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Prediction Game

Page 10 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Yeah I thought Menchov would be up there but not right up there - Sastre is the other one that is really comming to form.

Soler was a little disappointing after his effort yesterday I thought the steeeper stuff might suit him more today but maybe it just wasn't sustained enough.
 
First page has been updated! Bit of a shakeup in the standings, while Titan_90 solidifies his lead with another strong 12 point performance!

Also, a reminder that the next prediction stage is the 10th one (in 3 days). Please make sure to send your picks in!

Cheers,

Merckx
 
Tomorrow's picks. Looks like it's going to be a wild one with fairly different predictions ;)

Merckx: ( Cunego, Simoni, Sastre, Di Luca, Lokvist )
180mmcrank: ( Di Luca, Pellizotti, Lovkvist, Menchov, Garzelli )
ak-zaaf: ( di luca, boasson hagen, basso, soler, pellizotti )
bartoli: ( Di luca, Menchov, Basso, Lokvist, Leipheimer )
Cosette: ( Sastre, Cunego, Lövkvist, Leipheimer, Di Luca)
R. Forster: ( Soler, Serpa, Cunego, Bosisio, Basso )
K. Robbins: ( Garzelli, Pellizotti, Di Luca, Cunego, Leipheimer )
Flahute: ( Basso, Leipheimer, Sastre, Di Luca, Arroyo )
Ingsve: ( Joaquin Rodriguez, Di Luca, Menchov, Leipheimer, Basso )
Indurain: ( Soler, Di Luca, Cunego, Leipheimer, Pellizotti )
lookkg386: ( Leipheimer, Menchov, Cunego, Lokvist, Basso )
wheels55: (Basso, Leipheimer, Menchov, DiLuca, Lokvist)
titan_90: ( Basso, Leipheimer, Menchov, Di Luca, Simoni )
aarnold517: (Garzelli, Basso, Leipheimer, Menchov, Sastre)
Bluebeard: ( Simoni, Sastre, Horner, Di Luca, Basso )
Kazistuta: (Di Luca, Menchov, Leipheimer, Basso, Soler)
El Imbatido: ( Di Luca, Joaquin Rodriguez, Leipheimer, Menchov, Rogers )
marshan: ( Armstrong, Basso, Di Luca, Leipheimer, Simoni )
Martin: ( Soler, Di Luca, Pozzato, Cunego, Basso )


I really wanted to pick Seeldrayers for some reason. Hopefully it doesn't come back to haunt me.
 
Merckx said:
I really wanted to pick Seeldrayers for some reason. Hopefully it doesn't come back to haunt me.

Hehe, I almost picked him as well but then figured he would probably be content with staying up there without risking anything on an attack.

Another name I almost picked was Kessiakoff who probably will try something sooner or later if he keeps feeling good in the climbs. That's more likely on one of the uphill finishes though i thought.
 
I still think that a much more random group could get away from the main group and get a bunch minutes (10 - 15) - obviously not including anyone even close to GC contention.

You might as well stick a pin in the start list...so like everyone else I went for the most likely GC guys to push the pace.

But just for fun here are my random picks...

Efimkin, Millar, Pinotti ;) oh and Voeckler to go for an early suicide break :)
 
180mmCrank said:
I still think that a much more random group could get away from the main group and get a bunch minutes (10 - 15) - obviously not including anyone even close to GC contention.

You might as well stick a pin in the start list...so like everyone else I went for the most likely GC guys to push the pace.

But just for fun here are my random picks...

Efimkin, Millar, Pinotti ;) oh and Voeckler to go for an early suicide break :)

Getting 10-15 minutes means that the peloton are in no way interested in racing relatively fast at all today which I don't think at all. There are too many teams that hasn't won anything yet so the chances that the peloton would just idle along like in Milan is very unlikely. In fact I don't think I've ever seen that happen on a mountain stage like todays.
 
Looks like a few people forgot to tip (3-4 i think) unlucky them. But as stated above no one has really gone out on a limb. So if the favourites stay together at the front not too much should change, as alot of people have similar tips
 
El Imbatido said:
Looks like a few people forgot to tip (3-4 i think) unlucky them.

Yeah, sent mine in only ~5 hours before race start and he wouldn't take them. Too bad, I had Garzelli :(

Fwiw, I had:

Cunego
Di Luca
Menchov
Garzelli
Bosisio

So now of course, I'm really rooting against these guys finishing in the top 5!
 
Merckx said:
Can someone remind me why the hell I keep picking Cunego for wins?!?

I learnt that lesson ages ago

Looks like a bit of a shake up on the tally board too,:D as a couple of high up people didnt have diluca for the win. Yay i finally got a win. And over 9 points so another streak. So hopefully ill keep my polkadot streak leader jersey.
 
marshan said:
somebody correctly picked diluca and pellizotti 1-2 and almost nailed menchov @ 3 but had him @ 4 instead. congratulations!

Standings have been updated! Congratulations to all the big winners today, especially 180mmcrank who rocketed up the standings (25 point performance!!!) Titan_90 still sits atop the GC - perhaps he is saving up his strength for the Stage 12 ITT ;)

Thanks everyone for your picks. And a reminder that the next stage is in under 2 days time. Please send me your picks ASAP for the time trial :)

Also, for those who are not already doing it, please send me your picks in the following format:

( Rider 1, Rider 2, Rider 3, Rider 4, Rider 5 )

It saves me alot of trouble if I can just copy paste everyone's picks :)

Thats all for now,

Merckx
 
marshan said:
somebody correctly picked diluca and pellizotti 1-2 and almost nailed menchov @ 3 but had him @ 4 instead. congratulations!

Yeah a little bit of fortune here - and I feel a little sheepish have posted earlier that I thought this might be a day for the random break-away :rolleyes:

Still make hay while the sun shines :)
 
Tomorrow's predictions:

Merckx: ( Menchov, Leipheimer, Rogers, Basso, Di Luca )
peloton: ( Menchov, Rogers, Basso, Armstrong, Leipheimer )
wheels55: ( Leipheimer, Rogers, Bruseghin, Lokvist, Armstrong )
Lookkg386: ( Rogers, Menchov, Leipheimer, Basso, Armstrong )
flahute: ( Pellizotti, Bruseghin, Rogers, Leipheimer, Pinotti )
titan_90: ( Leipheimer, Menchov, Di Luca, Basso, Sastre )
R. Forster: ( Rogers, Leipheimer, Bruseghin, Basso, Menchov )
180mmcrank: ( Leipheimer, Menchov, Brusegin, Armstrong, Rogers )
jaylew: ( Leipheimer, Bruseghin, Menchov, Rogers, Cancellara )
K. Robbins: ( Leipheimer, Cancellara, Zabriskie, Menchov, Rogers )
Indurain: ( Leipheimer, Armstrong, Menchov, Rogers, Pinotti )
Bluebeard: ( Rogers, Leipheimer, Bruseghin, Menchov, Basso )
Ingsve: ( Leipheimer, Menchov, Rogers, Bruseghin, Lövkvist )
marshan: ( Armstrong, Leipheimer, Rogers, Basso, Menchov )
aarnold517: ( Leipheimer, Menchov, Rogers, Bruseghin, Basso )
ak-zaaf: ( cancellara, leipheimer, menchov, rogers, bruseghin )
Kazistuta: ( Leipheimer, Menchov, Rogers, Armstrong, Basso )
Cosette: ( Bruseghin, Rogers, Menchov, Lövkvist, Leipheimer)
Bartoli: ( Leipheimer, Rogers, Menchov, Armstrong, Lovkvist )
El Imbatido: ( Leipheimer, Rogers, Lokvist, Menchov, Basso )
Martin: ( Armstrong, Leipheimer, Lokvist, Millar, Boasson Hagen )

Also adding Delicato to the mix since 2 of our competitors have been inactive lately.

Delicato: ( Menchov, Leipheimer, Basso, Rogers, Bruseghin, Wiggins )

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Interesting to see so many people choose Armstrong as one of the top5 favorites for tomorrow. I know his form is looking up, but I just can't bring myself to picking him yet.

Contrary to most people, I'm hoping that Di Luca's form - and the nature of the course - will yield a decent placement. Who knows, I've been slumping lately ;)

Thanks for the picks, and good luck to all!
 
Great to get some new blood into the competition (probably not the best choice of words but you get my drift)

Delicato: ( Menchov, Leipheimer, Basso, Rogers, Bruseghin, Wiggins )

But I am a little concerned that Delicato has a little bit of a performance enhancement over the rest of us - given that he seems to have 'packed in' an extra bonus rider! ;)
 
180mmCrank said:
Great to get some new blood into the competition (probably not the best choice of words but you get my drift)

Delicato: ( Menchov, Leipheimer, Basso, Rogers, Bruseghin, Wiggins )

But I am a little concerned that Delicato has a little bit of a performance enhancement over the rest of us - given that he seems to have 'packed in' an extra bonus rider! ;)

Hmm, that's a 20% performance boost as well so it's some heavy stuff he's on...