Anyone want a second shot at making a Top 10

[seaby71]

If he can beat Evans by 1.30 in the exact TT from the dauphine, then he can be beating other top 10 by 3/4mins which is enough to see him into the top 10. He is also in the form of his life and will be able to hang in there on the climbs.

But at the end of the day, if Contador finds his legs (which atm seems like he has no firepower) then I suspect only 3 men can go with him, Sammy Sanchez, Schleck and Basso (if he finds his giro form from last year.)

No way will tony be in the top 10, he cant climb as well as any of the other top 10 guys. He could easily be 15 mins down by the final ITT

 

[The Hitch]

Andrew
Evans
Basso
Contador (less than MontdesAlouettes screwjob time to Andrew)
Gesink
Frank
Sanchez (less than MontdesAlouettes screwjob time + ttt time to Evans).

 

[jobiwan]

Andrew
Evans
Basso
Contador (less than MontdesAlouettes screwjob time to Andrew)
Gesink
Frank
Sanchez (less than MontdesAlouettes screwjob time + ttt time to Evans).

It'll be 39 seconds. Book it.

 

[greenedge]

Basso, Martin, Velits, Klodi, Evans, Contador, Shlecks, Sanchez and Roche/ Cunego/ Uran/ Taaramae.

 

[blaxland]

2nd Chance...
Contador
Evans
A.Schleck
Sanchez
Gesink
Kloden
F.Schleck
Basso
Roche
Uran

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

i'll have a go.

as
ac
evans
samu
basso
schlek
Tommy D
Kloden
gesink
levi

 

[Eric8-A]

My top 10 in no particular order

Alberto Contador

Andy Schleck

Frank Schleck

Ivan Basso

Andreas Kloden

Cadel Evans

Tom Danielson

Christian Vandevelde

Nicolas Roche

Samuel Sanchez

 

[just some guy]

Andy
Contador
Fränk
Evans
Basso
Sammy
Gesink
Tommy D
Kloden
Roche

 

[greenedge]

Surprised that no one thinks Luis Leon Sanchez could finish top 10. Not that i did but ?????

 

[dlwssonic]

I will try
AS
evans
contador(injury and fatigue)
Basso
FS
Kloden
roche
levi
gesink(injury)
CVV

 

[Swabian Lass]

In no particular order:

Schleck A
Schleck F
Evans
Contador - not sure if he'll win (jury's out 'til the high mountains) but he'll top 10
Basso
Velits
S.Sanchez
Klöden
Martin
Roche

Some are more hope than expectation, but you've got to have hope.

 

[bicing]

Contador (wins by about 45 seconds)
Schleck A
Kloden
Evans
Basso
Schleck F
Sanchez S
Velits
Cunego
Gesink
---
Danielson chokes on the Garmin fluke top 10 tradition by coming 11th by seconds

 

[Jan the Man]

1. Andy Schleck
2. Ivan Basso
3. Cadel Evans
4. Samuel Sanchez
5. Frank Schleck
6. Peter Velits
7. Nicolas Roche
8. Thomas Danielson
9. Rein Taramae
10. Levi Leipheimer

Assumptions - Contador and Kloeden DNS stage 10. Gesink DNF.

 

[Nastyy]

1. Andy Schleck
2. Klöden
3. Contador
4. Basso
5. Fränk Schleck
6. Evans
7. Samuel Sanchez
8. Velits
9. Roche
10. Peraud

 

[b.broadhurst]

No way will tony be in the top 10, he cant climb as well as any of the other top 10 guys. He could easily be 15 mins down by the final ITT

Whoever is 9th or 10th by the time trial will be 15minutes down anyway, so Martin will be able to pull some time back.

 

[Pantani_lives]

The dreadful thing about cycling is: no matter how awful things happen, it's still remains exciting to see what will happen next.

 

[perico]

Contador (if healthy and doesn't crash again)
A. Schleck
Evans
Kloden
S. Sanchez
Basso
Vande Velde (if healthy)
Danielson
Cunego
Velits

Pretty interchangable. Although TD has 30 seconds over VDV, VDV is a stronger TTer when on form. Contador at this point, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Evans win.

 

[Eric8-A]

Nice to see someone believing in Peraud.

 

[Gingerale]

i'm surprised people think kloden is going to even start tomorrow. he didn't look too good getting in that car yesterday on the way to the hospital.

have to wait and see how contador rides tomorrow and through luz ardiden before picking. ditto for gesink.

 

[buster1]

A. Schleck
Evans
Contador (1st if he wasn't injuried)
F. Schleck
Basso
S.Sanchez
Kloden (if he continues and is healthy enough)
Gesink (although injured still better than anyone else left)
Taramae
Velits

 

[cocteau_ireland]

Top ten Roche Before and after

 

[Boeing]

Damiano Cunego

 

[just some guy]

Damiano Cunego will bonk one day in the mountains and lose 15 minutes

Fixed it for you

 

[42x16ss]

Surprised that no one thinks Luis Leon Sanchez could finish top 10. Not that i did but ?????

With the time he gained in the break on Stage 9 I won't rule it out. He managed 11th last year without getting in a break...

My picks:

A Schleck
Contador
Basso
F Schleck
Evans
S Sanchez
VDV/Danielson (Whoever Garmin ride for)
Cunego
Gesink (If finishes)/LL Sanchez (If not)
Roche

 

[jobiwan]

After the first mountain stage I'll give it another go.

1. Andy Schleck
2. Samuel Sanchez
3. Frank Schleck
4. Ivan Basso
5. Alberto Contador
6. Cadel Evans
7. Damiano Cunego
8. Tom Danielson
9. Peter Velits
10. Arnold Jeanneson

Andy looked quite fine today, and should only get better.
I think the 1-2 attack is going to work very well come the Alps.
I could see Frank allowing Andy to take yellow on Alpe d'Huez for the ITT, as Frank will lose BIG CHUNKS of time in Grenoble, and Andy would benefit from starting last.

Basso and Szmyd looked great today, and they'll be tough to beat.
Sanchez obviously has great form, and I think he's got what it takes to podium and maybe win KOM.

And I mean no disrespect to anyone else's opinion in this next paragraph, as I may be wrong. Here we go:

I'm just not buying the argument that Contador can catch up to the Schlecks. He may be able to keep up with them in the Alps, but I don't really think he can climb past them simply due to the Giro. It's obviously taken its toll. And as we saw last year, if he's not on great form, he's not gonna blow anyone away in the ITT. He only got 31 seconds on Andy last year, and now he's already down 2 minutes to Frank and 1:45 to Andy.

I think Evans is going to rue the lack of a Szmyd, Navarro, Frank in the mountains come Stage 18. He'll crack.

Cunego has looked very good. I'd tip him for Stage 16.
Tommy D is now the Garmin surprise.
Velits would have done much better without his puncture today, and now HTC's "mountain men" can help him 100%

Jeanneson looks good for the White Jersey.