During the Giro I gave away a couple of keyrings and it was a fun competition because it was simple. Winning packages were dispatched to Spain and Poland. Now it’s time for a Tour de France giveaway competition.
Enterprising reader Gary Rothera who has a business called Rothera Cycling that specialises in cycling caps. He contacted me to say the Giro competition was fun and would I be interested in a competition and curiously no more than ten minutes before his email arrived the other evening I was thinking about a competition but had nothing fun to give away. Now I do.
The question
Predict the first French rider to cross the finish line in today’s stage from Le Mans to Châteauroux.
Le prix
A cycling cap from Rothera Cycling. It’s moisture wicking, water repellent, windproof, fast drying, machine washable and made by hand.
How to enter
Leave your answer in the comments below.
The commissaire bit
All entries must be in before 16.00 Central European Time, the blog’s clock is the judge. EDIT: Because the race is running late, entries stay open for another 30 minutes until 17.00 / 5pm CET but any entries received after this get ignored.
Please leave your name and email. Note you can use a pseudonym and the email is confidential, rest assured I’m not going to spam you and nobody reading the blog can get your email, it’s just so I can reply if you’re the lucky winner.
Please don’t email or send answers via Twitter, only comments below are valid as it helps to keep everything in one place. In the event of a tie I’ll copy the winning names into a spreadsheet and use a random formula to generate the winner.
The caps are on their way from Philadelphia so I can’t post them out today but I hope to send the prize out soon. Stay tuned for more competitions during the race.
{ 161 comments… read them below or add one }
Romain feillu
Gadret
“Kamikaze” Roman Feillu
Chavanel
thomas voeckler
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Sébastien Hinault
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu!
Sébastien Hinault
Roman Feillu
Jeremy Roy
Romain Feillu
Roman Feillu
Romain Feillu
Arthur Vichot
Roman Fellui
Cavendish
Roman Feillu
I was going to say Romain Feillu, but you all beat me too it. So for me Tony Gallopin.
Romain Feillu
Anthony Charteau
William Bonnet
gallopin
Romain Feillu
Remy Di Gregorio
Sylvain Chavanel
Roman Feillu
Jonathan Hivert
Romain Feillu (missed an “i” on the previous name)
Sébastien Hinault – just to pick someone other than Feillu.
Gadret
Samuel Dumoulin
Cavendish
Arnold Jeannesson
I must admit I know next to nothing about French riders though , Feillu looks dangerous in a sprint , thats dangerous to his fellow competitors
Sébastien Hinault
Romain Feillu – Close to his parents, knows it well
Romain Feillu!
Jérémy Roy
Romain Feillu
Tommy Voeckler to finally spoil the sprinters day!
Romain feillu
William Bonnet
Tyler Farrar
Sébastien Hinault
Jimmy Engoulvent
Seb Hinault
Just to be original Romain Feillu
Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
Romain Feillu
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel
Arthur Vichot
Sammy Dumoulin
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu!
Romain Feillu
Sylvain Chavanel
Sorry but….Romain Excessive Lateral Movement Feillu
William Bonnet
tony gallopin
Tony Gallopin
Voeckler
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu. I’m soulless.
Romain Feillu! Good luck to all, but I hope I win of course
Little Tommy V.
Thomas Voeckler
Sébastien Hinault
Dumoulin
Sandy Casar
Romain Feillu
Mickael Delage
Is Cav french now ?? Have they invaded the Isle of Man ? sneaky
Yeah , he will finish before all French riders though
Yannick Talabardon
Romain Feillu not many strong french sprinters it seems…
Feillu
Romain Feillu
Cyril Gautier
Romain Feillu
Sébastien Hinault
Samuel dumoulin to finish in 5th place!!
Sébastien Hinault
Cavendish.
Can I go for a spread bet and put Hushovd in the top 10 please?
Thomas Voeckler
Leonardo Duque
I know, I know. But it’s closer to French-sounding than Denis Galimzyanov…
Sébastien Hinault
Sébastien Hinault
delage
thomas voeckler
Tony Gallopin
Jeremy Roy
Romain Feillu
Arthur Vichot
Romain Feillu
Cavendish. I’m surprised that so few other people have picked him
Sébastien Hinault
DOH! French Rider. Umm. Chavanel? He is the french champion
thomas voeckler
Jérôme Pineau
Well, being this late in the competition I’ll go with Blel Kadri in the breakaway…
Jérôme Pineau
Sébastian Turgot
Arnold Jeannesson
(though chances are big that it will be Feillu, but everybody else named him…)
Name a French sprinter… erm… Romain Feillu
Thomas Voeckler
Romain Feilu
Arthur Vichot
French?!?
Well, I’ll go with Thomas Voeckler. Why not…
Good luck to all!
Romain Feillu
Got to be in it to win it:
Roman Feillu
Romain Feillu
Bonnet!
Romain Feillu sera le premier Gaulois! (Get it?
William Bonnet – ta
William Bonnet..
Romain Feillu.
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Thomas Voeckler *fingers crossed*
Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
Cavendish for sure. And if he doesn’t win at least he will shoot his mouth off and entertain us.
He’s a popular choice, but definitely its going to be Roman Feillu.
Romain Feillu
Sébastien Hinault
Andre the German Gorilla
Romain Feillu
oh, wait, first FRENCH rider to cross the line. Haha, missed that!
Sandy Casar!
Gotta be Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu.
Romain Feillu
GO Vacans!
Jean-Christophe PERAUD
Romain Feillu
Tony Gallopin, hoping for a turn of speed like a few days ago!
Thomas Voeckler – anyone else think he looks like Harry Enfield?
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Tommy Voeckler!
Sylvain Chavanel
Thomas Voeckler
Thomas Voeckler
William Bonnet
Romain feillu
Because the race is running late, entries stay open for another 30 minutes until 17.00 / 5pm CET
Romain Feillu
Romain Feillu
Jérôme Coppel
Romain Feillu
Rolland (as much chance of winning as mentioning Feillu)
Blel Kadri
ah yes, french rider.. hmm. This blog merits much closer attention than that which my excitement for a colourfull hat left.
Tous avec Thomas Voeckler! Courage mon grand!
Thomas Voekler!
Another vote / guess for Romain Feillu I am afraid!
Romain Feillu
Me thinks you need a slightly harder question, or one with a less obvious answer.
Romain Feillu was the obvious choice but Alain Gallopin and William Bonnet can sprint too. I thought many might pick him… but not so many! Next time perhaps the prediction will be more complicated.
The winner, generated at random is… JFG.
Thomas Voeckler
didn’t read the question properly Doh!