ProTour Punditry Predictions

[themosquitoking]

Non-runner! So instead I'll go for...

LBL - Chris Froome

...who has about as much chance of winning as Terpstra but what the heck.

I'm not 100% sure you completely understand what we are trying to do here.

 

[smutchin]

I'm being wilfully maverick.

 

[themosquitoking]

I admire both your courage and your style sir.

 

[smutchin]

OK, apparently Froome's out now, so I'm changing my prediction again...

Mollema

And he'd better be bloody riding or else.

 

[The Couch]

Shame Wiggins isn't riding this one. I would almost fancy his chances. Instead...

LBL - Niki Terpstra

Non-runner! So instead I'll go for...

LBL - Chris Froome

...who has about as much chance of winning as Terpstra but what the heck.

And I though you were just joking

 

[The Couch]

Tour de Romandie
GC: Tejay (hoping he lasts longer than 70K this time)
Sprint: Kittel
Moutain: Navardauskas (why the hell not )
LT: Zoidl

Prologue: Martin

EDIT (Tue evening): Since Tejay is jinxed everytime I take him, I'll go for Nibbels for GC (I know with his form it's very unlikely, but I feel a bit bad changing my choice, so I go for a wild shot)

Stage 1: Kittel

 

[smutchin]

Hang on, Romandie starts today, doesn't it? Heck, I'd completely forgotten about it. As, it appears, has everyone else - except one... OK, since it's just the prologue today, you've all got until tomorrow morning to get predictions in.

GC - Froome
Points - Kittel
KOM - Voeckler
LR - Earle

Prologue - Martin
Stage 1 - Kwiatkowski

 

[The Couch]

Hang on, Romandie starts today, doesn't it? Heck, I'd completely forgotten about it. As, it appears, has everyone else - except one... OK, since it's just the prologue today, you've all got until tomorrow morning to get predictions in.

Getting my prediction in, doesn't necessarily mean much of an advantage... as Tour down Under and Paris Nice have shown

But does the extra time to get predictions is, mean that we could still change our picks if anybody (I am specifally looking at you Tejay ) decides to call it quits or takes a big fall today?

 

[rich p]

Romandie
GC - Froome
Points Kittel
KOM - Majka
Prologue - Dennis
LR - Tuft

 

[smutchin]

But does the extra time to get predictions is, mean that we could still change our picks if anybody (I am specifally looking at you Tejay ) decides to call it quits or takes a big fall today?

That sounds reasonable.

 

[The Couch]

Goddammit....

Pelotonwatch:

reports van Garderen has crashed

van Garderen finishes +3:21

 

[themosquitoking]

GC - Rui Costa
Points - Kittel
Mountains - Winner Anacona Gomez (with a name like that how can he fail?)
LR - Boris Vallee

Stage 1 - Kittel

 

[rich p]

Stage 1 Romandie - J-C Peraud

 

[smutchin]

Stage 1 - Kwiatkowski

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Oops, I have been away at a conference and forgot to do my predictions before heading off, I'll just do the remaining stage picks:

Stage 2 - Nibali