2011 prediction game

[Eric8-A]

I'll have my picks in by today

 

[Tuarts]

Can't see your predictions Eric, still waiting for someone else as well to get back to me.

Starts in an hour?

 

[El Pistolero]

Can't see your predictions Eric, still waiting for someone else as well to get back to me.

Starts in an hour?

Yeah, with Joaquim Rodriguez being the first important stooge. People who voted for him to win will get their hopes dazzled soon enough

 

[Tuarts]

Article 9. The Best Young Rider classification

The classification is reserved for the best young rider born after 1st January 1986.

Those that have picked Martin (born April 23, 1985) in the Young Riders classification have till the end of today to change.

 

[Tuarts]

Ok, I've waited long enough, can't accept any more predictions. There is some incomplete teams though, can those people please get back to me ASAP to fill in the gaps, or I'll just leave it blank.

Here we are, will put this in the 2nd post as well.

*snip*

See 2nd post in thread for teams

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

hahaha I could have sworn I had D.Marin as my second youth guy
I guess sub-conscious is confident

 

[Tuarts]

Was it Dan Martin? It just said Martin I think, will put it in, if that's the case and not Tony.

 

[Ferminal]

I like that Timmy just picked Gesink for the Young, as no one else will get close...........

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Was it Dan Martin? It just said Martin I think, will put it in, if that's the case and not Tony.

whoops apologies

Yeah I meant Dan, but it was worth the lols when I saw only I had gesink as a single pick

 

[thrawn]

I predicted Gesink for the overall but not for the young riders jersey. Don't I feel like an idiot...

 

[Tuarts]

Timothy was part of the 4 guys with incomplete teams because of that error. There's now only 2 people (lancaster and jancouver) who haven't submitted full teams. Hopefully they can get back to me before the day is over.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

That's what comes of just a quick scan of the starter lists: I'd forgotten that Gesink was young enough to qualify for white jersey

 

[Cobblestoned]

That's what comes of just a quick scan of the starter lists: I'd forgotten that Gesink was young enough to qualify for white jersey

To make it easier, you can look at steephill.tv next time, and there is an option to sort riders by age.
But be aware that also riders with age of 24 belong to the U23-group /white jersey.

http://www.steephill.tv/criterium-du-dauphine-libere/

Looks like this:

Racing age: 24 (19 riders)

162 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA Andrey MOV
42 BESSY Cyril SAU
62 BOUET Maxime ALM
41 COPPEL Jerome SAU
163 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto MOV
81 GESINK Robert RAB
3 HERMANS Ben RSH
161 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat MOV
154 JEANNESSON Arnold FDJ
64 KADRI Blel ALM
95 KOREN Kristijan LIQ
116 MARTIN Daniel GRM
97 PATERSKI Maciej LIQ
138 ROLLAND Pierre EUC
216 RUIJGH Rob VCD
78 SCHÄR Michael BMC
176 SEELDRAEYERS Kevin QST
126 THOMAS Geraint SKY
18 ZEITS Andrey AST
Racing age: 23 (6 riders)

124 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald SKY
182 DENIFL Stefan LEO
134 GAUTIER Cyril EUC
27 SMUKULIS Gatis THR
51 TAARAMAE Rein COF
127 URAN URAN Rigoberto SKY
Racing age: 22 (6 riders)

23 GHYSELINCK Jan THR
215 LIGTHART Pim VCD
201 MALORI Adriano LAM
117 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas GRM
147 SILIN Egor KAT
36 VANDOUSSELAERE Sven OLO
Racing age: 21 (4 riders)

22 DEGENKOLB John THR
103 LANDA MEANA Mikel EUS
196 MAJKA Rafal SBS
178 VERMOTE Julien QST
Racing age: 20 (4 riders)

102 BILBAO Pello EUS
166 HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus MOV
157 PINOT Thibaut FDJ
177 TRATNIK Jan QST

 

[taiwan]

I predicted Gesink for the overall but not for the young riders jersey. Don't I feel like an idiot...

Same here. Picking that one is a pain...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I thought Uran was 24.
maybe not?

 

[Tuarts]

He's born after 1st January 1986, so that's all that matters.

I've also received Eric's predictions now. They arrived a few hours after the Dauphine started. As he's high up on the leaderboard, I want to ask you guys if you think I should accept them? You're his rivals after all.

 

[Cobblestoned]

He's born after 1st January 1986, so that's all that matters.

I've also received Eric's predictions now. They arrived a few hours after the Dauphine started. As he's high up on the leaderboard, I want to ask you guys if you think I should accept them? You're his rivals after all.

Few hours ? Thats over the limit I would say.
You can get an indication even by just a short Prologue, so I would say that half points for GC is a good compromise. Could be worse.

We should keep this serious and not a goodwill competition.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Personally I have no issues with Eric sending in a bit late.

 

[Tuarts]

Ok, so I'll include the predictions unless anyone else has any objections? "Speak now or forever hold your peace".

Also, Stage 3 2 days away, I hope people are getting ready for that.

 

[luckyboy]

Damnit Sanchez, 58 seconds lost today

 

[Ferminal]

Oh wtf, I ended up going with Taaramae not Kadri?

 

[Tuarts]

Posting for stage selections will be delayed for this, about 2-3 hours, hopefully before the race is over.

 

[Merckx]

Bit late sending mine in, but none of the riders have started yet. Hopefully I can still get in!

T. Martin, B. Wiggins, A. Vinokourov, C. Evans, J. Brajkovic.

(for the sake of transparency) =p

 

[Tuarts]

Finally done the teams, here we go. Lots of different combinations of the same riders. Will be interesting how it all stacks up!

Edit: after constantly checking twice over everyone elses picks for spelling Brajkovic and Zabriskie correctly, I can't believe I ****ed up with my own.

 

[El Pistolero]

Finally done the teams, here we go. Lots of different combinations of the same riders. Will be interesting how it all stacks up!

Edit: after constantly checking twice over everyone elses picks for spelling Brajkovic and Zabriskie correctly, I can't believe I ****ed up with my own.

You can't get points not from Zabriskie IMO

(Just kidding)