Three Cheers for the Tour de France

[plooton]

1. Alberto - hope in his win.
2. Roman - hope he makes a good showing.
3. Chris - simply, he's a great rider.

 

[element]

1. Kittel - because my dad doesn't think anyone can beat Cavendish.
2. D. Martin - because I like the way he rides.
3. Froome - because I want to see what he can do when he is allowed to ride for himself.

 

[Fight.The.Power]

Kwiatovski
Dan Martin
Purito

 

[the delgados]

Ryder Hesjedal: Suspension of disbelief is easy and fun when the race winner is from your own country.

 

[Miburo]

kwiatkovski, hesjedal and contador

i hope cav wins many sprints but that's just cause i can't ****ing stand Kittel. I might not watch the tour anymore if Kittel ends up in yellow first day

 

[Australia]

Cadel Evans - to win

Matt Goss - to win the first stage and the first yellow jersey

Simon Clarke - to win some medium mountain stages and spend some time in the polka dots

 

[martinvickers]

Dan Martin, for the obvious reason, and because that long break in Catalunya was as heroic a ride as i've seen all year. Would love him to make a run at the pois.

Quintana, because a new unknown force is always exciting - and I can't stand Valverde, so I'd like to see him get leadership.

And Andy Talansky, for no particular reason.

 

[dan_mcloughlin]

1. FDJ (especially Pinot) to do well for some more Madiot madness.
2. Hesjedal and Dan Martin
3. Voeckler

I've not followed the line ups but if Dowsett and Phinney are there I would like to see them perform in the ITTs and would love to see Cav get yellow so he can go back to the track for Rio

 

[theyoungest]

Andy Schleck
Alberto Contador
Joaquim Rodriguez

I hope they take it to the Skyborg.

 

[melkemugg]

Voeckler, Pinot and the norwegians.

 

[Pulpstar]

I hope you are aware of the fact none of those guys is doing the Tour?

Ooops ! I'll have to transfer them.

Anyway hope Cav can ride with the maillot jaune in Corsica, and hopefully Hesjedal will do well after his awful luck.
And above all else I'd love to see a really close contest for yellow - hopefully the borgs won't be minutes out in front by stage 10 or so...

 

[all_in]

It's hard to call just three.Still,I want some good results for Evans(podium),Anton(maybe one stage or KoM) and Cunego(like Anton).

 

[xanadu]

If only he didnt go full *** on galibier, he could have been 2nd

Voeckler
Rolland
Pinot for me

Same three for me. You got love Voeckler, even though he doesnt like sharing that yellow vest

 

[Frosty]

Dan Martin
Robert Gesink
Damiano Cunego

 

[SKSemtex]

Final list. ( I took only three first names from each post)

Name Votes
Contador 28
Quintana 24
Schleck 15
Pinot 15
Martin 15
Purito 10
Cavendish 9
Sagan 9
Voeckler 9
Hesjedal 8
Evans 6
Mollema 5
Talansky 4
Porte 4
Antón 4
Froome 4
Rolland 4
Fuglsang 4
TJVG 4
Cunego 4
Voigt 3
Costa 2
Nieve 2
Goss 2
Kittel 2
Gesink 2
Kreuziger 2
Thomas 2
Kwiatkowski 2
Valverde 2
Taaramae 1
Hoogerland 1
Quintana 1
Evans. 1
Clarke 1
Zubeldia 1
Bardet 1
King 1
Roche 1
Izagirre 1
Molema 1
Van den Broeck 1
Sorensen 1
Meyer 1
Hummel 1
Dumoulin 1
Morkov 1
EBH 1
Bouhanni 1
Kadri 1
Poels 1
Moser 1
Vandenbroucke 1
Niemiec 1
230

 

[Arnout]

Funny how opinion on Schleck has changed now that he is an underdog.

 

[spalco]

Popular opinion on Schleck seems to have turned a bunch of times during his career actually.

 

[Afrank]

People know doubt feel a little sorry for Schleck, it's always sad (or most of the time sad) to see a rider like Schleck fall so far. That combined with peoples hopes to see some exciting racers break up the Sky train we've been stuck with has people hoping to see him make a return I think.

 

[Netserk]

I like that Quintana both have 24 and 1.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Final list. ( I took only three first names from each post)

Name Votes
snipsnip

nvm wrong thread

 

[Miburo]

Popular opinion on Schleck seems to have turned a bunch of times during his career actually.

That and of course "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"

Everyone against Sky. Even AC fans are hoping we'll see the best andy.

 

[Netserk]

That and of course "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"

Everyone against Sky. Even AC fans are hoping we'll see the best andy.

In Middle East it's 'the enemy of my enemy is my enemy'

 

[Steady]

1.Peter Sagan. Cause he is awesome.
2.EBH. I'm norwegian.
3.Lars Boom. Impressive this season. Hope he can get a stage win

 

[gregrowlerson]

Kloden, Contador, Evans.

 

[Kwibus]

Funny how opinion on Schleck has changed now that he is an underdog.

I somehow hope he competes during the Tour and makes it back to the top.

Despite that I allready know that when he starts whining about a descent I will despise him again. It will also annoy me again that the only race he shows up is the TdF and L-B-L

Still I prefer him to be at his best level.