There’s another chance to win one of the Rothera Cycling caps on Bastille Day, the French national holiday.
This time predict the first French rider to cross the finish line in Luz Ardiden on today’s Stage 12.
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 15.00 Central European Time, the blog’s clock is the judge. Any entries received afterwards get ignored, sorry.
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.
Finally the last winner JFG hasn’t got in touch. I’ve emailed you but not heard back. Please email me to claim your prize.
{ 134 comments… read them below or add one }
With the motivation of yellow: Tommy V.
17h22 – !
Anthony chartreau
Thomas Voeckler
It has to be Voeckler
Remy Di Gregorio please
guessing Thomas Voeckler
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
This can be a tricky one. Alright, I say Jerome Coppel.
Thomas Voeckler
Remy di Gregorio
Jérôme Coppel, new white jersey leader??
Oh I think Voekler’s gonna work hard to keep as far up as he can.
Thomas Voeckler!
Thomas Voeckler
Sandy Casar
David Moncoutie, maybe.
David Moncoutié!
Christophe Riblon
Thomas Voeckler
Peraud
THOMAS vOEKLER
David Moncoutie
Vichot!
Samuel Sanchez
Thomas Voeckler
Thomas Voeckler!
Sébastien Minard
Peraud
I’d have said Pauriol if he was still around. Chartreau.
Jalabert doing his scooter commentary? Is John Gadret still riding, if so then I predict him.
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel?
Sylvain Chavanel all the way
Moncoutié for me, merci
TV TOMMY!
Moncoutié has to because his velogames score is still 0 and I am sure this will be bothering him, as well as me
Thomas Voeckler
or Arnold Jeannesso
Whatever powder he possesses he’s certainly kept dry until now- I’ll go for the great blanc hope Jérôme Coppel
> This time predict the first French rider to cross the finish line in Luz Ardiden on today’s Stage 12.
The first French rider will probably be some guy riding up the mountain to view the stage finish:-)
Seriously, though, I’ll go with Voeckler too.
S.Szmyd
Sandy Casar. Or Moncoutie. Actually, no, I’ll settle for Cyril Gautier, pacing the MJ to the finish.
David Moncoutié for me please
Remy di Gregorio me thinks!
David Moncoutié
Jerome Pineau
Rémy Di Grégorio?
Voeckler!
Sandy Casar
Sandy Casar
Hubert Dupont
Voeckler
Voeckler
Christophe Riblon
Thomas Voeckler si vous plas
Sandy Casar
Remi di Gregorio
Jerome Coppel
Thomas Voeckler
Tonny Roux
Moncoutie
I’ll say Blel Kadri
Jerome Pineau!
David Montcoutie!
Moncoutie, pardon.
Jerom Coppel today I reckon!
I think i’ll go for Sandy Cesar
My heart says to go with Arthur Vichot… but I think I’ll go with Casar
Coppel!
Peraud
Jean Peraud
Voeckler
Nicholas Roche
Nic Roche – has a french passport, originally held a french cycling licence
Be great if it was Voeckler so going for him
Thomas Voeckler
Voeckler
Tommy V in after a seemingly suicidal break on the descent of the tourmalet.
Or maybe not….
clenbutador: that won’t work. I’ll do it by rider nationality as with their UCI status to avoid double nationality or riders who are resident in France (eg Szmyd)
Kadri
Voeckler
John Gadret
moncoutie
Thomas Voeckler – he doesn’t exactly struggle on the slopes
david moncoutie
Sandy Casar
tommy voeckler
blel kadri
david moncoutie
Chavanel.
Blel Kadri
Thomas Voeckler
Coppel
Jean-Christophe Peraud
Jerome Coppel
Coppel
Remy DiGregorio
Voukler
Anthony chartreau
David Moncoutie
Gadret.
Jerome Coppel
Rémy Di Gregorio
sylvan chavanel
T. Voeckler
jeremy roy
Thomas Voeckler
Amaël Moinard
Sylvain Chavanel
Thomas Voeckler
Thomas Voeckler
Coppel for sure… Tommy will crack!
Di Gregorio.
I predicted little Tommy V in the last comp and that seemed jinxed, but I’ll have to do the same again. Voeckler it is.
Thomas Voeckler
Di Gregorio
Coppel
Err Chavanel!
Chavanel
Chavanel.
Sylvan Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel
Voeckler
Sylvain Chavanel
Sylvain Chavanel
di Gregorio
Right, that’s it. 3.00pm now so it’s too late to put your pick in.
Thanks for all the entries and I’ll announce the winner later today.
Arnold Jeannesson
Sylvain Chavanel
Laurent Mangel
Ah okay, so you mean 3pm French time, not 3pm English time! Doh!
who won??
Nathan wins, check your inbox.