Really like this idea. I'll be spending the next week thinking long and hard about my predictions before I join in on the fun 
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| Race | January | pre race |
| Strade | Van der Poel | |
| MSR | Oliver Naesen | |
| Ronde | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix | Mads Pedersen | |
| Liège | Evenepoel | |
| Giro winner | George Bennett | |
| Giro podium 2 | Simon Yates | |
| Giro podium 3 | Evenepoel | |
| TdF winner | Roglic | |
| TdF podium 2 | Bernal | |
| TdF podium 3 | Pinot | |
| TdF green | Sagan | |
| TdF white | Bernal | |
| TdF polka | Miguel Ángel Lopéz | |
| ORR | Higuita | |
| OITT | Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner | Nibali | |
| Vuelta podium 2 | Valverde | |
| Vuelta podium 3 | Kruijswijk | |
| WRR | Alaphilippe | |
| WITT | Evenepoel | |
| Lombardia | Bardet |
Last edited:
Thank you SHADOW93 for the call-out. So here are my revised and final predictions:
Strade - Van Der Poel
MSR - Sagan
Ronde - Van Der Poel
Roubaix - Sagan
LBL - Alaphilippe
Giro (1,2,3) - S. Yates, Bardet, Carapaz
Tour (1,2,3) - Pinot, Bernal, Roglic
Tour Green - Sagan
Tour KOM - Pinot
Tour White - Bernal
Vuelta (1,2,3) - Landa, Valverde, MAL
WRRC (and OGRRC) - Pinot
WITTC - Evenepoel
Lombardia - Pinot
Strade - Van Der Poel
MSR - Sagan
Ronde - Van Der Poel
Roubaix - Sagan
LBL - Alaphilippe
Giro (1,2,3) - S. Yates, Bardet, Carapaz
Tour (1,2,3) - Pinot, Bernal, Roglic
Tour Green - Sagan
Tour KOM - Pinot
Tour White - Bernal
Vuelta (1,2,3) - Landa, Valverde, MAL
WRRC (and OGRRC) - Pinot
WITTC - Evenepoel
Lombardia - Pinot
Pinot only winning Tour, Olympics, Worlds and Lombardia? What about Liège and Vuelta?
He is nice and wants others to win something as well.
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Benoot | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Sagan | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Wout Van Aert | |
| Liege (1 point) | Schachmann | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | S.Yates | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | Bardet | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Roglic | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Pinot | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Valverde | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Evenepoel | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | Kruisjwijk | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Landa | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Froome | |
| WC RR (1 point) | Alaphillipe | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Nibali |
So far I have 21 predictions. I have a prediction of the winner from 2017 (Tonton) however I am still missing the winner of 2018 (Hugo Koblet).
| Blanco |
| Koronin |
| Tonton |
| Gigs_98 |
| Brumdog66 |
| Shadow93 |
| Nirvana |
| ThePirate81 |
| Salvarani |
| Vater202 |
| Ranagazoo |
| Velolover2 |
| Bodimenier |
| Del1962 |
| VDB44 |
| pink_jersey |
| Luthor |
| Hayneplane |
| Boes |
| Blue Roads |
| Greenedge |
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Liege (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Evenepoel | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | Nibali | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Roglic | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Pogačar | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Pogačar | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Valverde | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Evenepoel | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | Froome | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Dumoulin | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Soler | |
| WC RR (1 point) | Pogačar | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Valverde |
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Ewan | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Sagan | |
| Liege (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Nibali | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | S. Yates | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Dumoulin | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Roglic | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Roglic | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | S. Yates | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Valverde | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Landa | |
| WC RR (1 point) | Nibali | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Nibali |
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Schachmann | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Sagan | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Pedersen | |
| Liege (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Nibali | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | S. Yates | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Roglic | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Buchmann | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Fuglsang | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | Kruiswijk | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Nibali | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Bardet | |
| WC RR (1 point) | Fuglsang | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Nibali |
| Race | January | pre race |
| Strade | Wout van Aert | |
| MSR | Caleb Ewan | |
| Ronde | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix | Peter Sagan | |
| Liège | Thibout Pinot | |
| Giro winner | Remco Evenepoel | |
| Giro podium 2 | Simon Yates | |
| Giro podium 3 | Vincenzo Nibali | |
| TdF winner | Primosz Roglic | |
| TdF podium 2 | Thibout Pinot | |
| TdF podium 3 | Tom Dumoulin | |
| TdF green | Peter Sagan | |
| TdF white | Egan Bernal | |
| TdF polka | Warren Barguil | |
| ORR | Julian Alaphilippe | |
| OITT | Rohan Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner | Simon Yates | |
| Vuelta podium 2 | Romain Bardet | |
| Vuelta podium 3 | Alejandro Valverde | |
| WRR | Julian Alaphilippe | |
| WITT | Rohan Dennis | |
| Lombardia | Thibout Pinot |
GT podiums without INEOS....probably not the best move, but ok,,,
| Race | January | pre race |
| Strade | Mathieu Van der Poel | |
| MSR | Mathieu Van der Poel | |
| Ronde | Mathieu Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix | Peter Sagan | |
| Liège | Alejandro Valverde | |
| Giro winner | Richard Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 2 | Vincenzo Nibali | |
| Giro podium 3 | Simon Yates | |
| TdF winner | ||
| TdF podium 2 | ||
| TdF podium 3 | Tom Dumoulin | |
| TdF green | Peter Sagan | |
| TdF white | Egan Bernal | |
| TdF polka | Warren Barguil | |
| ORR | Julian Alaphilippe | |
| OITT | Rohan Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner | Simon Yates | |
| Vuelta podium 2 | Romain Bardet | |
| Vuelta podium 3 | Alejandro Valverde | |
| WRR | Julian Alaphilippe | |
| WITT | Rohan Dennis | |
| Lombardia | Thibout Pinot |
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Mathieu Van der Poel | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Mathieu Van der Poel | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Mathieu Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Greg van Avermaet | |
| Liege (1 point) | Alejandro Valverde | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Richard Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Vincenzo Nibali | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | Simon Yates | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Egan Bernal | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Primoz Roglic | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Chris Froome | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Peter Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Egan Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Nairo Quintana | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Alejandro Valverde | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Tom Dumoulin | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | ||
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | ||
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | ||
| WC RR (1 point) | ||
| WC ITT (1 point) | ||
| Lombardia (1 point) |
Strade -- Mathieu Van Der Poel
MSR -- Mathieu Van Der Poel
Ronde -- Mathieu Van Der Poel
Roubiax -- Greg van Avermaet
LBL -- Alejandro Valverde
Giro 1 -- Richard Carapaz
Giro 2 -- Vincenzo Nibali
Giro 3 -- Simon Yates
Tour 1 -- Egan Bernal
Tour 2 -- Primoz Roglic
Tour 3 -- Geraint Thomas
Tour - green -- Peter Sagan
Tour - white -- Egan Bernal
Tour KOM -- Nairo Quintana
OG RR -- Alejandro Valverde
OG TT -- Tom Dumoulin
Vuelta 1 -- Chris Froome
Vuelta 2 -- Alejandro Valverde
Vuelta 3 -- Miguel Angel Lopez
WCRR -- Alejandro Valverde
WCTT -- Rohan Dennis
Lombardia -- Alejandro Valverde
MSR -- Mathieu Van Der Poel
Ronde -- Mathieu Van Der Poel
Roubiax -- Greg van Avermaet
LBL -- Alejandro Valverde
Giro 1 -- Richard Carapaz
Giro 2 -- Vincenzo Nibali
Giro 3 -- Simon Yates
Tour 1 -- Egan Bernal
Tour 2 -- Primoz Roglic
Tour 3 -- Geraint Thomas
Tour - green -- Peter Sagan
Tour - white -- Egan Bernal
Tour KOM -- Nairo Quintana
OG RR -- Alejandro Valverde
OG TT -- Tom Dumoulin
Vuelta 1 -- Chris Froome
Vuelta 2 -- Alejandro Valverde
Vuelta 3 -- Miguel Angel Lopez
WCRR -- Alejandro Valverde
WCTT -- Rohan Dennis
Lombardia -- Alejandro Valverde
Armchair cyclist
Moderator
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Fuglsang | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Sagan | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Van der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Degenkolb | |
| Liege (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Nibali | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | Bardet | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Pinot | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Dumoulin | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Latour | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Nibali | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | S Yates | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Froome | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Pogacar | |
| WC RR (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Pinot |
Strade -- Van Der Poel
MSR -- Ewan
Ronde -- Van Avermaet
Roubiax -- Stybar
LBL -- Alaphilippe
Giro 1 -- Nibali
Giro 2 -- Carapaz
Giro 3 -- Simon Yates
Tour 1 -- Roglic
Tour 2 -- Bernal
Tour 3 -- Dumoulin
Tour - green -- Ewan
Tour - white -- Bernal
Tour KOM -- Barguil
OG RR -- Alaphilippe
OG TT -- Dennis
Vuelta 1 -- MA Lopez
Vuelta 2 -- Kruijswijk
Vuelta 3 -- Majka
WCRR -- Moscon
WCTT -- Evenepoel
Lombardia -- Bardet
MSR -- Ewan
Ronde -- Van Avermaet
Roubiax -- Stybar
LBL -- Alaphilippe
Giro 1 -- Nibali
Giro 2 -- Carapaz
Giro 3 -- Simon Yates
Tour 1 -- Roglic
Tour 2 -- Bernal
Tour 3 -- Dumoulin
Tour - green -- Ewan
Tour - white -- Bernal
Tour KOM -- Barguil
OG RR -- Alaphilippe
OG TT -- Dennis
Vuelta 1 -- MA Lopez
Vuelta 2 -- Kruijswijk
Vuelta 3 -- Majka
WCRR -- Moscon
WCTT -- Evenepoel
Lombardia -- Bardet
Strade - Van der Poel
San Remo - Sagan
Ronde - Van der Poel
Paris Roubaix - Van der Poel
LBL - Alaphilippe
Giro winner - Evenepoel
Giro second - Nibali
Giro third - Carapaz
Tour winner - Roglic
Tour second - Bernal
Tour third - Pogacar
Tour green - Sagan
Tour KOM - Pinot
Tour white - Bernal
Olympic RR - Nibali
Olympic TT - Evenepoel
Vuelta winner - Landa
Vuelta second - Kruijswijk
Vuelta third - Valverde
Worlds RR - Pinot
Worlds TT - Dennis
Lombardia - Valverde
San Remo - Sagan
Ronde - Van der Poel
Paris Roubaix - Van der Poel
LBL - Alaphilippe
Giro winner - Evenepoel
Giro second - Nibali
Giro third - Carapaz
Tour winner - Roglic
Tour second - Bernal
Tour third - Pogacar
Tour green - Sagan
Tour KOM - Pinot
Tour white - Bernal
Olympic RR - Nibali
Olympic TT - Evenepoel
Vuelta winner - Landa
Vuelta second - Kruijswijk
Vuelta third - Valverde
Worlds RR - Pinot
Worlds TT - Dennis
Lombardia - Valverde
Stade. Van der Poel
San Remo. Sagan
Ronde. Sagan
Roubaix. Van Aert
Liege. Alaphilippe
Giro 1. S. Yates
Giro 2. Carapaz
Giro 3. Nibali
TDF 1. Thomas
TDF 2. Pinot
TDF 3. Bernal
Green. Sagan
White. Bernal
KoM. Alaphilippe
OG RR. Nibali
OG ITT. Evenepoel
Vuelta 1. Pogacar
Vuelta 2. Froome
Vuelta 3. Valverde
WC RR. Alaphilippe
WC ITT Dumoulin
Lombardia. Roglic
San Remo. Sagan
Ronde. Sagan
Roubaix. Van Aert
Liege. Alaphilippe
Giro 1. S. Yates
Giro 2. Carapaz
Giro 3. Nibali
TDF 1. Thomas
TDF 2. Pinot
TDF 3. Bernal
Green. Sagan
White. Bernal
KoM. Alaphilippe
OG RR. Nibali
OG ITT. Evenepoel
Vuelta 1. Pogacar
Vuelta 2. Froome
Vuelta 3. Valverde
WC RR. Alaphilippe
WC ITT Dumoulin
Lombardia. Roglic
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | M.van der Poel | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | P.Gilbert | |
| Ronde (1 point) | M.Pedersen | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Z.Stybar | |
| Liege (1 point) | A.Valverde | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | R.Carapaz | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | J.Fuglsang | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | V.Nibali | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | E.Bernal | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | P.Roglic | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | T.Pinot | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | P.Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | T.Pogacar | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | G.Martin | |
| OG RR (1 point) | R.Bardet | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | R.Evenepoel | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | S.Kruijswijk | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | M.Soler | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | M.A.Lopez | |
| WC RR (1 point) | M.Woods | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | R.Dennis | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | J.Fuglsang |
| Race | January Prediction | Pre Race |
| Strade | van der poel | |
| San Remo | Sagan | |
| Ronde | van der poel | |
| Roubaix | Van aert | |
| Liege | Alaphillipe | |
| Giro winner | S. Yates | |
| Giro podium 2 | NIbali | |
| Giro podium 3 | Carapaz | |
| TDF winner | Bernal | |
| TDF podium 2 | Roglic | |
| TDF podium 3 | Thomas | |
| TDF Green | Sagan | |
| TDF White | Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot | Barguil | |
| OG RR | Nibali | |
| OG TT | Dennis | |
| Vuelta Winner | S Yates | |
| Vuelta Podium 2 | Landa | |
| Vuelta Podium 3 | Valverde | |
| WCRR | Pinot | |
| WCTT | Remco Evenpoel | |
| Lombardia | Pinot | |
Just made some last minute changes to my prediction (as Ciccone is not even going to do the tour and stuff). I edited my table.
Late to the party, but I'll play!
| Race | January prediction | Pre race prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Van Der Poel | |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Sagan | |
| Ronde (1 point) | Van Der Poel | |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Van Aert | |
| Liege (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Nibali | |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | S. Yates | |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | Evenepoel | |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Roglic | |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Pinot | |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Sagan | |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Bernal | |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Quintana | |
| OG RR (1 point) | Nibali | |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Dennis | |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | Pogacar | |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Chaves | |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Landa | |
| WC RR (1 point) | Alaphilippe | |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Evenepoel | |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Evenepoel |
| Race | January prediction |
| Strade (1 point) | Michal Kwiatkowski |
| Sanremo (1 point) | Peter Sagan |
| Ronde (1 point) | Mathieu van der Poel |
| Roubaix (1 point) | Peter Sagan |
| Liege (1 point) | Sergio Higuita |
| Giro winner (2/1 point) | Simon Yates |
| Giro podium 2 (2/1 point) | Vincenzo Nibali |
| Giro podium 3 (2/1 point) | Richard Carapaz |
| TDF (winner 2/1 point) | Thibaut Pinot |
| TDF podium 2 (2/1 point) | Egan Bernal |
| TDF podium 3 (2/1 point) | Primoz Roglic |
| TDF - Green jersey (3 points) | Peter Sagan |
| TDF - White jersey (1 point) | Egan Bernal |
| TDF Polka dot jersey (1 point) | Julian Alaphilippe |
| OG RR (1 point) | Alejandro Valverde |
| OG ITT (1 point) | Remco Evenepoel |
| Vuelta winner (2/1 point) | Alejandro Valverde |
| Vuelta podium 2 (2/1 point) | Miguel Ángel López |
| Vuelta podium 3 (2/1 point) | Rafal Majka |
| WC RR (1 point) | Thibaut Pinot |
| WC ITT (1 point) | Remco Evenepoel |
| Lombardia (1 point) | Thibaut Pinot |
tobydawq, you are officially my best friend!!!
PS: where do I sign for this to come true?
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