2010 Race Picks

[Bluebeard]

Cuddles = Evans ????

Obviously I'm not up to date on nick names. thought they called him Grumpy.
What do i know.....

I think that Friebe in Procycling dubbed him that about a year or so ago, around the time of "Dog-head-gate". It really fits him though.

As regards what you know, I'd say you are a man of rare insight if you too have thought to tip the huggable antipodean for the Giro too

 

[Delicato]

P-N-Contador
SanRemo-Phillippe Gilbert
Flanders-EBH
P-R-Pozzato
A-G-F.Schleck
Fleche-Schlecklet
Liege-Vinokourov
Giro-Sastre
Tour-A.Schleck (Contador will win later will be given two-year ban)
Vuelta-Sastre
Lombardia-Evans
Worlds-Hushovd

 

[Tornado Tom]

P-N: Valverde
SanRemo: Petacchi
Flanders: Boonen
P-R: Hushovd
A-G-F: Valverde
Fleche: Purito Rodriguez
Liege: Gilbert
Giro: Pellizotti
Tour: Contador
Vuelta: Contador
Lombardia: Samuel Sanchez
Worlds: Cavendish

 

[auscyclefan94]

I think that Friebe in Procycling dubbed him that about a year or so ago, around the time of "Dog-head-gate". It really fits him though.

As regards what you know, I'd say you are a man of rare insight if you too have thought to tip the huggable antipodean for the Giro too

what a quality journallist daniel friebe is?

 

[Runitout]

Damn it. Going through page one on this thread before I posted my own predictions, I thought this would be my trump

Ha! I thought I'd picked Cuddles in post #3 but looking back, I realised I picked Jennifer Grey. Must have been the Kronplatz ITT that tipped it.

 

[Bike Boy]

Ha! I thought I'd picked Cuddles in post #3 but looking back, I realised I picked Jennifer Grey. Must have been the Kronplatz ITT that tipped it.

Yes Pellizotti is clearly strong enough to win the giro, but sometimes i question whether he has the mental focus, to be with the best everyday through 3 weeks of racing

 

[mr. tibbs]

Hmm...

I think maybe some revisions are in order! I underestimated the form EBH would be carrying into spring. I think dude's going to win either:

MSR (a la Pippo or Cancellara),
De Ronde (a la Devolder, or maybe like Ballan if he comes to the finish with another guy who isn't Boonen),
or Roubaix (On a 20km solo move).

The most exciting for me would be San Remo, b/c it's always fun when the sprinters' teams get up-staged by a lone crankman, but a long solo pull into Roubaix is also always an amazing nail-biter. A Flanders win would be a spectacle, too--I can easily see Boonen, Pippo, and Cancellara sitting on each other while a couple of guys like Devolder and EBH slip up the road to duke it out in the finale.

Oh hooray spring!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Paris-Nice: Contador
Tireno-Adriatico: Gesink
San Remo: Friere
G-W: Haussler
Flanders: Haussler
Paris-Roubaix: Boonen
Fleche: Gesink
L-B-L: Cunego
Amstel: A. Schleck
Giro: Pellizotti
TdS: Cancellara
Dauphine: Valverde
Tour: Contador
Vuelta: Menchov
Worlds: Gilbert
Lombardy: Cunego

PS: i think someone should make another fantasy season...

 

[Ferminal]

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=85

Any volunteers?

 

[Christian]

Fleche: Kirchen
Liege: F. Schleck
AGR: A. Schleck

Oh man - I am praying for that to happen!

Kirchen seems to be on a lot of people's list for the classics though, which I agree with - Katusha should have one of the strongest teams with Kirchen, Rodriguez and Ivanov!
I'm excited to see how Kirchen will do in Tour of Flanders, Brussels-Kuurne and Gent-Wevelgem for example, it's exactly his kind of weather usually and he always said he'd love to win Flanders one day.

 

[taiwan]

Oh man - I am praying for that to happen!

Kirchen seems to be on a lot of people's list for the classics though, which I agree with - Katusha should have one of the strongest teams with Kirchen, Rodriguez and Ivanov!
I'm excited to see how Kirchen will do in Tour of Flanders, Brussels-Kuurne and Gent-Wevelgem for example, it's exactly his kind of weather usually and he always said he'd love to win Flanders one day.

And Pozzato, and Kolobnev.

 

[Bluebeard]

Went back to see who I had for what and discovered this

P-N-Contador
SanRemo-Phillippe Gilbert
Flanders-EBH
P-R-Pozzato
A-G-F.Schleck
Fleche-Schlecklet
Liege-Vinokourov
Giro-Sastre
Tour-A.Schleck (Contador will win later will be given two-year ban)
Vuelta-Sastre
Lombardia-Evans
Worlds-Hushovd

Given Delicato's late season form, and clear autumnal insider knowledge, I have put the house on Cuddles to take Lombardia...

 

[ak-zaaf]

Went back to see who I had for what and discovered this



Given Delicato's late season form, and clear autumnal insider knowledge, I have put the house on Cuddles to take Lombardia...

That is impressive.

 

[luckyboy]

And he got Liege-Bastogne-Liege right.

 

[The Hitch]

P-N-Contador
SanRemo-Phillippe Gilbert
Flanders-EBH
P-R-Pozzato
A-G-F.Schleck
Fleche-Schlecklet
Liege-Vinokourov
Giro-Sastre
Tour-A.Schleck (Contador will win later will be given two-year ban)
Vuelta-Sastre
Lombardia-Evans
Worlds-Hushovd

My God these are some good predictions. Starts of slow with the likely Contador victory a few wrong before the surprising Vinokourov LBL

Then bang on, totaly bang on with the Tour prediction (even if COnti doesnt get banned ill still say thats a top prediction) and Hushovd for the worlds to top it all off.

 

[mulletCobra]

San Remo: Alejandro Valverde

Flanders: Lance Armstrong

Paris-Roubaix: Alberto Contador

Fleche: Bert Grabsch

Liege: Mark Cavendish

Giro: Alejandro Valverde

Tour: Fabian Cancellara

Vuelta: Kenny van Hummel

Lombardia: Inigo Cuesta

Worlds: Arthur Vichot

This gave me a good laugh. I needed it too. Excellent post.. wonder why the guy got banned