2013 Race Predictions

[Hont]

Predictably no-one predicted Ciolek for MSR and/Kreuziger for Amstel, so a quick scan says that no-one has more than one right so far, proving that we know nothing.

Good to see a bit of a return to form for Gilbert for those of us (i.e. just about everyone) who have him for LBL.

 

[Hont]

Milan San Remo - Sagan NOPE
Tour of Flanders - Cancellara YAY
Paris-Roubaix - Hushovd* NOPE
Liege-Bastogne-Liege - Gilbert NOPE
Giro di Lombardia - Gilbert NOPE

Giro - Wiggins NOPE
Le Tour - Contador NOPE
Vuelta - Rodriguez NOPE

Glad I'm not a betting man.

 

[thom]

Its very hard to say - no form to go on. Tom Boonen can do something again as can Ryder Hesjedal. Gilbert has the Rainbow stripes to contend with. But I agree, Contador if he rides the TdF fit, he'll win it.
OPQS are classics specialists so Cav might get a result in Ghent-Wevelgem-Ghent. Maybe he can do well in MSR too.

Complete fail !

 

[rich p]

The Vuelta is too close to the TdF for the double so if Froome goes for the Tour then he scuppers his chances of the Vuelta. If Wiggins goes for the Giro and wins he may have enough energy to support Froome, if he loses he may be tempted to go harder for the Tour again.
Very tricky for Brailsford, Sky team and us armchair pundits!
Classics to be shared between JRod, FabC and Gilbert with a few curve balls in there too - so, basically no predictions then!
Contador for the TdF, Wiggo for the Giro (not sure if he'll like the steepness though, so more in hope than expectation) and errm, JRod for the Vuelta.
Oh, and some Aussie for the TdU.

A big zero here!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think the only result I predicted accurately for this year (and not on this thread) was Froome winning the TdF. Nothing else.

 

[Noodley]

Wiggo for the Giro (not sure if he'll like the steepness though, so more in hope than expectation)

At least you got the bit about him not liking the steepness of the downhills right; that is what you were meaning, wasn't it?

 

[The Couch]

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - Stybar NOPE

Milan San Remo - Cancellara NOPE
Tour of Flanders - Cancellara CORRECT
Paris-Roubaix - Tom Boonen NOPE
Amstel Gold Race - Sagan NOPE
Liege-Bastogne-Liege - Gilbert NOPE

Giro: Not sure who will compete, but I don't have a good feeling with Wiggo CORRECT (ok, I didn't predict the winner, but "not feeling Wiggo for 2013" deserves a point)
TdF: Yeah, I'm afraid Contador is the best all-rounder NOPE
(Oh... and I didn't predict the Vuelta, but I sure as hell wouldn't have gone for Horner)

I am pretty sure a monkey would do better than all of us...
But I will always be able to bask in the feeling of kicking your asses in the Vuelta Velogames competition (from start to finish, BABY )

 

[tigger]

Looks like I'm joint 1st with a grand total of... 1!!!

We were rubbish!

 

[rich p]

I'd have some points if, like Couch, I picked people who weren't going to win

 

[Noodley]

Having made no predictions in this thread I feel that I am the winner by having been less wrong than anyone else.

 

[Hont]

I read a comment by a cricket journalist, who had written off Durham for this year, that said if sport were predictable then we wouldn't watch it. So the only true winner here, I think we can all agree, is the sport of cycling.

 

[Noodley]

So the only true winner here, I think we can all agree, is the sport of cycling.

Or me.

 

[rich p]

I read a comment by a cricket journalist, who had written off Durham for this year, that said if sport were predictable then we wouldn't watch it. So the only true winner here, I think we can all agree, is the sport of cycling.

True but you'd think one of us could close their eyes, stick in a pin and come up looking smart!