What are your BOLD predictions in Tour de France?

[damian13ster]

Froome
Nibali
Majka

podium

 

[pastronef]

Keldermann not cracking, pulling a Zubeldia and enter the Top10 in final GC.

Peraud waking up after the poor Dauphinè and win a Pyrenean stage

Henao logging on in the Clinic during the first rest day and upload his hospital papers and pictures of his wound after the TdSuisse 2014 crash

Why wait until then? He's had 12 months to do it already.

it's BOLD predictions

 

[dacooley]

nibs to win the race without stage victories
valverde to podium

 

[JackRabbitSlims]

at least one big name rider to test positive either in the week leading up to the Tour, during the Tour, or in the week after the Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Podium in Paris:

1) Contador
2) Quintana
3) Nibali

Agree

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Sagan wins 8 stages.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Zubeldia will be caught on camera.

 

[the delgados]

Ryder Hesjedal will win.

I was thinking the same.
He boldly predicted that he would contend for the TdF title after winning the Giro, then crashed out in a massive pile-up before the end of week one.
But he looked super strong in some of the early stages that had hill-top finishes, placing ahead of some of the favourites.
I think he will be up there if he keeps his eyes open and doesn't crash out or get caught behind a big wreck in week one.

 

[Irondan]

daniel martin will crash out in the first week

That's not a bold prediction. This is the odds on favorite 'thing to happen'.

 

[racing_like_scalded_cats]

Froome to stop using a watt meter and start racing by "feel" and become a big gear masher and lose that 100+ RPM overspin.

 

[Lexman]

Re:

Team LottoNL - Jumbo will win a stage
Dan Martin will not crash/get sick

that's bold indeed

 

[red_flanders]

Froome to crash.

 

[red_flanders]

Re:

Zubeldia will be caught on camera.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Gesink to dominate

 

[Arredondo]

- Dan Martin will start the Mur de Huy in good position

- Valverde to drop Quintana multiple times during his lead-outs

- Froome will win the cobble stage

- Cancellara will not complain about something

- Frank Schleck rides to podium

- Ten Dam will not crash during a descent

- Contador to get drop in the TTT

- Van Avermaet to win a stage

- Jean Christophe Peraud to be the oldest Tour winner

- Merhawi Kudus to be the first Eritrean yellow yersey wearer

- Jan Barta wins the opening TT

- Jarlinson Pantano to break Pantani's record on Alpe d'Huez

 

[Nick C.]

Froome to attack while keeping his eyes firmly fixed on the road ahead.
Tinkoff to refrain from attempting to call attention to himself.
Cav to state something to the effect of "I just got beat it happens" after not winning a sprint.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Stannard to get into a break on stage 4 with 3 Quickstep riders, and win.

 

[Põhja Konn]

All teams reaching to the TTT stage with all nine riders still in competition.

Thibaut Pinot wins the Tour, thus ending the French drought

 

[jens_attacks]

fuglsang to win le tour de france

fuglsang breaks alpe d'huez record

 

[Bushman]

Nibali will NOT gain time on Contador on the cobbled stage.

Fuglsang will be strongest rider except for the 'Big four'

 

[Bushman]

Re:

Dan Martin will not crash/get sick

This is the boldest prediction I have seen so far.

 

[Vino's Mum]

Re:

Podium in Paris:

1) Contador
2) Quintana
3) Nibali

Wowzers, you really are one bold mofo with that one. Haven't you forgotten Lutsenko?

 

[pedromiguelmartins]

Contador to work for Sagan during MTFs.

 

[red_flanders]

Phil Liggett to call out an obviously doped performance before someone records a positive.

 

[Campervan man]

Brailsford joins Tinkoff 2 days before Tour starts.

A Serious one now... a Frenchman on 2nd place again.