Giro D'Italia 2015

[qwer]

alberto contador is the biggest favourite. i think he will win with more than 4 minutes

 

[LaFlorecita]

Contador
Uran
Aru
Porte
Pozzovivo
Is my top 5

 

[Red Rick]

In before trademark Eshnar thread hijack

 

[Netserk]

In before trademark Eshnar thread hijack

He has trademarked everything relating to the Giro

 

[qwer]

i think konig will be in the top 5

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

i think konig will be in the top 5

Instead of Porte I assume?

 

[qwer]

Re: Re:

i think konig will be in the top 5

Instead of Porte I assume?

i don't know... maybe porte and konig on the top 5, pozzo will crack in tt

 

[lemon cheese cake]

My top five:

1. Contador/Aru
2. Aru/Contador
3. Uran
4. Pozzovivo
5. Konig (Porte will lose time in the TT

 

[Red Rick]

In before trademark Eshnar thread hijack

He has trademarked everything relating to the Giro

With damn good reason

Anyway

1st, Contador
2nd, Not good
3rd-last, Don't matter

 

[DFA123]

Top 3 - Uran, Contador and Porte - not sure what order, probably depends on what shape Contador is in from the start.

Scarponi to finish ahead of Aru.

 

[LaFlorecita]

My top five:

1. Contador/Aru
2. Aru/Contador
3. Uran
4. Pozzovivo
5. Konig (Porte will lose time in the TT

 

[Carols]

In before trademark Eshnar thread hijack

He has trademarked everything relating to the Giro

With damn good reason

Anyway

1st, Contador
2nd, Not good
3rd-last, Don't matter

This

 

[Eshnar]

In before trademark Eshnar thread hijack

no need to, this will be fine as an overall race discussion. My route analysis will be in a separate thread

 

[DBotero]

Normally Contador should win it with Porte/Uran completing the podium.But if his not in great shape,the duo will fight out for the win.I'm very interested about Zakarin capabilities,i think he can be a big surprise,i'm hoping for a high place in the GC for him.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Do you guys think Darwin Atapuma could finish top 10? Or is top 15 more realistic? He was 17th 2 years ago. The ITT will be a disadvantage for him.

 

[Miburo]

I believe contador will be 100%. It's not wise to start a GT at 90% or whatever and try win it that way. He'll be at his best.

So he'll easily win, porte might get 2nd. He hasn't proved that he can perform on a consistent basis in a GT. Maybe he can, i wouldn't be surprised but he's not good enough to beat contador. Maybe he can hold on in the first MTF since they're not hard (i would be surprised though) but eventually he'll get crushed.

Uran and Aru have no shot unless they improved a lot in 1 year

 

[Arredondo]

1. Porte

2. Zakarin + 9 min
3. Aru

 

[Netserk]

At what stage will Aru shave his head and trade his helmet for a bandana?

 

[qwer]

porte will abandon il giro!!!! he has always a bad day and sky will take him for help froome in the tour.

 

[nuvolablu]

1 Contador
2 Uran
3 Aru

Porte to lose 20 minutes in the last week
Cunego will surprise everyone and finish just outside the top 5 . Yesterday he rode his best time ever on Passo della Bocchetta in Giro dell'Appennino a few seconds behind Simoni's record

 

[SeriousSam]

Contador, Porte, Uran

 

[May0maniac]

Re:

1 Contador
2 Uran
3 Aru

Porte to lose 20 minutes in the last week
Cunego will surprise everyone and finish just outside the top 5 . Yesterday he rode his best time ever on Passo della Bocchetta in Giro dell'Appennino a few seconds behind Simoni's record

Yes, he said he redo a better time on Bocchetta than in 2004

 

[Gigs_98]

1. Contador
2. Porte
3. Uran
4. Aru
5. Pozzovivo
for me Contador is the number one favorite but behind him its extremely difficult to say what will happen. Most of it depends on the TT

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Re:

porte will abandon il giro!!!! he has always a bad day and sky will take him for help froome in the tour.

He may have bad day's (and not recover from them) but thats just harsh! I don't like him, and I think he'll ship time early on in the race, but come on! Thats ill wishes to a rider!

 

[Red Rick]

Porte has been very good this season, but nothing has indicated to me that he can beat a good Contador when it really matters. I doubt he'll take a lot of time in the tt too