ProTour Pundit 2016 *no spoilers please*

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Next up, and specific reminder for @smutchin is Dubai which starts on Wednesday 3 February and finishes 4 stages later on Saturday 6 February.

Scoring:
GC: 15, 12, 10, 7, 5
Sprint: 12, 10, 7, 5, 3
Points: 12, 10, 7, 5, 3
Stages: 12, 10, 7, 5, 3

A link to the startlist
http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=433&y=2016&k=start

 

[rich p]

Some good sprinters in there.
It's always worth watching for the wondereful scenery anyway...

 

[smutchin]

Don't see any point spending a long time pondering over this one, so...

GC: Viviani
Sprint: Guardini
Points: Viviani

Stage 1: Viviani, Guardini, Boy Van Poppel
Stage 2: Cav, Guardini, Kittel
Stage 3: Goss, Visconti, Viviani
Stage 4: Kittel, Guardini, Viviani

Absolutely no idea of the form of any of them really, but can't see Cav retaining his title. Will be interesting to see what kind of shape Kittel is in.

 

[rich p]

GC Kittel
Stage 1 - Kittel, Modolo, Renshaw
edit - points Viviani
sprint - Kittel
KOM - Indurain...

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

GC: The Beautiful Marcel
Sprint: Viviani
Points: TBM (see above) and not @threebikesmcginty
1: TBM, BvP, Viviani

 

[roadrash]

GC.... Kittel
Sprint...Cav
Points,,,Viviani

Stage 1...Kittel, Van poppel and Viviani

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Assuming the sprint competition is the UAE jersey (intermediate results only) and the points competition is the red jersey (intermediate and finish line)...
GC - Juan Lobato
Sprint - Rafaa Chtioui
Points - Marcel Kittel

Stage 1 - Kittel, Viviani, Nizzolo

 

[Crackle]

GC: Cav
Sprint: Kittel
Points: Viviani

All stages: Cav, Kittel, Viviani

It is that interesting a race.

 

[simo105]

Gc kittel
Sprint cav
Points viviani

Stage 1 kittel cav viviani

 

[smutchin]

It is that interesting a race.

No it isn't.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I really could not give a crap about this race. I will make up some meaningless predictions tomorrow.

 

[SWSteve]

GC Viviani
Sprint kittel
Points Cav

1 Viviani Cav kittel

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Scores after stage one:
22 - @simo105 @ItsSteveLovell @Crackle
19 - @Berk on a Bike
17 - @rich p
12 - @roadrash and me
7 - @User
0 - @smutchin

 

[smutchin]

FFS

 

[smutchin]

12 - @roadrash and me

'Roadrash and Me' could be the title of Geraint Thomas's autobiography.