Who will win the green jersey in the Tour de France?

[Panda Claws]

I tried to include everyone with a chance in this poll.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Yeah, but failed to list anyone.

 

[Panda Claws]

Yeah, but failed to list anyone.

Was still making the poll. You can only make one after you post the thread.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Was still making the poll. You can only make one after you post the thread.

Here we go.

 

[kanari]

I think Goss should have been included, but I would have voted for Sagan anyway. Don't think anyone will be even close especially as I am not sure Cav will go the full three weeks.

 

[Froome19]

We already have a thread about Sagan winning the green jersey

Otherwise Goss is the only sprinter I can see challenging him.

 

[Marco Pantani]

To be honest I can hardly see Sagan winning a mass sprint against cavendish, greipel or kittel, but if he really wants the jersey, he'll get it.

 

[Panda Claws]

Yeah, I forgot Goss, but he is the only one so 'other = Goss'

 

[Marco Pantani]

Put him in Renshaws place, or Farrars.

 

[Panda Claws]

You cannot change polls

 

[The Hitch]

Are you for real. leaving out goss from this is like leaving out wiggins from the yellow.jersey poll.

But you included renshaw instead ? Facepalm.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Saganexpress

 

[LaFlorecita]

Surprised there is no Phil option.

Voted Sagan.

 

[K-0tic]

Sagan since the parcours really suits him.

 

[Panda Claws]

Oh c'mon it is not as if Goss or Renshaw have any chance of winning this, I just wanted to fill the poll up a bit.

If I was not so concerned about hurting other peoples feelings here by not including their favorite rider I would have gone for just Cavendish and Sagan.

 

[SafeBet]

Voted for Other/Vino and the Other is gonna be Vino.
I give EBH a chance as well.

 

[Potomac]

Sagan for me.

It would a fun exercise to revisit this thread in 4 weeks and list the top 10 finishers in the points competition and compare that list to the choices in the poll.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

If he finishes, Cavendish should win this especially with the number of points on the line in the intermediary sprints, else Sagan is the man that will win the jersey.

 

[phanatic]

I was tempted to follow the crowd and vote for SuperSagan, but it's hard to go against Cavendish in the tdf.

 

[The Hitch]

Oh c'mon it is not as if Goss or Renshaw have any chance of winning this, I just wanted to fill the poll up a bit.
.

Are you seriously comparing Renshaw to the guy who came 2nd in worlds?

 

[Another_Dutch_Guy]

Voted for Cavendish. Even with a lost of speed and a bad train he probably win 4 or 5 stages. Which should be enough to get the jersey.

 

[SHAD0W93]

If Cavs stays he will win it if not Sagan. Then if not Sagan Greipel. Hopefully Cav stays othewise Sky will have a crap Tour.

 

[Fergoose]

Have any of those guys in the poll actually come out and said their team will let them go for green? If not it's hard to guess. I hope Gilbert is allowed to try and wish him and Rojas well for actually giving a monkeys about the contest last year (and making it entertaining).

It'll probably come down to which team wants it most, so I'll pick Rojas over Sagan as I anticipate the GC prospects of Valverde & Cobo will disappear quicker than those of Basso & Nibali. So Movistar might be more inclined to focus on intermediate sprints in that third week.

 

[Christian]

An outsider with a decent shot might be Tony Gallopin. He almost had it in the Dauphiné. But there were not many mass sprints in that race. IIRC the Tour changed the rules a couple of years ago that favours the final winner even more in comparison to the intermediate sprints, so a green jersey winner à la Hushovd when he was with Cervélo is less likely.

Cavendish might explode in the third week and not finish the race from all his efforts at the Giro. But as we recently saw he may have sacrificed some speed for versatility. So I think it will be a battle between him, Greipel and Sagan!

 

[El Pistolero]

I have my doubts Cav will stay till Paris.