2024 Tour de France Fantasy League, and general TdF discussions.

[Dee Hubbs]

It's only 31 days away!
The tour departs June 29th from Florence and finishes up July 21 in Nice (because of Summer Olympics).

Both Mrs Dee Hubbs and I are are in for the Fantasy league, and with her competitive nature it only takes one competitor for her to want to win.

Will Jonas be ready?
Will Tadej do the Giro TdF double?
Will Primoz and his new team be a major contender?
Can Remco live up to the hype?
Will Ineos' two prong attack of Rodgrigez and Burnal work?
I truly think this will be an exciting tour.

[EWG]

My initial answers:

Will Jonas be ready? Doesn't matter. See second question.
Will Tadej do the Giro TdF double? Yes.
Will Primoz and his new team be a major contender? Doesn't matter. See second question.
Can Remco live up to the hype? Doesn't matter. See second question.
Will Ineos' two prong attack of Rodgrigez and Burnal work? Doesn't matter. See second question.
I truly think this will be an exciting tour. Maybe. But see second question.

[kinkilla]

Also to add, will UAE have infighting with 4 GC leaders (Pogi, Almeida, Ayuso, Yates), not to mention Sivakov and Soler?
Can Jasper Philipsen continue his stranglehold on the sprints in the TDF?
Who among Carapaz, Geoghegan Hart, Mas, Gaudu, Bilbao, Guil. Martin, Simon Yates, Gall or the secondary GC contenders in each of the big 4/5 will fill out the top 10?
Can Cav break the stage win record this year?
Who will actually go for the polka dot hunt?

[Benneke10]

So ready for this year's competition! Really hope Jonas and Wout are healed enough and decide to ride, otherwise I fear it will be UAE domination. My heart wants Primoz to put up a fight but my mind tells me it won't happen.

[chaka]

The rational part of my brain says very little contention for top step GC, but the emotional part really wants to see Roglic emerge like a phoenix in perfect shape and crazy hungry for a win, giving Pogie a fight of the ages. Also hope Cav pulls a rabbit out of the hat and gets to retire (again) with his tiny head held high.

[Dee Hubbs]

The UAE team is so strong! I have a hard time trying to figure out who the’ll take to the Tour.
My 8 would be:
GC- Poga?ar
Climb - Yates
Climb - Sivakov
Climb - Soler
Climb - Ayuso
Climb - Almeida
Rouleurs - Wellens
Rouleurs - Politt

That does not include:
Bjerg
Hirschi
Majka
McNulty
Vine

So strong.

[Skistack]

Remco should add some excitement to the mix until he blows up.

If Jonas isn't 100%, will Sepp be Visma's GC rider?

Will all the other GC contenders form an alliance against Tadej & UAE?

[Garth Bimble]

Remco should add some excitement to the mix until he blows up.

If Jonas isn't 100%, will Sepp be Visma's GC rider?

Will all the other GC contenders form an alliance against Tadej & UAE?

There won't be any champagne sipped by the leaders on the final stage and I'm down with that.

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[TBS]

I’m in for the fantasy league

All the oddsmakers have Pogi to win over Roglic. My guess is that Roglic crashes out. And UAE has a monster team no matter who gets selected.

I’m also guessing that van Aert will forgo le Tour and race in the Olympics. And that Vingagaard will not start 6/29. But he will win La Vuelta.

I just picked up a years subscription to Peacock for $19.99. Gives me live Dauphine coverage. Will get to see the form of Roglic, Kuss and other GC contenders. After two stages, neither is making any big moves.

[Dee Hubbs]

If Jonas Vingegaard Hansen does not start, who will Jumbo's GC be?
Wilco Kelderman? I was just googling if he's recovered from his most recent broken collar bone injury, and saw his historic injury report.
That dude can't stay on a bike and holy shit his bones must be brittle....

2024-03-10 Crash in Paris - Nice | Stage 8 Fractured collarbone 6 weeks out
2021-09-01 Crash in Benelux Tour | stage 3 Fractured pelvis, Fractured rib(s) 8 weeks out
2021-01-16 Collision with car during training camp Concussion, Fractured vertebrae 8 weeks out
2019-03-29 Crash in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2.UWT) Stage 5 Fractured collarbone,Fractured vertebrae 10 weeks out
2018-03-11 Crash in Tirreno-Adriatico (2.UWT) Stage 5 Fractured collarbone 6 weeks out
2017-05-14 Crash in Giro d'Italia (2.UWT) Stage 9 Fractured finger 4 weeks out
2017-03-04 Crash in Strade Bianche Fractured finger 4 weeks out
2014-12-22 Crash during training Fractured collarbone 3 weeks out

[TBS]

^^^Kuss will be their GC guy if Vingo doesn’t start, like he is for Dauphine.
And he won’t finish top 10.

Four broken clavicles for Kelderman? Yikes!

[Benneke10]

^^^Kuss will be their GC guy if Vingo doesn’t start, like he is for Dauphine.
And he won’t finish top 10.

Kuss was sitting at 9th on GC last year going into stage 20 riding as a pure domestique, I think odds are he's finishing inside the top 10 as a leader.

[TBS]

And at the end of stage 20 he sat 12th, between Pinot and Pidcock.

And after La Vuelta, he’s a marked man

[Skistack]

Sure, none of the GC teams are going to let Sepp go in a break ever again.

But other than probably Tadej and Primoz he can put significant time on the other GC guys in the mountains. Top 5 seems realistic for him.


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[kinkilla]

And at the end of stage 20 he sat 12th, between Pinot and Pidcock.

And after La Vuelta, he’s a marked man

Not exactly his fault that Carlos Rodriguez decided to lose grip and eat pavement right in front of him. Sepp almost rode out of it too! Dark horse for Visma might be Matteo as well. Dude put in work during Paris-Nice.

https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/fans-clip-shows-rodriguez-staggering-after-tour-crash-video/