2013 Predictions.

[Jason_Mercier]

MSRemo: 1° Pozzato 2° Gerrans 3° Jungels
RVVlaanderen: 1° Van Marcke 2° Boonen 3° Gilbert
PRoubaix: 1° Cancellara 2° Boonen 3° Boom
AGRace: 1° Sagan 2° Valverde 3° Betancur
FWallonne: 1° Gilbert 2° Vanendert 3° J Rod
LBLiege: 1° Nibali 2° Moser 3° Lutsenko
Giro D'Italia: 1° Wiggins 2° Nibali 3° Quintana 4° Rujano 5° Pelizzotti 6° Hesjedal 7° Henao 8° Pozzovivo 9° Majka 10° Betancur
Tour De France: 1° Contador 2° Froome 3° Pinot 4° AndyS 5° J. Rod 6° Van Garderen 7° Valverde 8° Rolland 9° Van Den Broeck 10° Talansky
Vuelta a España
GLombardia: 1° Moser 2° J Rod° 3° Chaves

MVR: Sagan
Rookieoftheyear: Dombrowski

Nice year in the classics. Battle between the two kings of the North and the new stars . Surprises in the Ardennes, the confrontation between Gilbert, Sagan, Valverde and J Rod will be interrupt by guys like Moser, Vanendert or Betancur.
We'll see a huge Giro D'Italia fight. Wiggins vs Nibali part2 and the domination of Quintana in the Dolomites. Super MT's stages inspired by the colombians, plus Rujano or
Amador and the locals. In France the worst route of the last years will be forgotten. Contador will face to face with the more difficult opponents of his career. Froome in the ITT's, Pinot and Andy Schleck in the Alpes, Sky will be a nightmare for Alberto. In July Contador need another exploit. 2013 is the renaissance of cycling. Another view of this "modern sport" change into classic thanks for legends like Contador and Boonen, emergent stars and the best generation of youngsters of the decade.

 

[Afrank]

MSR: 1.Sagan 2.Cancellara 3.Degenkolb
RVV: 1.Sagan 2.Boonen 3.Cancellara
PR: 1.Cancellara 2.Boonen 3.VanMarcke
AGR: 1.Gilbert 2.Purito 3.Sagan
FW: 1.Purito 2.Gilbert 3.Martin (Dan)
LBL: 1.Gilbert 2.Nibali 3.Valverde

Giro: 1.Nibali 2.Sanchez (sammy) 3.Purito 4.Hesjedal 5.Quintana
Tour: 1.Contador 2.Schleck 3.Froome 4.VanGarderen 5.Pinot
Vuelta: 1.Purito 2.Valverde 3.Henao or Quintana 4.Sanchez (sammy) 5.nibali

CSS: 1.Gilbert 2.Sanchez (luis leon) 3.Gerrans
GDL: 1.Gilbert 2.Nibali 3.Purito
PT: 1.Degenkolb

World TT: 1.Pinney 2.Cancellara 3.Martin
World RR: 1.Gilbert 2.Nibali 3.Valverde
World TTT: 1.BMC 2.OPQS 3.GE

Other predictions:
Dombrowski to be the best U23 in the pro ranks
TJVG to finally win one of the 3 US races
Cav to win Green
Coldeportes to get invite to Giro and Vuelta

 

[Parrulo]

MSR: 1. Sagan 2. Degenkolb 3. Pozzato
RVV: 1.Pozzato 2.Boonen 3.Cancellara
PR: 1.Boonen 2.Cancellara 3.Boom
AGR: 1.Gilbert 2.Purito 3.Valverde
FW: 1.Contador 2.Purito 3.Evans
LBL: 1.Costa 2.Gilbert 3.Valverde

Giro: 1.Nibali 2.Purito 3.wiggins 4.Quintana 5. Machado (for the lulz)
Tour: 1.Contador 2.Schleck 3.Froome 4. Samu 5. Pinot
Vuelta: 1.Contador 2.Quintana 3. Valverde 4.Anton 5. Purito

CSS: 1. Lulu 2. Gilbert 3. Valverde
GDL: 1.Nibali 2. Gilbert 3.Purito
PT: 1.Boonen

World TT: 1. Cancellara 2. phinney 3. Martin
World RR: 1. Valverde 2.Nibali 3.Purito
World TTT: don't care

 

[LaFlorecita]

I like your prediction

 

[airstream]

Giro: Wiggins, Hesjedal, Nibali
Tour: Schleck, Froome, Zubeldia
Vuelta: Cobo, Rodriguez, Valverde

 

[Hugo Koblet]

This is fun.

MSR: Sagan, Degenkolb, Bennati
RVV: Gilbert, Boonen, Cancellara
PR: Boonen, Cancellara, Ballan
AGR: Sagan, Gilbert, Valverde
FW: Gilbert, Rodriguez, Vanendert
LBL: Gilbert, Sanchez, Mollema
GDI: Quintana, Wiggins, Nibali
TDF: Contador, Froome, Andy
VAE: Contador, Rodriguez, Valverde
GDL: Rodriguez, Gilbert, Henao

Edit: Worlds: Gilbert, Valverde, Nibali

 

[Dazed and Confused]

MSR: Cavendish
RVV: Sagan
PR: Cancellara
LBL: Valverde
GdL: Gilbert

Worlds RR: Valverde

Giro: J-Rod
TdF: Contador
Vuelta: Valverde

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

MSR: Goss
RVV: Cancellara
PR: Cancellara
LBL: Gilbert
GdL: Purito

Worlds RR: Evans

Giro: Pellizotti...
Tour: Contador
Vuelta: Purito

 

[Ruudz0r]

SB: Cancellara, M Iglinsky, Ballan
MSR: Sagan, Cancellara, Degenkolb
RVV: Cancellara, Thomas, Sagan
PR: Cancellara, Boonen, BOOM
AGR: Gilbert, Nordhaug, Vanendert
FW: Gilbert, JRod, D Martin
LBL: Gilbert, S Sanchez, Nibali
CSS: Mollema, Ulissi, van Avermaet
GdL: Nibali, Duarte, Pozzovivo
PT: Degenkolb, Sagan, Hagen

Worlds TT: T Martin, Cancellara, Phinney
Worlds RR: Nibali, Gilbert, Valverde
Worlds TTT: OPQS, BMC, Movistar

Giro: 1. Nibali, 2. Wiggins, 3. Quintana, 4. Hesjedal, 5. Scarponi, 6. Di Luca , 7. Basso, 8. Brambilla, 9. Gadret, 10. Nieve
Tour: 1. Contador, 2. Froome, 3. A Schleck, 4. JRod, 5. Gesink, 6. VDB, 7. Sanchez, 8. Pozzovivo, 9. D Martin, 10. TJVG
Vuelta: 1. Contador, 2. JRod, 3 Valverde, 4. Mollema, 5. Anton, 6. Henao, 7. D Moreno 8. Talansky, 9. Uran, 10. Capecchi

 

[Siriuscat]

Giro: Wiggins, Hesjedal, Nibali
Tour: Schleck, Froome, Zubeldia
Vuelta: Cobo, Rodriguez, Valverde

Muahahahahahah that's funny

 

[The Hitch]

msr cancellara Gilbert cavendish
Rvv cancellara boonen pozzato
Pr boonen cancellara boom
Agr - Gilbert sagan gasparoto
Fw gilbert purito valverde
Lbl Gilbert valverde Evans
Gdl Gilbert nibali valverde

Giro - wiggins nibali quintana purito samu
Tour- contador froome andy pinot Evans
Vuelta -valverde purito quintana nibali henao

Worlds- valverde nibali purito
Worlds tt - canc martin phinney

 

[El Pistolero]

Msr: Sagan
RvV: Cancellara
Paris-Roubaix: Boonen
AGR: Gilbert
FW: Jrodriguez
LBL: Evans

Giro: Wiggins
Tour: Contador
Vuelta: Nibali

Worlds: Nibali
World TT: Phinney
Gdl: Gilbert

 

[burning]

MSR: Sagan
RVV: Vanmarcke
PR: Phinney
AGR: Voeckler
FW: Vanendert
LBL: Rolland

Giro: Nibali
TDF: Contador
Vuelta: Contador

Worlds RR: Valverde
Worlds TT: Phinney

GDL: Nibali

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 - Daniel McLay
GP della Liberazione - Paolo Simion
Ronde de l'Isard - Jimmy Turgis
Paris - Roubaix U23 - Florian Sénéchal
GiroBio - Pierre Paolo Penasa
Thüringen-Rundfahrt - Lawson Craddock
Giro Valle d'Aosta - Andrea Manfredi
Tour de l'Avenir - Lachlan Morton
Worlds U23 road race - Alexei Rybalkin
Worlds U23 TT - Lasse Norman Hansen

 

[Eshnar]

MSR: Sagan
RVV: Boonen
PR: Cancellara
AGR: Sagan
FW: Purito
LBL: Moser
Giro: Nibali
TDF: Contador
Vuelta: Purito
WRR: Moser
WTT: Martin
GDL: Moser

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Giro-basso, T A - Rogers. Trentino - basso. Coppi bartoli - pozzo. Bernocchi - modolo to repeat. Tre valli - glorious rebellin. C agostoni - i have been searching for "the dolphin"

 

[Jason_Mercier]

Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 - Daniel McLay
GP della Liberazione - Paolo Simion
Ronde de l'Isard - Jimmy Turgis
Paris - Roubaix U23 - Florian Sénéchal
GiroBio - Fausto Masnada
Thüringen-Rundfahrt - Lawson Craddock
Giro Valle d'Aosta - Andrea Manfredi
Tour de l'Avenir - Lachlan Morton
Worlds U23 road race - Alexei Rybalkin
Worlds U23 TT - Lasse Norman Hansen

Or even Davide Formolo.

 

[LaFlorecita]

MSR Cance
RVV Matti
PR Boonen
FW Purito
LBL Phil

Giro Nibali
Tour Alberto
Vuelta Alberto

Worlds Nibali

Lombardia Piti

 

[Netserk]

As the poster with most correct answers in '12 prepare yourself for spoiler:

MSR: Boonen
RVV: Boonen
P-R: Boonen
AGR: Gilbert
F-W: Purito
L-B-L: Gilbert
Giro: Nibali
Tour: Contador
Vuelta: Contador
WRR: Gilbert
WTT: Phinney
GdL: Gilbert

Others:
Het Volk: Boonen
E3: Boonen
G-W: Boonen
Henao to podium Vuelta

 

[jens_attacks]

MSR: 1.Danilo Di Luca
RVV: 1.Max Iglinskiy
PR: 1.Stannard 2. Thomas 3. EBH (murdoch will even phone to the car)
AGR: 1.JTL
FW: 1. Davide Rebellin
LBL: 1.JTL

Giro: 1.Wiggins 2.Pellizotti 3. Di Luca
Tour: 1.Cobo 2.Rujano 3.Westra(i have no idea how but this will 100% happen
Vuelta: 1.Quintana 2.Henao 3.Chaves

CSS: 1.Rebellin
GDL: 1.Aru
PT: 1.Ferrari

World TT: 1. Froomey
World RR: 1. Di Luca(di rocco will have an end, whatever that means)
World TTT: Astana

Alejet will also win the first stage of le tour de france
ferrari will be the best sprinter of the year
oscar sevilla to win vuelta a colombia

 

[burning]

ferrari will be the best sprinter of the year

I'd love to see that

 

[maltiv]

Interesting to see that year after year 85% only pick "big guns" for all podium spots. Yet we see every year that we get surprise winners more often not - see Iglinskyi, Gerrans, Hesjedal, Zaugg...Anyway, some random predictions:

MSR: 1. Sagan 2. Kristoff 3. Degenkolb
RVV: 1. Cancellara 2. Sagan 3. EBH
P-R: 1. Boonen 2. Cancellara 3. Hushovd
AGR: 1. EBH 2. Gilbert 3. Sagan
F-W: 1. Rodriguez 2. Henao 3. Contador
L-B-L: 1. Hesjedal 2. Nordhaug 3. Nibali

Giro: 1. Nibali 2. Hesjedal 3. Wiggins
TDF: 1. Contador 2. Froome 3. Pinot
Vuelta. 1. Contador 2. Henao 3. Costa

Worlds RR: 1. Cancellara 2. EBH 3. Gilbert
Worlds ITT: 1. Tony Martin 2. Cancellara 3. Phinney

Lombardy: 1. Gilbert 2. Henao 3. Löfkvist

 

[Parrulo]

Vuelta. 1. Contador 2. Henao 3. Costa

jesus maltiv i know you are going for a couple of surprises but costa getting a podium at a GT is a bit too far fetched.

winning LBL, the worlds or the GdL would still be a surprise result but within the realms of reality

 

[El Pistolero]

Interesting to see that year after year 85% only pick "big guns" for all podium spots. Yet we see every year that we get surprise winners more often not - see Iglinskyi, Gerrans, Hesjedal, Zaugg...Anyway, some random predictions:

MSR: 1. Sagan 2. Kristoff 3. Degenkolb
RVV: 1. Cancellara 2. Sagan 3. EBH
P-R: 1. Boonen 2. Cancellara 3. Hushovd
AGR: 1. EBH 2. Gilbert 3. Sagan
F-W: 1. Rodriguez 2. Henao 3. Contador
L-B-L: 1. Hesjedal 2. Nordhaug 3. Nibali

Giro: 1. Nibali 2. Hesjedal 3. Wiggins
TDF: 1. Contador 2. Froome 3. Pinot
Vuelta. 1. Contador 2. Henao 3. Costa

Worlds RR: 1. Cancellara 2. EBH 3. Gilbert
Worlds ITT: 1. Tony Martin 2. Cancellara 3. Phinney

Lombardy: 1. Gilbert 2. Henao 3. Löfkvist

None of the big guns were in form this year for the Ardennes classics, so obviously you had surprise winners. Also with Lombardia a week after the Worlds the quality of the racing field has improved compared to 2011.

Most of the surprise winners are actually caused by Cancellara's racing style...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Interesting to see that year after year 85% only pick "big guns" for all podium spots. Yet we see every year that we get surprise winners more often not - see Iglinskyi, Gerrans, Hesjedal, Zaugg...

While that is true, it doesn't mean that a prediction of only favorites isn't likely to be the most precise.