Prediction 2021

[Põhja Konn]

Worlds RR: MVDP

 

[BlueRoads]

WC RR - Mikkel Honoré

Good outside bet, but I would think he doesn't have that standing in the team yet and will have to work?

 

[RedheadDane]

Good outside bet, but I would think he doesn't have that standing in the team yet and will have to work?

He is one of the captains.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Good outside bet, but I would think he doesn't have that standing in the team yet and will have to work?

At least he's in the race as opposed to my initial bet, Vanmarcke. Also I think he could be allowed to go away. He's also not too slow in a sprint, but as we know he mostly ends up doing lead outs for other DQS riders.

 

[Rackham]

I find predictions for this race a bit difficult because there's what I realistically expect to happen i.e. WC RC: Wout van Aert... (no suprise)

Versus what I hope will happen, which is chaos & a win for Roglic (no joke, I don't see why not). Or at least some other mad, mad genius like MvdP to blow all the expected scenarios to pieces & give us a thriller.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

WC RR

van Aert (no bonuses for going for outside bets here)

 

[triley36]

WCRR: how can I pick anyone else: Wout van Aert

Side note: I hope I’m wrong. Would love to see either Cort or Valgren on a long distance raid win the day and wear the rainbow jersey for EF next year!

 

[BlueRoads]

Van Aert for WCRR

 

[ciranda]

Stanisław Aniołkowski

 

[BlueRoads]

Blanco	15 ½
Pinot's goat	14 ½
Koronin	13
PinotZakarin	14 ½
Cian	16
Jungle Cycle	13 ½
Boes	8
Finn84	13
Brumdog66	13 ½
rghysens	15
johnymax	11 ½
pink-jersey	13
Hugo Koblet	13 ½
topcat	13
triley36	22
BlueRoads	16
Eesliw	14
Bonimenier	10
greenedge	10
Tonton	19 ½
Pohja Konn	16
gerundium	17
Tinnekeisabella	20
Samu Cuenca	8
Ranagazoo	16
hayneplane	15 ½
Earns1985	17
Alien Performance	18
Kovo	23 ½
Krzysztof_O	17
barmaher	15
Gigs_98	15
Hihope	16 ½
tobydawq	10 ½
jpanula	9
Armchair cyclist	13 ½

Not much change in the standings... Kovo missed out on one point in the time trial, but equalled most others who were very sure of Ganna by half-trusting Alaphilippe for the road race, one of only two players to do so (the other one was topcat).
So, @Kovo is still in front, @triley36 still second, and @Tinnekeisabella still third. @Tonton is close in 4th position, 4 points behind, exactly the amount of points that can be gained by getting PR and Lombardia right!
So these 4 are basically our finalists.

Just to remind you, this is what these four predicted for P-R and Lombardia so far:
Kovo (23 1/2 points): van der Poel; Mollema
triley36 (22): van Aert; Evenepoel
Tinnekeisabella (20): van der Poel; Nibali
Tonton (19 1/2): van Aert; Pinot

This will be exciting!

You can place your pre-race bets for P-R until the race starts... Otherwise your long term bet, as always, counts as pre-race as well.
And if you are not in for the win anymore, like me, remember this is a serious competition and you will still want to give your best!

 

[topcat]

A two way tie between Boes and Samu. This could go down to the wire. After the blindingly obvious wins of Ganna and Ala, it's quite hard to pick the winner for PR. Leave it with me.

 

[Tonton]

I have WVA for PR, feeling good about him: he must really be pi$$ed off right now. And Pinot the universal soldier resurrection in Lombardia, that one I want it. Stay tuned.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

PR - Asgreen

 

[Kovo]

PR - van Aert

 

[BlueRoads]

I'm going with... Tim Merlier.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

PR - Imanol erviti

 

[topcat]

PR - Asgreen

 

[Bonimenier]

PR Sénéchal

 

[Põhja Konn]

P-R: Van Aert

 

[dercuforever]

PR : Sagan

 

[Koronin]

P-R Asgreen

 

[triley36]

I think a quickstepper probably wins this, but which one? I don’t know?
So, I think wout’s chances are better than any single quickstepper.

PR winner: Wout van Aert

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm sticking with Mads Pedersen for Paris-Roubaix.

 

[Rackham]

Paris-Roubaix: Wout van Aert.

 

[Finn84]

P-R: Asgreen