Though England have had a better session this morning with the second new ball I think that the first Ashes test will be beaten by the miserable weather forecast for the weekend but we England fans can still hope.
It is a fairly quiet weekend in terms of major sporting events and currently no rugby or football with which to bulk up my predictions. Having said that the sport that will be going on is of an exceptional nature and in addition to the cricket the Tour de France goes into the Pyreneean mountains today, the F1 Circus resumes at the famous Nurburgring and there is the Scottish Open Golf at Loch Lomond.
As for the Tour de France I am going for Andy Schleck to gain a top three finish in Andorra today when the tour reaches its highest point of this year's event. The real story that will unfold this weekend is how the Astana team fair and will a definite leader of the team come to the fore. Armstrong will see today as a great opportunity to become the oldest wearer of the famous yellow jersey but that assumes his teammates will not attack him.
The Nurburgring has been sanitised over the years and bears little resemblance to the track where the famous races of the sixties and seventies took place but even so it is still a challenging circuit for the drivers and the "home" event for the likes of Mercedes and BMW. Unfortunately, I don't think the Mclaren Mercedes or BMW teams will be fighting for the podium but I will predict Hamilton for a points finish this weekend. However, Mercedes should have something to cheer with the Brawn team and I predict that Button will podium and my final prediction for the race is a debut win for Webber though his Red Bull teammate, Vettel, may have something to say about that at his home race.
Final prediction for the weekend is for the Scottish Open Golf at Loch Lomond which is the last chance for the contenders to hone their skills before the Open at Turnberry next weekend. I am aware that this tournament is already underway but after the first round I am predicting a Poulter Top 10 finish.
In summary my predictions are as follows:
Tour de France
Andy Schleck for a Top 3 finish in Andorra at 13/8
F1 German Grand Prix
Webber to win at 9/2
Button to podium at 2/5
Hamilton to score points at 9/4
Scottish Open Golf
Poulter to finish in top 10 at 6/5
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