2015 Tour De France top 10 predictions!

[Dean1234]

So a year in advance i thought it might be fun to see who can get closest to the correct top 10 of the tour! We don't know who is riding it or the route so its completely blind going on gut instinct .

1 point for rider finishing in the top ten
3 points for finishing in the correct placing.

1. Chris Froome
2. Nario Quintana
3. Alberto Contador
4. Tejay Van Garderen
5. Vincenso Nibali
6. Thibaut Pinot
7. Rui Costa
8.Romain Bardet
9. Wilco Kelderman
10. Bauke Mollema

 

[LaFlorecita]

Lolz. Okay why not.

1 Alberto
2 Dawg
3 Nairito
4 Nibali
5 Pinot
6 Valverde
7 Bardet
8 Kreuziger
9 Mollema
10 Van Garderen

 

[DFA123]

1. Froome
2. Nibali
3. Quintana
4. Contador
5. Pinot
6. Talansky
7. Bardet
8. Van Garderen
9. Porte
10. Mollema

 

[Piti4Podiums]

1. Froome
2. Quintana
3. Contador
4. Nibali
5. Pinot
6. Bardet
7. Van Garderen
8. Mollema
9. Zubeldia
10. Ten Dam

 

[cineteq]

1. Nibali
2. Quintana
3. Talansky
4. Froome
5. Bardet
6. Costa
7. Contador
8. Van Garderen
9. Kelderman
10. Konig

 

[pablohidalgo7]

1.froome
2.quintana
3.contador
4.nibali
5.kelderman
6.pinot
7.van garderen
8.mollema
9.barguil
10.gesink

 

[Jspear]

1. Contador
2. Froomie
3. N. Quintana
4. Nibali
5. Talansky
6. Pinot
7. Bardet
8. TVG
9. Mollema
10. Costa

 

[lemon cheese cake]

1.Contador
2.Froome
3.Quintana
4.Nibali
5.Pinot
6.Rodriguez
7.Van Garderen
8.Bardet
9.Mollema
10.Costa

 

[Red Rick]

1 Contador
2-10 Not good

 

[Amsterdam]

1. Froome
2. Nibali
3. Quintana
4. Contador
5. Pinot
6. Bardet
7. Van Garderen
8. Kelderman
9. Mollema
10. Talansky

 

[damian13ster]

Is there any deadline (or can you change predicitons once actual starlist appears?)

1. Froome
2. Nibali
3. Contador
4. Quintana
5. Pinot
6. Kelderman
7. TJVG
8. Talansky
9. Majka
10. Bardet

 

[Mountain Goat Cyclist]

1. Froome
2. Quintana
3. Nibali
4. Uran
5. Contador
6. Kelderman
7. Mollema
8. Van Garderan
9. Pinot
10. Peraud

 

[Parker]

1. Froome
2. Nibali
3. Quintana
4. Bardet
5. Talansky
6. Porte
7. Pinot
8. Majka
9. Van Garderen
10. Kelderman

(Contador DNF -he won the Giro though)

 

[the sceptic]

its way too early to predict but

1. Contador
2. Kreuziger
3. Horner
4. Quintana
5. Valverde
6. Pinot
7. Nibali
8. Dan Martin
9. Van Garderen
10. Richie Porte

 

[Parker]

Is there any deadline (or can you change predicitons once actual starlist appears?)

The OP said without seeing the course - so I guess that's the deadline.

 

[UpTheRoad]

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Nibali
4. Quintana
5. Pinot
6. TJVG
7. Kelderman
8. Talansky
9. Frank Schleck
10. Rolland

 

[Afrank]

For sh*** and giggles I guess...

1. Nibali
2. Quintana
3. Contador
4. TJVG
5. Pinot
6. Barguil
7. Majka
8. Bardet
9. Chaves
10. Froome

 

[Jspear]

its way too early to predict but

1. Contador
2. Kreuziger
3. Horner
4. Quintana
5. Valverde
6. Pinot
7. Nibali
8. Dan Martin
9. Van Garderen
10. Richie Porte

For sh*** and giggles I guess...

1. Nibali
2. Quintana
3. Contador
4. TJVG
5. Pinot
6. Barguil
7. Majka
8. Bardet
9. Chaves
10. Froome

So whats the story behind Froome's poor performance? It would be fine with me, just wondering what your thinking is.

 

[Coat-O]

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Nibali
4. Quintana
5. Tejay
6. Pinot
7. Barguil
8. Bardet
9. Talansky
10. Kelderman

 

[Afrank]

So whats the story behind Froome's poor performance? It would be fine with me, just wondering what your thinking is.

Isn't it obvious? Nibs, Contador, and Nairito go on a solo raid from the very beginning of the hardest stage making Froome cry out and rage quit the Tour that night only to be talked out of quitting. But he'll have already lost too much time.

Actually I just made up the list with my favorite riders at the top.

 

[greenedge]

1.Froome
2.Nibali
3.Contador
4.Quintana
5.Gesink
6.Pinot
7.Talansky
8.Costa
9.Betancur
10.TJVG

 

[vladimir]

1. Quintana
2. Nibali
3. Contador
4. Bardet
5. Kelderman
6. Kreuziger
7. Talansky
8. Pinot
9. TJVG
10. Costa

Froome? Will crash out again

 

[HappyLoser]

Nibali DNF due to crash.

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Quintana
4. Pinot
5. Majka
6. Bardet
7. Konig
8. Kelderman
9. TJVG
10. JVDB

 

[Netserk]

1st: Betancur
2nd: Horner
3rd: Schleck (Fränk)
4th: Majka
5th: Porte
6th: Rolland
7th: Thomas
8th: Devolder
9th: Vanendert
10th: Nibali

Contador will face the same fate as Basso in 2006 (after a similar Giro), Froome will return to his normal level and Movistar won't be invited by ASO because of all of their positives in the spring. Nibali will lead for much of the race, but due to a broken collarbone he will only finish 10th. All the others will party like it's 2005/2006 (Before Puerto).

 

[roberttazman]

1. Contador (barely...)
2. Quintana
3. Nibali
4. Pinot
5. Valverde (not wise to bet against Valverde being in top 5 of any race)
6. Majka
7. TJVG
8. Talansky
9. Wiggins (last minute addition to lineup, rides for GC after Froome crash)
10. Vinokourov (doesn't race, just buys a top 10 placing)

Froome crashes out in a nervous first week.