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Top 10 for the TDF Prologue

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El Pised bloke

May 16, 2012
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Hi All,
first post for me...:eek:

What are peoples Top 10 for the prologue in Leige?

Mine are
Cancellara.
Martin.
Phinny.
Cavendish (not sure about this but he often does well)
Wiggins.
Kessakoff,
Sagan,
Durbridge,
Larsson,
Grivko.

and other strong candidates could be
Millar,
Chavanel,
Rasmussen,
Van Garderen
lepheimer (long shot)
De Gendt.

All suggestions welcome.
Cheers,
 
*Falze*

*Falze*

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Alot of sprinters do well in the prologue.

I dont think De Gendt is riding though.

My Money is on Martin
 
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Gubby Allen

Jun 22, 2011
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DeGendt, Durbridge, Phinney are not riding. I would go:

Wiggins
T Martin
Cancellara

The rest of the 10 should have Sagan, EBH, Gretsch & Zabriskie if they ride. Millar, Chavanel, LL Sanchez, Evans will be top 20.

Be surprised if Cav is top.20 or even top 5 from Sky. Froome & Rogers should go better.
 
EvansIsTheBest

EvansIsTheBest

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cineteq said:
Sagan loves it.

"Not to be presumptuous but the prologue suits me very well."
http://www.biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=52605
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Not surprising as the course seems quite technical with a number of sharp bends :
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Kopuliak

Kopuliak

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Kwibus said:
Sagan to get his first of 8 stage wins this TdF :D
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Sagan said yesterday that 3 stage wins and green jersey would be OK.He aslo made a bet with Liq. team chief ( 2 wins + green j.)....On the other hand he said that he probably will be too tired on Olympics...it looks TdF is priority for him unlike Cav. who prefers Olympics gold above green jersey.
 
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TatryTour2013

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Sagan

Kwibus said:
Sagan to get his first of 8 stage wins this TdF :D
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Hopefully - and each stage as usually in different style - e.g. puncure 7km before finish, train stop, almost crashing 100m before finish, etc. Here are the Sagan stages:

stage 1
stage 3
stage 5
stage 8
stage 12
stage 18
stage 20 (20 because of all other sprinters will be at home or tottaly destroyed)
 
Cancellator

Cancellator

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I agree with some of the suggestions... however I don't think that Wiggins (his pursuit days are long gone aren't they?), Martin (too short for him) or Cav(he can't do that well just having lost 4kg) are in this for the win. I think it will be between Cancellara, Sagan, and some lesser known TTers/sprinters that might produce a surprise.

I would not take TDS as definitive evidence that Sagan has surpassed Canc in prologues. The TDS one did have a climb, and Canc's form will have improved by the start of the TDF.
 
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TatryTour2013

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I agree with some of the suggestions... however I don't think that Wiggins (his pursuit days are long gone aren't they?), Martin (too short for him) or Cav(he can't do that well just having lost 4kg) are in this for the win. I think it will be between Cancellara, Sagan, and some lesser known TTers/sprinters that might produce a surprise.

I would not take TDS as definitive evidence that Sagan has surpassed Canc in prologues. The TDS one did have a climb, and Canc's form will have improved by the start of the TDF.
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I believe that prologue in Lugano is a bit special for Sagan - he is a great descender, with great bike handling skills, moreover he said that he was realy prepared in Lugano - went the track 5 times before start, checking each one turn. So we will see how he can prepare in Liege and maybe he prepares some other surprise for his fans ... This year is full of surprises from this guy, so he can be quite relaxed as he probably achieved more that anyone expected from him this year.
 
dlwssonic

dlwssonic

May 27, 2010
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Cancellara, Martin or wiggins.
No one else.
Outsiders are like sagan, TJVG, cadel, chavanel, millar and there are many more.
 
cineteq

cineteq

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dlwssonic said:
Cancellara, Martin or wiggins.
No one else.
Outsiders are like sagan, TJVG, cadel, chavanel, millar and there are many more.
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Martin or Wiggins don't have the skills to win on this technical course, Sagan and Cancellara do. Chavanel looked great in Dauphiné, so I expect him to do very well on his home turf.

I'm afraid Gesink, Schleck are going to lose a chunk here.
 
Kwibus

Kwibus

May 25, 2010
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cineteq said:
Martin or Wiggins don't have the skills to win on this technical course, Sagan and Cancellara do. Chavanel looked great in Dauphiné, so I expect him to do very well on his home turf.

I'm afraid Gesink, Schleck are going to lose a chunk here.
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The technical course doesn't suit Gesink. Atleast that's what I think, but I don't think he will lose nearly as much time as Schleck will.
 
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airstream

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Martin
Cancellara
Sagan

lol, Jens, why you stick to Wiggins so much? :p Ricco, Di Luca, Vino..., and Wiggins. something is wrong:)
 
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