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smutchin

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
Just updated the points from the Dolphiny and the Tour de Suisse... And it makes for some interesting reading!

Dauphiné
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(I got everything wrong except the Lanterne Rouge - Zandio!)

Tour de Suisse
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Overall league - we have a new leader!
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All predictions from the last two races, according to my records - the final standings from the TdS are still provisional for the time being but I'll check them again later in case there are any more points to be added...
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rich p

rich p

ridiculous old lush
Location
Brighton
Well done, Smutch appreciated mate!:rolleyes:
Christ, I'm a know-nothing!

I'm going to be away for 2 weeks from tomorrow but I'm hoping to be wifi-ed up in la belle France. If not I shall miss the first 2 stages of the TdF so I'll pick my jersey men now
GC - Contador
KOM - Rolland
Points - Kittel
LR - the last bloke in the Bretagne Seche listing as supplied by Cyclingnews.com:thumbsup:
 
montage

montage

God Almighty
Location
Bethlehem
rich p said:
Well done, Smutch appreciated mate!:rolleyes:
Christ, I'm a know-nothing!

I'm going to be away for 2 weeks from tomorrow but I'm hoping to be wifi-ed up in la belle France. If not I shall miss the first 2 stages of the TdF so I'll pick my jersey men now
GC - Contador
KOM - Rolland
Points - Kittel
LR - the last bloke in the Bretagne Seche listing as supplied by Cyclingnews.com:thumbsup:
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Worryingly, I think you might be right about Contador. That initial stage where Froome beat, but couldn't drop Bertie seems to have been followed up with comments from the Bertie camp on exactly the wattage outputs the Froome is capable of putting out. In short - they have really done their homework!

Also it looks like I better get back in the game, so I'll do a Rich P and call Vos for everything!
 
themosquitoking

themosquitoking

Guru
Location
Spain
Is there anything to predict on the for the next week?
 
smutchin

smutchin

Cat 6 Racer
Location
The Red Enclave
Quite a few national championships before the TdF but are any of them worth bothering with? The Belgian one might be interesting given the strength of the field. Predicting a winner will be entirely pot luck.

The British men's road race is on Eurosport and ITV this Sunday, by the way. 186km round South Wales. I suspect G will really want this one. Don't know if the women's race is on though.
 
The Couch

The Couch

Über Member
Location
Crazytown
smutchin said:
Quite a few national championships before the TdF but are any of them worth bothering with? The Belgian one might be interesting given the strength of the field. Predicting a winner will be entirely pot luck.
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It's "pretty flat" (understatement alert), so could end in an escape:
Vanmarcke
Devolder
Bakelants
Van Keirsbulck
Vandenberghe
...
or in a sprint, but who would win the sprint?
Boonen (fell on his knee recently and had to leave Tour de Suisse)
Roelandts (was a pretty decent sprinter, but hasn't shown much of it ever since he is pulling sprints for Greipel)
Gilbert (pretty decent sprint when it's a hard race, but the profile won't help)
Van Avermaet (always the bridesmaid)
Meersman (but hasn't shown much form lately)
Boeckmans (part of the big Lotto team, always named as potential good sprinter, but never has shown much/any of it)
De Busschere (also part of the big Lotto team and has shown he can win minor sprints in the last years)
or one of the sprinters from the smaller teams who have shown they can win (this year): Van Asbroeck, Vanthomme, De Ketele

(and Belgium has had many "small" riders winning the Belgian championship in the past, so a surprise win isn't far-fetched)
So yeah, pretty much a pick-somebody-and-hope-for the-best

Still... if (and I say if) we would go for a national road race, it's probably nicest to take a country nobody lives in, to avoid potential "booohhhs" :smile:
(Spain, Italy, France ???)
 
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