2016 Paris - Nice, March 6th - 13th, WT

[jaylew]

How is there no thread for this yet?

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Prologue - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - 6.1k


Stage 1 - Condé-sur-Vesgre / Vendôme - 198k


Stage 2 - Contres / Commentry - 213.5k


Stage 3 - Cusset / Mont Brouilly - 168k


Stage 4 - Juliénas / Romans-sur-Isère - 195.5k


Stage 5 - Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux / Salon-de-Provence - 198k


Stage 6 - Nice / La Madone d'Utelle - 177k


Stage 7 - Nice - 134k


Startlist:

AG2R La Mondiale
BARDET, Romain
CHEREL, Mikael
DOMONT, Axel
GASTAUER, Ben
GAUTIER, Cyril
GOUGEARD, Alexis
LATOUR, Pierre
VUILLERMOZ, Alexis

Astana Pro Team
BOOM, Lars
ROSA, Diego
SANCHEZ, Luis Leon
FOMINYKH, Daniil
KANGERT, Tanel
LUTSENKO, Alexey
WESTRA, Lieuwe
GRUZDEV, Dmitriy

BMC Racing Team
PORTE, Richie
GILBERT, Philippe
MOINARD, Amaël
VELITS, Peter
BURGHARDT, Marcus
HERMANS, Ben
SCHAR, Michael
WYSS, Danilo

Etixx - Quick Step
KITTEL, Marcel
VANDENBERGH, Stijn
BOONEN, Tom
DE LA CRUZ, David
MAES, Nikolas
SABATINI, Fabio
SERRY, Pieter
TERPSTRA, Niki

FDJ
HOELGAARD, Daniel
KONOVALOVAS, Ignatas
VICHOT, Arthur
DÉMARE, Arnaud
COURTEILLE, Arnaud
DELAGE, Mickaël
EIKING, Odd Christian
RÉZA, Kévin

IAM Cycling
BRÄNDLE, Matthias
COPPEL, Jérome
DENIFL, Stefan
DEVENYNS, Dries
NAESEN, Oliver
REYNES, Vicente
LAENGEN, Vegard Stake
VAN GENECHTEN, Jonas

Lampre - Merida
COSTA, Rui
MEINTJES, Louis
BONO, Matteo
CIMOLAI, Davide
KUMP, Marko
GRMAY, Tsgabu
PIBERNIK, Luka
COSTA, Mário

Lotto Soudal
GALLOPIN, Tony
GREIPEL, André
BAK, Lars Ytting
DE GENDT, Thomas
HANSEN, Adam
SIEBERG, Marcel
WELLENS, Tim
VANENDERT, Jelle

Movistar Team
IZAGIRRE, Ion
ROJAS, José Joaquín
HERRADA, Jesús
LOBATO, Juan José
FERNÁNDEZ, Rubén
ERVITI, Imanol
HERRADA, José
IZAGIRRE, Gorka

Orica GreenEDGE
MATTHEWS, Michael
CORT, Magnus
ALBASINI, Michael
BEWLEY, Sam
DOCKER, Mitchell
IMPEY, Daryl
TXURRUKA, Amets
YATES, Simon

Cannondale Pro Cycling Team
TALANSKY, Andrew
ROLLAND, Pierre
CRADDOCK, Lawson
BRESCHEL, Matti
SLAGTER, Tom-Jelte
WIPPERT, Wouter
VAN BAARLE, Dylan
BEVIN, Patrick

Team Giant - Alpecin
TEN DAM, Laurens
DUMOULIN, Tom
LUDVIGSSON, Tobias
GESCHKE, Simon
CURVERS, Roy
JI, Cheng
DE KORT, Koen
PREIDLER, Georg

Team Katusha
KRISTOFF, Alexander
MØRKØV, Michael
ŠPILAK, Simon
GUARNIERI, Jacopo
ZAKARIN, Ilnur
BYSTRØM, Sven Erik
KOCHETKOV, Pavel
LAGUTIN, Sergey

Team LottoNL - Jumbo
VANMARCKE, Sep
KELDERMAN, Wilco
CAMPENAERTS, Victor
BENNETT, George
KRUIJSWIJK, Steven
VAN EMDEN, Jos
TANKINK, Bram
MARTENS, Paul

Team Sky
BOSWELL, Ian
HENAO, Sergio Luis
NIEVE, Mikel
ROCHE, Nicolas
ROWE, Luke
STANNARD, Ian
SWIFT, Ben
THOMAS, Geraint

Tinkoff
CONTADOR, Alberto
PAULINHO, Sérgio
TROFIMOV, Yuri
VALGREN, Michael
POLJANSKI, Pawel
TOSATTO, Matteo
MAJKA, Rafał
KIŠERLOVSKI, Robert

Trek - Segafredo
VAN POPPEL, Boy
FELLINE, Fabio
THEUNS, Edward
SCHLECK, Fränk
BEPPU, Fumiyuki
RAST, Gregory
DIDIER, Laurent
BONIFAZIO, Niccolo

Dimension Data
PAUWELS, Serge
FARRAR, Tyler
JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques
REGUIGUI, Youcef
BRAMMEIER, Matthew
HAAS, Nathan
TEKLEHAIMANOT, Daniel
THOMSON, Jay Robert

Direct Energie
CHAVANEL, Sylvain
VOECKLER, Thomas
PETIT, Adrien
CALMEJANE, Lilian
DUCHESNE, Antoine
PICHOT, Alexandre
QUEMENEUR, Perrig
TULIK, Angelo

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
BOUHANNI, Nacer
LEMOINE, Cyril
JEANNESSON, Arnold
SIMON, Julien
COUSIN, Jérôme
LAPORTE, Christophe
MATÉ, Luis Ángel
SOUPE, Geoffrey

Fortuneo - Vital Concept
SØRENSEN, Chris Anker
VACHON, Florian
TRONET, Steven
PERICHON, Pierre-Luc
LOUBET, Julien
MCLAY, Daniel
DELAPLACE, Anthony
FEDRIGO, Pierrick

Delko Marseille Provence KTM
DIAZ, Daniel
DI GRÉGORIO, Rémy
FERNANDEZ, Delio
DUQUE, Leonardo
PACHER, Quentin
SISKEVICIUS, Evaldas
HUPOND, Thierry
EL FARES, Julien

Recent winners:
2015 PORTE Richie
2014 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
2013 PORTE Richie
2012 WIGGINS Bradley
2011 MARTIN Tony
2010 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
2009 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
2008 REBELLIN Davide
2007 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
2006 LANDIS Floyd

 

[Valv.Piti]

1. Ion Izaguirre
2. Alberto Contador
3. G Thomas

Lets go!

 

[jaylew]

Ok, poll working. Now who's doing the Tirreno thread?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Geraint Thomas will win this bike race.

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

Geraint Thomas will win this bike race.

LaFlo hyping a Sky rider.
It will be a big fight, Alberto vs Spilak vs Geraint "the Welsh Dragon" Thomas.

 

[jaylew]

Sprints should be intense with Greipel, Kittel, Bouhanni, and Kristoff.

 

[DBotero]

Re: 2016 Paris - Nice, WT

No Porte vs Froome=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSLSwwkLRW0
Porte to edge out Geraint Thomas in this one.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Lutsenko to win the prologue. AC for gc

 

[Gigs_98]

Unfortunately it looks like good weather on Monday so no muddy finish.

 

[Arredondo]

1. Contador
2. Porte
3. Zakarin

 

[Miburo]

Re:

Geraint Thomas will win this bike race.

Come on fleur, you're not gonna jinx him

 

[BigMac]

Are those cobblestones?

Anyway, Meintjes!

 

[Gigs_98]

Are those cobblestones?

Anyway, Meintjes!

Dirt roads as far as I know

 

[BigMac]

Thanks Gigs.

 

[jens_attacks]

Ilnur the great will slaughter them

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Ilnur the great will slaughter them

That would be awesome

Geraint Thomas will win this bike race.

LaFlo hyping a Sky rider.
It will be a big fight, Alberto vs Spilak vs Geraint "the Welsh Dragon" Thomas.

No hype, the parcours just suits him perfectly.

 

[jens_attacks]

I believe too that the route is not good for alberto but he will probably drop thomas on the final stage on col d'eze.

 

[Jakub]

I don't get this Dylan Thomas hype. GC is going to be decided in the penultimate stage, isn't it? Or does someone think that prologue will make more than seconds differencies? In flat stages anything can happen...to Dylan, to Midget, to Bertie....so:

1. AC
2. II
3. RM

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Contador to crush the competition.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

I believe too that the route is not good for alberto but he will probably drop thomas on the final stage on col d'eze.

He will for sure try on the final stage but I think Sky will control the race and neutralize any attacks.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I don't get this Dylan Thomas hype. GC is going to be decided in the penultimate stage, isn't it? Or does someone think that prologue will make more than seconds differencies? In flat stages anything can happen...to Dylan, to Midget, to Bertie....so:

1. AC
2. II
3. RM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maISWZ8Tpsc

 

[LaFlorecita]

I don't get this Dylan Thomas hype. GC is going to be decided in the penultimate stage, isn't it? Or does someone think that prologue will make more than seconds differencies? In flat stages anything can happen...to Dylan, to Midget, to Bertie....so:

1. AC
2. II
3. RM

The penultimate stage finishes on a climb with very low gradients, the last stage probably worries Thomas more than the penultimate stage.
By the way, who is RM?

 

[Brullnux]

I don't get this Dylan Thomas hype. GC is going to be decided in the penultimate stage, isn't it? Or does someone think that prologue will make more than seconds differencies? In flat stages anything can happen...to Dylan, to Midget, to Bertie....so:

1. AC
2. II
3. RM

Who is Dylan Thomas? But seriously, that big MTF is at 5.7% and is like Foía at Algarve, just double the length. Thomas has a better chance than Bertie on that stage, unless Bertie is in great form. Stage 1 suits him if he channels his E3 form of last year and so does the prologue. Mont Brouilly and the last stage is where I expect Contador to gain time.

LLS will continue his great form, win on Madone d'Utelle and the prologue and finish in the top 10 on Brouilly and TT like a boss to catch Contador after his awesome lone attack 60km out, before Bertie drops him on the Eze and solos to the finish, 20 secs ahead of LLS, who takes GC

 

[Brullnux]

I don't get this Dylan Thomas hype. GC is going to be decided in the penultimate stage, isn't it? Or does someone think that prologue will make more than seconds differencies? In flat stages anything can happen...to Dylan, to Midget, to Bertie....so:

1. AC
2. II
3. RM

The penultimate stage finishes on a climb with very low gradients, the last stage probably worries Thomas more than the penultimate stage.
By the way, who is RM?

RM is Majka, I imagine.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I don't get this Dylan Thomas hype. GC is going to be decided in the penultimate stage, isn't it? Or does someone think that prologue will make more than seconds differencies? In flat stages anything can happen...to Dylan, to Midget, to Bertie....so:

1. AC
2. II
3. RM

The penultimate stage finishes on a climb with very low gradients, the last stage probably worries Thomas more than the penultimate stage.
By the way, who is RM?

RM is Majka, I imagine.

Ah yes. I doubt he'll be in contention for top 5 but who knows.