Tour de France picks? Ryan P. Wilkin?

Question

Tour de France picks? Ryan P. Wilkin?

Answer 1

I picked Cadel Evans at before the race started.  The stage on Wed. July 23 will probably determine the winner of this year tour.  With Evans being a excellent climber and excellent in the individual time trials the chances are better he will wear yellow in Paris. So after tomorrow stage, Wed July 23, if he leads or is close the time trial will cinch the victory for him.

Answer 2

i am hoping for vande velde.  he is a very good time trialist, so if he can stay close he has a chance.  the same for cadel evans.  they aren't the climbers the others are, but if they stay close they will gain time in the time trial.

i dont know what's going on today, but i am kind of liking Menchov.  he is looking awful strong.

Answer 3

This years Tour is one of the toughest to call in my memory of following pro-cycling.  I am watching right now with about 5 miles to go on the final climb, and it looks as if Vande Velde is being eliminated from contention.  But there are still 5 riders left with only 4 stages to go.  This has been a great Tour despite the fact that the best rider in the world and the best team are not in the race.

I have to go with Frank Schleck or Carlos Sastre of team CSC-SAXO.  It is very necessary to have a good team with you on the remaining stages.  Cadel Evans will not have that kind of help.  Don't count out Bernhard Kohl. He is looking very comfortable today.

I am happy that Yahoo allows one to edit their answer. I have to now take another look at who may win this years Tour.

Stage 16 is now over and I will now have to pick Cadel Evans to end up in yellow.  With Vande Velde now out of contention and Denny Menchov losing more time to Evans, it leaves him as the better of the time trialist.  Unless Schleck and Sastre can break Evans on Alpe d'Huez, this years Tour belongs to Evans.