Tour de france 2012 predictions
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- stella-azzurra
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The point of doing a prediction is doing it before the race starts and not changing it during a race. You assess your prediction after the race is over.
I'm not changing my list, I'm just updating the status. See my update in red?
Cav is still in the race and therefore still a contender. Stuff happens on the roads. Sagan could crash, or get ill so the race is not over by a long shot.
Hesjedal is out of contention for now also but the race is not over.
I'm not changing my list, I'm just updating the status. See my update in red?
Cav is still in the race and therefore still a contender. Stuff happens on the roads. Sagan could crash, or get ill so the race is not over by a long shot.
Hesjedal is out of contention for now also but the race is not over.
I never took drugs to improve my performance at any time. I will be willing to stick my finger into a polygraph test if anyone with big media pull wants to take issue. If you buy a signed poster now it will not be tarnished later. --Graeme Obree
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- stella-azzurra
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Winners:
Evans ------->Yellow
Cavendish --->Green
Gesink ------->KOM
Second place on GC: Wiggins
Third place on GC:
Nibali,
Frank Schleck
Alternate Green: Sagan
Alternate KOM: Sanchez
Dark Horses:
Hesjedal ------->Yellow (Dropped out)
Kittel --------->Green (Dropped out)
Valverde ------ >KOM
Evans ------->Yellow
Cavendish --->Green
Gesink ------->KOM
Second place on GC: Wiggins
Third place on GC:
Nibali,
Frank Schleck
Alternate Green: Sagan
Alternate KOM: Sanchez
Dark Horses:
Hesjedal ------->Yellow (Dropped out)
Kittel --------->Green (Dropped out)
Valverde ------ >KOM
I never took drugs to improve my performance at any time. I will be willing to stick my finger into a polygraph test if anyone with big media pull wants to take issue. If you buy a signed poster now it will not be tarnished later. --Graeme Obree
- stella-azzurra
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Winners:
Evans ------->Yellow
Cavendish --->Green
Gesink ------->KOM
Second place on GC: Wiggins
Third place on GC:
Nibali,
Frank Schleck
Alternate Green: Sagan
Alternate KOM: Sanchez (Dropped out)
Dark Horses:
Hesjedal ------->Yellow (Dropped out)
Kittel --------->Green (Dropped out)
Valverde ------ >KOM
Evans ------->Yellow
Cavendish --->Green
Gesink ------->KOM
Second place on GC: Wiggins
Third place on GC:
Nibali,
Frank Schleck
Alternate Green: Sagan
Alternate KOM: Sanchez (Dropped out)
Dark Horses:
Hesjedal ------->Yellow (Dropped out)
Kittel --------->Green (Dropped out)
Valverde ------ >KOM
I never took drugs to improve my performance at any time. I will be willing to stick my finger into a polygraph test if anyone with big media pull wants to take issue. If you buy a signed poster now it will not be tarnished later. --Graeme Obree
I am not sure after today's TT.
1. Froome
2. Wiggins
3. Mechov
2. Wiggins
3. Mechov
- stella-azzurra
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All right the results are pretty much solidified for this years race.
How did we do on our predictions?
I was only correct on Nibali.
[Please no comments on the actual results being available in 2013]
Congratulations on all who predicted correctly.
Predicted Winners: Actual Winners:
Evans ------->Yellow Wiggins------> Yellow
Cavendish --->Green Sagan -------> Green
Gesink ------->KOM Voeckler------> KOM
I did not predict a white jersey TJ VAn Garderen ------> White
I did not predict teams Nissan-RadioShack winner
Second place on GC: Wiggins Actual Second place on GC: Froome
Third place on GC: Nibali, Actual Third place on GC: Nibali (correct!)
Frank Schleck (Dropped out) Actual: (possible doping)
Alternate Green: Sagan Actual: (Green Jersey winner)
Alternate KOM: Sanchez (Dropped out) Actual (crashed)
Dark Horses: Actual Dark horses:
Hesjedal ------->Yellow (Dropped out) Actual (crashed)
Kittel --------->Green (Dropped out) Actual ( illness)
Valverde ------ >KOM Actual (won a stage)
How did we do on our predictions?
I was only correct on Nibali.
[Please no comments on the actual results being available in 2013]
Congratulations on all who predicted correctly.
Predicted Winners: Actual Winners:
Evans ------->Yellow Wiggins------> Yellow
Cavendish --->Green Sagan -------> Green
Gesink ------->KOM Voeckler------> KOM
I did not predict a white jersey TJ VAn Garderen ------> White
I did not predict teams Nissan-RadioShack winner
Second place on GC: Wiggins Actual Second place on GC: Froome
Third place on GC: Nibali, Actual Third place on GC: Nibali (correct!)
Frank Schleck (Dropped out) Actual: (possible doping)
Alternate Green: Sagan Actual: (Green Jersey winner)
Alternate KOM: Sanchez (Dropped out) Actual (crashed)
Dark Horses: Actual Dark horses:
Hesjedal ------->Yellow (Dropped out) Actual (crashed)
Kittel --------->Green (Dropped out) Actual ( illness)
Valverde ------ >KOM Actual (won a stage)
I never took drugs to improve my performance at any time. I will be willing to stick my finger into a polygraph test if anyone with big media pull wants to take issue. If you buy a signed poster now it will not be tarnished later. --Graeme Obree
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Of course not, as it may not be until many years after that. I don't think there's even a well-defined "statute of limitations", so perhaps this year's results won't be finalized until decades from now. And indeed, the results may never be finalized per se, rather at any given point in time, there will have been a time at which they were most recently changed, whether that be on the last day of riding in the race, or subsequently.stella-azzurra wrote:[Please no comments on the actual results being available in 2013]
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- MattSoutherden
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shoopdawoop wrote:Here are my tour predictions!
1st- Wiggins
....
Green- Sagan
Polka Dot- some french guy
White- Tejay Van Garderen
Props to shoopdawoop!
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HammerTime2 wrote:Of course not, as it may not be until many years after that. I don't think there's even a well-defined "statute of limitations", so perhaps this year's results won't be finalized until decades from now. And indeed, the results may never be finalized per se, rather at any given point in time, there will have been a time at which they were most recently changed, whether that be on the last day of riding in the race, or subsequently.stella-azzurra wrote:[Please no comments on the actual results being available in 2013]
I set a trap and you fall right in.
I never took drugs to improve my performance at any time. I will be willing to stick my finger into a polygraph test if anyone with big media pull wants to take issue. If you buy a signed poster now it will not be tarnished later. --Graeme Obree
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- HammerTime2
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Not if Armstrong is stripped of his victories going back to 1999.Ahillock wrote:I guess statute of limitations is 8 years so we need to wait 9 years to know for sure.