TDF 2017 Predicitions

[Oliwright]

Podium: 1 Porte 2 Quintana 3 Aru
Green: Sagan
KOM: Majka
White: Yates
Top 10: Bardet, Chaves, Valverde, Contador, Lopez, Martin, Yates
Breakthrough rider: Lopez
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 1

 

[Gustav93]

Podium: 1 Froome 2 Contador 3 Fuglsang
Green: Sagan
KOM: Pinot
White: Buchmann
Top 10: 4. Bardet, 5. Quintana, 6. Valverde, 7. Henao, 8. Barguil, 9. Uran, 10. Yates
Breakthrough rider: Calmejane
Most stage wins: Greipel
Cavendish stage wins: 0

 

[mikii4567]

Re:

Podium: 1. Quintana, 2. Froome, 3. Porte
Green: Sagan
KOM: de Gendt
White: Yates
Top 10: 4. Contador, 5. Majka, 6. Bardet, 7. Yates, 8. Barguil, 9. Valverde, 10. Uran
Breakthrough rider: Latour (well, he's sort of broken through already, but still )
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 0

 

[RedheadDane]

Podium: 1 Porte 2 Quintana 3 Aru
Green: Sagan
KOM: Majka
White: Yates
Top 10: Bardet, Chaves, Valverde, Contador, Lopez, Martin, Yates
Breakthrough rider: Lopez
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 1

Is he even riding? You're talking about Superman Lopez, right?

Podium: 1 Froome 2 Contador 3 Fuglsang
Green: Sagan
KOM: Pinot
White: Buchmann
Top 10: 4. Bardet, 5. Quintana, 6. Valverde, 7. Henao, 8. Barguil, 9. Uran, 10. Yates
Breakthrough rider: Calmejane
Most stage wins: Greipel
Cavendish stage wins: 0

How is Buchmann gonna get white if Yates finishes ahead of him?

 

[bob.a.feet]

Podium: 1. Porte 2. Froome 3. Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: Majka
White: Yates
Top 10: 4. Aru, 5. Quintana, 6. Fuglsang, 7. Valverde, 8. Bardet, 9. Yates, 10. Martin
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 0
Surprise of the Tour: Aru climbing with the best but missing out on the podium because of TT

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Podium: 1 Quintana 2 Froome 3 Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: George Bennett
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Aru, Fuglsang, Valverde, Bardet, Martin, Meintjes, Izagirre
Breakthrough rider: Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

 

[Breh]

Breakthrough rider Lopez? He's a Tour de Suisse winner already...

 

[jaylew]

Podium: 1 Porte 2 Quintana 3 Aru
Green: Sagan
KOM: Majka
White: Yates
Top 10: Bardet, Chaves, Valverde, Contador, Lopez, Martin, Yates
Breakthrough rider: Lopez
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 1

No Froome in top 10

 

[Singer01]

Re:

Podium: 1 Quintana 2 Froome 3 Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: George Bennett
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Aru, Fuglsang, Valverde, Bardet, Martin, Meintjes, Izagirre
Breakthrough rider: Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Would Meintjes not be white jersey then?

 

[Laplaz]

Podium: 1 Porte 2 Froome 3 Quintana
Green: Sagan
KOM: De Gendt
White: Meintjes
Top 10: Aru, Meintjes, Valverde, Contador, Majka, Martin, Bardet
Breakthrough rider: Bettiol
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 1

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Podium: 1 Quintana 2 Froome 3 Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: George Bennett
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Aru, Fuglsang, Valverde, Bardet, Martin, Meintjes, Izagirre
Breakthrough rider: Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Would Meintjes not be white jersey then?

That's the second time someone has tried to put Buchmann in white, despite predicting another young rider to finish ahead of him.

 

[Sartorius]

Podium: 1 Froome, 2 Buchmann, 3 Latour
Green: Sagan
KOM: Bardet
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Porte, Aru, Valverde, Quintana, Contador, Yates, Martin
Breakthrough rider: Latour & Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

 

[bob.a.feet]

Re: Re:

Podium: 1 Quintana 2 Froome 3 Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: George Bennett
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Aru, Fuglsang, Valverde, Bardet, Martin, Meintjes, Izagirre
Breakthrough rider: Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Would Meintjes not be white jersey then?

That's the second time someone has tried to put Buchmann in white, despite predicting another young rider to finish ahead of him.

We just really want him to win ok

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re: Re:

Podium: 1 Quintana 2 Froome 3 Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: George Bennett
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Aru, Fuglsang, Valverde, Bardet, Martin, Meintjes, Izagirre
Breakthrough rider: Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Would Meintjes not be white jersey then?

I thought he was too old, but apparently he's not

 

[RedheadDane]

Re: Re:

Podium: 1 Quintana 2 Froome 3 Contador
Green: Sagan
KOM: George Bennett
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Aru, Fuglsang, Valverde, Bardet, Martin, Meintjes, Izagirre
Breakthrough rider: Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Would Meintjes not be white jersey then?

That's the second time someone has tried to put Buchmann in white, despite predicting another young rider to finish ahead of him.

We just really want him to win ok

Then don't put another young rider ahead of him in the GC. Silleh.
At least Sartorius made the bold prediction of putting Buchmann second, only beaten by Froome, who isn't gonna win white.

 

[Hayabusa]

Podium: 1 Froome 2 Porte 3 Bardet
Yellow: Buchmann (Well if others can give him the white jersey despite being beaten by other eligible riders then I'm giving him yellow :razz: )
Green: Sagan
KOM: Majka
White: Meinjtes
Top 10: Quintana, Chaves, Contador , Valverde , Fuglsang, Meinjtes, Yates
Breakthrough rider: Lopez
Most stage wins: Kittel
Cavendish stage wins: 2

 

[Escarabajo]

Lopez is not going to the Tour as far as I know!

So not sure why people keep putting him in their teams.

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

Lopez is not going to the Tour as far as I know!

So not sure why people keep putting him in their teams.

Coz they really want him to have a breakthrough.
Which he already had... last year.

 

[Oliwright]

Re:

Podium: 1 Froome, 2 Buchmann, 3 Latour
Green: Sagan
KOM: Bardet
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Porte, Aru, Valverde, Quintana, Contador, Yates, Martin
Breakthrough rider: Latour & Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Seriously?

Also isn't Meintjes 25 now and therefore not able to go for white?

 

[RedheadDane]

He was still born after 1/1 1992, which makes him eligible. Riders who turn 25 - or indeed have already - during the current year are also eligible. Otherwise, imagine if a rider turned 25 during the Tour.

"Happy Birthday. We're gonna have to take that jersey now."

 

[Sartorius]

Re: Re:

Podium: 1 Froome, 2 Buchmann, 3 Latour
Green: Sagan
KOM: Bardet
White: Buchmann
Top 10: Porte, Aru, Valverde, Quintana, Contador, Yates, Martin
Breakthrough rider: Latour & Buchmann
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

Seriously?

Also isn't Meintjes 25 now and therefore not able to go for white?

It's boring to read same predictions over and over again. I will rather risk it and be wrong than be one of 100 ppl who wrote same prediction. Also...anything can happen :twisted:

 

[Squire]

Well, Latour podiuming is not a more shocking prediction than what some performances that actually happened would've been if someone predicted them beforehand. Like Pereiro 06, Schleck 07, Wiggins 09, Arroyo 10, Voeckler, Froome 11, Hesjedal, De Gendt, TJVG 12, Horner 13, Pinot 14...

 

[WheelofGear]

I don't think Latour will podium (or even top 10) the Tour but maybe the Vuelta? He is riding it and could have a more free role there.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Podium: 1. Froome, 2. Porte, 3. Valverde
Green: Sagan
KOM: Pinot
White: Yates
Top 10: 4. Quintana, 5. Bardet, 6. Contador, 7. Aru, 8. Fuglsang, 9. Chaves, 10. Yates
Breakthrough rider: None
Most stage wins: Sagan
Cavendish stage wins: 0

 

[Poursuivant]

Has the points rules changed for the Green jersey this year? Sagan was way shorter odds last year, I was thinking maybe they are trying to Sagan proof the Green Jersey? But he manages to get so many podiums anyway, it is very difficult (and stupid) to do.