As far as I know there hasn't been a poll yet. So who do you think will win the Tour de France this year? They are in alphabetical order on first name. If you think the winner won't be one of the ten riders listed you can mention it in the thread.
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How to say many words yet manage not to answer simple question. I like it though: "if Porte is strongest he'll win probably. ". Yep, that's spot on "Contador is uncertain but he can win". Well who or what is certain in cycling? And so on. I am sorry for this, I couldn't help myself.Gigs_98 said:If Porte will be as strong as indicated by the Dauphine and neither fades in the last week or has a bad day he could very well take this, or at least in that case he would probably be the strongest rider. Froome however has the experience and a superior team so I still see him as the favorite. For me Quintana, Contador and Valverde are outsiders but I can imagine them winning. Quintana showed last year that he can be very strong in a 2nd consecutive gt, Contador is a complete uncertainty for me but I wouldn't completely count him out, and Valverde has been in the shape of his life so far this season and let's not forget, when he got 3rd in the tour 2015 he was pretty bad in the Dauphine as well.
Birdsong is this year's Brajkovic or Talansky.Son of Amsterhammer said:I think Fuglsang should at least be an option. A long shot, sure. But he just beat the two favorites!