Giro Climbers and Point Jersey

[velothree]

I think it's going to be a very exciting Giro this year. GC and best youngest rider are easy to pick with Contador seemingly unbeatable and Kreuziger for the youngest. Points and Mountain are tough though with most if not all the sprinters unable to make it to the end with all the mountains. For the mountains jersey it should be someone high up on the GC.

Your picks?

 

[El Pistolero]

Maglia rosa: Alberto Contador
Maglia rossa: Alberto Contador
Maglia verde: Alberto Contador

 

[just some guy]

Ive been saying the same thing for awhile now rre KOM so will stick to it.

BMC - Johann Tschopp = KOM

Liquigas-Cannondale - Vincenzo Nibali = Points

 

[boomcie]

Ive been saying the same thing for awhile now so will stick to it.

BMC - Johann Tschopp

You mean Tschopp will finish highest of all BMC riders, getting him the supreme BMC jersey?

Edit: thanks for clarifying your post

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Maglia rosa: Contador
Maglia rosso: Contador
Maglia verde: Sella

 

[El Pistolero]

You mean Tschopp will finish highest of all BMC riders, getting him the supreme BMC jersey?

Edit: thanks for clarifying your post

 

[El Imbatido]

I think it's going to be a very exciting Giro this year. GC and best youngest rider are easy to pick with Contador seemingly unbeatable and Kreuziger for the youngest. Points and Mountain are tough though with most if not all the sprinters unable to make it to the end with all the mountains. For the mountains jersey it should be someone high up on the GC.

Your picks?

No sprinter will win the points jersey because it is scored differently to the Tour de France incase you did not know. And second reason a sprinter will not win is because IIRC the points given on each stage are the same no matter if it is a mountain top finish or a flat stage. And there are many more mountain stages than flat. So the likely winner will be high on GC ie. Nibali, Contador, Rodiguez, Menchov, Scarponi etc are all front runners for it.

As for the mountains jersey i believe it will go to someone from a team that has no GC contender ie. BMC, Rabo, Quickstep, Ag2r, Omega-Pharma etc Because these teams will want to take something from the Giro and this jersey is up for grabs.

That is my opinion anyway

 

[boomcie]

He is not in the Giro, El Pistolet.

 

[El Pistolero]

He is not in the Giro, El Pistolet.

No, that's the face expression you could have when reading that post.

 

[just some guy]

You mean Tschopp will finish highest of all BMC riders, getting him the supreme BMC jersey?

Edit: thanks for clarifying your post

Sorry about that - like an edit me.

 

[boomcie]

No, that's the face expression you could have when reading that post.

Spot on

 

[seaby71]

i think sella or garzelli will win the KOM
sprinters jersey - probably rodriguez with his uphill sprint
both will be fun to watch

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Bakelandts and Seeldraeyers.
Could they challenge Kreuziger?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

no of course not. but duarte perhaps can. if he's not held back too much he could win it and if he doesn't have bad days, which would be first

 

[El Pistolero]

Seeldraeyers definitely can if his form is good.

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

He's aiming for a top 10, and I do believe that's possible...

 

[blaxland]

Mountains jersey=Rujano and the Sprinters=Rodriguez..

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Seeldraeyers definitely can if his form is good.

I will eat my own sh*t and videotape it if that happens

 

[El Pistolero]

I will eat my own sh*t and videotape it if that happens

Yet you believe Rujano can win this Giro and this guy never is in shape(or he always is and just sucks)

 

[hrotha]

I will eat my own sh*t and videotape it if that happens

Whoa, careful there. Does this still apply if Kreuziger bonks, crashes or withdraws for whatever reason? If he's simply not in shape and comes 40th or whatever without any particular incident? Or only if they both do well and Seeldraeyers prevails?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yet you believe Rujano can win this Giro and this guy never is in shape(or he always is and just sucks)

yeah

.

 

[El Pistolero]

Whoa, careful there. Does this still apply if Kreuziger bonks, crashes or withdraws for whatever reason? If he's simply not in shape and comes 40th or whatever without any particular incident? Or only if they both do well and Seeldraeyers prevails?

Yeah, in 2009 Seeldraeyers lost like 8 minutes in time trials to the winner. Seeing as this Tour hardly has time trials and if he's on form he's a logical bet to me.

 

[taiwan]

Points after stage 5

Is the points jersey now a smart target for Le Mevel?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Seeldraeyers definitely can if his form is good.

I had to laugh a little when i first read that

After today even more. Come on man. You honoustly think Seeldraeyers can beat Kreuziger if he's good? He can hardly beat Kruijswijk probably.
Yesterday Seeldraeyers already lost contact on the finishing ramp btw

 

[El Pistolero]

I had to laugh a little when i first read that

After today even more. Come on man. You honoustly think Seeldraeyers can beat Kreuziger if he's good? He can hardly beat Kruijswijk probably.

Yes, I think that. What does a stage with Strade Bianche have to do with climbing?

I bet *** and Kruisjwijk can win the Tour now! They beat Carlos Sastre!!!

Do you really need to act like a **** every time some Dutch wins. Really, no one cares.