Pro Cycling Predictions for 2016

MPFGLB

So what are your predictions for 2016 for professional road racing

Here's mine

Quintana to win the Tour
Stybar to win Paris Roubaix
Dan Martin to win L-B-L
Columbia to win Olympic Gold

Darkglasses

Velon's on-board footage to be even more amazing

Sagan to have an absolute stinker of a season

Quintana to win at least one GT

Marcel Kittel back to top form

Kwiatkowski to win Olympic RR, Froome to win Olympic TT (Sky double)

MPFGLB

I think Olympic TT will be between Dumoulin, Dennis & Martin

RobFowl

RobFowl to win Flanders and BCMF Roubaix

RobFowl

Aru Giro
Froome TDF (but will be his last GT)
Vuelta for Contador as his swan song

Olympic road race a lottery
TT Martin

Boonen for Flanders or Roubaix
Bennett for Ghent Wevelgem
Sky to win a classic

Darkglasses

RobFowl wrote: »

Froome TDF (but will be his last GT)

His last attempt or his last win?

Eamonnator

Froome to win TdF.

godtabh

Darkglasses wrote: »

His last attempt or his last win?

I would think both. If he got 3 TdF that would be a very big achievement and would put him up there with the greats (but a fair bit away from true greatness maybe true effectiveness)

Tobin15

I think this year we will be in for big changes! Sky wont dominate like before, Richie Porte was the engine in sky!

Fabio Aru - Giro
Quintana - TDF or Vuelta
Quintana or Chavez for Olympic RR Gold

MPFGLB

Froome has stated on record that he wants to continue to ride GTs for years to come and sees no reason why he cannot win them ? He is very ambitious..every bit as ambitious as Contador and has many points to prove not least that no matter how much he wins he is still not a popular as Wiggo ( OBE not knigthood)

I do think that for Froome to continue to beat Quintana & Aru, etc he will need the best team
Porte will be a great loss (especially on 1st day after the rest day) and was surprised to read some where that Landa may not ride the Tour ??
Froome needs that top climber in the last week.
I think SKY are being very ambitious this year and want to win 2 if not 3 GTs and thus may spread themselves a bit thin
Poels is a great climber but he is very inconsistent and can be great one day and brutal the next. Konig's climbing was not brillinat at the Tour in 2015. Nieve is listed as being down to ride the Tour in 2016 ...while good he is not a spectacular climber. Nico wasn't a 'climber' during 2015 Tour and thus he is orders were to bridge on lower slopes but he may need to lose that weight this year ...Also if Philip Deignan can recover he may be needed in the Tour...here is hoping he gets a ride

MPFGLB

RobFowl wrote: »

RobFowl to win Flanders and BCMF Roubaix

I 'd be surprised if RobFowl sees the podium....lacks the killer instinct I hear

joujoujou

Majka to win Giro.
Aru to win TdF.
Contador to win Vuelta.

Tony Martin to win olympic TT.
Kwiatkowski to win olympic RR.

Tobin15

I see Paul Kimmage predicting Dan Martin for the Olympics RR. He thinks it's set up perfectly for him. Must say I hope he's right, would love to see him stand on the podium!

Darkglasses

Tobin15 wrote: »

I see Paul Kimmage predicting Dan Martin for the Olympics RR. He thinks it's set up perfectly for him. Must say I hope he's right, would love to see him stand on the podium!

I'd be delighted but I'm not sure about that flat finish tbh, I think there's too many other lads with much bigger engines on the flat.

Tobin15

Darkglasses wrote: »

I'd be delighted but I'm not sure about that flat finish tbh, I think there's too many other lads with much bigger engines on the flat.

On the flat he'll be killed by if he goes after the climbs and gets into a break without any real sprinters he could stand a chance! Very very slim chance but a chance!

MPFGLB

Tobin15 wrote: »

On the flat he'll be killed by if he goes after the climbs and gets into a break without any real sprinters he could stand a chance! Very very slim chance but a chance!

I think he has a great chance of medal tbh

This race will not be won on the flat finish....it will be won on the climbs earlier

Unfortunately Ireland only have 2 places but if Dan can get in a break he can get a medal

Its well within his reach to podium but still think Columbia with all the support they will have and the riders they have like Uran, Chaves , Betencur, Quintana, Anacona, etc will be hard to beat

billyhead

Paris-Roubaix-Greg Van Avermaet
Liege-Bastogne-Liege-Alejandro Valverde
Giro d’Italia-Vincenzo Nibali
Tour de France-Chris Froome
Olympic Games road race-Alejandro Valverde
Olympic Games time trial-Tom Dumoulin
Vuelta a España-Nairo Quintana
World Championships road race-Andre Greipel

carltonleon

Tobin15 wrote: »

I see Paul Kimmage predicting Dan Martin for the Olympics RR. He thinks it's set up perfectly for him. Must say I hope he's right, would love to see him stand on the podium!

You know what will happen, he will be leading with 200 metres to go, 50 metres clear of anyone, when he will go over a manhole cover that has an invisible oil slick on it and fall off his bike !!!

carltonleon

MPFGLB wrote: »

Porte will be a great loss (especially on 1st day after the rest day) and was surprised to read some where that Landa may not ride the Tour ??

I would be absolutely astonished if Landa does not ride the Tour. I see him as Porte's direct replacement for the mountains in the Tour.

MPFGLB

carltonleon wrote: »

I would be absolutely astonished if Landa does not ride the Tour. I see him as Porte's direct replacement for the mountains in the Tour.

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/viewtopic.php?p=1850784#p1850784

carltonleon

MPFGLB wrote: »

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/viewtopic.php?p=1850784#p1850784

Wow ... Really suprised at that. Will the Sky Giro team be built around Landa so ?

equivariant

Sagan to have a brilliant season including at least one monument win (maybe Milan - San Remo)

MPFGLB

carltonleon wrote: »

Wow ... Really suprised at that. Will the Sky Giro team be built around Landa so ?

Dunno

But SKY look like they are aiming for 2 GTs if not 3

MPFGLB

Looks like Dan Martin is off to a great start .....

Taxuser1

Paris-Nice - Froome
Tirreno Adriatico Nibali
Milan San Remo - Matthews
Flanders - Stybar
Paris-Roubaix - Kristoff
Amstel Gold - Matthews
Fleche Wallone - Adam Yates
Liege Bastogne Liege - Dan Martin
Giro Nibali
Tour Froome
Olympics Nibali
Vuelta Contador
Worlds Kristoff

Taxuser1

Paris-Nice - Froome
Tirreno Adriatico Nibali
Milan San Remo - Matthews
Flanders - Stybar
Paris-Roubaix - Kristoff
Amstel Gold - Matthews
Fleche Wallone - Adam Yates
Liege Bastogne Liege - Dan Martin
Giro Nibali
Tour Froome
Olympics Nibali
Vuelta Contador
Worlds Kristoff

JK.BMC

Matthews for MSR
GVA to finally win a cobbled classic
Quintana for Le Tour
Uran for Olympic RR
Greipel for World RR

And- Navardauskas to win a TdF stage @100/1 or better, if he turns up for it.

LCD

These are based on see the old guard have one last horah, being Irish & Valverde deserving something for slogging away for so many years

Milan San Remo - Cav
Flanders - Boonen
Paris-Roubaix - Cancellara
Amstel Gold - Gilbert
Fleche Wallone - Rodriguez
Liege Bastogne Liege - Martin
Giro - Nibali
Tour - Contabor
Olympics - Valverde
Vuelta - Contador
Worlds - Bennet
TOL - Martin