Friendly Llama wrote:I like the idea, but for those of us who won't be able to keep up with every day to submit stage winners, can we just do a post stating who we think will take each stage, then change it as the tour goes if required?

Yep... that's sweet. As long as you only change your picks for the stages still to run!

Looks like fun!
A: Carlos Sastre
Andy Schleck
B: Haussler
Kim Kirchen
Cavendish
C: Pierrick Fedrigo
Tony Martin
Robert Gesink
Jens Voigt

Jaune: Sastre
Vert: Haussler
A pois rouge: Gesink
Blanc: Rui Costa (Caisse d'Epargne)
Lanterne Rouge: Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto)

done!

thencameyou wrote:done!

Not quite... got a teams classification winner?

Tugboat wrote:

thencameyou wrote:done!

Not quite... got a teams classification winner?

columbia - by about 15 hours!

Oli wrote:

happybaboon wrote:I'm bucking the trend and backing Armstrong. It's Lance Fucking Armstrong ffs. You just don't bet against Lance Fucking Armstrong at the Tour de France.

Fucking W3RD brother!

I was so tempted to put Arsestrong as my Lantern Rouge. Would have been a much better pick than the other guy I was going to pick J.Dean

Can I substitute B Grade riders for A Grade riders?

disoriented wrote:Can I substitute B Grade riders for A Grade riders?

No. Wouldn't be fair on everyone that have picked already.

GC: Contador
Team: Astana,
Green: Oscar Freire
Young: Andy Schleck
Polka: Cyril Dessel
Lantern: Johan Vansummeren

Carlos Sastre A
Andy Schleck A
Christian Vande Velde B
Mark Cavendish B
Cyril Dessel C
David Arroyo C
David Moncoutie C
Fabian Cancellara C
Allesandro Ballan C

A- Contador
A- Evans

B- Cavendish
B- Hushovd
B- Freire

C- Daniele Bennati
C- Mick Rogers
C- Fabian Cancellara
C- David Arroyo

GC- Contador
Green- Cav
Polka- Moncoutie
Team- Astana
White- A Schleck
Lanterne- Niki Terpstra

Here goes.

A Grade:
Contador & A. Schleck

B Grade:
Cavendish, Karpets & F. Schleck

C Grade:
Nibali, Roche, Rogers, Gesink

Yellow: Contador
Green: Cavendish
KOM: Rodriguez
White: Kreuziger
LR: Spilak

Team: Astana

A) Lance Armstrong
A) Andy Schleck

B) Thor Hushovd
B) Mark Cavendish
B) Frank Schleck

C) David Millar
C) Allesandro Ballan
C) Fabian Cancellara
C) Jens Voight

GC: Armstrong
Team: Astana
Polka: Andy Schleck
Green: Cavendish
Young: Andy Schleck
Lantern: Cyril Lemoine

Jimc - who's this Rodriguez you have picked for the KOM? No starter of that name.

Right, after 10 minutes mucking around here's my list:

Alberto Contador
Carlos Sastre

Mark Cavendish
Frank Schleck
Luis León Sánchez

Hayden Roulston
David Miller
Michael Rodgers
Jens Voigt


Yellow: Alberto Contador
Green: Thor Hushovd
Polka dot: Andy Schleck
White: Andy Schleck
Lantern Rouge: Saïd Haddou
Team: Columbia

bring it on.....

Cheers Tugboat

Sorry mate, thought he was part of the Caisse team but wasn't chosen. Will go with Andy Schleck to blitz it instead.

Tugboat points out that I (and at this point, I alone) did not pick Cavendish. I reckon he's overblown. He'll either crash out on the first time trial, or he'll bail after the first few flat stages so he doesn't hurt his poor wee legs on those mean hills, or he'll get busted for doping. Or my "gay abandon"* won't pay off and I'll end up in last place...

*heh