2019 Tour de France Predictions Challenge

[Tonton]

Wow! It's starting to look like we suck .

 

[sir fly]

Wow! It's starting to look like we suck .

Speuk fer yeurself.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Wow! It's starting to look like we suck .

Not over yet

 

[Tonton]

Hey, I have Thomas for his ITT and Pinot second...not looking bad .

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

1. Bernal
2. Fuglsang
3. Bardet/Pinot
4. Pinot/Bardet
5. Yates
6. Thomas
7. Quintana
8. Martin
9. Uran
10. Barguil

Porte will crash out again, because that... seems to be a habit of his.

Well… that did not go too well…
Fuglsang: out!
Bardet: out of GC! (and the prediction was specifically that Bardet and Pinot would be fighting for the last podium spot...)
Yates: out of GC!
Quintana: out of GC.
Martin: out of GC.

Porte: haven't crashed out.

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

1. Bernal
2. Fuglsang
3. Bardet/Pinot
4. Pinot/Bardet
5. Yates
6. Thomas
7. Quintana
8. Martin
9. Uran
10. Barguil

Porte will crash out again, because that... seems to be a habit of his.

Well… that did not go too well…
Fuglsang: out!
Bardet: out of GC! (and the prediction was specifically that Bardet and Pinot would be fighting for the last podium spot...)
Yates: out of GC!
Quintana: out of GC.
Martin: out of GC.

Porte: haven't crashed out.

Which Martin are we talking about?

 

[RedheadDane]

All of them…

Same for Yates.

 

[tobydawq]

Re:

All of them…

Same for Yates.

Cheater.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

All of them…

Same for Yates.

Cheater.

Unfortunately it made my fail even more epic…

 

[Brough]

Wow! It's starting to look like we suck .

Speak for yourself. Some of us predicted the Alaphilippe miracle

 

[Avoriaz]

Re:

I’m the only one so far to realise Alaphilippe is going to grab yellow early on and focus on defending it rather than go for dots. He will wear yellow until finding it all too much on the last Friday and Saturday. Feel free to thank me in advance.

Do you have the lottery numbers to hand?

 

[RedheadDane]

Well… none of us could have predicted mudslides!

 

[Anderis]

Re:

Well… none of us could have predicted mudslides!

Many of us could!

But no one did. At least not in this thread.

 

[jmdirt]

I predict that the earth will give us signs that it hates us!

 

[Cookster15]

Wow! It's starting to look like we suck .

Nope. I picked Bernal. Rest a mixed bag. But after 8 years of getting it wrong I had to get one right eventually . Still needs to stay on the bike two more stages though.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, how did I do...?

1. Bernal
2. Fuglsang
3. Bardet/Pinot
4. Pinot/Bardet
5. Yates
6. Thomas
7. Quintana
8. Martin
9. Uran
10. Barguil

Two placings right (thanks to Porte for getting dropped…)
Three who was in top-10, but wrong placing.
Three out of top-10.
Two who didn't even make it to Paris.

Yeah… this is why I don't make predictions! I suck!

 

[Tonton]

I will pull the predictions, crunch the numbers and post the results tomorrow...after the finish line is crossed . We'll see who has the bragging rights...won't be me .

 

[Tonton]

Re:

I’m the only one so far to realise Alaphilippe is going to grab yellow early on and focus on defending it rather than go for dots. He will wear yellow until finding it all too much on the last Friday and Saturday. Feel free to thank me in advance.

Can you PM me the next lotto winning numbers? And you had him 5th. Amazing...

 

[Tonton]

59 entries: what did I get myself into? What was I thinking? I hate math !

 

[RedheadDane]

59 entries: what did I get myself into? What was I thinking? I hate math !

Well… I helped!

 

[SHAD0W93]

1. Pinot (dnf)
2. Bernal (1)
3. Bardet (15)
4. A. Yates (29)
5. Quintana (8)
6. Krushweak (3)
7. Fuglsang (dnf)
8. Landa (6)
9. D. Martin (18)
10. Barguil (10)

I got 5 in the top 10 and one place right. I was debating substituting Uran and Valverde in for Fuglsang and Martin when I made this but figured those would perform better for different reasons. I thought Thomas would either crash or be in bad shape.

I'll take it, better than my usual predictions.

 

[Pantani_lives]

1. Bernal
2. Buchmann
3. Pinot
4. Landa
5. Alaphilippe
6. Fuglsang
7. D Martin
8. Quintana
9. Thomas
10. Uran

Could this be the winner? Seven right, including three at the right spot.

 

[wirral]

1. Bernal
2. Buchmann
3. Pinot
4. Landa
5. Alaphilippe
6. Fuglsang
7. D Martin
8. Quintana
9. Thomas
10. Uran

Could this be the winner? Seven right, including three at the right spot.

Check out his post on page two. He should win for that post alone.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Re:

Bernal
Thomas
Fuglsang
Pinot
A. Yates
Uran
Landa
Kruijswijk
Buchmann
Quintana

This one deserves a second prize: Seven right, including the correct top 2.

 

[Tonton]

Reminder about the rules: in the top-10 1 point. right placing +2 points. podium prediction/delivered +3 points.

Here's our top-3:

-----------Juan Pelota-------------Singer01---------------Laplaz
--1-------Bernal--6 pts----------Thomas--4 pts--------Bernal--6 pts
--2-------Thomas--6 pts--------Bernal--4 pts----------Thomas--6 pts
--3-------Quintana--1 pt---------Kruijswijk--6 pts-----Fulgsang
--4-------Landa--1 pt-------------A. Yates-----------------Pinot
--5-------Fuglsang----------------Porte---------------------A. Yates
--6-------A. Yates-----------------Pinot---------------------Uran--1 pt
--7-------Bardet-------------------Mas-----------------------Landa--1 pt
--8-------Pinot---------------------Quintana--3 pts--------Kruijswijk--1 pt
--9-------Valverde--3 pts--------Fuglsang----------------Buchmann--1 pt
--10------Uran--1 pt--------------Uran--1 pt---------------Quintana--1 pt

-----------18 points----------------18 points-----------------17 points

The first tie-breaker is to predict the TdF winner, so Juan Pelota is our official winner, Singer01 takes silver, Laplaz finishes in 3rd place.

T-4 with 16 pts: Cian, Summoned, and Brough (who killed it with the Alaf' prediction and 5th place finish).
T-7 with 15 points: Valv.Piti, Spalco, Simurgh, MrTea1976, and Gigs_98.
T-12 with 14 points: hayneplane, JosephK, DJ Sprtsch, Le Chuck, and Leakyboat.
T-17 with 13 points: jaylew, Frankschleck, Eyeballs Out, and cinemaniak.
T-21 with 12 points: triley, Avoriaz, and RedheadDane.
T-24 with 11 points: Broccolidwarf, the chicken from T, and Amazinmets87.
T-27 with 10 points: wheresmybrakes, wirral, Armchair Cyclist, Sprint n stones, Pohja Konn, Asero831, SHADOW93, old.edu, Cookster15, and Leggitte.
T-37 with 9 points: Tigerion, cineteq, QuickZulu, Semir S, Logic-is-your-friend, klintE, Velover2, Jungle Cycle, hammertrain, and Pantani_lives.
T-47 with 8 points: barmaher, gregowlerson, del1962, and Jesus Manzano.
T-51 with 7 points: HelloDolly, topcat, Blanco, and Cance>TheRest.
T-55 with 6 points: glassmoon and Tonton .
T57 with 4 points: Koronin and durtyfat7.
59th with 2 points: sir-fly.