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Who will win the maglia rosso passione - the points jersey in this years Giro d'Italia? Seems to be a very open competition, especially because there won't be many opportunities for the pure sprinters (3 opportunities, maybe 4?)! Last year: 1 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) Team Katusha 139...

What can Kiserlovski do?? We seems to be doing really wel in the Tour Of Romandie!

I think they are yes. Didn't add Pozzovivo because of his crash in Trentino. According to Cyclingnews he broke some ribs...

Don't we need a new poll? We are just 2 weeks before the start! I'd say the favourites can be ranked as follows: ***** Wiggins **** Nibali (like last years TDF) *** Hesjedal (weak field last year) ** Henao (has to work for Wiggins), Gesink (inevitable crash), Sanchez (last time he...

Why not Phinney instead of Kwiatkowski?

I would add Breschel to the list as well. It's not like he is too old or anything

Patrick Lefevre in a Belgian Newspaper this weekend in reply to the statement that professional cycling isn't doing too well: Do you agree? Are people like Bruyneel and Saiz what professional cycling needs at this point? Later in the interview the journalist compares Lefevre to someone that...

Oh, you mean the one he won? Or the one where he destroyed Voeckler by losing to him with more than 1 minute?

Hehe, that's one way of looking at it :) Nope, I agree with you on this one, there were too many decent picks around +/- 300. I expect him to do really well though. Kind of regret it already, but I needed a filler for +/- 100 points...

Very good idea! Although I don't think past performances should be the only factor that you take into account. There are other important factors such as age (Leukemans and Flecha), injuries (Langeveld, Nuyens, Roelandts) different focus in other years (Geraint Thomas), ....

Does anyone think Iglinskiy can repeat what he did last year? It's gonna be hard for him to beat 2nd in Strade Bianche and 1st in LBL :). I am afraid Slagter is too good too early, don't see him performing extremely well in the hilly classics. Lotto-Belisol should do better than last year. I...

I have the same problem, the scores don't come up automatically.

Don't see Stybar doing that well, since he will have to work for Boonen. And the question whether Boonen will be at the top of his game is the most difficult one for me. Names I haven't read yet: Geraint Thomas to do well in RVV & PR Schleck to fail miserably

I voted Belgium! Spain No2 -----gap------ Slovenia, Australia, ... Not only because I am blinded by my own national pride, but also because I prefer having the top favorite & outsider over 1 lesser favorite (Valverde) and 4 outsiders. Especially if those outsiders have names like Rodriguez and...

I would say the favorites can be categorised somewhere along these lines: ***** - Gilbert: that sprint in the Vuelta with Swift on his wheel... looks like he is back in great shape **** - Sagan: this guy can do anything, the way he followed Cancellara in Liege in de Tour was impressive -...