It's a little early, but who do you think will win the 2007 Tour de France?
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Floyd Landis(innocent until proven guilty) will still be a contender depending on what team will be willing to sign him.  The strongest team will be Disco if everyone makes it through the season.  There are a lot of races between now and July.  And the recent signing of Basso sets them up to return to the podium in the top spot for GC.  Valverde is strong but I don't believe strong enough to beat out Basso.  His day will come.  Some dark horses are still Cadel Evans from down under and Alexandre Vinokourov who won La Vuelta.  I believe Ulle's time has passed.  And le TdF is not set up for his strengths this year.  I was really excited last year to see if Basso could pull a double.  But I am just hoping to see the top contenders get to race w/o all the speculation that surrounded last year's event.
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I would also say Brazil, but England looks pretty good also. Just as long as Germany doesn't win, they have so bombed this year, but we will see. Anything can happen. I do know that this year will be very exciting and I will be routing for US and Italy.
1134301
I dunno.... But I do know this: I HOPE FRANCE WINS!!!!! they're the BEST counrty in the ENITRE WORLD!!!
440163
I don't think Somalia is in the running, but I think T&T or POLAND would be a big and fantastic surprise. Spain also should finally achieve a big win.
1074469
Yeah, he can win this year (for the 7th or 8th time in a row in the  500cc and then MotoGP class), but this year the competition is fierce and is determined to get him. Even though three of his contenders are now in hospital(three Italians), another one(an American-Nicky Hayden) is all over the others with an advantage of 29 points on 3rd placed Valentino and 20 points on 2nd place. 2006 will be a tough nut to crack for Rossi, but he is capable of that and I think that he will move on to Formula 1 in 2 or 3 years' time.
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I am pulling for Floyd Landis.  He is having an excellent season having the Tour of Cali and Georgia in his win column.  Those two races came early enough in the season for him to be ready for the TdF.  He is an excellent TT and can climb hills.  Those two skills make you a contender in the TdF.
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You meant NEXT year.\nWho knows? A little too early to make any reliable predictions.....it wasn't until half way through the Brazilian GP that we knew for sure who would win THIS year's championship (well, in my opinion, anyway).\nI think most people would put their money on one of the red car drivers or Alonso at McLaren, and some may mention Jenson Button, but Fisi is probably considered as the darkhorse at best.\nI don't really think that the psychological effect of him being the No1 driver in the team would make him go that much faster. It really depends on the performance of the car next year. New regulations, new tyres, new aero... It's not just how well the team develops the car over the off season, but also how well the other teams do the job during winter. \nMy answer? My heart says "No", my gut says "No", my brain says "Maybe", but I don't trust it very much.
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Well Rossi didn't do very good this year, he wasn't as constant and ended up losing the championship, so they (Yamaha Team) and Vale will have to work harder during this winter, if everything goes well for them, he can easily become the new champ again, no doubt in my mind, Vale is a living legend already, Capirossi and his Desmosedici did pretty good, lets see what the Ducati Team has to offer on the 800cc, as a matter of fact Ducati was the first 800cc prototype to be ready for 2007, but don't think Capirex can win a championship over The Doctor, Pedrosa is still adjusting to Moto GP, he has guts, but IMHO lacks a bit of professionalism courtesy of Alberto Puig, Dani should enjoy racing a bit more, he had a lot of pressure this year as a rookie and HRC Honda is the toughest team to work with, but Dani's advantage is his height and weight, Hayden could struggle on the 800cc..Melandri has advantages his height, weight if he keeps it down, he has courage, experience, learned a lot from Vale, he's a great pilot and when his bike is working 100%  he usually does great..so he also stands a chance..lets wait and see the come back of The Doctor..despite all it has been an interesting season, next year will be something totally different...GO 46\nCheers
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THE FRENCH WILL WINNN .. HEHE .. j'aime la france... \nI LOVE RICARDO (KAKA)
332943
Brazil has an amazing line-up as always so they will probably end up taking it, but France has Henry and Zidane working together so I'm thinking it will be either France or Brazil. I'll still be rooting for the USA, even if I don't see them winning
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Well, I am a cyclist and this is kind of cliche, but Lance Armstrong.  The man won Tour de France for the seventh time in a row.  A very tough event which covers three weeks, more than two thousand miles, with just two days "off" which are used to travel, and through the Pyrenees and French Alps!  He and other professional cyclists train many tens of thousands of miles each year, burning around about a thousand calories per hour, lots of pain to add.  The longest stage in 2005 was over 140 miles, and mind you, the day before that stage was also over 140 miles as well.  This is with no commercial breaks, time outs, half times, substitutions, or any other sort of break other than a crash if you are unfortunate to get into one.  They even have to eat during the course of the race!  And I could go on...  Lance has this event seven times.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who's bored with Rossi, but this year I predict a new champ.There are so many people who have a shot at the title this year but I'm hoping Nicky Hayden pulls it off.
1123548
yah... i think France will make a good run this year... they're in an easy group...
371635
Zizou probably . \nI can see very bright futures for france team , maybe he's the one whom bring them to the final , versus germany , with a tie and Xtra time . Everything will decide after d penalty .
1044125
Netherlands! They have a valuable team this year. I want them to win the trophy.
1111800
Well I am being all partiotic here  by saying Trinidad, but who knows what will happen. Trini performed very well in their last match, esp being one man down, so I think it could go both ways....hopefully Trinidad though :D I am a sooooocaaaa warrior... haha
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i think its about coming 1 and half year and its hard to expect who will win\nbecause may in this time a new player appear that may help his team to win this champion\nbut i think italy or france are going to play in the final