TdF sprints

[HemmoBosscher]

Who should contend these, besides the usual suspects?

Kittel
Cavendish
Greipel
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Sagan
Kristoff
Demare
Modolo
Viviani
Rojas
Goss?
Matthews?
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Lobato?
Haussler?
Bennett?
Coquard?
D.Van Poppel?

What do you guys think, who will contend?

Anyone missing from this list?

 

[jaylew]

I'm not really going out on a limb here but I say no one outside those first 4 wins a stage unless they manage to sneak in a successful break. Even then, I doubt they'd win as no one will want to bring them to the finish.

 

[kingjr]

I think you can move Demare closer to the top 3 for a finish like the one on stage 1. Have a feeling he will do well there. But as it's the first stage it's probably gonna be a crash-fest lottery.

 

[LightBing]

Degenkolb is missing.

 

[murali]

you might bring modolo up a bit.

Sagan with the first 3.

You can Trentin on the list. he would figure in sprints after hills.

 

[Jspear]

Bouhanni would have gotten closer than any of them but....
On the flattest days (barring crashes) I don't see anyone beating the top three. On the harder stages I definitely could see Sagan getting beaten by riders like Demare, Degenkolb, and Matthews. I don't think Sagan has as much top speed as he had two years ago.

 

[ILovecycling]

I know its off-topic,but I dont want to create special thread about it.

Are there riders aiming for polka dot jersey?
French riders?not gc riders?