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

[yaco]

GC ; Vollering and Brand.
Stage Huntress ; Charlotte Kool.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GC ; Vollering and Brand.
Stage Huntress ; Charlotte Kool.

Kool has been replaced by Esmée Peperkamp.

 

[yaco]

Kool has been replaced by Esmée Peperkamp.

Ouch.

Replacement is Marian Voss.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

La Vuelta is coming up in two days as a reminder, but I wonder what ever happened to the Scandinavia points…

 

[Samu Cuenca]

La Vuelta is coming up in two days as a reminder, but I wonder what ever happened to the Scandinavia points…

I'll update the scores after the Vuelta.

You're once again allowed to pick two GC riders and two stage huntresses.

 

[yaco]

Actually this may not be an AVV benefit when you look at the profiles which are not super hard and then you add in the 19km TTT - I'll need to see a complete start list before making a selection.

 

[yaco]

GC - Vollering and Faulkner
Stage Huntress - Consonni, Mavi Garcia

 

[Dk one]

Hm, that TTT… gonna need a little bit more time to think.
Eta: GC: Van Vleuten, Vollering
Stages: Balsamo, CUL

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I would so love to go for Professor Kiesenhofer here, but afraid we're going to have to play super boring with the GC. At this point if I don't pick Demi Vollering it's a guaranteed recipe for her to win all stages and the GC like she did in Itzulia, so I can't break the habit. And Annemiek is on a Spanish team for whom this will be a key event.

Stage huntresses are a bit harder to gauge. Quite a few tempting options, I'm going to go for Elisa Balsamo for one of them though, in her final guaranteed days in the rainbow jersey, and I think for the other one... it's just a complete joke if Silvia Persico goes through the whole season without a win above the .2 level, right?

 

[RedheadDane]

Who the *** gave Jumbo permision to go and not select Vos?

BTW, if one of the riders you selected as your stage huntress(es) is on the team winning the TTT, does that count as a stage win?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Who the *** gave Jumbo permision to go and not select Vos?

Vos was actually the reason I changed the rules to allow two stage huntresses. It was also before I realised stage 4 had a different final.

BTW, if one of the riders you selected as your stage huntress(es) is on the team winning the TTT, does that count as a stage win?

No, I only count individual wins. But if your pick does a Remco and crosses the line at least a second before the rest of her team, I might award you half a point.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Even with the TTT not putting AVV as a GC rider is absolutely absurd
GC:AVV, Vollering
Stage Huntresses-Balsamo and Manly.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

GC: AVV and Faulkner
Stage huntresses: Grace Brown and Anna Kiesenhofer.

I had initially picked Kopecky instead of Kiesenhofer, but since I'm not going to win this game anyway, I'd allowed myself a bit of fun. And my Reusser gamble in last year's race paid off, so perhaps I'll also be lucky this time around.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

@Põhja Konn and @Gwbert, don't forget to post your picks before the start of the TTT.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Should be some minutes still left until the start so here are my picks:

GC: AVV and Vollering
Stages: Balsamo and Kopecky

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Don't forget that the WC ITT is on Sunday. You're only allowed to pick one rider, and only medals will give you points.

 

[yaco]

Marlen Reusser.

 

[Dk one]

Wc itt: Van Vleuten.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

ITT-AVV

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Don't forget to keep us up to date with the scores, Samu.

Going for Ellen van Dijk.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Really torn between the two obvious favourites, but I'm too going with Ellen van Dijk for Worlds ITT.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The total elevation seems be on par with the Tokyo course, but since it's 12 km longer, that shouldn't be an outright advantage for Van Vleuten. On the other hand she wasn't too far from winning the WC last year on an easier route.

In the end I'm hoping that Reusser's new bike and helmet sock will be enough to bring her to victory.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I've been a bit busy, unfortunately, but I'll update the rankings after the RR.

Don't forget to submit your two picks before the race tomorrow.

 

[yaco]

Longo-Borghine/Pfeiffer Georgi

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Vos/Balsamo. One of these two will survive, or if both one of these two would win the sprint.