Pro Tour Pundit - Tour of California

afx237vi
afx237vi Posts: 12,630
edited February 2009 in Pro race
First PTP race of the season. Starts on Saturday with a prologue TT, concludes next Sunday.

Stage details / start lists etc:

http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com

http://cyclingnews.com/road/2009/feb09/california09/

http://www.steephill.tv/tour-of-california/

The race is being shown live on Eurosport from 10pm on Saturday and I think it's also streaming on the TOC website. Otherwise check out http://www.cyclingfans.com/ on Saturday night.

If you've never taken part in PTP before, feel free to join in - it's very easy. Just pick an overall winner for the race and pick a daily winner for each of the stages. Your GC pick must be in before the race starts, but you can make your stage selections as the week progresses. You get 50 points for a correct GC pick (down to 2 points for 10th) and 6 points for a correct stage pick (down to 1 for 6th). See the sticky thread at the top of the Race forum for full details. Scores will be updated after each stage... good luck!
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Hi, long time reader first time player... Put me down for a Levi Leipheimer for the GC.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    GC - Leipheimer

    (Do we select our daily winner the day before?)
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • lucybears
    lucybears Posts: 366
    http://startlist.cyclingfever.com/start ... t&id=19468
    interview.cyclingfever.com
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    GC - Vande Velde (Christian, not Jean)
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    (Do we select our daily winner the day before?)

    Up to you. You can either post them each day (before the stage starts) or post them all at once. Most people post them daily.
  • hot rod
    hot rod Posts: 412
    GC - Ivan basso
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I won't be anywhere near a computer for teh Prologue and stage 1 so i'll put my predictions in now... Assuming they're riding.

    Prologue: Chinny Cancellara.

    Stage 1: Mark Cavendish
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • sweendog28
    sweendog28 Posts: 113
    1st time player here as well!

    GC - Jens Voight
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,823
    Gona be away from the comp for a bit so here's my preds

    GC:Christian VandeVelde
    Prologue: Hayden Roulston
    Stage 1:Boonen
    Stage 2:"Big" Jens
    Stage 3:Cav
    Stage 4:Freire
    Stage 5:No idea - Chris Horner
    Stage 6:The Chin
    Stage 7:Boonen
    Stage 8:Tom Danielson

    God speed good buddies! God speed
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    ohh wow, is it that time of year again.. geez time flies :)

    I reckon GC - Leipheimer

    Prolouge - CANCELLARA Fabian
    cartoon.jpg
  • alanmcn1
    alanmcn1 Posts: 531
    Yeah.....................something worth posting on again!

    GC Levi
    Prologue Spartacus (Cancellara just in case)
    Stage 1 Cav
    Robert Millar for knighthood
  • avoidingmyphd
    avoidingmyphd Posts: 1,154
    GC Levi (this is getting boring, I know)
    Prologue Hushovd
    Stage 1 Cavendish
    Stage 2 Popovych
  • SCR Pedro
    SCR Pedro Posts: 912
    edited February 2009
    I figure these things are a lottery, so:

    GC: Basso!
    Prologue: Cancellara
    Stage 1: Boonen
    Stage 2: Sastre
    Stage 3: Voigt
    Stage 4: Cyril Dessel
    Stage 5: Leipheimer
    Stage 6: Hushovd
    Stage 7: Yaroslav Popovych
    Stage 8: Tyler Hamilton

    Cheers
    Pedro
    Giant TCR Advanced II - Reviewed on my homepage
    Giant TCR Alliance Zero
    BMC teammachineSLR03
    The Departed
    Giant SCR2
    Canyon Roadlite
    Specialized Allez
    Some other junk...
  • dave_1
    dave_1 Posts: 9,512
    GC Leiphemer

    Prologue-Lance Armstrong

    stage 1 Cav

    Stage 2 Tyler Hamilton

    stage 3 Cav

    Stage 4 Boonen

    stage 5 Floyd Landis

    stage 6 Leiphemer

    stage 7 Sevilla
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBacb2V ... ata_player
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    GC - Micky Rogers

    Prologue - Thor

    Stage 1 - Cav

    Welcome back, PTP, ya been missed!
    ___________________

    Strava is not Zen.
  • ACMadone
    ACMadone Posts: 300
    GC - Levi
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I've looked at the rest of the stages now...

    2: Leipheimer

    3: Cav

    4: Boonen

    5: A. Schleck

    6: The Chin

    7: I had to, i was just looking for an opportunity... Svein Tuft

    8. Leipheimer
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    G.C. Michael Rogers
    prologue Rogers
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    GC: Leipheimer
    Prologue: Cancellara
    1: Hushovd
  • camerone
    camerone Posts: 1,232
    first time player.
    GC Kim Kirchen
    prologue Cancellara
    Stage 1 Cav.
    stage 2 Svein Tuft
    stage 3 Cav
    Stage 4 o'grady
    stage 5 Boonen
    stage 6 Armstrong
    Stage 7 Voigt
    stage 8 michael rogers
  • stagehopper
    stagehopper Posts: 1,593
    GC: Leipheimer
    Pro: Tuft
    Stage 1: Cavendish
    @stagehopper
  • The Prodigy
    The Prodigy Posts: 832
    GC:Levi Leipheimer
    Prologue: Cancellara
    Stage 1:Tom Boonen
    Stage 2:Mark Cavendish
    Stage 3:Mark Cavendish
  • Arkibal
    Arkibal Posts: 850
    GC: Floyd Landis
    Prologue: Thor Hushovd
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    Seems only like yesterday AFX237FI ...........


    GC : Christian VendeVelde

    Prologue : Fabian Cancellara
    http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/simoncrowther
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    Overall: Levi Leipheimer

    Prologue: Thor Hushovd
    Stage 1: Mark Cavendish
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    So it's Go Go Go Rabo again this year (despite their website dropping the English language version)

    GC - The boy Gesink
    Prologue - Stef Clement
    Stage 1 - Oscar Freire
    Half man, Half bike
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    GC: Basso
    Points: Tuft
    Prologue: Cancellara
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,909
    gc: levi

    pro: thor

    cheers
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • JC.152
    JC.152 Posts: 645
    Another first time player


    GC: Andy Schleck
    Prologue: Svein Tuft
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,741
    Boring but Levi for the GC as well, astana are out in force......
    "I get paid to make other people suffer on my wheel, how good is that"
    --Jens Voight

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