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Who will win the Tour de France 2017?

  • Alberto Contador

    Votes: 31 13.4%

  • Alejandro Valverde

    Votes: 14 6.0%

  • Chris Froome

    Votes: 93 40.1%

  • Daniel Martin

    Votes: 3 1.3%

  • Esteban Chaves

    Votes: 1 0.4%

  • Fabio Aru

    Votes: 10 4.3%

  • Nairo Quintana

    Votes: 24 10.3%

  • Richie Porte

    Votes: 48 20.7%

  • Romain Bardet

    Votes: 7 3.0%

  • Thibaut Pinot

    Votes: 1 0.4%
  • Total voters
    232
jsem94

jsem94

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Froome. Probably by several minutes again. I hope for Alberto though, but I'm not very optimistic. At the end of the day I want an exciting race, but I'm not even optimistic about that as the route sucks.
 
Valv.Piti

Valv.Piti

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Krokro said:
Pls not Froome again.
Dont underestimate old Alejandro sneaking his way info TDF win, being unmarked while big 4 fight eachother.
Would be great to see 2015 Aru as well.
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Aru from 2015 (whether its the Giro or Vuelta doesnt matter) doesn't hold a candle to the best riders in the world in peak shape. He needs to add another level to that, at least, to win.
 
Blanco

Blanco

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jaylew said:
Squire said:
It's this year or never. It would have been heresy of me not voting for the Don.
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Thing is, he keeps saying he's working for Nairo.
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That's the general idea, yes. But things can change quickly. Maybe Nairo won't be that strong so they will switch leadership, or Bala could find himself in front of others as a part of a tactical game. If no one marks this, I'm sure his team won't hold him back.
 
Jungle Cycle

Jungle Cycle

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I voted Froome.. the team, the knowledge, the spirit.. and I never guessed it wright so maybe it'll help the others..
Hoping for Contador to get to a 3rd week with a reasonable chance. Than everybody profit. Lots of "wildcards", for different reasons, that have the potential to fire up the race if "he" is there to find a way to brake sky awesome climbing controlling team. Bardet, Aru, Chavez, Fulgsang and even Movistar that rarely go for broke...
 
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Some people say that if Froome will win he'll win so I would stick with that. Seems quite plausible. What you think Gigs98? :)
 
ferryman

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WheelofGear said:
ferryman said:
WheelofGear said:
Froome
Bala
Porte
Contador
Dan Martin
Simon Yates
Bardet
Meintjes
Fuglsang
Henao
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You deliberately left out Quintana or just forgotten him?
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He wouldn't be a factor. Too tired after the Giro. Should go stage hunting.
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Not so sure he will be that tired. He was clearly not at 100% at the Giro with the Tour in mind. The gamble at the Giro didn't work but if he has judged it correctly, he could be near 100% for the Tour, he will be in the mix. Whatever, I really can't see any of the others letting him go stage hunting unless he is way down on time, which is very unlikely. But hey ho, time will tell:)
 
Cookster15

Cookster15

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ferryman said:
WheelofGear said:
ferryman said:
WheelofGear said:
Froome
Bala
Porte
Contador
Dan Martin
Simon Yates
Bardet
Meintjes
Fuglsang
Henao
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You deliberately left out Quintana or just forgotten him?
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He wouldn't be a factor. Too tired after the Giro. Should go stage hunting.
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Not so sure he will be that tired. He was clearly not at 100% at the Giro with the Tour in mind. The gamble at the Giro didn't work but if he has judged it correctly, he could be near 100% for the Tour, he will be in the mix. Whatever, I really can't see any of the others letting him go stage hunting unless he is way down on time, which is very unlikely. But hey ho, time will tell:)
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Yes time will tell on Quintana in the Tour but I think Tom Dumoulin pushed him much deeper at the Giro than he would have preferred. He and Movistar did after all unambiguously state they were going for the double.

Had TD not been at the Giro in such form I think the double for Quintana might still be a realistic goal today. But instead of 2 from 2 Quintana will likely end up 0 from 2 up against fresher riders like Froome, Porte, even Pinot. I am highly sceptical a Tour / Vuelta double comes close to a Giro / Tour double as Movistar's PR team would have us believe.
 
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railxmig

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Now i'm more serious than last time. I have a feeling Porte will crash in one of many many flat stages in the 1st week. Contador doesn't have a chance. Bardet also is a bit lacking, he got beaten quite solidly in Dauphine (Mont du Chat + losing to Meintjes and Buchmann on Solaison). Froome for now looks more like 2014, but i guess he'll try one again for a Tour-Vuelta double, so his form should be on a rising curve. Quintana & Pinot come straight from Giro, so i also guess they won't be 100% fit?

I guess i'll go for Porte, if he won't crash. Otherwise it would be interesting to see Aru & Martin winning or being close to winning by some nicely constructed long rangers, but i don't know if they have the experience for such things. The Aru-Valverde attack didn't work well for both. Nevermind, i'm still being just silly me.

Also, after watching what happened to Aru & Valverde i'm quite worried by these useless flat 10km to Chambéry.

Cookster15 said:
Yes time will tell on Quintana in the Tour but I think Tom Dumoulin pushed him much deeper at the Giro than he would have preferred. He and Movistar did after all unambiguously state they were going for the double.

Had TD not been at the Giro in such form I think the double for Quintana might still be a realistic goal today. But instead of 2 from 2 Quintana will likely end up 0 from 2 up against fresher riders like Froome, Porte, even Pinot. I am highly sceptical a Tour / Vuelta double comes close to a Giro / Tour double as Movistar's PR team would have us believe.
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Nibali was extremely close to him. I think he would be forced to go as he did anyway, but with the difference of winning the pink by a couple of seconds. And if not Nibali then still there were Pinot (suddenly a sprinter) and Zakarin creeping close by.
 
Blanco

Blanco

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Cookster15 said:
ferryman said:
WheelofGear said:
ferryman said:
WheelofGear said:
Froome
Bala
Porte
Contador
Dan Martin
Simon Yates
Bardet
Meintjes
Fuglsang
Henao
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You deliberately left out Quintana or just forgotten him?
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He wouldn't be a factor. Too tired after the Giro. Should go stage hunting.
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Not so sure he will be that tired. He was clearly not at 100% at the Giro with the Tour in mind. The gamble at the Giro didn't work but if he has judged it correctly, he could be near 100% for the Tour, he will be in the mix. Whatever, I really can't see any of the others letting him go stage hunting unless he is way down on time, which is very unlikely. But hey ho, time will tell:)
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Yes time will tell on Quintana in the Tour but I think Tom Dumoulin pushed him much deeper at the Giro than he would have preferred. He and Movistar did after all unambiguously state they were going for the double.

Had TD not been at the Giro in such form I think the double for Quintana might still be a realistic goal today. But instead of 2 from 2 Quintana will likely end up 0 from 2 up against fresher riders like Froome, Porte, even Pinot. I am highly sceptical a Tour / Vuelta double comes close to a Giro / Tour double as Movistar's PR team would have us believe.
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So Pinot is somehow fresher than Quintana :confused: Interesting...
 
Tonton

Tonton

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[quote="Blanco[/urlYes time will tell on Quintana in the Tour but I think Tom Dumoulin pushed him much deeper at the Giro than he would have preferred. He and Movistar did after all unambiguously state they were going for the double.

fresher riders [/b]like Froome, Porte, even Pinot. I am highly sceptical a Tour / Vuelta double comes close to a Giro / Tour double as Movistar's PR team would have us believe.[/quote]

So Pinot is somehow fresher than Quintana :confused: Interesting...[/quote]

Pinot is not fresher, for sure. And FDJ's lineup should be all for Demare, Vichot helping Nono on the flat, getting carte blanche elsewhere. Pinot may have only Bonnet to lead him through the flat stages. No Morabito, no Mollard, no Reichenbach.

Still, the bait looked too yummy and I voted Tibopino :) .

It was tougher a Giro than Quintana would have liked, I believe that he will pay the price. He won't win, maybe not even podium. If he fades early on, Valverde becomes a very interesting option.
 
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