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

[lartiste]

1. Sagan green.
2. Froome 5th.
3. BMC to win TTT.
4. Nibali to win.
5. Conflict in Movistar.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

- The Ventolin wizard isn't allowed to start, causing major butthurt among the english speaking july fans who blame French nationalism
- Close fight between Nibali who attacks on all kind of terrains and Quintana who's back at his best in the high mountains, close win for Nibali
- Porte beats Bardet for the final podium spot, not peaking from Down under until Dauphine will pay off for him.
- Fuglsang gets a 5th place, Jungels finishes 6th.
- Gaviria won't crash (very bold) and will dominate the sprints.
- Unzue will screw over Landa and tell everyone just to look after Quintana and Valverde on the cobbles and on the potential crosswind stages.
- Polka Dot jersey for Kruijswijk who'll loose a ton of time durning the first week.

I hope your predictions will ring true.

 

[RedheadDane]

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1. Sagan green.
2. Froome 5th.
3. BMC to win TTT.
4. Nibali to win.
5. Conflict in Movistar.

Those are hardly bold predictions.

 

[Forever The Best]

Re: Re:

- The Ventolin wizard isn't allowed to start, causing major butthurt among the english speaking july fans who blame French nationalism
- Close fight between Nibali who attacks on all kind of terrains and Quintana who's back at his best in the high mountains, close win for Nibali
- Porte beats Bardet for the final podium spot, not peaking from Down under until Dauphine will pay off for him.
- Fuglsang gets a 5th place, Jungels finishes 6th.
- Gaviria won't crash (very bold) and will dominate the sprints.
- Unzue will screw over Landa and tell everyone just to look after Quintana and Valverde on the cobbles and on the potential crosswind stages.
- Polka Dot jersey for Kruijswijk who'll loose a ton of time durning the first week.

I like this one.

+2. Change Landa with Quintana and it would be excellent.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

- GC top 2 will be the same as the Giro
- Bernal to get 3rd despite losing 10 minutes in the roubaix stage and working for Puff Daddy
- Groenewegen wins 5 stagds but Sagan gets the green
- Bardet to lead the Tour for a while only to collapse completely after the TT, Yates style
- Majka to be Majka, be bad but then manage to win 2 or 3 mountain stages and the Polka Dot

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

- Two riders will get into a fistfight
- De Gendt will flip everyone the bird at least once
- Froome will lose his Giro victory in the third week of the Tour
- Froome will lose the Tour in the third week of the Tour
- Bardet will be in yellow... but will not win the Tour.

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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- GC top 2 will be the same as the Giro
- Bernal to get 3rd despite losing 10 minutes in the roubaix stage and working for Puff Daddy
- Groenewegen wins 5 stagds but Sagan gets the green
- Bardet to lead the Tour for a while only to collapse completely after the TT, Yates style
- Majka to be Majka, be bad but then manage to win 2 or 3 mountain stages and the Polka Dot

Interesting.
EDIT: And nothing against, let's get ready... and so on.

 

[lartiste]

Re: Re:

1. Sagan green.
2. Froome 5th.
3. BMC to win TTT.
4. Nibali to win.
5. Conflict in Movistar.

Those are hardly bold predictions.

The first is in my opinion, because ASO is trying to avoid it.

OK, two more bold:

6. Pantano to win polka dot.

7. FDJ to finish with 7 riders, which is boldest prediction. :lol:

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Re: Re:

- The Ventolin wizard isn't allowed to start, causing major butthurt among the english speaking july fans who blame French nationalism
- Close fight between Nibali who attacks on all kind of terrains and Quintana who's back at his best in the high mountains, close win for Nibali
- Porte beats Bardet for the final podium spot, not peaking from Down under until Dauphine will pay off for him.
- Fuglsang gets a 5th place, Jungels finishes 6th.
- Gaviria won't crash (very bold) and will dominate the sprints.
- Unzue will screw over Landa and tell everyone just to look after Quintana and Valverde on the cobbles and on the potential crosswind stages.
- Polka Dot jersey for Kruijswijk who'll loose a ton of time durning the first week.

I like this one.

I would sell my soul for this scenario, is there a belgian stage win in there?

 

[Alexandre B.]

Re:

- GC top 2 will be the same as the Giro
- Bernal to get 3rd despite losing 10 minutes in the roubaix stage and working for Puff Daddy
- Groenewegen wins 5 stagds but Sagan gets the green
- Bardet to lead the Tour for a while only to collapse completely after the TT, Yates style
- Majka to be Majka, be bad but then manage to win 2 or 3 mountain stages and the Polka Dot

Collapsing on the parade stage?

 

[May0maniac]

Re: Re:

- The Ventolin wizard isn't allowed to start, causing major butthurt among the english speaking july fans who blame French nationalism
- Close fight between Nibali who attacks on all kind of terrains and Quintana who's back at his best in the high mountains, close win for Nibali
- Porte beats Bardet for the final podium spot, not peaking from Down under until Dauphine will pay off for him.
- Fuglsang gets a 5th place, Jungels finishes 6th.
- Gaviria won't crash (very bold) and will dominate the sprints.
- Unzue will screw over Landa and tell everyone just to look after Quintana and Valverde on the cobbles and on the potential crosswind stages.
- Polka Dot jersey for Kruijswijk who'll loose a ton of time durning the first week.

I like this one.

I would sell my soul for this scenario, is there a belgian stage win in there?

I didn't think about that, no idea.
I just picked Nibali because I'm a big Nibali fan, but I rate Quintana's chances the same, if Movistar is able to get things sorted out quickly with their 3 aces.

 

[movingtarget]

Re:

Cofidis will get a stage win.

Probably won't be Bouhanni, though.

Cofidis the greatest sponsors in the history of cycling.

 

[Koronin]

1) Nibali and Valverde put time into all the other GC guys during the cobbled stage
2) Quintana and Landa end up in the war we expect and don't finish in the top 10
3) Valverde finishes on the podium because he's able to keep the rest of the team together to avoid to total implosion.
4) Nibali wins yellow
5) Bardet gets another podium

 

[movingtarget]

Froome to miss the podium if he rides. Porte to finally make the podium. Bardet to do a reasonable TT. Landa finishes ahead of Quintana. Ewan wins two sprint stages.

 

[Netserk]

Here comes the first: Landa will take the yellow jersey from Nibali after the ITT.

 

[Jungle Cycle]

Nibali will win after replace the vooddo dolls buried in the north of France since 2014..
Thomas and Porte to round up the podium.. Froome won't start or will fall during stage 9..
QS will have at least 2 yellow jerseys..
Nairo and Landa will fall off in stage 9 trying do grab Valverde`s wheel..
Don't know if Roglic starts but if he does will win Polka and top 5.
Kittel won't win any stage, will shave off his hair to try to break the contract with Alpecin and go back to QS..

 

[Breh]

-Valverde wins
-Zakarin top5 on the cobbles
-Bouhanni wins a stage
-LottoNL wins the TTT
-Tejay top5 overall

 

[hfer07]

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

1. I'll be watching the World Cup
2. I'll be watching the World Cup
3. I'll be watching the World Cup
4. I'll be watching the World Cup
5. I'll be watching the World Cup

 

[Asero831]

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

1. I'll be watching the World Cup
2. I'll be watching the World Cup
3. I'll be watching the World Cup
4. I'll be watching the World Cup
5. I'll be watching the World Cup

Better watch Stage 9 first before the World Cup final. It would be epic.

 

[Nirvana]

*Nibali will gain a lot of time in the first week but he'll be dropped everytime in the mountain stages and in a disperate attempt he'll pull a Vino on the Champs Elisee.
*French haters will attack Froome and Moscon somewhere.
*Overhyped Bernal will do nothing.
*Porte will lose a lot of time in Roubaix but he'll be the stronger climber.
*Landa and Quintana will crash on the cobbles ruining Unzue plan.
*Zakarin will finish outside time limit that day.
*Fuglsang will be the stronger GC rider on the cobbles and will finish on the podium.
*Sagan won't win any stage but the green jersey.
*Kittel and Cavendish will be subpar and one between Cavendish and Gaviria will crash somewhere.
*Greipel will win four stages.
*Alaphilippe will dominate the hilly stages so Prudhomme will replace Bardet with him as "the big french hope" and next year will avoid the Alps and Pyrenees in order to favour him.


Top 5 - Porte, Nibali, Fuglsang, Thomas, Valverde.

 

[Robert5091]

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

1 QS to win the first 9 stages
2 Porte to lose 8 minutes before first rest day
3 Dawg & Lappartient get beer tossed over them
4 Sky get stage 9 neutralised - SDB gets beer tossed over him
5 Roglic wins TdF.

 

[Gigs_98]

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

I seriously think it's a bold prediction to claim there won't be any drama around the three movistar leaders. That team has written chaos all over it

 

[rghysens]

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

1) The field will be absolutely shattered by stage 4
2) Sky will win the TTT, with a clear margin
3) Froome will win in Roubaix. That guy just wants to be seen as one of the greatest champions ever and will risk anything to achieve that.
4) Froome to win the TdF
5) With the biggest margin he's ever won a GT with.

So, these were my bold predictions.

 

[Climbing]

I think I’m done with cycling for a long while, unless last 2 GTs gets stripped and a proper ban inflicted.
We’re back into 2000’s disgustingness and the show isn’t enjoyable in the slightest.

 

[tobydawq]

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

1 QS to win the first 9 stages
2 Porte to lose 8 minutes before first rest day
3 Dawg & Lappartient get beer tossed over them
4 Sky get stage 9 neutralised - SDB gets beer tossed over him
5 Roglic wins TdF.

Sean De Bie won't be riding.