Prediction Game 2021 Women's Edition

[Samu Cuenca]

Then I'm going with Brand.



(I was considering just writing "Barnes", but I suppose that would be cheating.)

I would have read it as A. Barnes.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Most of us were unlucky in different ways, and in the end Tour of Norway didn't change much, though I begin to feel BR and PJ breathing me down the neck now.

Overall standings
@Libertine Seguros 35.5 (+3)
@Samu Cuenca 31 (+3)
@BlueRoads 30.5 (+3.5)
@Põhja Konn 30.5 (+3.5)
@RedheadDane 29.5 (+3)

 

[RedheadDane]

So... are we doing the Simac Ladies Tour? And if so, what are the rules?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So... are we doing the Simac Ladies Tour? And if so, what are the rules?

I have thought about it, but I'm still not sure. Though this is of course one of the rare races where we get not only one but two individual time trials.

 

[RedheadDane]

I assume we are indeed doing Caretizit Challenge.
Any (new) rules?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I assume we are indeed doing Caretizit Challenge.
Any (new) rules?

I will reveal them soon.

 

[BlueRoads]

I will reveal them soon.

It's like the champions league draws!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ok, here are the rules for the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta:

You shall pick two riders for the GC:
1st place = 3 points
2nd = 2 points
3rd = 1 point
4th-5th = 0.5 points
6th-10th = 0.25 points

And two stage huntresses:
Every stage win is worth 1 point

(Provisional) startlists:

https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=9058&y=2021&k=8#race

Startlist for Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta 2021

Competing teams and riders for Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta 2021. Top competitors are Annemiek van Vleuten, Anna van der Breggen and Ellen van Dijk.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[RedheadDane]

Added my picks.

 

[BlueRoads]

GC:
Ashleigh Moolman
Anna van der Breggen

Stages:
Annemiek van Vleuten
Coryn Rivera

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GC:
Ashleigh Moolman
Anna van der Breggen

Stages:
Annemiek van Vleuten
Coryn Rivera

Sneaky tactics here. Are you thinking that Van Vleuten can win at least two stages or that she will crash out?

 

[BlueRoads]

Sneaky tactics here. Are you thinking that Van Vleuten can win at least two stages or that she will crash out?

I'm just spreading my bets...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm going to play safe with my GC women.

Anna van der Breggen and Annemiek van Vleuten.

That's because I'm going slightly leftfield and possibly even taken-leave-of-my-senses with my stage huntresses.

Marta Cavalli and Elisa Balsamo.

 

[Põhja Konn]

GC:
Annemiek van Vleuten
Anna van der Breggen

Stages:
Elisa Longo Borghini
Lotte Kopecky

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I've decided to have some fun this time and have picked an Italian and Suisse team with two native Italian speakers, one French speaker and one German speaker.

GC: Marta Cavalli, Marlen Reusser

Stage huntresses: Elisa Longo Borghini, Elise Chabbey

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I almost forgot that we're supposed to do the WC time trial. To make it easy, we may only choose one rider, and only medals will score us points (3 for gold, 2 for silver 1 for bronze).

I pick Reusser.

@Libertine Seguros
@BlueRoads
@Põhja Konn
@RedheadDane

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yea, I'll have Marlen too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Right, I added my pick.

 

[BlueRoads]

Reusser.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Unless you emerge from the darkness before the favourites start, I'm going to put you down for Reusser, @Põhja Konn.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Unless you emerge from the darkness before the favourites start, I'm going to put you down for Reusser, @Põhja Konn.

Reusser is a fine enough pick for today, so I wouldn't change it even if I wasn't already late.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Reusser is a fine enough pick for today, so I wouldn't change it even if I wasn't already late.

It was my fault that you didn't get enough notice, so giving you the most picked rider seemed fair.

 

[RedheadDane]

It was my fault that you didn't get enough notice, so giving you the most picked rider seemed fair.

No no no! I think if you don't pick a rider in time, you should lose 10 points!

I picked the wrong "Van"...

 

[BlueRoads]

I was so close to picking van Dijk! But then I just didn't dare...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No no no! I think if you don't pick a rider in time, you should lose 10 points!

I picked the wrong "Van"...

Only I have the power to change the rules after a race