2013 Predictions.

[maltiv]

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

He's been improving every year, so you never know. Would hardly be more surprising than De Gendt now would it? Or Peter Velits, for that matter! I certainly agree that it is far fetched though

I find the prediction in the opening post far more unlikely: that Jungels will be 3rd in M-SR as a 20 y.o neo-pro. He isn't even suited to the race at all, and probably has never ridden anything longer than 200 km

 

[maltiv]

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

Not much fun in predicting though if everyone puts the top 3 guys from the betting odds in their list!

Last year I believe there was someone predicting Gasparotto to win AGR (or perhaps it was Maxim- LBL he had) and Vino to win Olympic road. Now that's some far fetched predictions, but in hindsight they are far more impressive than the guys who correctly predicted that Gilbert would win worlds for example.

 

[burning]

Not much fun in predicting though if everyone puts the top 3 guys from the betting odds in their list!

Last year I believe there was someone predicting Gasparotto to win AGR (or perhaps it was Maxim- LBL he had) and Vino to win Olympic road. Now that's some far fetched predictions, but in hindsight they are far more impressive than the guys who correctly predicted that Gilbert would win worlds for example.

Well most of your predictions arent exactly the outsiders, only EBH for AGR and Hesjedal for LBL could be considered as surprises

 

[Pentacycle]

Omloop: 1. Haussler, 2. Boonen, 3. Demare (mass sprint)

MSR: 1. Scarponi, 2. Gilbert, 3. Degenkolb (Scarponi holds off Gilbert who almost caught him, John wins the bunch sprint)

Ronde: 1. Breschel, 2. Pozzato, 3. Thomas (Breschel wins the four-man group sprint, Nuyens 4th)

Roubaix: 1. Devolder, 2. Boom, 3. Cancellara (Devolder beats Boom in the sprint on the Velodrome, Cancellara gets third place after protecting his teammate up the road)

AGR: 1. Gerrans, 2. J. Vanendert, 3. Gilbert (with Gerrans, you never know...)

Fleche: 1. Gilbert, 2. Rodriguez, 3. Anton (Gilbert will win by aproximately 10 seconds)

LBL: 1. De Gendt, 2. Voeckler, 3. D. Martin (De Gendt wins after a 225km solo, Voeckler beats Martin and Mollema in the sprint)

Giro: 1. Porte, 2.Nibali +8:32, 3. Hesjedal +11:58 (Porte does what everyone expected from him and puts up a prefect show for Sky with also 2 TT victories and 5 stage victories)

Nationals: Moser(solo), Valverde(beats Contador in sprint), Pinot(solo), Cavendish(solo), Nuyens(unnoticed until the last kilometers), Hoogerland(solo from the start), Kluge(bunch sprint), Fuglsang(beats CAS), Leipheimer(solo), Albasini(bunch sprint), Isaichev(sprint against Kolobnev, Menchov and Firsanov)

Tour: 1. Froome, 2. Contador +5.04, 3. Pinot +6:47 (Froome smash...)

Vuelta: 1. F. Schleck, 2. Wiggins +1:38, 3. S. Sanchez +4:11 (F. Schleck fights back from his ban and defeats Wiggins with a daring attack while the Brit has a bad day)

Worlds RR: 1. Valverde, 2. Nibali, 3. D. Martin (Valverde sprints to his first rainbow jersey, with also Mollema and Henao in this group)

'' '' TT: 1. Phinney, 2. Durbridge, 3. Contador (Phinney rides faster than anyone else, there's not much more to it)

Tours: 1. Demare, 2. Greipel, 3. Cavendish (bunch sprint)

Lombardia: 1. Van Avermaet, 2. Gilbert, 3. Evans (Van Avermaet just defeats Gilbert, who can save his season here, with half a wheel and signs for OPQS. Evans retires despite this result)

 

[greenedge]

MSR: Degenkolb, Pozzato, Sagan
RVV: Sagan, Boonen, Cancellara
PR: Cancellara, Boonen, Boom/ Vanmarcke
AGR: Gilbert, Sagan, Vanendert
FW: Gilbert, Valverde, Samu
LBL: Nibali, Gilbert, Zaugg
GDL: Samu, Vanendert, Basso

ToC: TJVG, Chris Horner, Gesink
TDU: A OGE person or Gilbert (if he rides)
P-T: Moser, GVA,Degnkolb
CSS: EBH, Gerrans, Valverde

Giro: Nibali, Wiggins...
TDF: Contador, Froome, Evans
Vuelta: JROD, Valverde, Quintana/ Cobo

WC ITT: Martin
WC RR: Evans, Cancellara, Henao
WC TTT: I am tempted to say Euskatel (Samu, Nieve, Anton, Landa/ 2 others) would own on the climbs but Movistar or RSNT in my view will take it.

Best young rider will be Quintana- best new rider either McCarthy or surprise Boswell.
The sprinting clashes will be great.

 

[El Pistolero]

Some of these predictions are really bad. De Gendt can't ride in peloton, so he will waste too much energy during a hard classic. And he'll also suffer during the first nervous week of the Tour. De Gendt isn't a one day racer and most likely never will be one. Nor is a long breakaway going to succeed in LBL. I doubt he will even start to be honest.

Wasn't there a bold prediction thread as well? Most of these should be posted there lol.

 

[greenedge]

Not much fun in predicting though if everyone puts the top 3 guys from the betting odds in their list!

Last year I believe there was someone predicting Gasparotto to win AGR (or perhaps it was Maxim- LBL he had) and Vino to win Olympic road. Now that's some far fetched predictions, but in hindsight they are far more impressive than the guys who correctly predicted that Gilbert would win worlds for example.

I find the prediction in the opening post far more unlikely: that Jungels will be 3rd in M-SR as a 20 y.o neo-pro. He isn't even suited to the race at all, and probably has never ridden anything longer than 200 km

Lutsenko is also there to finish 3rd in LBL.
Yeah but that can also be done in the race threads- when we can actually see the riders and have a whole barrage of riders to select. Here we are limited to 3.

 

[Jason_Mercier]

It seems that Purito will make the Tour. So i change my bet. Giro: 1° Wiggins 2° Nibali 3° Quintana 4° Rujano 5° Pelizzoti 6° Hesjedal 7° Henao 8° Pozzovivo 9° Majka 10° Betancur.
TDF: 1° Contador 2° Froome 3° Pinot 4° Andy Schleck 5° J Rod 6° Van Garderen 7° Valverde 8° Rolland 9° Van Den Broeck 10° Talansky.

 

[Pentacycle]

Some of these predictions are really bad. De Gendt can't ride in peloton, so he will waste too much energy during a hard classic. And he'll also suffer during the first nervous week of the Tour. De Gendt isn't a one day racer and most likely never will be one. Nor is a long breakaway going to succeed in LBL. I doubt he will even start to be honest.

Wasn't there a bold prediction thread as well? Most of these should be posted there lol.

If there's one rider who could pull off a 200+ km solo win in LBL it's De Gendt. When he's on top form he's never failed to drop his breakaway companions, so it's far from bold. What's bold is that a breakaway will make it in LBL.

 

[Miburo]

If there's one rider who could pull off a 200+ km solo win in LBL it's De Gendt. When he's on top form he's never failed to drop his breakaway companions, so it's far from bold. What's bold is that a breakaway will make it in LBL.

"When he's on top form" That's a big "if". Besides which idiot will let De Gendt ride in a classic, that **** won't work.

Besides you negated yourself. You try to defend into why this (de gendt's solo win in LBL) belongs in this thread but then you say that a solo which survives in LBL is bold so why is it in this thread then?

Then again you say Froome will win the TDF with 5 minutes so i'm not surprised.

Until now all the people who I consider that have knowledge on cycling stated that Contador will win the tour.

I'm not praising them though, it's simple common sense.

 

[airstream]

Until now all the people who I consider that have knowledge on cycling stated that Contador will win the tour.
I'm not praising them though, it's simple common sense.

Are you ready to apologize on them if he won't win (on the road) ?

 

[therealtimshady]

I predict no wt license for Saxo and therefore no tour invite

 

[Miburo]

I predict no wt license for Saxo and therefore no tour invite

idiot, even ASO won't do that.

Damn, *** people on this forum. I wonder if they really believe this or if they're just trolling.

 

[Gordon]

San Remo: Sagan
Flanders: Pozzato
Roubaix: Boonen
Amstel: Moser
Fleche Wallone: Purito
Liege: Valverde
Giro: 1. Basso 2. Nibali 3. Wiggins
Tour: 1. Contador 2. Valverde 3. Froome
San Sebastian: Gorka Izaguirre
Vuelta: 1. Quintana 2. Scarponi 3. Valverde
Worlds: Cunego
Lombardy: Samu

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Not much fun in predicting though if everyone puts the top 3 guys from the betting odds in their list!

Last year I believe there was someone predicting Gasparotto to win AGR (or perhaps it was Maxim- LBL he had) and Vino to win Olympic road. Now that's some far fetched predictions, but in hindsight they are far more impressive than the guys who correctly predicted that Gilbert would win worlds for example.

hello there

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

San Remo: Sagan
Flanders: EBH
Roubaix: Boonen
Amstel: Gasparotto
Fleche Wallone: Purito
Liege: Kiserlovski
Giro: 1. Nibali 2. Basso 3. Wiggins
Tour: 1. Contador 2. Kash 3. Froome
San Sebastian: Sanchez (sammy boy)
Vuelta: 1. Cobo 2. AC 3. Valverde
Worlds: Iglinsky
Worlds tt: Kasheckin
Lombardy: Moser

 

[therealtimshady]

idiot, even ASO won't do that.

Damn, *** people on this forum. I wonder if they really believe this or if they're just trolling.

It's called an opinion - and by the way I have a maths degree and probably have far more qualifications than you - so before you call me *** in future remember that

 

[LaFlorecita]

San Remo: Sagan
Flanders: EBH
Roubaix: Boonen
Amstel: Gasparotto
Fleche Wallone: Purito
Liege: Kiserlovski
Giro: 1. Nibali 2. Basso 3. Wiggins
Tour: 1. Contador 2. Kash 3. Froome
San Sebastian: Sanchez (sammy boy)
Vuelta: 1. Cobo 2. AC 3. Valverde
Worlds: Iglinsky
Worlds tt: Kasheckin
Lombardy: Moser

Wtf?! Cobo beats Alberto

 

[LaFlorecita]

It's called an opinion - and by the way I have a maths degree and probably have far more qualifications than you - so before you call me *** in future remember that

I said something similar in the clinic after someone called me stupid when I had just joined this forum... wasn't such a good idea after all it was the beginning of the train wreck I am now

 

[Gloin22]

It's called an opinion - and by the way I have a maths degree and probably have far more qualifications than you - so before you call me *** in future remember that

You know, the people that use this language - are the stupid ones No bother replying to them.

Seem they dont understand what a forum is

And tbh there's slight change of that happening. You never know. Stranger things have happened. They are fighting for WT to make sure they will be at Tour 100%, if they don't have it, there's always a risk.

If one random rider from Saxo tests positive through the season ( missing 3 tests or something like that ) for example - chances of Tour will be gone if they are not a WT team.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Wtf?! Cobo beats Alberto

Did I write Cobo? ups meant Kash
Nah, Cobo will come back in his 11 form belive you me

 

[LaFlorecita]

Did I write Cobo? ups meant Kash
Nah, Cobo will come back in his 11 form belive you me

No way

 

[therealtimshady]

I said something similar in the clinic after someone called me stupid when I had just joined this forum... wasn't such a good idea after all it was the beginning of the train wreck I am now

I don't trust the ASO after the geox non invite

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

No way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulViOm2PqR8

 

[LaFlorecita]

I don't trust the ASO after the geox non invite

I don't trust them either tbh I think that if Saxo isn't WT there is a huge chance they won't be invited.