ProTour Punditry Predictions

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Are you going to start a thread for every race? Or just chuck them in here?

 

[SWSteve]

Can I confirm you want us to predict every stage and the GC winner + any other selected jerseys all at once (Like couch has) as I'm a bit confused having never done a fantasy larking on bikes comp before

 

[rich p]

As I'll be hors de internet next week I'm going to make my predictions all at once.
Stage 1 Simon Clarke
Stage 2 Kittel
Stage 3 Greipel
Stage 4 Greipel
Stage 5 Porte
Stage 6 Kittel
Yellow - Porte
KOM - Bakelants
Sprint - Greipel

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

GC - Gerrans
Mountains - Porte
Sprint - Kittel
Best dressed town - One Tree Hill; I mean, they have a hill and a tree to work with - Gold Medals have been won at Chelsea with less.
Stage 1 - Viviani
Stage 2 - Kittel
Stage 3 - Greipel
Stage 4 - Kittel
Stage 5 - Gerrans
Stage 6 - Kittel

 

[The Couch]

Best dressed town - One Tree Hill; I mean, they have a hill and a tree to work with - Gold Medals have been won at Chelsea with less.

Well, it does get a 7.7 on IMDB, so it should get quite some votes

 

[VamP]

Adam Hansen to win a stage.

So If I am reading the rules right, I get nothing for this prediction even if Adam Hansen wins all the stages, as I did not state which stage he is going to win. Is that right?

 

[The Couch]

So If I am reading the rules right, I get nothing for this prediction even if Adam Hansen wins all the stages, as I did not state which stage he is going to win. Is that right?

No, on the contrary, if your only prediction is Adam Hansen, then he is basically your pick for everything.

So in your hypothetical (him winning all stages) you would gain points for every stage and the "Ochre" leader jersey points and the "Drab" sprint jersey
(KOM jersey would be possible as well, but is impossible to predict in this hypothetical)
(And of course you would get the bonus points if the town Adam Hansen would win the best dressed town)

Anyway... you'd be miles ahead of us after just 1 event
(all thanks to a beer lover on a bike and your laziness... who would've thought)

 

[smutchin]

Are you going to start a thread for every race? Or just chuck them in here?

Put them in here, please, or by personal message to me if you want to keep your predictions private - it'll make it easier for me to keep track than having multiple threads.

Can I confirm you want us to predict every stage and the GC winner + any other selected jerseys all at once

All GC and other jerseys predictions to be made before the first stage starts. For the TDU, that means by midnight (UK time) on Monday 20th January.

All individual stage predictions to be made before midnight (UK time) the night before the individual stage (so stage 1 by Monday midnight, stage 2 by Tuesday midnight etc - or sooner, like Couch & Rich P, if you prefer).

I would say don't worry too much about making predictions for every stage of every race - it probably won't hurt your chances if you miss a few here and there, and it's only supposed to be a bit of fun anyway.

 

[smutchin]

So If I am reading the rules right, I get nothing for this prediction even if Adam Hansen wins all the stages, as I did not state which stage he is going to win. Is that right?

As Couch says, I'll read that as Hansen being your default prediction for all stages and competitions (including Best Dressed Town) unless you specify otherwise.

 

[smutchin]

My predictions...

GC: Richie Porte
KOM: Jan Bakelants
Sprint jersey: Andre Greipel
Best Dressed Town: McLaren Vale to make it two in a row.
Lanterne Rouge: Stig Broeckx

Stage 1: Andre Greipel

 

[VamP]

How many points for best dressed town again?

 

[smutchin]

How many points for best dressed town again?

10. Worth a punt!

 

[VamP]

dirty brown jersey - Gerrans
KOM - Gerrans
Drab jersey - Kittel

Best dressed - Willunga Hill (Christ I hope there's a town there)

Stage 1 - Kittel
Stage 2 - Hansen
Stage 3 - Greipel
Stage 4 - Kittel
Stage 5 - Gerrans
Stage 6 - Kittel

 

[smutchin]

Revised calendar (also as pdf attached) - shout if you think I've cut something that should be included...

21-26 Jan : Tour Down Under
9-14 Feb : Tour of Qatar (AsT)
1 March : Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite (ET)
2 March : Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne (ET)
8 March : Strade Bianche (ET)
9-16 March : Paris-Nice
15 March : Ronde van Drenthe (WE)
23 March : Milano-Sanremo
24-30 March : Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
28 March : E3 Harelbeke
30 March : Gent-Wevelgem Men; Trofeo Alfredo Binda (WE)
6 April : Ronde van Vlaanderen Men; Ronde van Vlaanderen Women (WE)
13 April : Paris-Roubaix
20 April : Amstel Gold Race
23 April : La Flèche Wallonne; La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (WE)
27 April : Liège-Bastogne-Liège
29 April-5 May : Tour de Romandie
7-11 May : The Women’s Tour (WE)
9 May-1 June : Giro d'Italia
14-16 May : Tour of Chongming Island (WE)
8-15 June : Critérium du Dauphiné
14-22 June : Tour de Suisse
4-13 July : Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile (WE)
5-27 July : Tour de France
3 Aug : Sparkassen Giro (WE)
10 Aug : Prudential RideLondon Classic (ET)
23 Aug-14 Sept : Vuelta a España
24 Aug : Open de Suede Vargada (WE)
30 Aug : GP de Plouay-Bretagne (WE)
7-14 Sep : Tour of Britain (ET)
22-29 Sept: World Road Race Championships -; Elite Men’s RR & TT, Elite Women’s RR & TT
05 Oct : Il Lombardia
10-14 Oct : Tour of Beijing

 

[SWSteve]

@smutchin Thanks, I'll post later tonight after I find out who is racing there.


Can we have a YellowFlou wildcard where we guess who will get caught for doping? Or is that too cynical