Pro Tour Pundit - Vuelta Espana

Bronzie
Bronzie Posts: 4,927
edited September 2008 in Pro race
Away for the rest of the week so I'll start this one early:

Stages:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/vu ... ?id=stages

Riders:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008//v ... =startlist

My picks until I'm back:
OVERALL: Alberto Contador
Stage 1: Levi Leipheimer
Stage 2: Alejandro Valverde
Stage 3: Oscar Freire
Stage 4: Daniele Bennati
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Comments

  • Evil_Cod
    Evil_Cod Posts: 35
    edited August 2008
    Overall: Contador you cant beat that support team.

    1) Astana
    2) Valverde.
    3) Freire, as that hill should get rid of Boonen.
    4) Boonen
    5) Schumacher - the rolling route should suit him.
  • vermooten
    vermooten Posts: 2,697
    Bertie, obviously.
    You just have to ride like you never have to breathe again.

    Manchester Wheelers
  • Arkibal
    Arkibal Posts: 850
    Overall: Leipheimer
    Stage 1: Tinkoff
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    The first two posters - i think the opening time trial is a team time trial?
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    edited August 2008
    Overall: Contador; I really don't see any of the usual suspects beating him, and although I'm excited to see what Gesink can do, it'll be too soon for him. So, boring boring, Contador
    First: Astana
    Second: Freire
  • Overall - Alberto Contador
    Stage 1/Prologue/TTT - Tinkoff
    Stage 2 - Freire
    Stage 3 - Boonen
    Stage 4 - JJ Haedo
  • victorponf
    victorponf Posts: 1,187
    Overall: Alberto Contador
    Stage 1: Astana
    Stage 2: Valverde
    Stage 3: Boonen
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    Overall: Contador
    Stage 1: Quick Step
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Overall - Contador
    Stages - Boonen... for all of them!
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,069
    I'm off on holiday tomorrow so need to do a lot of crystal ball gazing;

    Overall: Contador

    Stage 1: CSC
    Stage 2: Boonen
    Stage 3: Bettini
    Stage 4: Bennati
    Stage 5: Kloden
    Stage 6: Boonen
    Stage 7: Contador
    Stage 8: Sastre
    Stage 9: Contador
    Stage 10: Boonen
  • winoneday
    winoneday Posts: 253
    Overall: Contador
    TTT: Astana
    Stage 2: Boonen
    Stage 3: Boonen
  • Overall: Contador
    T.T.T. Astana (but think tinkoff and liquigas will push them close)
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    To the tune of "E Viva Espana"

    Oh, next week we're off to sunny Spain,
    For Vuelta a Espana.
    I hope it isn't going to rain,
    On Vuelta a Espana.
    There are lots of hills, which we adore,
    No chance for a sprinter,
    After 3 weeks the winner will be sure,
    ALBERTO CONTADOR!
    Head Hands Heart Lungs Legs
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    Overall: Sastre
    TTT- CSC

    Thanks!
    'Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.'
    Neil Gaiman
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Overall - Klodi

    S1 - Liquigas
    S2 - Boonen
    S3 - Valverde
    ___________________

    Strava is not Zen.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 16,646
    GC contador

    TTT astana
    "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
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    Overall Contador
    TTT Astana

    ta
  • thomasmc
    thomasmc Posts: 814
    Overall: Alberto Contador
    Stage 1: Astana
  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    Overall: Contador

    Stage 1: Astana
  • paul27
    paul27 Posts: 515
    Overall: Contador
    TTT: CSC
    Thanks
  • weyayeman
    weyayeman Posts: 1,141
    overall Contador
    ttt Tinkoff
    How son yee divent need gaan doon the Pit,coz thas plenty coal in the coal hoose
  • Noodley
    Noodley Posts: 1,725
    GC: Contador
    TTT: Astana
  • Richrd2205
    Richrd2205 Posts: 1,267
    I'm going on hols shortly, so will have to pick almost the whole race...
    & prob come home to find that my overall pick decided not to start...

    GC: Contador
    TTT: Astana
    Stage 2: Boonen
    Stage 3: Bettini
    Stage 4: Bennati
    Stage 5: Schumacher
    Stage 6: Freire
    stage 7: Gesink
    Stage 8: Contador
    Stage 9: Valverde
    Stage 10: Boonen
    Stage 11: Bennati
    Stage 12: Freire
    Stage 13: Gesink
    Stage 14: Sastre
    Stage 15: Valverde

    I hope to be back home by this point!
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    GC: Contador
    st.1: Tinkoff
    st.2: Boonen
  • GC: Bertie
    TTT...Tinkoff Credit Systems ... AKA ...Тинькофф. Кредитные системы or Mischa and the boys
    Stage 2: Oscarito Freire

    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • Greggyr
    Greggyr Posts: 1,075
    GC ; Contador
    TTT ; Liquigas
  • mangaman
    mangaman Posts: 704
    I'm away so a few early guesses

    Overall: Contador


    Stage 1 TTT Astana
    Stage 2 Frier
    Stage 3 Valverde
    Stage 4 Boonen
    Stage 5 Kloden
    Stage 6 Boonen
    Stage 7 Contador
    Stage 8 Contador
  • graham56
    graham56 Posts: 634
    GC : Contador
    TTT: Astana

    Ta

    It`s a state of mind.
  • avalon
    avalon Posts: 345
    Overall: Contador
    TTT: Tinkoff
  • josd
    josd Posts: 107
    overall: Contador
    TTT: Astana