 on 20-06-2011 12:55
Lance Armstrong=hero of our generation
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| Roman |
Posted on 20-06-2011 13:02
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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
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