Stage Predictor Game: Action early and often(stage 16)
by Phil H. on Jul 19, 2010 11:41 AM EDT
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We have arrived at the circle of death as Jens put it. 4 brutal climbs, all either cat 1 or HC ranked. The Tourmalet is climbed for the first time in this years Tour as well the Col d'Aubisque, the final climb of the day which summits 60km from the finish. The mountain points hunters will be in the break but I have a feeling some bigger names will as well. A very unpredictable stage.
Profile:
Map:
Climb Details:
- Km 11.0 - Col de Peyresourde - 11.0 km climb to 7.4 % - Category 1
- Km 42.5 - Col d'Aspin - 12.3 km climb to 6.3 % - Category 1
- Km 72.0 - Col du Tourmalet (Souvenir Jacques Goddet) - 17.1 km climb to 7.3 % - Category H
- Km 138.0 - Col d'Aubisque - 29.2 km climb to 4.2 % - Category H
What Christian Prudhomme says:
We have been criticised because the Tourmalet pass (where the Jacques-Goddet memorial trophy will be awarded at the summit) is apparently too far from the finishing line. Some say that it will not bring anything to how the race develops. The only thing is neither Pau nor the Col du Tourmalet have changed place, and everything depends on the race. The riders will have to tackle Peyresourde from the start, Aspin, Tourmalet and Aubisque. Admittedly, the Aubisque pass is 60 kilometres from the finishing line, but it is followed by 30 kilometres of descent before getting to grips with the valley bottom. It is the same route (except that the stage finish was in Mourenx) as in 1969 when Eddy Merckx was victorious after a 180-kilometre breakaway. We wanted to make this stage a little tribute to him.
GC and Riders list
all info from letour.fr
Time to make prediction:
Untiil 11:40 CEST; 5:40am ET; 2:40am PT
Yesterday's summary: A break with a bunch of non climbers survived. Who could gave predicted that? No one, you all got zilch.
Overall Scores:
JustJoshinYa-49
Ozzie5365-45
dees ees en drama-43
full scores here
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Tied for the best score in Stage 16! woop woop!
Lance
LuLu
“Domino” Cunego
If this stage doesn’t end with a breakaway winning, I’ll eat it.
http://www.bah.net/
by dees ees en drama on Jul 19, 2010 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
Eh. correction...
Lance
Chavanel
Cunego
LuLu is a bit too high on GC for my blood.
http://www.bah.net/
by dees ees en drama on Jul 19, 2010 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Before I nap I shall predict
Kreuziger
Horner
Vino
Late break or something, I have no clue.
Vamos Alberto!
Quitter's People United member # 42
by Phil H. on Jul 19, 2010 1:35 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
How about if
they all ride tempo and finish with the grupetto—cause the stage is too hard to figure out—Thor wins all the intermediate points and Cavendish takes the sprint? Could happen, theoretically possible, don’tchya think?
I am not marking dees ees en drama - I just keep coming back to the same names too...
So, I will re-order the finish order from him…
1. Damiano, he might be little but he’s not gonna be a prince and give up this stage win (or while trying to take the polka dot jersey), Cunego
2. Sylvain, I always pick him as my token French dude because he’s awesome and I love his Gilbert-like attacks, Chavanel.
3. Lance, he’s targeting one of these stages and Thursday looks too hard for him, bAhrmstrong
by JustJoshinYa on Jul 19, 2010 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
In case you do want to start marking me, here are my picks for the rest of the Tour
Stage 17:
*B*olland
*A*le-Jet
*H*ushovd
Stage 18:
Lance!
Lance!
Lance!!1
Stage 19 ITT:
Schleck
Schleck
Schleck
Stage 20:
LeMond
Greipel
Kenny Van Hummel
http://www.bah.net/
by dees ees en drama on Jul 19, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Revenge of the Schleck!
1. Schleck
2. Menchov
3. VDB
and i’m gonna go ahead and say Cunego’s gonna have no part of it.
"You know if there's any contact at all Cristiano Ronaldo's gonna go down...maybe even just a puff of wind"
by agl on Jul 19, 2010 1:57 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
i'll lose.
1.Sanchez Gil
2.Roche
3.Kiryienka
by Triki on Jul 19, 2010 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Hoping for chaos
1. Schleck
2. VDB
3. Voigt
(think Jalabert Mende 1995)
by FrenchKheldar on Jul 19, 2010 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Random breakaway?
1. Lovkvist
2. Moreau
3. Garate
by rawls on Jul 19, 2010 2:49 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Bah Contador you suck big eggs!!!
1 Andy Schleck
2 bAhccountant
3 Sam Sanchez
'When playing a game, the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is important, not the winning' - Dr. Reiner Knizia
by bought with blood on Jul 19, 2010 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Might as well go with what I"m rooting for...
Armstrong
Van Den Broeck
Schleck
by CelticPride on Jul 19, 2010 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
1 moreau
2 vogondy
3 ruben plaza
"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind
by umwolverine on Jul 19, 2010 5:26 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
here's hoping
charteau
cunego
lofkvist
by thebongolian on Jul 19, 2010 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Jens!
Andy
Menchov
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
by sminer on Jul 19, 2010 7:11 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Blast from the Past
1. Lance Armstrong
2. Ivan Basso
3. Andreas Klöden
4. Floyd Landis
by RoadRash911 on Jul 19, 2010 7:17 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
If Landis finishes 4th tomorrow I will give yo 1,000,000 points
Vamos Alberto!
Quitter's People United member # 42
;) You're right!
First there is one who’s name we can’t even mention, plus an extra terrestrial+ we need two domestiques (one of whom is very “solid” and one who seems able to influence the event from a distance).
Shades of 2004
I'm going out the back with Robbie..
1. Evans
2. Schleck
3. Vino
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
by Seahorse on Jul 19, 2010 9:37 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
e'tape 16......what!!! 150 points for run-away-climber!!?
Pineau, J……..#135……(QST)
Schleck, A……#11……..(SAX)
Menchov, D…..#191……(RAB)
Soli Deo Gloria
by LooseHorse on Jul 19, 2010 11:10 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
hmmm
LuLu
Hesjedal
Gesink
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 19, 2010 11:40 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
here
Samuel Sanchez
Alexandr Vino4Evah
Denis Menchov
"If I'd attacked one more time I'd have dropped myself." Schleck Jr
by perezbike on Jul 19, 2010 11:57 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
I've found the needles
but lost the haystack
Gerdemann
Fedrigo
Moinard
I hate mountain lions. -me
by fineco on Jul 20, 2010 12:11 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
No Idea! Breakaway? Maybe.
1.R Kreuziger
2.C. Le Mevel
3. M.lloyd
Alexander " Love him or not" Vinokurov is the Eighth Wonder of the World.
.
by holmovka on Jul 20, 2010 12:42 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
R's
Roche
Ryder
Rarmstrong
"Waar is die Idioot?" R. McEwen to F Dostoyevsky-Post Stage 6 2010
by frans verbiage on Jul 20, 2010 1:10 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Colorado picks Stage 16
1. Sammy Sanchez
2. Andy Schleck
3. Alberto Contador
Alpe Du Huez is my favorite place on earth!!!!!!
by mrmorales on Jul 20, 2010 1:17 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Might as well go with my VDS GC guys.
Can’t jynx them any worse.
Kreuziger nips
Armstrong at the line
Sastre rolls in a minute back
by fancan on Jul 20, 2010 2:43 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Fedrigo
Lulu
Kreuziger
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
by civetta on Jul 20, 2010 3:09 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
BooYaa - the nose scored a win for ya!
by JustJoshinYa on Jul 20, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I think this may well be the first time I've ever won anything.
I was at a bit of a loss but then remembered he’d won that (non) Tourmalet stage last year.
"I was just trying to keep warm" - Ian Stannard on finishing third in KBK
Go Breakaway
1. De Weert
2. Rogers
3 Charteau
by andrewp on Jul 20, 2010 4:05 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Sammy Sanchez
Roche
Menchov
Dude, I can see my house from here
by shades on Jul 20, 2010 5:16 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
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