Decision time 2011.

[The Hitch]

Every poster name your TDF top 10, Jersey winners and if you feel like it other notables.

To demonstrate, I will first post the Official CN Forum predictions as decided by an expert panel - me.

So here are the Official Cycling News Forum predictions for the 2011 Tour de France.

Are you ready to see them?

You are probably dying with excitement.

All will be revealed.

If you just scroll down.

Just a little bit more.

Here they are.


1 Andrew


2 The Great One

3 Cuddles Evens

4 The Condor

5 The Olympic Champion

6 Ivan Grozhny

7 VINO !!!! (+ stage win)

8 Van Den Breakaway

9 Little Prince

10 CVV



Dotted breakaway jersey - Moncoutie

Fake points jersey - Next world and Olympic Champion

Needless and worthless, rider under certain age ranking - Self Explanetory - see List

Lantern Rouge - TGBM


Other comments- Gilbert top 20 and 2 stages. Uran a stage.

Feel you can do better?

Please post your predictions below.

Hurry. The ones on the early pages are more likely to be read

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

I wholeheartedly, fully, totally agree with this.

 

[c&cfan]

We always have a thread for this. Im surprised its not here this time or maybe I havent seen it in which case sorry.

Every poster name your TDF top 10, Jersey winners and if you feel like it other notables.

To demonstrate, I will first post the Official CN Forum predictions as decided by an expert panel - me.

So here are the Official Cycling News Forum predictions for the 2011 Tour de France.

Are you ready to see them?

You are probably dying with excitement.

All will be revealed.

If you just scroll down.

Just a little bit more.

Here they are.


1 Andrew


2 The Great One

3 Cuddles Evens

4 The Condor

5 The Olympic Champion

6 Ivan Grozhny

7 VINO !!!! (+ stage win

8 Van Den Breakaway

9 Little Prince

10 CVV



Polka Dot - Moncoutie
Fake points jersey - Next world and Olympic Champion
White jersey - Self Explanetory - see List

Lantern Rouge - TGBM


Other comments- Gilbert top 20 and 2 stages. Uran a stage.

1.bullet
2.skin and bones
3.frank the ant
4.samunchez
5.jeezink
6.ivan the 6th
7.phil
8.assnego
9.frog
10.vinedetto

polka-bullet
green-bullet
white-jeezink

 

[PCutter]

I hate that I pretty much agree! But swap 1 and 2

Interesting you pick Goss for Green

 

[Spine Concept]

1. Pistolero (+ stage win)
2. Schleck 2.0 (+ stage win)
3. Gesingue
4. SamSam
5. Jurgen
6. Cuddles
7. Ivan the terrible
8. Schleck 1.0
9. Vino tinto
10. Wiggo

Polka - Moncoutie (+ stage win)
Green - Rojas
White - Bobby G

 

[luckyboy]

1. Alberto Contador (+ stage win)
2. Robert Gesink
3. Andy Schleck
4. Ivan Basso
5. Cadel Evans
6. Samuel Sánchez (+ stage win)
7. Jurgen Van Den Broeck
8. Andreas Klöden
9. Christian Vande Velde
10. Damiano Cunego (+ stage win)

Green: Mark Cavendish
Polka Dot: John Gadret (would like it to be David Moncoutié)
White: Robert Gesink
Combativity: French rider/Sylvain Chavanel
Team: Team Radio Shack

 

[pedaling squares]

Wow Hitch, you foresee Cadel Evans and Wayne Gretzky on the podium? I think they have the same chance to make the top three.

ASchleck
Conti *
Bobby **
Evens
Ivan
VDB2
Samu ***
Kloden
Garmin's surprise of 2011
<6 minute gap>
Wigans

Green: don't care
White: don't care
Dots: don't care
Team: nobody cares


* interim placement
** assuming he maintains an upright position
*** tribute to the thread creator

 

[mulletCobra]

an ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure

 

[Pantani_lives]

1 Albertito Contadorski
2 Andito Schleckski
3 Ivanito Bassotski
4 Robertito Gesinkski
5 Jurgenito Vandenbroeckski
6 Frankito Schleckski
7 Bradlito Wigginski
8 Cadelito Evanski
9 Samuelito Sanchetski
10 Janezito Brajkovitski

Green: Thorito Hushovski
Polka dot: Thomasito Voecklerski
White: Robertito Gesinski
Combativity: Thomasito Voecklerski
Team: Leopardski
Red Lantern: Woutito Poelski

 

[jobiwan]

1. Baby Schleck (Stage Win)
2. Contador (Stage Win)
3. Gesink (White)

4. Sam-Sam
5. VDB2 (Stage Win + KOM)
6. Old Man Horner
7. Cuddles
8. Ivan
9. Wiggo
10. The Great Leech

Cavendish Jersey: Cavendish
KOM Jersey: Jurgen VDB
Young Jersey: Gesink
ALL IMPORTANT BETTER THAN THE YELLOW JERSEY TEAM COMPETITION: Team Shack Attack

Other:

Andy will win Plateau de Beille, and seal his Tour victory.

Frank and Andy will go on a final grand escapade up Alpe d'Huez similar to Horner/Leipheimer's "attack" up Baldy, and Fat Schleck will win.

Contador will lose 45 seconds to Andy in the TTT, and will only lose more substantial time on Alpe d'Huez.

Andy will hang on by 39 seconds to win the Tour.

There will be exactly 4 yellow jerseys. (Gilbert, Hushovd, Voeckler, and Andy)
Voeckler will get the yellow jersey on Stage 9, but will not win the stage.

Euskaltel win finish with 6 riders, losing 3 on the neutral ride of Passage du Gois.

Cav will win the green jersey, but Farrar will win Champs Elysses.

Vino will attack on 4 stages, and win 2.

Phil and Paul will show some restraint, and only mention Lance 28 times a stage.

 

[rides like a girl]

1. Alberto
2. Gesink
3. Samu
4. Baby boy Schleck--will lose time with a bike handling mistake in week three and won't be able to make up time on the time trial.
5. Basso
6. Evans--makes up time on the TT and jumps from lower to 6.
7. Ryder
8. Mt Baldy Horner--hauls Levi all over the mountains and still gets top ten
9. JVB
10. VINO

White--Gesink
Green--Ale Jet
Polka--Alberto
Team--old age shack

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

1. Alberto
2. Horner
3. Schleck
4. Gesink
5. Evans
6. Sanchez
7. Wigans
8. VdB 2
9. Basso
10. Losewhiner

 

[nvpacchi]

1. Alberto
2. Horner
3. Schleck
4. Gesink
5. Evans
6. Sanchez
7. Wigans
8. VdB 2
9. Basso
10. Losewhiner

lululz that was so subtle

1. Bert
2. Ivan
3. Andrew
4. Samuel
5. Robert
6. Jurgen
7. Cadel
8. Beñat
9. Christian
10. Jerome

Green- JJ
Polka- Remí

 

[RedZone]

1. Baby Schleck
2. Clenbutador
3. Cuddles
4. Bobby
5. Sammy Sanchez
6. Old Man Schleck
7. The Horn Dog
8. Ivan the Terrible
9. JVDB
10. Mr Wiggles

green: Cav
polka: Sylvain Chavanel
White: Bobby
Team: Shackalaka
Lanterne Rouge: Leipheimer

 

[Sydney21]

1. Cadel Evans - Pops Schleck in the final time trial to win
2. Andy Schleck - Fades in the final TT after dominating in the mountains
3. Basso
4. Alberto - Giro will take something out of him after all
5. Gesink
6. Wiggans
7. Frank Schleck
8. Sanchez
9. Horner
10. Vinooooooo

Notable emmissions:
VBD2 - wisely decides to take a year off the TB-500
Leipheimer - forgets to shave his head one morning and looses time to Horner thus losing team leadership
Kloden - decides mid race to start up a new 'clean' fully German team with with Hondo and looses time laughing at the irony
Brajovic - 11th
Vande Velde -crashes heavily in neutral zone of stage 1 passage de Gois and is out for the whole tour
Roche - Gadret's earing gets interlocked with Nico's and both are forced to abandon the race
Hejadel - It would be a surprise to not see a garmin rider in the top 10 for once
Cunego - Mantova springs up mid race and he is removed from competition

Green: Goss
Polka: Kern
White: Gesink

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

1) Vinnie the Knife
2) X
3) The Weasel
4) Blacker than Red
5) Martian
6) The Bambino
7) Noggin
8) UHGB
9) Flyer
10) Brake Brake

Green: Douchy
Polka Dot: The Magnificent Kibo
White: Pinchy

 

[Tuarts]

Expect fireworks from the get go!

Cancellara will ride at the head of the peloton at the Passage du Gois trying to neutralise it due to "unsafe cycling conditions".

It can only get better from here!

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

-1. Schleck A
-2. Conti
-3. Evans
-4. Samu (not just for Hitch... he can dooooo it)
-5. JVDB
-6. Gesink
-7. Basso
-8. Wiggins
-9. Vino
10. Cunego

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

andy
conta
gesink
samu
cuddles
vdb
basso
f.schleck
wiggo
leipheimer

white:
gesink

kom:
poels

Green:
felliu

team:
radio

 

[2wheels]

1.Horner
2. A. Schleck
3. Evans
4. Contador
5. Cunego
6. TJVG
7. Leipheimer
8. Vino
9. Kern
10. F. Schleck

Green- Boonen
Polka Dot- Voeckler
Team- Shack

 

[Yeahright]

Horner
Levi
Kloden
Bracky
Conti
Shlecklet
Evans
Sanch
Geisink
VDB

The Shack will also 'gift' the lesser jerseys to riders that Johan deems fit.

OR: More likely

Bertie
Daylight
Andy
Horny
Klodi
Leiphammer
Geisick
Cuddles
Ivan
VDB
Wiggy/Sammy

Of course, Daylight will be DQ'd for riding without a team, moving Andy up to a distant second....Bring back Chicken!

 

[myrideissteelerthanyours]

1. Bottle
2. Schleckette
3. JVB
4. Samuel Sánchez González
5. AC
6. Vandevelde
7. Brajkovic
8. Gesink
9. Danielson
10. Wiggo

green: Cav
Polkadot: Cunego

I don't think bottle can win the tour but I do think Andy can lose it in a variety of ways.

 

[jonjungel]

01. AC
02. Schleck
03. Schleck
04. Gesink
05. Sanchezzz
06. Basso
07. VDB2
08. Kløøøden
09. Horner
10. Bottle

Green - Cav
Polka - some random frenchman

 

[Galic Ho]

Anyone else read these and think, damn, what the F%&K has happened to this forum? Can one of the mods inform Hitch that it isn't cool now, nor has it ever been, to change the vernacular and descriptionary words used to describe a rider on every new thread he creates. Do everyone a favour dude and stick to the one bloody name. You make new ones up all the time. If you want to speak in Klingon or whatever it is you are trying to imitate, FFS be consistent!

Riders have established nicknames. Hitch you come up with a new one every week for some rider. Then all the new forumists think its cool to follow suite. It ain't. Oh and dude, Andy Schleck! Not Andrew. An Andy is never referred to as Andrew. It is wrong. Always has been. I looked at a great deal of the top 10 lists here and saw more than enough names listed of which I had to guess at whom they referred to. Please for the love of all that is sacred, stop changing the riders names on whim.

My List:
1. Contador
I don't care for the rest as long as Kloeden is the Shack's guy, Schleck doesn't win, Cavendish doesn't end up in green and that I see Wigans choke along with Bottle and Horner.

I do however think that Shleck Junior will fall into second and Evans will be the best of the rest. After that, I don't know this year. Samu, Gesink, Basso should be up there, with Jurgen trailing by a bit. Vino might grab yellow and Gilbert, Cancellara, the obvious French stage winners and a Garmin top 10 will be the other talking points. That is about it. Oh and the first plus week will be boring as batsh1t. I can only hope the TTT is jsut like the one in 2009, full of drama. Might make viewing tolerable apart from the odd breakaway.

 

[Midnightfright]

1. Little schleck
2. Contador
3. Samu Sanchez
4. Ivan Basso
5. Cadel Evans
6. Levi Leipheimer
7. JVDB
8,Big Schleck
9.Robert Gesink
10, Lil Chrisie Horner

Green- Cav ( with 4 stages)
Polka- Chavanel
White- Gesink
Team- Radioshack

Combativity award - Leiphemer