ProTour Pundit 2015 *no spoilers please*

[Pro Tour Punditry]

MSR - Matthews

 

[oldroadman]

Hmmmm, MSR... I've narrowed my possible picks down to a shortlist of:
Cancellara
Kristoff
Kwiatkowski
Swift
Matthews
Thomas
Cavendish
Stybar
Gallopin

That may seem like hedging my bets a bit but I've already crossed off the list:
Nibali
Sagan
Rui Costa
Kittel
Stannard
Valverde
Van Avermaet
Gilbert
Boonen
Farrar
Ciolek
Debusschere
Boom
Chavanel
EBH
Hofland
Poels
...so feel free to have a dig if any of them win.

Of course, it will now probably be none of the above. And a lot will depend on the weather, I guess. Predicting this one might be a case of sticking a pin in a hat or something.

So sort of anybody's, really. All down to who is good on and after Poggio. Eurosport should reveal all.
In days past, before the sensible filed sizes came in (25 teams of 8, or 22 of 9, max 200 unless you are the Giro in a fix and it's 207!) it was not unusual to have up to 350 starters in MSR, all the little teams got a go, thus ensuring the early bit was mayhem - or more mayhem than it is now.

 

[smutchin]

So sort of anybody's, really.

Yep, pretty much. All the real pundits are saying they think it will favour the sprinters this year, and since a stab in the dark is as likely to be accurate as a Reasoned Decision when it comes to MSR, I may as well go with my heart rather than my head. So...

MSR - Cavendish

 

[themosquitoking]

Msr-Cav

 

[rich p]

Where's @ItsSteveLovell these days?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

That's all 7 who were active in P-N got their picks in.

Plenty room for more, especially those who have given a pick in the spoiler thread. C'mon, it's a bit of fun!

 

[rich p]

That's all 7 who were active in P-N got their picks in.

Plenty room for more, especially those who have given a pick in the spoiler thread. C'mon, it's a bit of fun!

They're running scared, innit

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

They're running scared, innit

No deep knowledge, innit.

 

[400bhp]

MSR - paulini

 

[themosquitoking]

No deep knowledge, innit.

Uuummmm, not sure how much of that i have either. Also we really don't score that many points as a group on the races, in a competition we designed.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Uuummmm, not sure how much of that i have either. Also we really don't score that many points as a group on the races, in a competition we designed.

Sorry, it was a píss-take in reference to a comment made many years ago. There is absolutely no deep knowledge.

 

[themosquitoking]

Sorry, it was a píss-take in reference to a comment made many years ago. There is absolutely no deep knowledge.

I laughed at the fact we're all really not very good at this. We should change the rules so we all appear amazing.

 

[beastie]

MSR .....Kristoff

 

[SWSteve]

Where's @ItsSteveLovell these days?

Sorry, I have recently moved and feel like I've been snowed under at work with boss off sick. If anyone has a Project Management/Officer job going in Bristol I can take you up on so I could also enjoy keeping up with pro-cycling that would be ace.

MSR: Kennaugh

 

[iLB]

MSR - Sagan