2012 Tour de France: Stage 2: Visé → Tournai (208km)

[DominicDecoco]

2012 Tour de France: Stage 2: Visé → Tournai (208km)

Stage 2 profile:

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I'll vote for your thread to survive the cull, as I've seen you post here before.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Cav to win, hopefully.

Sagan 7th, hopefully.

 

[jens_attacks]

any chance of crosswinds,what do you think?
one of those tour boring stage otherwise

i'm going with kitzbueheler horn

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

This thread also has follows the correct naming convention.

 

[jens_attacks]

i'm going with kittel anyway

 

[jsem94]

Greipel. Austria more exciting tomorrow.

 

[DominicDecoco]

This thread also has follows the correct naming convention.

Of course. I won't allow mistakes in my threads. Now, I think Greipel will win this stage tomorrow in this 99th edition of Tour of California.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Busy at work tomorrow, but have kept Tuesday afternoon pretty free.

#planning

 

[will10]

forecast for 16kph S wind, crosswinds yes, but not good enough to make a difference I doubt.

I'll go with Petacchi to take a really scrappy one.

 

[Gubby Allen]

Kittel ahead of Greipel & Goss in the odds for tomorrow. Is that justified?

Cav 8/5
Kittlel 3/1
Greipel 5/1
Sagan 7/1
Goss 11/1

Definitely a 5 horse race,

Petacchi, Farrar & Renshaw all 40s - 6th favourite.

 

[Panda Claws]

I support this thread instead of the other.

1. Cavendish
2. Goss
3. Greipel
4. Sagan
5. Renshaw

 

[Gubby Allen]

I'll go Sagan again.

Greipel, Cav, Kittel & Goss next. Then a post-code to the other sprinters.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Kittel ahead of Greipel & Goss in the odds for tomorrow. Is that justified?

Cav 8/5
Kittlel 3/1
Greipel 5/1
Sagan 7/1
Goss 11/1

Definitely a 5 horse race,

Petacchi, Farrar & Renshaw all 40s - 6th favourite.

Justified by his prologue performance, I would guess.

Watching the last 4k will probably be more exciting than the last 200m: all the big name trains are here to fight it out.

 

[Gubby Allen]

What is Freire's role in this tour going to be and what sort of stage will he be targetting?

 

[Chap01]

Top 8 for stage 2

Who will be in the top 8 for tomorrows stage?

I would say:

1. Cavendish
2. Sagan
3. Greipel
4. Goss
5. Kittel
6. Renshaw
7. Petacchi
8. Farrar

Am I too lost????

 

[taiwan]

I'll go Sagan again.

Greipel, Cav, Kittel & Goss next. Then a post-code to the other sprinters.

Nah this will be one of the few stages Sagan can't win: pure flat bunch sprint in a strong field. Goss - Cav - Kittel podium. If Kittel wins it though, then he's truly arrived.

 

[ggusta]

Contador will definitely want to keep an eye out for Lance if the winds kick up. And Make sure he is at the bus stop on time with his lightweight wheels.

 

[gjb483]

Two roundabouts and a bridge crossing in the closing kilometers, but looks pretty non-technical. This will be a finish for the big watts and I think this will be the stage that Argos will be putting forth 110%.

Kittel over Gripel and Cav.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Something tells me this topic won't get too many pages

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I'm just hoping for something average from Sagan.

7th or 8th will do, enough that 2 sprints wipeout a hilly stage win in the points competition.

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

Greipel
Cavendish
Henderson
Farrar
Renshaw
Goss
Sagan
Boasson Hagen

nobody will control the sprint completely and lotto will get it right tomorrow.

 

[Moviefan1203]

I'm just hoping for something average from Sagan.

7th or 8th will do, enough that 2 sprints wipeout a hilly stage win in the points competition.

Just curious but why don't you like Sagan? He seems like a nice kid.

 

[SafeBet]

Would this be Sagan first try in a GT bunch sprint?
I hope Kittel and Greipel will make it hard for Cav.

 

[The Sheep]

Would this be Sagan first try in a GT bunch sprint?
I hope Kittel and Greipel will make it hard for Cav.

already won bunch sprints in the vuelta