TdF underdog sprinters

[HemmoBosscher]

*This is not the Green Jersey/Sprints Thread*

Cavendish will be good. Sagan will be good too.
Kittel and Greipel will be up there.

But who else contends in sprints?
I.e. who consistently top 5s or even top10s?

I'd go with:

Farrar
Bouhanni
Goss
Kristoff? (good form)
Renshaw? (has he done anything since Tour Down Under?)
Feillu (Good in 2011 TdF, not since)
Hutarovich?

I'm not in on Hushovd, EBH, Rojas this year.

Let's see some lists!

 

[rinse clear]

What about members of the leadout trains like henderson etc

 

[PedalCastro]

Would like to see Greipel win a stage or two!

 

[lastplacerider]

Coquard from Europcar seems to be having a good year so far. Could be top 10 but probably no lead out train.

 

[Pentacycle]

To OP: Kittel is an underdog sprinter, hasn't shown anything in GT's apart from his one stage win in the Vuelta. Can't even climb the smallest côte when the pace is high, like in the TDF.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Of course to win a stage, muscles, aggression and luck will be needed.

10-12 opportunities....

May the force be with you, Bouhanni.

 

[SafeBet]

Is Demare going to the Tour as well? Or just Nacer?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Is Demare going to the Tour as well? Or just Nacer?

just Nacer.

 

[Steady]

Younger sprinters

What about Davide Cimolai at Lampre? Is he the main sprinter at Lampre in this years TdF?

And what about Geoffrey Soupe? Will he be given opportunities to sprint, or will FDJ focus be on Bouhanni in the sprints and Soupe as the lead-out man instead?

Does anyone know anything about these two young sprinters?

 

[MellowJohnny]

Johnny Degenkolb

I'm looking to Kristoff to do well this year

 

[Squire]

And what about Geoffrey Soupe? Will he be given opportunities to sprint, or will FDJ focus be on Bouhanni in the sprints and Soupe as the lead-out man instead?

I do know that Soupe is a fairly decent lead-out man, so Bouhanni won't be completely left to his own devices. The lead-out that Soupe did for Demare in one stage of that race where Demare won everything, was phenomenal.

 

[nobilis]

And what about Geoffrey Soupe? Will he be given opportunities to sprint, or will FDJ focus be on Bouhanni in the sprints and Soupe as the lead-out man instead?

I'm not sure about Soupe going to the tour. I know that he's the designed leadout man for Démare and normally, Murilo Fischer is for Bouhanni. But that might be different for the tour, as Démare is not going.

 

[SKSemtex]

nobody has mentioned Viviani so far. I am still not sure if he is on the Tour list. However he is fast - not fast as Cav - but that is nobody

His situation is difficult having Sagan on the team and Green jersey as a main team goal. But anything can happen in The Tour, especially if Farrar is ryding.

 

[SKSemtex]

I have just found out that Viviani is not on the list.

 

[saneguy]

Goss should do well. Sagan and Cav would probably out run him on most stages but I feel Goss may still win a stage or two.

 

[cineteq]

Cavendish has become an underdog.

 

[Viking]

I expect Goss will finish pretty consistently. He may not in the mix for many wins, but should be consistently in the top 5.

Bouhanni could do well. I like what I've seen from him this year.

And maybe Degankolb as well. He'll most likely be working for Kittel in the truly flat stages, but there are plenty of hilly stages that should finish in a sprint as well. I expect he'll be one of the favorites on those.

 

[Steady]

What about Euskaltel only sprinter, Juan Jose Lobato? Does he have a chance of coming regularly into top 10 in the sprint stages?

 

[goose30]

Blanco team sprinter ??? Leezer ???

 

[trevim]

Blanco team sprinter ??? Leezer ???

I've won Milan - San Remo with Tom Leezer, in Pro Cycling Manager With a late move though, not really a bunch sprint.

[Welcome aboard!]

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Leezer is more a safeguard for Mollema on the flat stages

 

[t-mobile]

What about Rojas?

 

[Erythropoietin]

Who are the favorites for stage 3? And stage 2?
Who will be sprinting for each team, and which second tier sprinters can we expect the most from?

Omega: Cavendish
Lotto: Greipel
Cannondale: Sagan
Argos: Kittel (Degenkolb when Kittel is dropped)
Katusha: Kristoff
Orica: Goss
FDJ: Bouhanni

Sky: EBH?
Saxo: Bennati?
Radioshack: Gallopin?
Movistar: Rojas?
AG2R: Dumoulin?
Astana: Gavazzi?
Lampre: Cimolai? Vigano?
Garmin: Rasmussen? (Farrar isn't riding)
Vacansoleil: Boeckmans? D. van Poppel? B. van Poppel?
Cofidis: Garcia?
Europcar: Arashiro?
Euskaltel: Lobato? Perez?
Sojasun: Simon? Hivert?
BMC: None (Gilbert?)
Blanco: None?

 

[King Boonen]

Stage one will be carnage. A chance to wear yellow? Everyone and his dog is going to try have a go at that one.

 

[movingtarget]

The sprints actually look more predictable than the GC at this stage. Cavendish,the Gorilla, Sagan and maybe one more.