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The 'I'm calling it now' thread

tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 15,912
edited April 2015 in Pro race
It the spirit of an election night special with a Dimbleby I'm ready to call the result of the WC Road Race 2014

Cancellara.

You can all go to bed now.
Believe that a farther shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
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  • salsiccia1salsiccia1 Posts: 3,544
    Bouhanni.

    Goodnight.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • napoleondnapoleond Posts: 18,633
    Degenkolb
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  • pinnopinno Posts: 40,222
    Gilbert. Sleep well.
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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 24,283
    Another hung parliament with the Conservatives again with most seats (just), but too narrow to make a coalition, which Labour get nearer to pulling off bringing us a brief Miliband government, which soon fails.

    Hang on, that's not what you asked.

    Gerrans (I went for Kristoff on PTP though)
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  • pinnopinno Posts: 40,222
    RichN95 wrote:
    Another hung parliament with the Conservatives again with most seats (just), but too narrow to make a coalition, which Labour get nearer to pulling off bringing us a brief Miliband government, which soon fails.

    Hang on, that's not what you asked.

    Gerrans (I went for Kristoff on PTP though)

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    E'g After a ride, what you going to eat? that bowl of fruit with low fat yoghurt and a protein bar or f*ck it, it's a bacon and egg sarnie with lashings of ketchup...
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  • AnonymousAnonymous Posts: 79,692
    I'd love bohanni to win it, or swift. But I think it will be Gerrans.
  • philbar72philbar72 Posts: 2,228
    Would love Gilbert to win it but think Kristoff could do it.

    Don't think I could bear Gerrans or Valverde winning it.
  • FocusZingFocusZing Posts: 4,380
    Peter Sagan, didn't have to work too hard in the Vuelta. The course suits him 4200 metres of climbing. Not a strong team, but With the 1.1km climb with 5km to go, a split might form, weave/aero for a sprint win.

    Not keen on circuit races, good for local fans but scenically tedious for the worlds spectators.
  • Yellow PerilYellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Valverde, what he's lacking in legs he makes up for in brains
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  • specialgueststarspecialgueststar Posts: 3,333
    Greg Van Avermaet

    but I would like Gallopin to do it somehow
  • Paul 8vPaul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I'm torn between Wheelsucker Valverde or Wheelsucker Gerrans.
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  • chrisdaychrisday Posts: 300
    Horrible feeling Valverde's finally going to get to the top step, but I'd love Degenkolb to win this. Not sure he's recovered enough from his injury, but I can dream that he's saved by his secret weapon...
    ..."Whispy 'Tache Power"
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  • typekittytypekitty Posts: 188
    Hoping Cancellara but thinking it might be Van Avermaet (or other one-day classic guys). Sagan might come out, hoping Gerrans doesn't.
  • bigmatbigmat Posts: 5,111
    EBH. When you least expect it!

    Hope its not Gerrans, but he's probably favourite. Valverde? Meh. Plenty I'd be happy to see win though (Cancellara, Kwiatkowski, Dan Martin, Degenkolb, Kristoff, Swift, any of the Belgians) just hope its a good race. Have a feeling Italy / Spain will make it hard early doors.
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  • shinyhelmutshinyhelmut Posts: 1,346
    Cancellara to lead it out and come third. Probably behind Gerrans and Bouhanni.
  • JackTarJackTar Posts: 77
    Swifty all the way! :D
  • iainf72iainf72 Posts: 15,782
    Froome. Just to pee on Wiggins biscuit.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • salsiccia1salsiccia1 Posts: 3,544
    iainf72 wrote:
    Froome. Just to pee on Wiggins biscuit.

    I would love it if Froome could win it. Can you imagine the meltdown certain people would have?
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 6,335
    Currently forecasting rain for this - maybe one to reignite the Froome can he / can't he handle a bike debate...
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  • takethehighroadtakethehighroad Posts: 5,708
    It's going to be one of those where it will be about who goes out the back rather than who attacks. Then come down to a sprint between about 30, which Gerrans has been supreme at this year
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  • Art VandelayArt Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    takethehighroad wrote:
    It's going to be one of those where it will be about who goes out the back rather than who attacks. Then come down to a sprint between about 30, which Gerrans has been supreme at this year

    Tomorrow's U23 race will be a good tester so reserving PTP judgement till then. The 4000+m of climbing that got people thinking this was a climber's course turn out to be repeated efforts up draggy inclines on smooth roads. Some of the teams are too strong to enable a small break and Australia look to have the best team by far for this sort of racing. I reckon Gerrans will have a sprint train for the finish but Bouhanni will pip him.
  • fleshtuxedofleshtuxedo Posts: 1,823
    Wondering why gerrans is so strongly favoured over sprinters that can get over the climbs ie Sagan, Degenkolb, kristoff and bouhanni. Gerrans has better form and a stronger team, but all those 4 would beat gerrans in the sprint and I think the Aussies will struggle to make it hard enough to eliminate those riders without setting it up for valverde or others. A tricky balancing act...
  • ContrelaMontreContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    EBH! The stripes will be great for MTN.

    He's then going to win RVV to bag MTN's second monument!
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  • DeVlaeminckDeVlaeminck Posts: 6,335
    This looks like one for a sprinter who can survive a long hard race - I don't know what form he's in but Kristoff has proved he can climb well for a sprinter and I'd have him as good as anyone likely to be there at the finish so he seems as good a pick as any.

    If it's a small group I think someone will attack with a k or two to go and win it solo with Valverde winning the sprint for second after sitting on the back and claim that's a good result for him.
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  • RichN95.RichN95. Posts: 24,283
    Europe 15.5 USA 12.5

    Oh, you're watching cycling. Good for you.
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  • pinnopinno Posts: 40,222
    RichN95 wrote:
    Europe 15.5 USA 12.5

    Oh, you're watching cycling. Good for you.

    We thrashed 'em...hee hee hee. :D
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  • tailwindhometailwindhome Posts: 15,912
    Wiggins will DNF Paris Roubaix
    Believe that a farther shore
    Is reachable from here.
    Believe in miracles
    And cures and healing wells
  • rick_chaseyrick_chasey Posts: 52,686 Lives Here
    Wet Roubaix.
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  • JackTarJackTar Posts: 77
    tailwindhome wrote:
    Wiggins will DNF Paris Roubaix
    Leaving Yogi to slowly drop all other contenders on the wet cobbles until it is just him and Cancellara where learning from previous PR's he goes the right way round the velodrome beating Spartacus in a sprint in the pouring rain *wakes up*
  • takethehighroadtakethehighroad Posts: 5,708
    Proper grimey Roubaix, that splits up before Troisvilles
    My Men 2020 - Mark Cavendish, Ben Swift, Fernando Gaviria, Alejandro Valverde, Edvald Boassen Hagen, Zdenek Stybar, Vincenzo Nibali, Geraint Thomas.
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