Prediction Game 2022 Women's Edition (De Amy Pieters Trofee)

[Põhja Konn]

Amstel: Van Vleuten and Moolman

 

[jaylew]

Wanted to pick an SD Worx because they're pretty much guaranteed a podium place but you could probably make a reasonable case for every rider they have on their Amstel squad sooo:

Annemiek and Kasia.

 

[yaco]

Sarah Roy and Emma Norsgaard.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'll update the scores after P-R. where I'm putting my trust in the Dutch duo of Marianne Vos and Marjolein Van 't Geloof.

 

[Dk one]

Vos and VDBB.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Norsgaard and VDBB.

 

[Gwbert]

Brand & Vos

 

[Põhja Konn]

P-R: Vos and Kopecky

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Norsgaard & Kopecky

 

[jaylew]

Vos & Norsgaard

 

[Dk one]

I am reading on twitter that Vos has covid. If I can still change my picks, I take VDBB and Norsgaard instead. @Samu Cuenca

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I am reading on twitter that Vos has covid. If I can still change my picks, I take VDBB and Norsgaard instead. @Samu Cuenca

Yes, everyone who's picked Vos will be allowed to swap her out.

Van Dijk will be my replacement.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, everyone who's picked Vos will be allowed to swap her out.

Caveat: before the race

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Caveat: before the race

Yes, or at least before the first pavé.

So @jaylew, @Põhja Konn and @Gwbert, you still have an hour to change your predictions.

 

[jaylew]

Damn, just woke up to this news. I’ll take vdbb

 

[Põhja Konn]

I swap in Balsamo for Vos. Hopefully not too late - the peloton is still largely together.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I swap in Balsamo for Vos. Hopefully not too late - the peloton is still largely together.

I'll allow it

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No one was able to predict the winner, but a few got points for podium spots.

RVV
DKO: AVV, Kopecky 5
PK: AVV, Kopecky 5
RhD: AVV, Kopecky 5
Samu: Kopecky, Vollering 3
Gwbert: AVV, Balsamo 2
Jaylew: AVV, Vollering 2
JV: AVV, Vos 2
LS: AVV, Vollering 2
Yaco: Brown, VDBB 1.5

AGR
DKO: Vollering, AVV 2.5
Gwbert: Vollering, Niewiadoma 2.5
JV: Vollering, AVV 2.5
LS: Vollering, Niewiadoma 2.5
PK: AVV, Moolman-Pasio 2.5
RhD: AVV, Vollering 2.5
Jaylew: AVV, Niewiadoma 1
Yaco: Niewiadoma, AVV 1
Samu: Paladin, Reusser 0

Paris-Roubaix
LS: Norsgaard, Kopecky 2
PK: Balsamo, Kopecky 2
RhD: Norsgaard, Kopecky 2
Gwbert: Brand, Vos 1
DKO: Norsgaard, VDBB 0.5
Jaylew: VDBB, Norsgaard 0.5
JV: Norsgaard, VDBB 0.5
Samu: Van ‘t Geloof, Van Dijk 0.5
Yaco: Roy, Norsgaard 0

Standings after 7 of 18 races
@Põhja Konn 19
@RedheadDane 19
@Dk one 17.5
@Libertine Seguros 15
@yaco 10
@Jumbo Visma Fan :) 9.5
@jaylew 7
@Gwbert 6.5
@Samu Cuenca 6

 

[Põhja Konn]

At first Vos looked as safe a bet as they come for a race like Roubaix, then she promptly got COVID at the last minute. Replaced her with Balsamo and quite literally minutes later she has a front wheel puncture and then gets DQ-d for sticky bottle when trying to come back from said puncture. Yet somehow I still end the day joint-top of our competition...

I just hope that cursing riders like that won't become a habit from now on.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

At first Vos looked as safe a bet as they come for a race like Roubaix, then she promptly got COVID at the last minute. Replaced her with Balsamo and quite literally minutes later she has a front wheel puncture and then gets DQ-d for sticky bottle when trying to come back from said puncture. Yet somehow I still end the day joint-top of our competition...

I just hope that cursing riders like that won't become a habit from now on.

I believe I have been cursing riders (both male and female) for over a year now. Or at least I've been cursing a lot because of my bad choices in the games

 

[RedheadDane]

Standings after 7 of 18 races
@Põhja Konn 19
@RedheadDane 19
@Dk one 17.5
@Libertine Seguros 15
@yaco 10
@Jumbo Visma Fan 9.5
@jaylew 7
@Gwbert 6.5
@Samu Cuenca 6

I'm impressed by how you're managing to be behind someone who missed several rounds of the game.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm impressed by how you're managing to be behind someone who missed several rounds of the game.

It's just because I refuse to pick the riders everyone else does. So actually it's all your guys' fault!

 

[RedheadDane]

It's just because I refuse to pick the riders everyone else does. So actually it's all your guys' fault!

Did you initially pick Vos for today?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Did you initially pick Vos for today?

I did pick Vos, but sometimes the heart thinks like the brain.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's alright, I'm still debating whether to pick van der Breggen for Flèche Wallonne purely on principle, even though she's retired.