Want a signed copy of Max Leonard’s new book “Higher Calling”? It was enjoyed and reviewed the other day here and now here’s your chance to win a copy with a simple quiz.
The book is all about the mountains and their role in cycling, whether for pro races or the challenge they offer to us all. The competition is designed to celebrate the Tour’s passage through the Alps.
Just guess the first rider to the top of each of the three marked climbs that feature in the Tour de France’s 18th stage.
To help the three climbs are:
- Km 60.0 – Côte des Demoiselles Coiffées: 3.9 kilometre-long climb at 5.2% – category 3
- Km 129.5 – Col de Vars (2109m): 9.3km at 7.5% – category 1
- Km 179.5 – Col d’Izoard (2360m): 14.1km at 7.3% – category H
How to enter
Leave your pick or picks in a comment below, it’s as easy as that.
You can post under any pseudonym and please be reassured this is not one of those email harvesting exercises masquerading as a competition, you don’t have to leave your email address and if you do you’ll never be bothered, promised.
The rules bit
- The order of your picks should match the order of the climbs, see the example comment below
- All comments left before midday on Thursday Euro time are valid
- if nobody guesses right the closest picks will be selected with priority going to the highest climbs
- in the event of a tie, the names get pasted into a spreadsheet and selected by random function
Mathew Hayman, Yukiya Arashiro, Carlos Betancur
(I’ve got a review copy already, the above is just a sample to show how to answer, see if you can make some sharper picks)
Hayman’s first time finishing in Paris was last year. Betancur is looking for his first TdF finish, Arashiro his 7th.
W. barguil, J. pantano, j. Pantano.
in the event of a tie, the names get pasted into a spreadsheet and selected by random function
Dude. You literally have your own branded hats that you could pull a name out of!
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet…
Primoz Roglic, Warren Barguil, Rigoberto Uran
Michael Matthews, Primoz Roglic, Rigoberto Uran
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet
Alexis Vuillermoz,Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
de Gendt, Barguil, Bardet
Lilian Calmejane, Primoz Roglic, Christopher Froome
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
Thomas DeGendt, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet.
Michael Matthews/ Warren Barguil/ Romain Bardet
Jan Bakelants, Warren Barguil, Rigoberto Uran
Not original, but: Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
DeGhent, Baraguil, Froome
Michael Matthews, Ben Gastauer, Romain Bardet
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet
Thomas de Gendt, Warren Barguil, Mikel Landa
Tony Gallopin, Pierre Latour, Chris Froome
Barguil…Barguil…Bardet
Thomas de Gendt, Alberto Contador, Warren Barguil
De Gendt, Roglic, Uran
De Gendt, Barguil, Uran
1*Martin, Tony
2*Martin, Tony
3*Froome
Roglic, Barguil, Uran
De gendt, Calmejane, bardet
Rolland, Gallopin, Froome
Thomas De Gendt, Brambilla, Amador.
Barguil, Barguil, Froome
Barguil
Bardet
Uran
Michael Matthews, Warren Bargui, Chris Froome
Roglic, Barguil, Froome
Barguil Barguil Froome
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Rigoberto Uran
Calmejane, Contador, Froome
Simon Geschke
Steve Cummings
Romain Bardet
Barguil
Barguil
Landa
Barguil, Rolland, Uran
1. Barguil
2. Landa
3. Froome
Primoz Roglic, Warren Barguil, Thomas De Gendt
Brice Feillu, Serge Pauwels, Damiano Caruso
Voecker, Landa, Bardet.
Barguil, Voeckler, Quintana
De gent , Jan baekelants , bardet
Barguil, Bardet, Froome
de Gendt, Barguil, Contador
Mathews
Barguil
Dan Martin
A Barguil hattrick!
Barguil, Barguil… BARGUIL!
Matthews, Barguil, Froome
De Gendt, Cummings, Froome
Lance
Jan
Marco
Landa
Landa
Landa
Michael Matthews
Warren Barguil
Daniel Martin
De gendt , barguil , bardet
barguil contador froome
de gendt, roglic, yates
Barguil, Contador, Uran
barguil, barguil, uran
Voeckler, de Gendt, Nieve
Roglic, de Gendt, Aru
barguil, martin, bardet
Michael Matthews, Steve Cummings, Chris Froome
Barguil, Brambilla, Uran
Voeckler, Barguil, Bardet
Voeckler, Barguil, Froome
Barguil, Barguil, Froome
Primoz Roglic, Warren Barguil, Rigoberto Uran
Michael Matthews, Warren Barguil, Rigoberto Uran.
-With Uran winning the 2017 Tour.
-But a pesky suspicion Landa will win on Col d’Izoard. NO; Froome has not won one yet…
Matthews
Barguil
Froome
cummings, cummings, bardet
DeGendt Barguil Froome
Matthews
Barguil
Aru
Matthews, Barguil, Bardet
Thomas De Gendt; Warren Barguil; Chris Froome… 🙂
Sagan, Porte, Porte.
Would keep things even more interesting at this point.
Otherwise I guess I’m in the Barguil, Barguil, Froom/Bardet camp.
Great challenge, my mother told me gambling’s for fools.
thanks for the daily fix.
Roglic, Barguil, Bardet
De Gendt, De Gendt, Froome
Thomas de Gendt, Thomas de Gendt, Fabio Aru
Barguil, De Gendt, Dan Martin.
De Gendt, Barguil, Froome
Warren Barguil, Michal Kwiatkowski, Rigoberto Uran
De Gendt, Barguil, Uran
Serge Pauwels, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Kwiatkowski, Uran
J. Bakelants, J. Pantano, F. Aru
Kiryienka strolls the halls of Valhalla. OG.
Tony Gallopin; Romain Bardet; Uran Rigoberto!
De Gendt, De Gendt, Froome
Michael Matthews, Warren Bargui, Alberto Contador
Roglic, Roglic, Latour
Barguil, Gallopin, Martin
Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet, Romain Bardet.
Matthews, Roglic, Uran
Matthews doesn’t need to go for intermediate sprints any more, he’ll be chilling in the pack avoiding risks for the next few days.
Or on duty protecting Barguil from de Gendt? 😉
I might order the book on Amazon 🙂
Roglic, Roglic, Bardet
Roglic, bardet, froome
Geschke, Contador, Uran.
Primoz Roglic, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet
matthews, barguil, landa
DeGendt, Barguil, Uran
Voeckler, Chavanel, Froome
Quintana, Quintana, Bardet
Happy Colombian independence day
Primož Roglič, Primož Roglič, Warren Barguil
🙂
Michael Matthews, Alberto Contador, Chris Froome
De Gendt, Mollema, Mollema
Barguil, Contador, Uran
Warren Barguil, Rigoberto Uran, Chris Froome
De Gendt, De Gendt, Uran
De Gendt, Barguil, Froome,
Warren Barguil; Jarlinson Pantano; Chris Froome
Mathews, Barguil, Uran.
Thanks Inrng you’re awesome.
That’s not a bribe!
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Mikel Landa
Bouet, Bardet, Landa
Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet, Chris Froome.
Barguil
Barguil
Landa
Michael Matthews, Warren Barguil, Dan Martin
Bardet, Bardet, Froome
Allez!
Swift, Roglic, Uran
De Gendt, Barguil, Landa
Barguil
Barguil
Martin
Is anyone else approaching a state of Zen meditation reading through these comments?
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
Barguil, Barguil, Bardet.
…
Jarlinson Pantano, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet
Primož Roglič, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
Barguil, Contador, Froome
De Gendt, Barguil, Froome
Barguil, De Gendt, Urán.
De Gendt , Barguil , Froome
1) De Gent
2) Barguil
3) Froome
Thomas de Gendt, Warren Barguil, Fabio Aru
De Gent, Barguil, Landa
michael matthews, thomas de gendt, fabio aru
Thomas De Gendt, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
de Gendt
Barguil
Froome
Steve Cummings, Warren Barguil, Dan Martin
Yates,
Landa,
Froome
Geschke
De Gendt
Froome
Barguil
Landa
Froome
Matthews, Barguil, Uran
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
Thomas de Gendt, Warren Barguil, Romain Bardet
de Gendt, Warren Barguil, Froome
De Gendt, Landa, Froome Dog
Michael Matthews, Warren Barguil, Chris Froome
Voeckler
Nieve
Bardet
Geshcke; Contador; Froome
De gendt, Contador, Landa
De Gendt, Barguil, Bardet.
Warren Barguil | Dan Martin | Rigoberto Uran
roglic, barguil, froome
De Genht, Barguil, Froome
de Gendt, Barguil, Uran
1. T de Gendt then….
2. W Barguil then….
3. R Bardet
DeGendt, DeGendt, Bardet
Warren Barguil, Warren Barguil, Fabio Aru
The time cut has passed now. Any more entries don’t count. Good luck to everyone
it’s almost as if you know there was going to be a 50 man break up the road… 😉
Three people picked Barguil as the stage winner/Izoard summit finish:
Neil
A different J Evans
Waldo
Lots of picks for De Gendt for the first climb. Nobody picked Lutsensko for the Col de Vars.
Neil also picked De Gendt for the first climb so that’s first prize but since there are three copies, Neil, a different J Evans and Waldo all win, please drop me an email to claim your prize.