If his teeth fall out...

Stybar
Degenkolb
gva

Wiggo
Kristoff

  
i'd be delighted to see wiggins win but i think the strong guys are gonna keep an eye on him. in fact i wonder if it could be like 2011 ... cancellara though obviously strongest couldn't punch away from thor and ballan till it was too late, giving a strong escape that was still in with a minute at 35k a real chance at victory, which vansummeren did beautifully.

so i can see a guy like oss, greipel, lutsenko, elmiger, bak be in an escape, with teamates who are contenders in the chase not working, and attack the break for the win.

or i can see wiggins taking sep or stybar to the line, sep/stybar beating him the sprint.

i can't see sagan being in a group that he can outsprint, and i can't see him being alone.

sep/wiggins/stybar

dark horse: greipel/boom.

I see only Kristoff.
I'm biased though, and has seen only Kristoff for a long time.

OK, I'm swapping the Cadillac position for Stybar. All else remains the same.

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1. Sagan.....
2. Stybar
3. Wiggins

WC Terpstra
WC Boom

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1. Sagan
2. GVA
3. Terpstra


WC Wiggins
WC Kristoff


With Cancellara and Boonen out people will be seriously fighting as this is a very open race. I expect to see a fast race with a small three or four man group heading into the last 10k with attacks and a two-three up sprint in the velodrome. People will want it too bad for this to be a group sprint of any real significance.

PSA - NBC Sports Extra started streaming at 6:55 am EST...

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I'm thinking the guy who avoids the neutral service car wins this thing.

wow, you mean a non-gambling/porn/adware infested streaming method?

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LOL....yes sir..morning coffee with Phil and Paul.

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I might switch back.... I like the Irish guy better

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“You are experiencing the criminal coverup of a foreign backed fascist hostile takeover of a mafia shakedown of an authoritarian religious slow motion coup. Persuade people to vote for Democracy.”

on Eurosport, yes I agree, but I have a hard time understanding what he's saying...sounds like he's got a mouthful of marbles...

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Phil and Paul..."it's a bit like a distillery...the cream always starts to rise to the top". Hmmmm?!

And in other news, 30 guys running a train barrier and just missing a TGV. Smrt. Smart, smart, smart.

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Degenkolb has been so stealth all day. He's going to be tough to out sprint.

BEAST

Can I borrow your crystal ball for next weeks races?!?

Right? damn, what a ride. Solo bridge up to GvA / Stubar group and keeps riding. Still has enough to easily won the sprint.

Super impressive ride. Lots of tentative racing, but the last 20K was pretty damn good.

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you were close! You had all three though. someone above you had Degenkolb for first and Stybar for 2nd but missed GvA in third spot or WCs

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“You are experiencing the criminal coverup of a foreign backed fascist hostile takeover of a mafia shakedown of an authoritarian religious slow motion coup. Persuade people to vote for Democracy.”

If only my picks reflected my theorizing. Roelands tried what I expected but failed. Degenkolb is one smart cookie, only pedals hard when he needs to...and when he does-he kills it. Podium or nowhere close. Smart smart riding on his part.

Only if you have a cable subscription with NBC Sports

As has been mentioned before, VPN (Tunnelbear or Private Internet Access) + Eurosport Player also avoids the gambling/porn/adware infested streams. But it is not free... $40/year for my PIA account plus ~$7US/mo for Eurosport. Worth it to me to avoid the Phil/Paul-isms.

And the "Irish Guy" was Sean Kelly, the LAST person before Degenkolb to win M-SR and PR in the same year. Though in other races, Eurosport will replace Sean with Brian Smith as the other unintelligable color analyst.

Did Sagan crash or just have a mechanical failure?

it's like they weren't even trying. EVERY segment was the critical segment of the race, EVERY rider wants to win PR since birth (natch), but never did they have a handle on the individual and team tactics or even what the heck was going on in the race.

I like Sean Kelly, I can understand him most of the time.

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He had a mechanical and didn't cost him much time, but he wasn't going to be a factor for a race win IMO.

Brilliant ride. If he doesn't bridge up then one of the three wins because no way anyone's dragging Degenkolb to the front of race. Dude has some major stones, and now a big rock to go with them.

Thanks! My closest one this year after awful outings in MSR and RvV. I thought Degenkolb would have had to watch one last attack sail by but would otherwise dust off anyone else.

Bet Alpecin sales in the moustache care dept will take off after this