2021 Tour de France - STAGE AND JERSEYS - Predictions Challenge - (STILL OPEN FOR LATE ENTRIES)

[Anderis]

What? You don't think Viviani could win a mountain stage? Ye of little faith!

LOL, what a foolish post. If it was a MTF, of course that Viviani could win, but stage 8 is ending after a descent!

 

[RedheadDane]

LOL, what a foolish post. If it was a MTF, of course that Viviani could win, but stage 8 is ending after a descent!

Silly me.

 

[Anderis]

WOW, the quickest internet forum reply I've even seen. Aren't you a bot?

 

[RedheadDane]

WOW, the quickest internet forum reply I've even seen. Aren't you a bot?

I. Am. Not. A. Bot. I. Am. A. Real. Person.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

1 Ewan
2 Alaphilippe
3 Bennett S
4 Martinez
5 Van Aert
6 Pinot
7 Ewan
8 Bardet
9 Van Aert
10 Bennett S
11 Nizzolo
12 Sagan
13 Roglic
14 Van Avermaet
15 Quintana N
16 Higuita
17 Bernal
18 De Gendt
19 Coquard
20 Dumoulin
21 Bennett S

 

[tobydawq]

What? You don't think Viviani could win a mountain stage? Ye of little faith!

It's actually a bit funny. I don't think I have ever seem you make a real prediction

 

[Red Rick]

What? You don't think Viviani could win a mountain stage? Ye of little faith!

Reminds me of some fantasy draft where I filled in the literal back numbers but that draft had their own numbers so I got stuff like Dani Navarro for the green jersey

 

[Brumdog66]

1. Ewan
2. Alaphillipe
3. Sagan
4. Valverde
5. Bennett
6. Bilbao
7. Ewan
8. Carapaz
9. Roglic
10. Ewan
11. Ewan
12. Sagan
13. Pogacar
14. Schachmann
15. Zakarin
16. Valverde
17. Bernal
18. Quintana
19. Bennett
20. Roglic
21. Ewan

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Finn84 picked Kristoff as the only one, and is now leading the game.

Great pick that the rest of us totally missed!

 

[Tonton]

Merci Alaf'! I'm on the board!

 

[Broccolidwarf]

11 players had Alaphilippe as the winner today, but not Finn84, so now he shares the lead in a 12-way tie

 

[Broccolidwarf]

With Ewan winning today, the following players now hold the joint lead, with 2 points each:

Pöhja Konn
Giggs_98
Jungle Cycle
triley36
Northerner
Finn84
Broccolidwarf

In other news, 18-Valve.(pithy) and bob.a.feet got on the board today with their first point.

Still 12 players with a goose egg

 

[Red Rick]

I'm bottling this so hard.

 

[Anderis]

Funny how the strategy I used last year didn't work last year but would've worked this year when I don't use it anymore. Also I have Ewan winning 3 stages in my prediction but of course today was not one of them.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Roglic was the favorite choice for stage 4, with 11 players getting points and everyone but Wheresmybrakes, RedHeadDane, Anderis and klintE deleted their goose egg.

In joint lead with 3 out of 4 guessed correctly are now:

Giggs_98
Triley36

 

[RedheadDane]

Yeah... I don't think I'm gonna win much in this. Mainly because I was taking the piss!

 

[Jspear]

Could we get a line up of where everyone stands in the rankings?

 

[BlueRoads]

Roglic was the favorite choice for stage 4, with 11 players getting points and everyone but Wheresmybrakes, RedHeadDane, Anderis and klintE deleted their goose egg.

In joint lead with 3 out of 4 guessed correctly are now:

Giggs_98
Triley36

I should have called myself Blues.64, that would probably have improved my prediction ability.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I should have called myself Blues.64, that would probably have improved my prediction ability.

But is T Riley really 84 years old?

 

[BlueRoads]

But is T Riley really 84 years old?

Well I'm not 56, that's not important. It's just lucky numbers obviously.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Nothing wrong with being 56: I was.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Great win on Stage 5 by Var Aert today, that only Jspear and Armchar cyclist had picked.

Jspear goes into joint lead with 3 and Armchair cyclist goes to 2.

Current standings:

3:
Giggs_98
Jspear
triley36

2:
18-Valve.(pithy)
Pöhja Konn
Jungle Cycle
Northerner
Finn84
Armchair cyclist
Sprints n stones
Broccolidwarf

1:
Red Rick
Cian
bob.a.feet
BlueRoads
Tonton
Ranagazoo
rghysens
Pantano_lives
Brumdog66
klintE

Goose egg:
RedHeadDane
Anderis
Koronin
Wheresmybrakes

 

[sprints n stones]

Thanks so much for doing this.
Amazing how much it makes you support your man.
Think I should be on 2 though not 1 as had Alaph and Roglic winning?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Thanks so much for doing this.
Amazing how much it makes you support your man.
Think I should be on 2 though not 1 as had Alaph and Roglic winning?

You are absolutely right, I overlooked you picking Alaphilippe on stage 2, the standings are corrected

 

[Broccolidwarf]

To make the game a bit more diverse, I have changed the points system.

- The first post has been updated with points system and tiebreakers.

It's still 1 point per picked stage winner, but if the guy you pick takes or maintains the yellow jersey, it will give 2 points (1 additional point).

It should make it less probable with a 5-way tie for the win, like last year.

And yeah, I know some might have picked differently if this new rule had been known, but we'll have to live with that

Current standings (with the new "yellow" extra points):

4:
Giggs_98
Jspear
triley36

3:
Pöhja Konn
Jungle Cycle
Northerner
Finn84
Armchair cyclist
Sprints n stones
Broccolidwarf

2:
18-Valve.(pithy)
Tonton
Brumdog66
klintE

1:
Red Rick
Cian
bob.a.feet
BlueRoads
Ranagazoo
rghysens
Pantano_lives

Goose egg:
RedHeadDane
Anderis
Koronin