2012 bold predictions

[greenedge]

Tyler Farrar will win the maillot vert at Le Tour.
Greenedge will not win a race until April (excluding National Championships).
There will be no Spaniard in Le Tour's top 10 GC.

I hope Goss does.
What about at the TDU/ Qatar
Sammy Sanchez???

 

[The Hitch]

And last of all my biggest hope. That Porte is allowed to ride the ToC and therefore wins it.

Thats your biggest hope? Of all the things you could wish for?

Even for a Porte fan, ive been dismissive of Richies climbing capabilities in the past but he could do so much better than the TOC.

Sammy Sanchez???

Can't tt.

Apparently.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Andy will not cry during the descents in TdF and will not reach for Fränk's hand.

Of course he won't be able to reach for Frank's hand because Frank will be further up the road.

Mathias Frank will win the Tour Down Under & have a stunning year.
Cadel Evans will win Olympic RR Gold & his first monument win.
Anton to win la Vuelta
Peter Velits to top 5 at the tour.
Kreuziger to win the Giro.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Ryder hesjedal not to top 5 at II Giro.

ryder not in top 10.

Henao and Kelderman will win something big, Novikov will fail

Maybe henao, I expect kelderman to come close to a prolouge win, and maybe do a couple decent stage race results.

Vos will win the Women's worlds.

most ridicilious prediction in this thread. who would come second if not vos??

-----My Boldness

I predict Gilbert will not win a ardennes classic.
I predict El Pickle will complile a post, failing to mention either gilbert or contador.
I believe Poels will have a really good season, podium in at least 1 ardennes race and winning TA.
A dutchman will defy the odds of logic and reason, and win the worlds.
Pozzovivo podiums the giro.

 

[Sofía_]

Jani Brajkovic top 5 @ Le Tour

 

[Eric8-A]

Cavendish to win Roubaix and Flanders with the rainbow jersey, as well as podium at Lombardia.

Tony Martin will win the Tour by double digits over second place.

Ironic? You decide.

 

[The Hitch]

Cavendish to win Roubaix and Flanders with the rainbow jersey, as well as podium at Lombardia.

Mind you he has won the green jersey at the Giro according to Sky news.

 

[Richeypen]

'

I predict El Pickle will complile a post, failing to mention either gilbert or contador.

You are just being silly now

 

[Eric8-A]

Mind you he has won the green jersey at the Giro according to Sky news.

Plus he's a classics rider.

 

[El Pistolero]

Bold predictions

Milan-San Remo: Greipel
Ronde van Vlaanderen: Mehdi Sohrabi
Paris-Roubaix: Bjorn Leukemans
Tour de France+ Vuelta: Contador
Giro: Rujano
Amstel Gold Race: Rabobus doing a Mapei
FW: Igor Anton
Luik: Davide Rebellin beating Mollema, Kruiswyck and Gesink in a sprint
Giro di Lombardia: Cavendish
Paris-Tours: Matteo Trentin
Olympic road race: Maarten Tjallingii
Olympic time trial: Contador
Green jersey Tour: Greipel
Mountain jersey Tour: Jelle Vanendert
Worlds: Sylvain Chavanel

 

[Richeypen]

Plus he's a classics rider.

Not forgetting this:

 

[Eric8-A]

Giro di Lombardia: Cavendish

 

[Eric8-A]

Not forgetting this:

Maybe he can gun a top 20 for the Tour

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I don't think I'd like anything more then chavanel winning the worlds.

 

[El Pistolero]

That was not even the most silly prediction I made!

 

[Eric8-A]

That was not even the most silly prediction I made!

That's probably the silliest one. Some of the others I can take serious.

 

[El Pistolero]

That's probably the silliest one. Some of the others I can take serious.

AGR was the most silliest one

But to be serious: I only put Cavendish in there because he likes to waste team spots at classics.

 

[Mambo95]

Neither GreenEdge nor RadioShack will exist in 2013

Wiggins or Froome will win the Tour but the British media will see it as less significant than an Olympic Gold in the women's team pursuit.

Kolobnev will sell his grandmother to Vinokourov

Cavendish will name his daughter after all his teammates, ever

Txurruka will win a race (OK, maybe this one's a bit silly)

Hushovd will, at some stage, knock Gilbert out with a single punch

After millions of pounds of investment, CERN will report they have glimpsed the Hagen Boasson* in a finale of a monument

Valverde will flop worse than Mars Needs Moms

The Armstrong thread in 'the Clinic' will pass 20,000 posts despite nothing actually happening

The Garmin car will 'accidentally' crash into FdJ riders on no few than 10 occasions.




*Physics trivia - the Higgs Boson was thought up by six men, one of which was actually called Hagen. Had history turned out slightly differently, CERN could have genuinely been looking for a 'Boson Hagen'.

 

[Eric8-A]

Hushovd will not win Roubaix

 

[greenedge]

Thats your biggest hope? Of all the things you could wish for?

Even for a Porte fan, ive been dismissive of Richies climbing capabilities in the past but he could do so much better than the TOC.

Just for next year. Though he could podium in the ITT as well since it is hilly and i would say he would be as good as Wiggins up there. Cadel will probably also take Bobridges' ITT spot which is a pity but Porte and Cadel would be superior to him on the hilly course.

 

[greenedge]

I don't think I'd like anything more then chavanel winning the worlds.

I would not mind that either but unless if he somehow escapes the peleton i doubt that would happen. He does have great race smarts however.

 

[greenedge]

Can't tt.

Apparently.

Of course he can.

Dan Martin to win the KOM at the TDF, Vanendert will have to help JVDB.

 

[The Hitch]

But to be serious: I only put Cavendish in there because he likes to waste team spots at classics.

I don't really follow.

When has Cav ever even started Lombardy?

Seems the better way to understand this would be a simple "pistolero doesnt like Cav" one, rather than try to get ones mind around why Cav is being mocked for starting or errr not starting Lombardy.

 

[El Pistolero]

I don't really follow.

When has Cav ever even started Lombardy?

Seems the better way to understand this would be a simple "pistolero doesnt like Cav" one, rather than try to get ones mind around why Cav is being mocked for starting or errr not starting Lombardy.

He was planning to start it this year. Which is more then enough for me to ridicule him for. Besides he's equally useless at Roubaix and the Ronde than Lombardia.

 

[miguelvazpinto]

Tour Down Under AUS – Jens Voigt
Paris – Nice FRA – Rein Taaramae
Tirreno-Adriatico ITA - Michele Scarponi
Milano-Sanremo ITA – Heinrich Haussler
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya ESP - Rigoberto Uran
E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke BEL – Lars Boom
Gent – Wevelgem BEL – Daniele Bennati
Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flanders BEL – Juan António Flecha
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco ESP - Robert Gesink
Paris – Roubaix FRA – Thor Hushovd
Amstel Gold Race NED – Alejandro Valverde
La Flèche Wallonne BEL – Igor Anton
Liège – Bastogne – Liège BEL – Samuel Sanchez
Tour de Romandie SUI – Roman Kreuziger
Giro d’Italia ITA – Roman Kreuziger
Critérium du Dauphiné FRA - Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Tour de Suisse SUI - Steven Kruijswijk
Tour de France FRA – Tony Martin
Olympics TT – Jack Bobridge
Olympics RR – Marcel Kittel
Tour de Pologne POL – Rui Costa
Eneco Tour – Taylor Phinney
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian ESP – Jelle Vanendert
Vuelta a España ESP – Chris Froome
Vattenfall Cyclassics GER – Grega Bole
GP Ouest France – Plouay FRA – Thomas Voeckler
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec CAN – Jelle Vanendert
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal CAN – Damiano Cunego
World Championships TT – Taylor Phinney
World Championships RR – Alejandro Valverde
Tour of Beijing CHN - Nicolas Roche
Il Lombardia ITA – Frank Schleck