Stage Predictor Game: Calling the Grupetto(stage 18)

by Phil H. on Jul 22, 2010 12:05 PM EDT

Time to get out of your little hiding spot sprinters, the climbing is all over and only flatness remains. Two sprint stages will decide this year's green jersey and one of them is today. Dead flat into Bordeaux they go.

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What Christian Prudhomme says:

Normally, the struggle for the final hierarchy on Le Tour should be over by the summit of the Tourmalet pass. The finish in Bordeaux should witness a sprint. This stage is often capital to the team classification, so all the teams will be taking it seriously. People sometimes wonder why a team sets out to catch a breakaway. They often do it because there are riders from other teams in the leading group. If two riders from one team are ten minutes ahead of the pack, then this adds up to twenty minutes in the general team classification. The Caisse d’Epargne team is particularly proficient at carrying out this sort of operation.

GC and Riders list

all info from letour.fr

Time to make prediction:

Until 13:00 CEST; 7:00am ET; 4:00am PT

Yesterday's summary: 8 scored 8 to take the stage. But this is not about the stage just like the real race today, we now have two tied atop the overall standings...it's coming down to Paris.

Stage Scores:

8 tied with 8

Overall Scores:

dees ees en drama-51

JustJoshinYa-51

Ozzie5365-47

full scores here

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Podium and Colorado Picks Stage 18

1. Cav
2. Ale Jet
3. Thor

Alpe Du Huez is my favorite place on earth!!!!!!

by mrmorales on Jul 22, 2010 12:26 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

fineco stage 18 picks

Cav
Hagen
Ciolek

Vamos Alberto!
Quitter's People United member # 42

by Phil H. on Jul 22, 2010 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

think Boss Hog will have some juice left after his escapade today?

by JustJoshinYa on Jul 22, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I do not

which is why I picked Rojas. Meaning he will have plenty left and finish 3rd…

Vamos Alberto!
Quitter's People United member # 42

by Phil H. on Jul 22, 2010 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I missed the fact that those were "fineco's" picks...

yeah, EBH’s flyer today still seems strange to me…

by JustJoshinYa on Jul 22, 2010 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions

And mine

Cav
Ale-Jet
Rojas

Vamos Alberto!
Quitter's People United member # 42

by Phil H. on Jul 22, 2010 12:27 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

we must stop agreeing on these picks

1 cav
2 ale-jet
3 rojas

"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 22, 2010 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Cav
Ale-Jet
McEwen

http://www.bah.net/

by dees ees en drama on Jul 22, 2010 12:45 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

swells

1-Cavendish
2-Petacchi
3-Dean

by swells on Jul 22, 2010 12:47 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

stupid gift let Dees catch me...although, I'm glad Andy took yesterday's stage...

1. Mark, I am a Boy Racer, Bahvendish
2. Alessandro, Give me back my green jersey, Thor, Petacchi
3. Julian, Tyler’s gone, Robbie’s gone – fuck it, I’ll take third, Dean

Go DEAN!

by JustJoshinYa on Jul 22, 2010 1:38 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

We were pipped, Josh.

by swells on Jul 23, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

yup - close

oh well…Dean’s on my VDS, so not a total loss for me today

by JustJoshinYa on Jul 23, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

1. Cavendish
2. McEwen
3. Petacchi

by FrenchKheldar on Jul 22, 2010 1:55 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Finally - a trip to the podium today

I mean tied with 7 other people but still :)

Cav
Ali-Jet
McEwan

by CelticPride on Jul 22, 2010 3:10 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Cav
Alessandro
Boasson Hagen

"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton

by sminer on Jul 22, 2010 3:25 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

one should assume the "alessandro" above is petacchi and not ballan?

"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 22, 2010 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Ha, one definitely should.

"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton

by sminer on Jul 22, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Cav
Hagen
Ciolek

by rawls on Jul 22, 2010 4:36 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

cav
petacchi
rojas

"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 22, 2010 5:59 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

e'tape 18.......Bearn...190k...Bordeaux

M.Cavendish …#111…(THR)
J. Dean………..#52…..(GRM)
A. Petacchi……#208….(LAM)

3 perfect predictions to match current leaders: How you say ‘Fat Chance’ in French?

Soli Deo Gloria

by LooseHorse on Jul 22, 2010 7:06 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

NAILED IT

by JustJoshinYa on Jul 23, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Fat chance, huh? Nice work.

by swells on Jul 23, 2010 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Flat stage? Look at the stage profile, The climb to the feed zone looks lethal!

1. Cavendish ( remember him? )
2. Ale Jet ( where was he whole week? )
3. EBH ( I have no idea , whom to put on 3 place, so I did a little lottery, and he is the chosen one)

Hey! Calendar! Don’t lie to me. It is only July,3

by holmovka on Jul 22, 2010 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs