Pro Tour Pundit - Deutschland Tour

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited August 2007 in Pro race
Starts on Friday, ends next Saturday. 3 mountain stages, 4 flat stages, a 42 km TTT and a 33 km ITT.

Website, including stage details:

http://www.deutschland-tour.de/deutschl ... index.html

Startlist:

http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/start ... t&id=16872

Sadly I don't think is on British Eurosport or cycling.tv - which is a shame, because stage 5 looks awesome.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Overall Davide Rebellin
    Stage 1 Eric Zabel
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    edited August 2007
    GC Andy Schleck (not Levi Leipheimer who disappeared from the start list)
    Stage 1 Eric Zabel
    Stage 2 Team CSC
    Stage 3 Tom Danielson

    I see the Vuelta a Burgos is live on Eurosport starting next Tuesday.
    Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007 :wink:
  • owaingibby
    owaingibby Posts: 240
    Overall - Paolo Bettini
    Stage 1 - Paolo Bettini
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    GC: Andy Schleck
    stage 1: Baden Cooke
    stage 2: CSC
  • Cheshire_Cat
    Cheshire_Cat Posts: 464
    Hi,

    Overall: Jens Voigt

    Stage 1 : Eric Zabel

    Stage 2: CSC

    Thanks
  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    Dear all

    Overall - Rıcco
    Stage 1 - Cıolek
    Stage 2 - CSC
    Stage 3- Pıepolı
    Stage 4 - Danıelson
    Stage 5 - Rujano
    Stage 6 - Cooke
    Stage 7 - Bettını
    Stage 8 - Cancellara
    Stage 9 - Napolıtano

    I am on my holıdays so have lısted all selectıons. Hopefully they'll stıll be rıdıng on theır partıcular one !!

    regards
    Greg
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Overall: The slightly batty Kohl

    Stage 1: Ciolek

    Stage 2: Caisse d'Epagne
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    Strava is not Zen.
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Overall: I'll risk it on Gerdemann

    1st stage: Ciolek

    that's quite a pink selection... oh sorry! Magenta.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Overall: Andy Schleck

    Stage 1: Robert Forster
    Stage 2: CSC
    Stage 3: Mauricio Ardila
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Overall: A. Schleck

    Stage 1: Eric Zabel

    Stage 2: CSC
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    Overall: Andy Schleck

    Stage 1: Zabel
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Overall: Andy Schleck
    Stage 1: Ciolek
    Stage 2: CSC
    Stage 3: Cunego
    Stage 4: Pelizotti
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • drenkrom
    drenkrom Posts: 1,062
    Wow... if this is any indication, bookies' odds on Schleck will be 1.5:1 at best.
  • weyayeman
    weyayeman Posts: 1,141
    Levi Leipheimer for overall( if he doesn't start Schleck the younger)
    Jaun Jose Haedo for stage 1 thanks
    How son yee divent need gaan doon the Pit,coz thas plenty coal in the coal hoose
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Overall : Voigt

    Stage 1 : Zabel
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Hi folks.

    Overall: Levi Leipheimer
    Stage 1: Robert Forster
    Stage 2: CSC

    Then comes the rough bit, stages 3, 4 and 5 getting progressively harder - this looks like the toughest short tour on the calendar.

    Cheers, Andy

    ps I'll take A.Schleck if Levi doesn't start.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    The lack of class stage-race riders in this event is truly alarming. To illustrate my point, I even considered picking Tom Danielson. But I decided to take a punt instead:

    GC - Vladimir Efimkin
    Stage 1 - Danilo Napolitano
  • ColinJ
    ColinJ Posts: 2,218
    afx237vi wrote:
    Starts on Friday, ends next Saturday. 3 mountain stages, 4 flat stages, a 42 km TTT and a 33 km ITT.

    Website, including stage details:

    http://www.deutschland-tour.de/deutschl ... index.html

    Startlist:

    http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/start ... t&id=16872

    Sadly I don't think is on British Eurosport or cycling.tv - which is a shame, because stage 5 looks awesome.
    I got hold of an analogue satellite system for £30 when everybody started switching over to digital 7 or 8 years ago and have been watching International Eurosport on that free since then.

    I can also receive lots of German TV stations including DSF and ARD which often show races that Eurosport doesn't such as the Deutschland Tour which is going to be on ARD. My German isn't fantastic but it's easy to pick out names of riders and teams. You can see time gaps and distances on the on-screen graphics.

    If you ask around you can probably get an old analogue dish and box for nothing now. It isn't hard to set one of these systems up if you have someone who is willing to stand up a ladder and move the dish about while you watch the TV and give instructions. Have a look around your neighbourhood until you find a house with a (big old-type) analogue dish and point yours in that direction. This is assuming that the satellite box is pretuned to some of these stations. It takes a bit of faffing about and GOOGLING to tune the box in if you haven't got the original instructions though... :?
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    afx237vi wrote:
    The lack of class stage-race riders in this event is truly alarming.

    Mmmm. Yes, very true. I am surprised(ish) so many people have picked Schleck (Jnr) as when I picked him I was thinking "why not? it'll be a bit different" Just shows how much I know.

    And I almost went for Napolitano, but thought "everyone" would pick him - yet another example of my idiocy.
  • laurencecp
    laurencecp Posts: 3,866
    overall: A Schleck (going for a CSC due to the TTT)

    stage 1: R Forster (because he once wrote a song about a german farmhouse)

    L
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  • Stephen Sorba
    Stephen Sorba Posts: 1,036
    Overall: Andy Schleck
    Stage 1: Napolitano
    TTT: CSC
    'e pur si muove
  • millar time
    millar time Posts: 392
    Overall: Andy Schleck
    Stage 1: Zabel
    Stage 2: CSC
    Stage 3: Ricco
    Stage 4: Gerdemann (not even any shred of reason other than i like him)
    Stage 5: Andy Scleck
    Stage 6: Bettini
    Stage 7: McGee
    Stage 8: Cancellara
    Stage 9:Zabel

    If anything is close to being right i'll be surprised.
  • graham56
    graham56 Posts: 634
    Overall: Andy Schleck

    Stage 1: Napolitano

    Ta
    It`s a state of mind.
  • yace
    yace Posts: 351
    Tour winner: Levi Leipheimer (If he DNS then I'll pick A Schleck)

    Stage 1: Gerald Ciolek
    Stage 2 (TTT): Team CSC
  • skut
    skut Posts: 371
    Overall: Cunego

    Stage 1: Napolitano
  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    Overall: Voigt
    Stage 2: CSC
    Stage 8: Fabian Cancellera
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Overall: Leipheimer (but if he doesn't start V.Efimkin please)
    Stage 1: Ciolek
    Stage 2: CSC
    Stage 3: Rebellin
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Overall: Levi Heimleaper

    ...but as there is some concern that he might not start I'll have the little Irish Prince as reserve.

    Stage 1: Erik Zabel
    Stage 2 (TTT): CSC seem a popular choice
    Stage 3: Marc Almond (aka Tintin :wink: )

    Having said all that I'll be cheering on young Linus!! Come on the boys in Magenta!!
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Overall: Andy Schleck
    Stage 1: Erik Zabel
    Stage 2: CSC
    Stage 3: Paolo Bettini
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    laurencecp wrote:
    overall: A Schleck (going for a CSC due to the TTT)

    stage 1: R Forster (because he once wrote a song about a german farmhouse)

    L
    :D

    Great song off a superb album.

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