The List Are Coming In...

So far, I've got 7 list, not counting my own.  Remember, you have until tomorrow at midnight (PDT) to change your mind on the order or who you have listed.

Here's the people and the lists I've received so far:

Toby

1.     Jurgen Van den Broeck

2.     Cadel Evans

3.     Joaquim Rodriguez

4.     Richie Porte

5.     Teejay Van Garderen

Blaine

1.     Rein Tarrame

2.     TeeJay Van Garderen

3.     Rui Costa

4.     Nibali

5.     Richie Porte

Dave

1.     Cadel Evans

2.     Andy Schleck

3.     Chris Froome

4.     TeeJay Van Garderen

5.     Christian Vande Velde

Tom

1.     TeeJay Van Garderen

2.     Alberto Contador

3.     Ryder Hesjedal

4.     Joaquim Rodriguez

5.     Jurgen Van Den Broeck

Derek

1.     Teejay Van Garderen

2.     Alberto Contador

3.     Cadel Evans

4.     Alejandro Valverde

5.     Joaquim Rodriguez

Arnold

1.     Teejay Van Garderen

2.     Alejandro Valverde

3.     Joaquim Rodriguez

4.     Ryder Hesjedal

5.     Nairo Quintana

Manny

1.     Richie Porte

2.     Dan Martin

3.     Alejandro Valverde

4.     Cadel Evans

5.     Joaquim Rodriguez

 

I'm sensing a pattern here.  Seems most of us think TeeJay will perform very well this tour.  My opinion?  I think he may be forced to hold back early in the mountains to assist Cadel when the peloton thins down to the hard men.  Only if Cadel cracks do I think he'll get the go from the team car, and then it might be too late to make up the time to get to third.

I also think Manny brings up a good point, not loosing time in the team time trial is going to be key.  But to counter that point, perhaps the TTT isn't long enough this year to really make an insurmountable time deficit.

Finally, Cyclingnews has all the riders listed by team HERE.  But not the official list with rider numbers, yet.  It may be telling when we see who gets the #1's on their jerseys.

Happy riding.