eth-dog
Tier 1 WW Player
Starts on Saturday. Does anyone think that anybody can beat Geraint in this field? Simon Yates should finish a comfortable second which says a bit about the field. And Nibali is still kicking around. Fuglsang is 3rd favourite having finished top 10 once in the 14 GT's he's started with no podiums, the Kruijswijk who has better results in GT's than Fuglsang, with 7 top 10 finishes from 17 GT starts and one podium.
I think Matthews is most likely to win the points classification, he's in good form, which Sagan is not, and hadn't ridden the Tour so has fresher legs than Sagan. Sagan is rightly favourite because of how many points classifications he's won but yeah, I think Matthews will beat him this time around.
KOTM is wide open this year. Can see Yates winning it just through how good he is at climbing, although I suspect someone like Miguel Angel Lopez might chace it as soon as he's out of GC contention.
Aleksander Vlasov will likely win the best young rider. I don't even know why I bothered with that poll.
I think Matthews is most likely to win the points classification, he's in good form, which Sagan is not, and hadn't ridden the Tour so has fresher legs than Sagan. Sagan is rightly favourite because of how many points classifications he's won but yeah, I think Matthews will beat him this time around.
KOTM is wide open this year. Can see Yates winning it just through how good he is at climbing, although I suspect someone like Miguel Angel Lopez might chace it as soon as he's out of GC contention.
Aleksander Vlasov will likely win the best young rider. I don't even know why I bothered with that poll.
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