The Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast produce a series of videos in the cycling offseason where they discuss cycling teams, review their past season, and analyze, predict, and offer hot takes of questionable likelihood on their upcoming season. I will record any prediction or hot take mentioned in their podcasts in this market.
Update 2025-11-19 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): For the answer "[Red Bull-BORA] Florian Lipowitz places better than Remco Evenepoel at the Tour de France": This will resolve N/A if only one of them or neither of them start the Tour de France.
Update 2025-11-25 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): For the answer "[Lidl-Trek] 3rd in UCI points for the 2026 season": This will resolve YES only if Lidl-Trek finishes exactly 3rd in UCI points for the 2026 season (not 2nd or 4th).
@RedzoneITG Strongly depends on the schedule they pick for Ayuso. I feel like the team will just send him to the TDF but I didn't read anything about plans.
@Eliza Yeah I was surprised on how low they seem on the team's top level ability. I think it also depends a lot on the team's scheduling and goals; they could probably win like 15 if they sent Kooij to farm sprints in weaker 2.UWTs, used Riccitello, Gall, Prodhomme, etc aggressively in mountain breakaways instead of aiming for GC, that kind of thing.
@RedzoneITG Since this is a "hot take" rather than a regular H2H prop bet, should it resolve even if one or the other fails to start/finish the race? So it resolves Yes if Lipowitz finishes the TDF and his finish position is higher than Remco (including if Remco does not start/finish the TDF), and resolves No in all other cases?