ProTour Pundit 2016 *no spoilers please*

[Pro Tour Punditry]

In the Spring Events competition, the running total scores are:
59 - @Flying_Monkey
54 - @ItsSteveLovell
52 - me and @Berk on a Bike
49 - @roadrash @rich p @Crackle
37 - @smutchin @themosquitoking
27 - @simo105 @User

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

OK punditry peeps - Strade Bianche this weekend on Saturday 5th.
Strong looking startlists, and thunderstorms are forecast. Could make for very interesting racing.

**The pundit competition will be for male and female races**

Also, Paris-Nice starts on Sunday 6th which is also a punditry competition.

Punditry doesn't get any tougher than this.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

 

[rich p]

S-B
Valverde

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

S-B
Valverde

Firstly, many thanks for giving me my 12,000th "like"
Secondly, how long have we been using the 3 picks per race format?! One pick? One pick? That's, like, so 2015...

So, as a reminder, for Strade Bianche:
3 picks per race, 3 men and 3 women
Points awarded for top 5 as follows: 15,12,10, 7, 5

I'll stick up the Paris-Nice jersey competitions later once I have had a closer look.

 

[rich p]

Firstly, many thanks for giving me my 12,000th "like"
Secondly, how long have we been using the 3 picks per race format?! One pick? One pick? That's, like, so 2015...

So, as a reminder, for Strade Bianche:
3 picks per race, 3 men and 3 women
Points awarded for top 5 as follows: 15,12,10, 7, 5

I'll stick up the Paris-Nice jersey competitions later once I have had a closer look.

Oh yeah, in my defence, I am very, very old.
S-B
Valverde, Stybar, Sagan

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Oh yeah, in my defence, I am very, very old.
S-B
Valverde, Stybar, Sagan

That is very, very true

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Strade Bianche (uomini): Stybar, Sagan, Benoot

Strade Bianche (donne): Armitstead, Longo Borghini, van der Breggen

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Paris-Nice (Sunday start)
Jersey competitions will be:
Yellow
Green
Polka

Scoring 20, 15, 12, 10, 7 for each of them

 

[Crackle]

I can't believe that Marmion, the curmudgeonly grump, has got more likes than me, an infinetly more nuanced poster; no justice. Right, onwards

Strade Bianche men - Greg Van Avarmaet (on a roll now), Kwiatkowski, Stybar
Strade Bianche women - Armitstead, Borghini, Van der Breggen

And I didn't read Berk's post before my womens pick!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Going for some familiar and some slightly different options for the Strade Bianche, based on style and form. Of course, shoot happens, so such things matter as much as weather, mechanicals and momentary lapses of concentration, but anyway:

Women: Amialiusik, Moolman, Longo-Borghini
Men: Valverde, Sagan, Colbrelli

 

[simo105]

Strade bianche men stybar valverde nibali
Women armistead, van der breggen, weaver

 

[roadrash]

Strade Bianche men...Stybar , Sagan and valverde

Strade Bianche women....Armitstead, Borghini and van der Breggen

 

[themosquitoking]

Strade bianche men - Sagan, Fugslang, Cancellera
Strade bianche women - Armistead, Borghini, King

 

[smutchin]

Strade Bianche (m) - Nibali (Vincenzo), Van Avermaet, Valverde
Strade Bianche (w) - Armitstead, Guarnier, Longo-Borghini

Paris-Nice
Yellow - Thomas
Green - Kristoff
Polka Dot - Bardet
Prologue - Gougeard, Matthews, Dumoulin
Stage 1 - Kittel, Kristoff, Bouhanni