Pro Tour Pundit - Vuelta a Espana

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited September 2007 in Pro race
Final GT of the year, and probably the last opportunity for anyone to make up big points. Race starts Saturday with a fairly short flat(tish) stage.

As ever, the Vuelta has a mixed bag of stage profiles, with the opening 3 stages looking quite lumpy and the first mountain top finish on day 4.

Full stage profiles:

http://www.lavuelta.com/07/ingles/recor ... 1.html?e=p

Provisional start list:

http://www.lavuelta.com/07/ingles/equip ... x.html?e=p

85 points are awarded for a 1st place GC pick, and go right down to 20th place overall. Stage points are available each day, with 8, 4 and 2 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
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  • andrewgturnbull
    andrewgturnbull Posts: 3,861
    Hi folks.

    Overall: Carlos Sastre
    Stage 1: Tom Boonen
    Stage 2: Alessandro Petacchi
    Stage 3: Oscar Freire
    Stage 4: Carlos Sastre

    Cy'all next week!

    Cheers, Andy
    http://www.andyturnbull.co.uk
    http://www.stirlingtri.co.uk
  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    Overall: Sastre
  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    Overall - Cadel Evans

    Stage 1 - Big Magnus
    Stage 2 - Boonen
    Stage 3 - Petacchi
  • Cheshire_Cat
    Cheshire_Cat Posts: 464
    Hi,

    Overall : Cadel Evans

    Stage 1: Tom Boonen

    Thanks :D
  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    overall.....Jose Angel Gomez Marchante
    stage 1 Bennati cheers
  • yace
    yace Posts: 351
    Overall: Samuel Sanchez

    Stage 1: Oscar Freire
  • mangaman
    mangaman Posts: 704
    Overall : Menchov

    Stage 1 : Petacchi
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Overall: Carlos Sastre

    Stage 1: Tom Boonen
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Overall ; J. A . Gomez Marchante,
    Stage 1 ; A. Petacchi,
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Clean Tour Pundit or not, I just can't bear to be cheering for Cadel again, and Sastre leaves me cold hence:

    GC: The little Welsh Prince, Damiano 'Dai' ap Cunego

    I mean, he has high HCT naturally so no need to dope, right?

    Stage 1: Greipel

    Stage 2: Boonen
    ___________________

    Strava is not Zen.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited August 2007
    Overall - Carlos Sastre

    Stage 1: Petacchi
    Stage 2: Boonen

    (NOTE: Selection changed on Friday afternoon)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    GC: Sastre
    stage 1: Freire
    stage 2: Boonen
  • graham56
    graham56 Posts: 634
    GC: Sastre
    Stage 1: Boonen

    Ta
    It`s a state of mind.
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    Overall-Cadel Evans

    stage 1 Boonen

    stage 2 Freire

    Stage 3-Boonen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • Mr Bumble
    Mr Bumble Posts: 572
    Oh dear not sure about this one:

    Overall: Sammy Sanchez
    Stage 1: Oscar Friere
  • GroupOfOne MkII
    GroupOfOne MkII Posts: 1,289
    Overall: Carlos Sastre

    Hmmm but it doesn't seem quite as mountainous as normal, so I don't think he'll win...but he's bound to be top 3ish.

    Stage 1: Allan Davis
    Stage 2: Erik Zabel
  • weyayeman
    weyayeman Posts: 1,141
    Im not brave enough to go for Karpets but Im sure he will do well so
    Sammy Sanchez for overall please
    stage 1 Petacchi
    How son yee divent need gaan doon the Pit,coz thas plenty coal in the coal hoose
  • Stephen Sorba
    Stephen Sorba Posts: 1,036
    Overall: Evans
    Stage one: Petacchi
    'e pur si muove
  • alanmcn1
    alanmcn1 Posts: 531
    Cunego, as a prep for his shot at the tour de france next summer, though after this months Procycling am not sure i have faith in any race containing a spanish or italian rider :(
    Robert Millar for knighthood
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Note: I've made a change to my selection (page 1 Aug 30 15:57), I case AFX has been putting his spreadsheet together already.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Overall : Tom Danielson

    Stage 1 : Petacchi
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Overall: Cunego
    Stage 1: Boonen
    Stage 2: Bennati
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • scwxx77
    scwxx77 Posts: 1,469
    Overall: Denis Menchov
    Stage 1: Tom Boonen
    Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007 :wink:
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    I'm banking on a lot of Spanish riders not finishing (for whatever reasons)...

    Overall: Scott Davis
    Stage 1: André Greipel
    Half man, Half bike
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Overall: Sastre.
    Stage 1: Petacchi
  • laurencecp
    laurencecp Posts: 3,866
    Overall: Sam the man Sanchez

    stage 1: Oscar the cat Friere

    L
    <font>"When the earth is ripe all the worms wake up, with their stars \'n\' stripes and their swastikas"
    "I may not go to heaven, i hope you go to hell" </font>
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Overall: Carlos Sastre ( the Mastre of Disastre)

    Stage 1: Petacchi
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • skut
    skut Posts: 371
    Overall: Evans
    Stage1: Boonen
  • owaingibby
    owaingibby Posts: 240
    Overall : Oscar Pereiro

    Stage 1 : Erik Zabel
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Overall: Cunego
    Stage 1: Petacchi
    Stage 2: Petacchi
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.

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