2019 Tour de France Predictions Challenge

[Brough]

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.

Thank you for organising the competition. I wish Alaphilippe could have made the podium but he was great.

 

[huge]

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.

Com'on! Tell us where you parked your DeLorean!

:surprised: :surprised:

 

[Tonton]

Re: 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.

Com'on! Tell us where you parked your DeLorean!

:surprised: :surprised:

Yes, that's pretty insane .

 

[sir fly]

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.

Well, that's the way life is... today I win, tomorrow you lose...

 

[Juan Pelota]

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.

*Walks on Podium, takes the mic*

"I'll say to the people who don't believe in cycling, the cynics ... can't live a dream, or believe in miracles, as there are no secrets to my success. My predictions were clean, and made through lots of hard work of sitting on the couch, watching cycling and reading articles."

 

[hayneplane]

Pretty happy with my predictions as got the winner right and 6 of my predicted top 7 finished in the top ten with Buchmann my bravest call. Overestimated Landa somewhat.

 

[Tonton]

Nice speech Juan Pelota: now can you win this competition 7 times?

Singer01 had the podium, just chose the wrong Ineos. Kudos.

Brough...what can I say...moral winner for sure .

 

[Singularitarian]

Re: 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.

Com'on! Tell us where you parked your DeLorean!

:surprised: :surprised:

Yes, that's pretty insane .

any appreciation from bookies? (bets won... e.g. Alaf's GC winning or TOP3/5 odds must have dropped massively during the race)

 

[BlueRoads]

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.

So, what is going to happen this year?

 

[tobydawq]

Whaaat?

Crazy call.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Wow. That's even creepy impressive.