Tour de France Pool - Results

Alas, the Tour ended today on the Champs-Élysees with another Mark Cavendish win.

Though spectacular, Cav's win was hardly surprising... in fact you could even be forgiven for saying that it was downright predictable.

Fortunately, for those who were playing in the Tour de France Pool, today's race still meant something....

The Comité de Compétition (aka: moi) has invested about 45 minutes in tabulating the results (incidentally, an amount of time exactly equal to the margin by which Cadel Evans was defeated...) The answer key can now be found HERE (with answers in TdF jaune.)

Without further ado - the results:

Vincent Lavalee 10

Kevin Parenteau 9

Chris Cumming 9

Meyrick Jones 8

'Torbjorn Sindballe' 7

Bree Wee 6

Matt McCluskey 6

Darren Smith 5

Dave Herder 3

Michelle Valancius 3

Jeremy Hopwood 3

James Greenwood 1

Ryan Van Praet -1

You may remember Vince as the winner of the lululemon draw that I held earlier this year... suspicious... I agree. He is also a University student and we've all heard about what they pulled off in vegas...

Regardless, since I have no evidence of cheating, tampering or other bad business I will award Vince with his prize - side bar trophy. I have even customized it to suit the black background of his page:

You should be able to drag this onto your desktop... and load to your side-bar from there.

Congrats Vince! E-mail to follow regarding sushi.

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Tour de France Pool

OK, everyone... As if the TdF wasn't exciting enough, Meyrick Jones Racing and HP Multisport have combined to kick it up a notch!

Tour de France Pool 2009

To ENTER:

1. Answer the 15 questions below in an EMAIL. They are mostly multiple choice... easy peasy...

2. Send the e-mail to me at the address below:

meyrick(at)meyrickjonesracing.com

3. Lay your smack talk down in the comments section below if you wish....

4. Watch the Tour and enjoy!

5. Winner is the respondent with the most points after the final stage on the Champs-Élysées.

The PRIZE:

Grand Prize - All expenses paid trip to the 2010 Tour! Damn recession...

Still Awesome Prize - Bragging Rights.

Spoils of Victory - The winner will also receive a soon to be prestigious (and highly sought after) custom "TdF Pool 2009 Winner" image to display on blogs or websites - if you don't have a blog you can print it and put it on your refrigerator. Your friends will all be jealous!

Local Prize - For (Vancouver) participants or those willing to visit us here - James and I have also put a sushi lunch on the line. If you want in you are welcome to join us - winner eats free! (And I eat a lot....)

Without further ado...

The Questions

1. Predict Lance Armstrong's final placing in this year's two individual TTs. Add the numbers together. What is the sum?

(1 point)

A. 2-3

B. 4-5

C. 6-7

D. 8+

2. Will Lance end up ahead of Contador in the GC? (1 point)

A. Ahead

B. Behind

3. How many stages will Cavendish win? (1 point)

A. 0-1

B. 2-3

C. 4-5

D. 5+

4. What will the winning team's avg. speed be in the Team TT in km/h?

(TTT Stage details are HERE)

-Within 1 km/h = 5 points

-Within 2 km/h = 3 points

-Within 3 km/h = 2 points

-Within 4 km/h = 1 point

-off by >4 km/h = deduct a point

50.34 km/h (Best guess was Bree Wee - 50 km/h. Most entertaining guess? 72 km/h.)

5. Who will win the polka dot jersey for King of the Mountains? (1 point)

Franco Pellizotti

6. How many riders will be banned, fired for suspicion, or otherwise ejected due to doping related issues? (1 point)

A. 0-2 (0 I think....)

B. 2-4

C. 4-6

D. 6+

7. Which team will finish the tour with the most riders? (1 point)

A. AG2R

B. Agritubel

C. Astana

D. BBox Bouyges Telecom (despite almost losing the whole team in the TTT)

E. Caisse D'Epargne

F. Cervelo Test Team

G. Cofidis

H. Euskaltel - Euskadis

I. Francais Des Jeux

J. Garmin Slipstream

K. Lampre - N.G.C.

L. Liquigas

M. Quick Step

N. Rabobank

O. Silence-Lotto

P. Skil-Shimano

Q. Columbia - High Road

R. Team Katusha

S. Milram

T. Saxo Bank

8. What will the average speed be in km/h for the Mt. Ventoux stage be?

-within 1 km/h = 5 points

-within 3 km/h = 3 points

-within 4 km/h = 1 point

-off by 4+ = deduct a point

35.9 km/h (Best guess was Kevin - 36 km/h)

9. What will the margin of victory be in the GC? (The margin in minutes and seconds between winner and runner-up.)

(1 point)

A. 0-1 minute

B. 1:01 - 2:10

C. 2:11 - 3:20

D. 3:21 - 4:30 (It was 4:11)

E. 4:30 - 5:40

F. 5:41 +

10. Who will win the GC? (1 point)

Alberto Contador

11. Who will win the Green Jersey? (1 point)

Thor Hushovd

12. Which OLN broadcaster will win the competition they have each year to predict winners? (1 point)

A. Paul Sherwen

B. Al Trautwig

C. Phil Ligget

D. Bob Roll

Craig Hummer... Knew I should have looked up his name before posting....

13. Will it rain during any of the TTs? There are 3... (1 point)

A. YES

B. NO

14. Who will end up being the team leader for Astana? (1 point)

A. Armstrong

B. Contador

C. Leipheimer

D. Popovych

E. It's over and people are still wondering

15. What is the second longest stage of this year's tour? (1 point)

Stage 12 - Tonnerre -> Vittel

16. Do you want to enter the Sushi Lunch Sweepstakes? i.e. you are willing to eat sushi with James and I on a "local winner eats free basis". (0 points)

A. YES

B. NO

C. NO, because I am sure Meyrick will win and I know how much sushi he eats....

Good Luck!

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