Pro Tour Pundit - Dauphiné Libéré

afx237vi

Next race in the PTP calendar - the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, begins on Sunday. Eight stages in total, including a short prologue, a 31km ITT and four mountain stages.

Race website is here:

http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/en/

(As an aside, check out the video section. There's an Hinault crash in there - he falls 15 feet into a ravine, gets pulled out by his mechanic, dusts himself off and gets going without even blinking!)

Various start lists:

http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criteri ... ngages.pdf

http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/start ... t&id=18879

http://cyclingstartlists.com/2008/06Jun/01Dauphine.htm

Past winners:

2007 MOREAU Christophe
2006 LEIPHEIMER Levi
2005 LANDALUZE INTXAURRAGA Inigo
2004 Iban MAYO (Esp)
2003 Lance ARMSTRONG (Usa)
2002 Lance ARMSTRONG (Usa)
2001 Christophe MOREAU (Fra)
2000 Tyler HAMILTON (Usa)
1999 Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz)
1998 Armand DE LAS CUEVAS (Fra)

PS: I'm going on holiday on tuesday so I won't be able to finish the spreadsheet or update the overall table. If there are any volunteers, let me know, or I'll just do it when I get back.

redddraggon

GC: Valverde
Prologue: HUSHOVD Thor

Cheshire_Cat

Hi,

GC : Levi Leipheimer

Prologue: Thor Hushovd

Thanks!

dave_1

GC- Valverde

prologur Thor Hushvod

takethehighroad

GC: Robert Gesink
Prologue: George Hincapie

alanmcn1

Fresh from my Giro and dirty bertie success


GC: Sastre
Prologue: Big Thor

RichN95.

Even though has had a knee problem, I'm going for the tried and trusted:

GC: Evans
Prologue: Hushovd
Stage 1: Valverde

flattythehurdler

overall : Piti
Prologue : Thor as well please

redddraggon

Hmm, I thought I'd be going for someone a bit different than everyone else with Thor.

vermooten

GC: Gesink

Bronzie

redddraggon wrote:

Hmm, I thought I'd be going for someone a bit different than everyone else with Thor.

Not after his Paris-Nice showing

OVERALL: Cadel "Yo, yo where's my bodyguard at Dog?" Evans
Prologue: Thor "Thunderthighs" Hushovd

mangaman

Overall : Popovych

Prologue : Thor Hushovd for me too I'm afraid

flattythehurdler

redddraggon wrote:

Hmm, I thought I'd be going for someone a bit different than everyone else with Thor.

It's finding a well prepared fat knacker who's trying that's the problem. Not too many about.

Moomaloid

Overall : Evans, Cadel
Prologue : The Hammer of - Thor!

guv001

Prologue - G Hincapie

Overall - Valverde

Noodley

Overall: Leipheimer
Prologue: Hushovd

thomasmc

GC: Evans
Prologue: Hushovd

ContrelaMontre

GC: Cadel Evans
Prologue:THOR
Stage 1: Samuel Sanchez

ms_tree

GC Popovych
Points Haussler
Kom Garate

Prologue (pin in start list) Lancaster
St 1 Flecha

Thanks!

GroupOfOne MkII

GC - Evans
Prologue - Quinziato

Stephen Sorba

Overall: Leipheimer
Prologue: Hincapie
Stage 1: Hushovd

RichN95.

afx237vi wrote:

PS: I'm going on holiday on tuesday so I won't be able to finish the spreadsheet or update the overall table. If there are any volunteers, let me know, or I'll just do it when I get back.

I'm willing to give it go. I'm not the greatest at spreadsheets (I won't be able to do it as a daily leaderboard as you do). I know a girl at work who is a genius at these things but there are many things I'd rather she did than spreadsheets.

Anyway - here's how it looks so far. Can someone please confirm the link works.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pH_m2az98CDLmjEnTyqZiZw&hl=en

yace

RichN95 wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

PS: I'm going on holiday on tuesday so I won't be able to finish the spreadsheet or update the overall table. If there are any volunteers, let me know, or I'll just do it when I get back.

I'm willing to give it go. I'm not the greatest at spreadsheets (I won't be able to do it as a daily leaderboard as you do). I know a girl at work who is a genius at these things but there are many things I'd rather she did than spreadsheets.

Anyway - here's how it looks so far. Can someone please confirm the link works.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pH_m2az98CDLmjEnTyqZiZw&hl=en

It looks good. Thanks.

GC: S Sanchez
Prologue: Hincapie

drenkrom

Overall: Robert Gesink
Prologue: I'll go with the heart instead of the head. Stef Clement!

Looks like a mighty hard race this year. Should be interesting.

millar time

GC: Gesink
Prologue: Hincapie

RichN95.

Unibet Batting (only those so far tipped mentioned)

GC

Leipheimer 7/2
Evans 11/2
Valverde 8/1
Sanchez 8/1
Gesink 11/1
Popvych 16/1
Sastre 45/1

Prologue

Hushovd 3/1 (that's great odds - I've had £20 myself)
Leipheimer 7/2
Hincapie 9/2
Clement 12/1
Quinziato 20/1
Lancaster - not mentioned

Greggyr

I'm 'down under', in Cadel Evans' home State for a few days, here's my picks...

GC- Evans (natch)
prologue - The Mighty thor
1:Gesink
2:Valverde

Hopefully back in time for the next selection.

G'day to you all

Greg

pinerellopaul

GC GESINK Robert

avalon

GC : : Valverde
Prologue : Hushovd

graham56

GC: Valverde
Prologue: Hushovd

Ta

campagchris

Overall=Leipheimer
Prologue=Andriy Grivko
cheers