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L-B-L picks...put 'em on the table.

Last Post 04/27/2014 09:30 AM by Orange Crush. 14 Replies.

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Keith Richards

Posts:781

04/25/2014 02:06 PM
LBL : number 100 Start list for the 100th running is above.

----- It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.

Entheo

Posts:317

04/25/2014 03:11 PM
what the hell, i'll pick froome.

Keith Richards

Posts:781

04/25/2014 03:27 PM
Entheo...when I saw Froome and Porte were racing for Sky, I thought the same thing. But Rui Costa and Cunego are a nice 1-2 punch as well.

----- It is his word versus ours. We like our word. We like where we stand and we like our credibility."--Lance Armstrong.

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

04/25/2014 03:44 PM
Porte? Didn't he pull out of Giro because of problems getting his season going. Surprised he'd be part of lineup. "Porte had originally been pencilled in to make a tilt at winning the maglia rosa but the Tasmanian was forced to alter his race programme after illness forced him to abandon Tirreno-Adriatico and the Volta a Catalunya." Mollema has been at sharp end of the last two races and says LBL suits him best of the three, so I am picking an orange favorite for his first classics podium. But they build in some extra hills in finale making it even more a war of attrition than it already was so it will be the older dogs that rule the game. Gilbert Valverde Mollema

ChinookPass

Posts:809

04/25/2014 04:07 PM
Valverde Nibali Martin

vtguy

Posts:298

04/25/2014 04:41 PM
Gilbert, Gerrans, Valverde

Orange Crush

Posts:4499

04/25/2014 04:49 PM
vtguy, drop Gerrans, Amstel and MSR are perfect for him, LBL is a few too many tough hills :-) chinook, yes, Nibali has this one marked. Martin, is a good pick but I think his knees will bother him again.

ChinookPass

Posts:809

04/25/2014 05:03 PM
well Nibali usually falls on the sword of his own tactics in one-day races. He's got a decent team this year though. I suspect it will be someone we don't suspect who will win which is why they race the races on the road and not on the internet! If anyone finds a link to a decent feed, please post asap on Sunday. I don't think nbc has it live on the internet this year.

Sweet Milk

Posts:93

04/25/2014 05:10 PM
Gilbert Weening Martin Costa

79pmooney

Posts:3189

04/25/2014 06:33 PM
Gilbert, especially because he didn't win Fleche Wallone. Valverde Froome? Kwiatkowski? (and I hope) Ben

Entheo

Posts:317

04/26/2014 07:11 AM
here's why i picked froome...

huckleberry

Posts:824

04/26/2014 09:58 AM
I wouldn't pick those legs from a line-up as those of any elite athlete. Amazing.

Ride On

Posts:537

04/26/2014 10:36 AM
Give me Andy Schleck for the win. What the hell I've been wrong all year might as well keep it going. But if he does win I'm due a huge payout.