Pro Tour Pundit - Tour de France

afx237vi

Ok, this is it. The big one. The Tour de France, starts Saturday. Get yer pundit hats on.

Official website:

http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_horscourseTDF.html

Start list:

http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/start ... t&id=18888

If you haven't played before (and I guess there are a lot of newcomers to the forum around this time of year) it's easy - just pick one rider who you think will win the Tour de France. That's it. If you're correct you get 100 points (or points down to 20th overall).

Then, before each stage, make a prediction on who you think will be the stage winner. You get 10 for a win, 5 for 2nd and 3 for 3rd.

You don't get any points for KOM, green jersey, lanterne rouge, most stylish haircut in the peloton or anything else. Just one GC name and daily stage winners. That's it.

cougie

Just looked on the comics webpage to see all the teamlists up there. They make comments about several high profile riders mysteriously not riding this year - due to sudden illness or loss of form - and imply the tour may have told them not to turn up.
Who are they talking about ?

Cheshire_Cat

Hi,

Here we go:

Overall : Cadel Evans …..yawn

Stage 1: Oscar Freire

Stage 2: Thor Hushovd

Stage 3: Thor Hushovd

Stage 4: Fabian Cancellara

Stage 5: Thor Hushovd

Stage 6: Stijn Devolder

Hmmm …a lot of Thor in there

ridgerider

Phew, just in time. I am off to do the Marmotte and then visit Munich and Berlin...so just pile all my points under the door mat and I will pick them up when I get back

GC: Denis Menchov

1: Oscar Freire
2: Oscar Freire
3: Oscar Freire
4: Joost Posthuma
5: Oscar Freire
6: Denis Menchov
7: Juan Antonio Flecha
8: Oscar Freire
9: Denis Menchov
10: Denis Menchov

Go Rabo Go

takethehighroad

I'm not going to be doing any sort of strenuous anything, just watching the Tour and maybe going for a spin. Ahhh, the joys of being a tax dodging student!!!

Anyway, my pick for GC is Valverde, and I think the first stage will go to one Mr Oscar Freire.

Thanks

redddraggon

GC: Evans, guaranteed points
s1: Phillipe Gilbert
s2:Hushovd
s3: Friere
s4: Cancellera

RichN95.

GC: Cadel Evans (for the third year in a row)

Stage 1: Kim Kirchen
Stage 2: Mark Cavendish

kmahony

Off to the Etape, so here goes:

GC: Andy Schleck

Stage1: Gilbert
Stage2: Cancellara
Stage3: Hushovd

graham56

GC: Valverde
Stage 1: Freire

Ta

ms_tree

As he seems to have been written off by the pundits in the mags:
Overall Menchov

St 1 Gilbert


Thanks!

yace

overall: Cunego
stage 1: Ricco

victorponf

Overall: D. Menchov
First stage: Freire

Moomaloid

Overall: I wanna say Cunego BUT i'm afraid i have to go with EVANS
Stage 1: McEwen
Stage 2: Cav

alanmcn1

So excited a bit of wee may come out!!!!!!!!!

GC: Cunego
Stage 1: Ricco
Stage 2: Cavendish

flattythehurdler

Overall, Evans (unfortunately).
Stage 1 Cav

weyayeman

Overall; Valverde
stage 1; Kirchen

mangaman

Overall - valverde

Stage 1 : Robbie Mcewen

sicrow

Overall - Valverde

Stage 1 - Cavendish

avalon

Overall; Valverde
Stage 1 David LeLay

Noodley

GC: Valverde
stage 1: Cancellara

scwxx77

GC: Cadel Evans
Stage 1: Thomas Voeckler

calvjones

[types "Tour '08 GC" into GoogleSport 'Are you feeling lucky' search]

GC: Stijn Devolder

[f*&((^^!!!! hell]


Stage 1: Oscar Freire

Bring the noise!

dave_1

TDF Final overall GC winner - Cadel Evans!

Richrd2205

I'd think CSC/Saxo stand quite good chance, but have no idea who they'll support. One of the Schlek boys taking a big step forward or Sastre only riding two GTs this year & next to nothing else....

So I'll have to do the dull thing....
GC: Evans
St1: Freire


edited for spelling

deejay

Cheshire_Cat wrote:

Hi,

Here we go:

Overall : Cadel Evans …..yawn

I shall play but I don't need any points though.

Overall in Paris, another yawn means it's Cadel Evans please.

Stage 1, winner to be Valverde

Oz Chief

New here.

GC - Pereiro - Gotta be a chance

1st Stage - Stuart O'Grady

millar time

GC: Cunego

Stage 1: Freire

Thanks

Greggyr

Hi everyone.

Here are my picks as the wearer of No.1 following my Maillot Jaune PTP win in 2007. Luckily alcohol is NOT on the banned list, so I was not stripped of it !!

GC - Evans - again !
1 ; Friere
2 ; Friere

bon chance to all

Rgds
Greg

campagchris

G.C.= Evans
Stage 1 = Jerome Pineau





lets get ready to rumble :shock:

LangerDan

GC: Evans

Stage 1: Valverde
Stage 2: Cancellara

drenkrom

I was gonna go with Evans, but cheering him on would make the whole Tour-watching thing less fun. I'm going in deep left field, then.

GC: Menchov
Stage 1: Gilbert