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Tdf prediction thread

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We are 11 days out from the tour so I thought that I would start a prediction thread. I apologise if there is something like this but I though we needed a new more complete one.

Anyway, pick the;

- TOP TEN in the GC
- Points Jersey
- KOM
- White Jersey
- Team Classification

Guess away!
 
May 22, 2010
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yellow jersey - mick rogers
points jersey - robbie mcewen
KOM - matt lloyd
white jersey - richie porte
team classification - BMC
 
Jun 21, 2010
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Top Ten:

1st Andy Schleck
2nd Alberto Contador
3rd Frank Schleck
4rt Denis Menchov
5th Roman Kreuziger
6th Lance Armstrong
7th Ivan Basso
8th Levi Leipheimer
9th Samuel Sanchez
10th Joaquim Rodriguez

Points Jersey
Hushovd

KOM
Egoi Martinez

White Jersey
Andy Schleck

Team Classification
1st Radio Shack
2nd Saxo Bank
3rd Ag2r
 
Jun 1, 2010
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1 Contador
2 A. Schleck
3 Menchov
4 F. Schleck
5 Armstrong
6 Kreuzinger
7 Kloden
8 Gesink
9 Rodriquez
10 Leipheimer

Points: Hushovd
KOM: Not sure.. I'm tempted to say Rodriquez, if he goes for it instead of GC.
White: Kreuzinger
Team: Saxo Bank
 
Feb 18, 2010
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TOP 10 GC

Contador
A Schleck
Kreuziger
Armstrong
Nibali
Menchov
Wiggins
F Schleck
Basso
Leipheimer

Green Jersey

EBH or Hushovd

KOM

Van den Broeck

White

A Schleck

Team Classification

Liquigas
Radioshack
Saxo Bank
 

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Apr 23, 2010
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GC

Contador
Menchov
Basso
Frank
Gesink
Armstrong
Andy Shleck
Kreuzinger
Wiggins
Evans
Sanchez
Rogers
Vandevelde

Green: Eddy Boassen Hagen
White: From my list i guess it has to be Gesink
Polka: Egoi martinez because he will definitely try for it (potentially Sastre or whoever screws up the cobbles)
 
Aug 6, 2009
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Liquigas said:
Top Ten:

1st Andy Schleck
...
6 Kreuzinger
...
White Jersey
Roman Kreuziger

Andy Schleck is young enough to qualify for white so Kreuziger can only get white by beating Andy.
 
Jun 30, 2009
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1. Contador
2. Armstrong
3. A. Schleck
4. Basso
5. F. Schleck
6. Gesink
7.Evans
8.Kruziger
9. Wiggans
10. Sastre

White: A. Schleck
Green: HTC's sprinter
Polkadot: someone I've never heard of who will later test positive for doping. Or Vinokourov (wildcard prediction).
 
Jun 4, 2010
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Top Ten:
1 Andy Schleck
2 Alberto Contador
3 Lance Armstrong
4 Frank Schleck
5 Roman Kreuziger
6 Ivan Basso
7 Bradley Wiggins
8 Cadel Evans
9 Levi Leipheimer
10 Robert Gesink

Points Jersey
Tyler Farrar

KOM
Joaquim Rodriguez or Van den Broeck

White Jersey
Andy Schleck

Team Classification
1 Saxobank
2 RadioShack
3 Liquigas
 
May 31, 2010
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at the moment,

1, contador
2, andy schleck
3, wiggins
4, frank schleck
5, evans
6, vande velde
7, larry armstrong
8, cunego
9, basso
10, le mevel

green - cavendish
white - schleck (is he still young enough?)
polka dot - casar
 
Jun 21, 2010
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Ah, white jersey can be won by riders younger than 26, and Andy is 25, so I have to change my prediction.
 
Nov 17, 2009
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GC:
1. Contador
2. Frank Schleck
3. Menchov
4. Armstrong
5. Andy Schleck
6. Kreuziger
7. Wiggins
8. Evans
9. Vandevelde
10. Basso

Green: Cavendish
White: Schleck
Polka dot: Gesink
 
Jun 16, 2009
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Contador
Menchov
A. Shleck
Kreuziger
VDB
Kloden
Basso
Evans
Gesink
F. Shleck

Green: Boonen
White: A. Schleck
Polka: LeMevel
 
1. Contador
2. F Schleck
3. Armstrong
4. Gesink
5. A Schleck
6. Basso
7. Kreuziger
8. Wiggins
9 and 10 people I forgot. (edit: Evans and Menchov and I expect Evans higher actually)

Green: EBH
White: Gesink
Mountains: Could be any semi good climber.
 
1 alberto(duh)
2 frank
3 roman
4 dennis
5 lance
6 sammuel
7 rigoberto
8 ivan
9 andy
10 cadel

green: tyler
white: roman
kom: sylvester * if not then andy

* is he doing the tour? Maybe liquigas will let him go for kom like they did franco last year. Then again maybe they will put more weight behind roman this year.
 
Mar 11, 2009
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1. Contador
2. A Schleck
3. F Scleck
4. Kreuziger
5. Menchov
6. Armstrong
7. Wiggins
8. Gesink
9. Rodriguez
10. Kloden

No clue on green and polka dot.
 
1. Contador
2. Armstrong
3. Wiggins
4. Andy Schleck
5. Menchov
6. Basso
7. Klöden
8. Sanchez
9. Evans
10. Frank Schleck

Followed by: Vandevelde, Kreuziger, Gesink, Rogers, Rodriguez, Sastre, Leipheimer, Vinokourov.

Green: Haussler or Farrar

White: Andy

Polka: Sastre

Team: RadioShack

I've done these top10s several times this past year, they've changed a bit as well (previously had Valverde on the podium and Sanchez higher, no Basso).

What a GC field we have assembled though, if the Tour is to be exciting these folks need to do something and not just hang around waiting to get shat on by Saxo/Astana/RadioShack and eventually Contador.
 
Jun 22, 2010
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2010 TDF Predictions

GC Top 10

Contador
A. Schleck
F. Schleck
Evans
Basso
Sastre
Wiggins
Vinokourov
Armstrong
Van de Velde

Green - Cavendish

KON - A. Schleck

White - A. Schleck

Team GC - Saxo Bank
 
GC:

1 Contador
2 Armstrong
3 Wiggins
4 Andy Schleck
5 Kreuziger
6 Menchov
7 Fränk Schleck
8 Sanchez
9 Klöden
10 van den Broeck

Points: Cavendish
Young rider: A. Schleck
KOM: Moncoutie
Team: Saxo Bank
 
Mar 8, 2010
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GC
1.Contador
2.Andy Schleck
3.Samuel Sanchez
4.Wiggins
5.Menchov
6.Armstrong
7.Kreuziger
8.Klöden
9.Vandevelde
10.Mick Rogers

Green:Cavendish
KOM:Moncoutie
White:Andy Schleck

Ciolek and Txurruka:both will win a stage
 
Jun 3, 2010
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GC
1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. Basso
4. Menchov
5. Kreuziger
6. Armstrong
7. Evans
8. F. Schleck
9. Wiggins
10. Leipheimer

Green Jersey: Tyler Farrar
White Jersey: Tony Martin
Team GC: Liquigas

Team prize for nailing the most podium chicks: Quickstep
 
Mar 13, 2009
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macnir said:
Ciolek and Txurruka:both will win a stage

I sure hope so!

1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. Kreuziger
4. S. Sanchez
5. F. Schleck
6. Kloden
7. Menchov
8. Armstrong
9. Basso
10. V. Efimkin

Points: Boonen
Mountain: de la Fuente, or Egoi Martinez
Young Rider: A. Schleck
 
Jun 20, 2010
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delbified said:
yellow jersey - mick rogers
points jersey - robbie mcewen
KOM - matt lloyd
white jersey - richie porte
team classification - BMC
Richie Porte is not racing the 2010 TdF :p
 
Greenflame said:
1 Contador
2 A. Schleck
3 Menchov
4 F. Schleck
5 Armstrong
6 Kreuzinger
7 Kloden
8 Gesink
9 Rodriquez
10 Leipheimer

Points: Hushovd
KOM: Not sure.. I'm tempted to say Rodriquez, if he goes for it instead of GC.
White: Kreuzinger
Team: Saxo Bank

Eehh... If Andy is second (behind Conti) then he'd automatically get the white! That's just found after the GC...
 

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