2011 prediction game

[Eric8-A]

I'm slowly but surely moving up the charts. eric watch out

3 point lead. The classics are gone and I feel I will drop down once the stage races kick in. So yeah, I'm gonna watch out.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Castilla y Leon
Anton
Bos

Brabantse Pijl
Hunter
Van avermaet
Howard

Amstel
Quinziato
Van avermaet
Ivanov
Vandevelde

Trentino
Morabito
Kristoff
Blanco
De La Fuente

 

[Eric8-A]

Brabantse Pijl

Stijn Devolder


Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

Mauricio Soler

Igor Anton

Juan Manuel Garate

Juan Pablo Suarez

 

[LukeSchmid]

Castilla y Leon
Richie Porte
Steven Kruijswijk
Matthias Brandle

Brabantse Pijl
Michael Matthews
Taylor Phinney
Leigh Howard
Denis Galimzyanov
Ramunas Navardauskas
Carlos Alberto Betancourt
Wesley Sulzberger

Amstel
Ivanov, Sergei
Cunego, Damiano
Di Grégorio, Rémy
Deignan, Philip

Trentino
MASCIARELLI Francesco
COBO ACEBO Juan Jose
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
RUJANO GUILLEN José

 

[Tuarts]

Oh, should mention now that I've remembered that Hugo's on holiday for a few weeks, at least until after Fleche-Wallone afaik

 

[luckyboy]

CASTILLA Y LEON
J.M.Soler
A.Cano
N.Quintana
V.H.Pena
J.Martinez
R.Chalapud

AMSTEL GOLD
D.Di Luca
D.Cunego
A.Schleck
K.Arvesen
C.Vande Velde

GIRO DEL TRENTINO
M.Ignatiev
J.Cobo
F.Masciarelli
F.Duarte
J.Rujano
L.F.Laverde
A.Cano
R.Chalapud
J.E.Martinez
J.Pantano

LA FLECHE WALLONNE
D.Di Luca
D.Cunego
A.Schleck
C.Vande Velde

Should have a good week again. Though I'm wondering if Soler will even make up his 47 points from last year.

 

[Jancouver]

Not sure who is riding for me in all those upcoming races but scored few points (68) today @ Brabantse Pijl so I'm happy

 

[ansimi]

Those Schleck brothers will infuriate you if they're off the podium and then don't bother fighting for the minor placings and the points that come with them. But, they also have the strong potential to stick with each other and each get lots of points. Cunego is safer for some points but not as likely to score big.

Katusha riders are definitely good value. And other teams have some great riders costing 6-8 points who are really strong and consistent. I think the toughest part of this round is actually picking the expensive leaders. That was way easier on cobbles.

I can't believe Ryder Hesjedal costs 12 points!

 

[Tuarts]

Bump. Another reminder to keep those predictions coming!

 

[Tuarts]

Should add, I might be busy all weekend until Sunday afternoon my time. Which is still ok for getting predictions up and posted by race start but I may be inactive for quite a bit so its up to you guys to send in your predictions on time. As long as you send them in PM, I'll have a copy of it and its just a matter of putting them onto the spreadsheet and tallying the score if I am late.

 

[hrotha]

My team includes two riders that are done for (Riccò, Pellizotti), a rider who has been named and might be in trouble (Santambrogio), and two riders who might be collateral damage if things get serious enough (Bole, Galimzyanov). I don't think I'm among those who have it worst.

 

[Eric8-A]

I'll send in my predictions tommorow. For some reason I feel better about doing it the day before the race just in case some riders abandon.

 

[Tuarts]

13 players have roughly 18 hours for their predictions. Don't forget!

 

[taiwan]

I wonder if anyone didn't pick Phil Gil. I don't like pcking the favourites myself and I succumbed.

 

[Cobblestoned]

No gifts - just 20% of risk

 

[Ferminal]

Only picked one winner... Gilbert or nothing.

 

[Tuarts]

Right, its a bit belated but predictions are up in the second post if you wish to see who everyone else picked.

Now to actually go and watch the damn race!

 

[Tuarts]

Tried to go for consistency, hopefully that doesn't mean 20 pts every race!

Philippe GILBERT [22] OLO
Damiano CUNEGO [14] LAM
Alexandre VINOKOUROV [14] AST
Samuel SANCHEZ [10] EUS
Joaquin RODRIGUEZ [8] KAT
Vasil KIRYIENKA [6] MOV
Robert GESINK [6] RAB
Gorka VERDUGO [4] EUS
Maxime MONFORT [4] LEO
Johnny HOOGERLAND [4] VCD
Lars Petter NORDHAUG [4] SKY
Benat INTXAUSTI [4] MOV

 

[Ferminal]

Gilbert (c)
Schleck (vc) not sure which one
Schleck the other one
Hesjedal
Sanchez
Kolobnev
Gesink
Martens
Horner
Poels
Gavazzi
Nocentini

Not sure why I have Gavazzi...

 

[Tuarts]

Yeah this will be the round (3 races) where the Premiums will really pull apart from the rest.

 

[Tuarts]

Table updated!
Results spreadsheet updated!

A big round for those with Gilbert and a bad round for those who didn't! A lot of people getting their first wins + streak points too. There's one mistake in that table which has been corrected on the sheet btw, before any comments. However if you see any mistakes in the table or results spreadsheet please contact me, I am only human so am prone to err.

Now a reminder to get your predictions in for Fleche Wallonne - its midweek remember!

 

[canyonball]

Team pmrlo-for the ardennes

Philippe GILBERT [22]
Andy SCHLECK [14]
Damiano CUNEGO [14]
Maarten TJALLINGII [4]
Serguei IVANOV [8]
Joaquin RODRIGUEZ [8]
Enrico GASPAROTTO [4]
Robert GESINK [6]
Johnny HOOGERLAND [4]
Rinaldo NOCENTINI [4]
Alexandr KOLOBNEV [8]
Marco MARCATO [4]

Looks like I'm climbing up the rankings after a poor start

 

[Cobblestoned]

Damn that I changed my prediction because of that Katusha incident and that smeel in the air.
Would have scored 3/5 then instead of 1/5.

Thats cycling.

Gilbert
Cunego
Purito
Vino
Kolobnev

 

[Eric8-A]

Just Gilbert. Still in the lead, but I'm gonna have to really play it smart for Fleche.

 

[Eric8-A]

Amtel Gold was a failure for my team. On the other hand, Castilla y Leon was pretty good. I had 3 riders in the top 10