Rider with the most wins this season?

[Froome19]

Last year there was Phillipe Gilbert narrowly beat Marcel Kittel to the title after an incredibly dominant season, whether Gilbert can keep it up this year though is a very disputable talking point.
Kittel will of course try to usurp Gilbert and with a bolstered Project 1t4i fully supporting him and already 3 wins on the board against the top sprinters there is no doubt he will be up there.
Peter Sagan is another rider who has already shown something this year and imo he is odds on to beat his tally of 15 wins from last season.
Mark Cavendish is bound to pick up a handful of stages at the tour and along with a more sprinter friendly Giro which he has said he will finish and the fact that he is focusing more on smaller races he is definitely a favorite.
Tony Martin is another possibility due to the fact that if he continues his unbeatable form in TT then he is bound to pick up both TT and stage race wins.
Alejandro Valverde may also have a say yet only if he proves that he can beat Gilbert consistently probably very wishful but he has already shown good form with 2 stage wins in 2 hilly stages he's races.
Andre Greipel is my favorite and for obvious reasons due to his early season signs where he has been effectively unbeatable in the sprint with 5 wins so far.
For a long punt i would also say either Daniel Oss or Sacha Modolo could challenge, especially Modolo if he is allowed free reign on the Italian circuit.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

J t l .

 

[taiwan]

Kittel will mop up nearly every sprint in the 2.1 races his Pro Conti team get invited to. Much like Greipel when Cav kept him out of the bigger races.

Phil Gil to have to share a little more this season. If that's even possible.

 

[palmerq]

JBL... well I vote for Kittel I think he will do the same as last season and win a lot of smaller races like ye olde greipel used to(and might do again) and get a couple in the vuelta again..

Could easily be cavendish or greipel though but I dont think gilbert will win as much as last year.

 

[Richeypen]

Went for Griepel but could easily be Kittel. All depends on how Andre's lead out works this year.

 

[Froome19]

J t l .

TBH i was sorely tempted but then for some reason I decided not to put him in.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

TBH i was sorely tempted but then for some reason I decided not to put him in.

Brave man to ignore the current leader.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

san pietro of zilina.

 

[The Hitch]

With the giro first week in mind, the stripes.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Greipel for me

Closely followed by Kittel and Cav.
Gilbert will concentrate on very big wins and TdF.

 

[Havetts]

Missclicked on Cav, meant to click Andre

 

[Fetisoff]

Definitely think it will be Kittel, Guardini or someone I can't even think of right now, from an Asian conti team. Or JTVL. I don't think Gilbert will end up with half the wins he had last year TBH

 

[Afrank]

Went with Cav, he's already shown he is trying harder to get wins in the early races. Last year he didn't contest alot of sprints in the early races like quatar or oman, but this year he has been. He wants to do the rainbow stripes proud IMO. Of course we will have to wait and see if he falls under the curse of the rainbow jersey.

 

[El Pistolero]

Greipel, Kittel 20+

 

[Mambo95]

A rider who is already on 5 wins - Elia Viviani.

He'll pick up loads of small wins in Italy but probably won't do anything too big as he's doing track at the Olympics.

 

[Swede1]

Greipel seems to be a good bet. Is as fast as anyone and races in enough small ****ty races to rack up a lot of wins.

 

[Froome19]

A rider who is already on 5 wins - Elia Viviani.

He'll pick up loads of small wins in Italy but probably won't do anything too big as he's doing track at the Olympics.

I considered him and would hhave put him instead of oss/modolo but i think as you said the olympics will be too big a factor, and he will not be racing enough to challenge.
Yet I'm sure that come the end of the season there will be one italian sprinter who will have won a tonne of races due to all the smaller races on the italian circuit

 

[Captain Sensible]

I chose Grieiple but very nearly went for Cav.

 

[barmaher]

In the absence of TGBM, I voted for Kittel

 

[greenedge]

I think Boonen could win quite a lot ( a few Classics, stages in GT's/ one week ). However i voted for Kittel as he should win a few GT stages and will dominate any sprint he is in ( if he can maintain his current form )

Cav and Greipel to challenge him ( and get more significant wins )

 

[gustienordic]

I considered him and would hhave put him instead of oss/modolo but i think as you said the olympics will be too big a factor, and he will not be racing enough to challenge.
Yet I'm sure that come the end of the season there will be one italian sprinter who will have won a tonne of races due to all the smaller races on the italian circuit

Hopefully for my CQ's sake, he doesn't make the Italian track team... then he's doing the Giro!

 

[Froome19]

Hopefully for my CQ's sake, he doesn't make the Italian track team... then he's doing the Giro!

Not such a great idea.. he is one of the best omnium riders out there, but he might have to ride the team pursuit as well as only 9 riders can be picked per team. Yet cant imagine Italy spurning a chance of olympic gold

 

[The Hitch]

Thats 3 for Valverde now right?

Dont think hell get it but the way its going he could get the most podiums. Hes on 5 now and last time he did Vuelta Pais Vasco he podiumed 5 out of the 6 stages and the overall, and also podiumed Paris Nice and 3 stages, and Liege and won Romandie and a stage and Tour med which also count.

 

[Raceoftruth]

John Tiernan-Locke

 

[cineteq]

Wow Boonen not on the list, and Sagan has only 3 votes