40 Days before TdF: What are your Top 5 Bold Predictions?

[Cance > TheRest]

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Froomes new saddle causes him to overcome his sprint and hilly weaknesses, causing him to win all 20 stages and the TTT. Also the first rider in the modern era to win the TDF with more than 30 minutes put into the number two

Froome will singelhandedly win the TTT?

If he was only riding against Groupama FdJ, he might have a real shot at it

Just kidding, I'll now come forth with the boldest of all predictions:
Meintjes will attack on every mountain stage

 

[Breh]

Wuyts will only mention Van Aert every 5minutes during the cobbled stage.

 

[Rollthedice]

The badger has had enough, he'll come back and take over.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Re: 40 Days before TdF: What are your Top 5 Bold Predictions

1. Bernal will win by more than 7 minutes.
2. Lennard Kämna will win a mountain stage.
3. Marcel Kittel will win in Roubaix.
4. Moviestar will come in dead last in the TTT.
5. Gaviria will not win a single stage.

 

[Brullnux]

Landa and Quintana, going into stage 19 2nd and 3rd, plan a long range '1-2' attack, but both attack at the same time on the Tourmalet. The don't realise for a minute or so, as they are perfectly parallel on the road, but once they do stop and stalk each other á la track stand for the last 100km, reaching the finish line with over 2hr deficit. They stop at the finish line and begin a flyweight wrestling match, while Unzue stands at the edge of the road shaking his head, slowly, and Valverde celebrates his 4th stage win on the Tour.

 

[Koronin]

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Landa and Quintana, going into stage 19 2nd and 3rd, plan a long range '1-2' attack, but both attack at the same time on the Tourmalet. The don't realise for a minute or so, as they are perfectly parallel on the road, but once they do stop and stalk each other á la track stand for the last 100km, reaching the finish line with over 2hr deficit. They stop at the finish line and begin a flyweight wrestling match, while Unzue stands at the edge of the road shaking his head, slowly, and Valverde celebrates his 4th stage win on the Tour.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: If that happens, I think everyone will be laughing.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Landa and Quintana, going into stage 19 2nd and 3rd, plan a long range '1-2' attack, but both attack at the same time on the Tourmalet. The don't realise for a minute or so, as they are perfectly parallel on the road, but once they do stop and stalk each other á la track stand for the last 100km, reaching the finish line with over 2hr deficit. They stop at the finish line and begin a flyweight wrestling match, while Unzue stands at the edge of the road shaking his head, slowly, and Valverde celebrates his 4th stage win on the Tour.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: If that happens, I think everyone will be laughing.

:lol:

I think you forgot the part where everyone overtaking them stares at them like "WTF?"

 

[Red Rick]

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Landa and Quintana, going into stage 19 2nd and 3rd, plan a long range '1-2' attack, but both attack at the same time on the Tourmalet. The don't realise for a minute or so, as they are perfectly parallel on the road, but once they do stop and stalk each other á la track stand for the last 100km, reaching the finish line with over 2hr deficit. They stop at the finish line and begin a flyweight wrestling match, while Unzue stands at the edge of the road shaking his head, slowly, and Valverde celebrates his 4th stage win on the Tour.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: If that happens, I think everyone will be laughing.

If it happens, I'll be looking for that one camera angle that has Vincenzo Nibali playing with voodoo dolls in real time in the background.

 

[Laplaz]

Roglic to podium the Tour. And Nibali to win it. Just these two things please

 

[Durden93]

Can anyone tell me what’s going on with Barguil? He hasn’t had many good results this year so I don’t know what to expect from him.

 

[Lexman]

Evenepoel to turn pro and win the TdF by distancing the whole Sky and Movistar mountain trains...

 

[Alexandre B.]

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Can anyone tell me what’s going on with Barguil? He hasn’t had many good results this year so I don’t know what to expect from him.

The whole Fortuneo squad has been awful this year.

 

[brownbobby]

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Landa and Quintana, going into stage 19 2nd and 3rd, plan a long range '1-2' attack, but both attack at the same time on the Tourmalet. The don't realise for a minute or so, as they are perfectly parallel on the road, but once they do stop and stalk each other á la track stand for the last 100km, reaching the finish line with over 2hr deficit. They stop at the finish line and begin a flyweight wrestling match, while Unzue stands at the edge of the road shaking his head, slowly, and Valverde celebrates his 4th stage win on the Tour.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Brilliant!

 

[Jagartrott]

- Neither Thomas nor Gaviria will crash
- Greipel wins stage 21
- QS win (at least) 5 stages again
- It will rain during the 'Roubaix' stage; riders will complain it's not safe
- Roglic will top-5

 

[Laporte17]

It's not that bold, but Laporte will win green of course.

 

[SafeBet]

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It's not that bold, but Laporte will win green of course.

Why not yellow? Too generous?

 

[Laporte17]

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It's not that bold, but Laporte will win green of course.

Why not yellow? Too generous?

Exactly, Laporte shares around the jerseys, rather than taking multiple ones for himself like some riders, he'll let someone who can only ever envy his potential take the consolation yellow jersey. He'll win the most beautiful, presigious jersey, green.

 

[Singer01]

Sky do well, the board reacts with equanimity.

 

[Jspear]

1. Quintana will win
2. Bernal will podium
3. Froome won’t even start
4. Kittle won’t win a stage
5. Gav will win every bunch sprint.

 

[phanatic]

Re: 40 Days before TdF: What are your Top 5 Bold Predictions

1. Nairo wins the ITT
2. Forum meltdown before stage 17 begins.
3. Sagan will win a mountain stage
4. Movistar will attack on Madeleine
5. Nibali will fail to make up for TTT time loss, finishing second.

 

[topcat]

1. Everyone expresses his/her actual beliefs
2. More people are fans of Movistar than Sky. They're just shy.
3. Tdf winner is unsurprising
4. Forum meltdown
5. All that's left is the fans of one team and it all feels a bit hollow

 

[pastronef]

Re: 40 Days before TdF: What are your Top 5 Bold Predictions

1. Nairo wins the ITT
2. Forum meltdown before stage 17 begins.
3. Sagan will win a mountain stage
4. Movistar will attack on Madeleine
5. Nibali will fail to make up for TTT time loss, finishing second.

why that?

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

Re: 40 Days before TdF: What are your Top 5 Bold Predictions

Landa wont lose major time on any stage except the TTs and even then his TT will be the best we've ever seen.

The result of Landa's new found consistency is we never see one of his mythical climbing performances ever again he just hangs in there like the others.

Richie Porte on the top step of the podium.

Now that his capabilities are well known, EBH will be compelled to do a better job in leadouts and Cav will win every flat stage and the green jersey and it will be a throwback to the old sprint train days when cav practically did win every flat stage.

Alberto Contador will be brought on TV to comment on Froome's historic double attempt but the former rider will just stammer mid sentence and begin to literally disintegrate on screen a la Infinity Wars.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Jungels finishes top 5
Fuglsang disappoints again
Bernal wins the white jersey, finishing top-10
Quintana wins the Tour (thats bold at this point!) and Landa isn't happy
Gaviria is winning at least 4 stages
It will be a semi-decent Tour, lets say 6,5/10 which at this point is more than than usual
The stage to Col de Portet will be awesome and journalist, experts and everyone who don't really know anything about cycling will claim its because its short, but not because they are finishing on Col de Portet!
The Alps will be awesome, the rest of the race pretty mediocre outside of Ventoux and Finestre light in the Pyrenees.

 

[Escarabajo]

Re: 40 Days before TdF: What are your Top 5 Bold Predictions

1. Nairo wins the ITT
2. Forum meltdown before stage 17 begins.
3. Sagan will win a mountain stage
4. Movistar will attack on the Aubisque
5. Nibali will fail to make up for TTT time loss, finishing second.

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