Top 10 for the TDF Prologue

[jens_attacks]

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

well i still hate some of his interviews
the only problem i have is that unlike those from above,he's not an attacker...but things will change this july

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Hard to look past Sagan/Cancellara(/Martin) but my pick to surprise is Gallopin.

 

[shalgo]

2 in a row would be special for sagan though

Winning the prologue plus the first stage is understandably quite rare. I think I have found two examples, however:

Was 1976 Freddy Maertens' first Tour? If so, he won the Prologue and the first stage that year.

The same goes for Charlie Grosskost in 1968. (They were called stages 1a and 1b, but 1a was a short time trial, so I count it as a prologue.)

 

[cineteq]

Ricco, Di Luca, Vino..., and Wiggins. something is wrong

I think he likes those sort of riders.

 

[Panda Claws]

Gilbert will ride a good time here, since he's supposed to peak for the Tour.

If he doesn't, well he probably won't win anything this season.

For the win

Cancellara vs Wiggins vs Martin vs Sagan

 

[dlwssonic]

Gilbert will ride a good time here, since he's supposed to peak for the Tour.

If he doesn't, well he probably won't win anything this season.

For the win

Cancellara vs Wiggins vs Martin vs Sagan

Gilbert???
Top 20 maybe but nothing more.
But recently he has had a few encouraging interviews and has said that he feels very good.
And is looking forward for the belgian nationals.

 

[Magnus]

ah yes looks like it was.

Actually was not Milalr too?

2 in a row would be special for sagan though

Zabriskie won his first tour stage as well (in 2005 where there was no prologue but stage 1 was a 19 km TT).

Also add Alex Rasmussen non-starters.

 

[saganftw]

the course seems too technical for likes of martin and overall favourites probably wont go 100% because it might be dangerous around corners

so we need explosive cyclist,with good bikehandling skills and balls big enough to cut corners full speed - hard to look past sagan and fabian

 

[Panda Claws]

Gilbert???
Top 20 maybe but nothing more.
But recently he has had a few encouraging interviews and has said that he feels very good.
And is looking forward for the belgian nationals.

Yeah good time for him I forgot to add, top-20 should be expected if he wants to win a stage.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Gilbert???
Top 20 maybe but nothing more.
But recently he has had a few encouraging interviews and has said that he feels very good.
And is looking forward for the belgian nationals.

What? But Gilbert rides for BMC now. Surely that means he should finish top 9... with merely the other 8 BMC riders in front of him?

bahahahaha just yanking your chain

 

[Old&slow]

1. Wiggins His form is to good right now.
2. Cancellera
3. Sagan
4. Martin
5. Larrson
6. Gretsch
7. Grivko
8. Evans
9. Martin Elmiger
10. Sylvain Chavanel

Other possible contenders:


Tejay Van Garderen
Laurens ten Dam
David Zabriskie
Anthony Roux
Edvald Boasson Hagenk
Gerald Ciolek
Levi Leipheimer
Maxime Monfort
Tylar Farrar
Thomas Lövkvist
Chris Froome
David Millar
Tony Gallopin
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Levi Leipheimer

My question is this course to technical for Rogers, Zabriske or Leipheimer? I am guessing they lack the explosion for this course.

 

[Gubby Allen]

No mention of Westra yet? Would he not have a chance of 7th-15th?

 

[Gubby Allen]

Wiggins
Sagan
Martin
Cancellara
Grivko
Gretsch
Boassen Hagen
Chavanel
Zabriskie
Westra/LL Sanchez

Evans & Froome top 15. Millar around that.

 

[Ruudz0r]

1. Wiggins His form is to good right now.
2. Cancellera
3. Sagan
4. Martin
5. Larrson
6. Gretsch
7. Grivko
8. Evans
9. Martin Elmiger
10. Sylvain Chavanel

Other possible contenders:


Tejay Van Garderen
Laurens ten Dam
David Zabriskie
Anthony Roux
Edvald Boasson Hagenk
Gerald Ciolek
Levi Leipheimer
Maxime Monfort
Tylar Farrar
Thomas Lövkvist
Chris Froome
David Millar
Tony Gallopin
Fredrik Kessiakoff
Levi Leipheimer

My question is this course to technical for Rogers, Zabriske or Leipheimer? I am guessing they lack the explosion for this course.

LTD really?

 

[Old&slow]

LTD really?

He did come in 13th on a very technical Tour De Suise prologue. Maybe your right and he should not be on my list of possible top 10 contenders. But it was a pretty broad list. In regards to the prologue at this point I don't feel to comfortable with who might contend. Which is why I am loving this thread.

 

[Gotland]

1. Wiggins
2. Cancellera
3. Engoulvent
4. Sagan
5. Martin

I think Engoulvent will be dangerus and get a podium place. The course suit him. Chavanel, Kessiakoff, EBH will fight for place 6-8. And last three top ten spots migth go to; Monfort, Grivko, Millar.

 

[greenedge]

Cancellara
Martin
Wiggins
Sagan
Chavanel
Larsson
Evans
Millar
EBH
Gerrans ( surprise but he seems better in ITT's recently and he would want to be in a with a shot for yellow if he could go well on stage 1 ).

 

[greenedge]

Gerald Ciolek

Is not doing it.

 

[online-rider]

Sprinters who could top10 on a very good day :

Cavendish
Farrar
Greipel
Henderson
Sagan (probably will)


And probably many more I dont know really.

 

[orangerider]

My question is this course to technical for Rogers, Zabriske or Leipheimer? I am guessing they lack the explosion for this course.

Not a course best suited for Dave Z. Leipheimer needs some steady gradients to really shine. Rogers will be instructed to save energy for domestique duty.

 

[theyoungest]

Not a course best suited for Dave Z. Leipheimer needs some steady gradients to really shine. Rogers will be instructed to save energy for domestique duty.

I don't think Rogers will have to save energy, they'll want as many guys as possible up there on GC, in true US Postal fashion.

 

[Jan the Man]

1. F. Cancellara
2. B. Wiggins
3. P. Sagan
4. J. Englouvert
5. T. Martin
6. L. Durbridge (if ridding)
7. EBH
8. M. Moser (if ridding)
9. A. Klöden
10. D. Millar

Westra, Grivko, Larsson, Chavanel, LLS top 10 shots.

 

[Azabael]

Okay, seeing LTD among the mentioned before The Beast made me laugh.

 

[Panda Claws]

Okay, seeing LTD among the mentioned before The Beast made me laugh.

Yeah Cancellara's average speed in a time trial is so much higher...

 

[Bavarianrider]

Has there ever been such an amount of great Prologe riders?
It's crazy how many good Prologers we have right know, especially with all those young guys coming up.