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[GBModerator]

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[Olympic Fan Darcy]

Wow! Doha is close to Madrid and somehow signifcantly ahead of Baku! Can't wait for final results i wish their were more bidders so i could see who wouldnt make candidate cities but i'm sure all will. I mean they can;t eliminate 2 cause will be least amount since 88 unless they remove baku but i doubt it

Since i'm new here and havnt seen before how often do you update the index?

[Athensfan]

Hmm. Not surprised by much except that Istanbul is barely ahead of Tokyo. I don't expect that to last. This isTokyo's race. Istanbul is the closest challenger, but they won't win.

It makes sense that Madrid is farther back, that Rome would have been, that Doha is keeping pace and that Baku is trailing.

[DannyelBrazil]

I got the newsfeed in my facebook and couldn't resist to say I totally agree with the index. Maybe, I only would place Madrid a bit stronger (like 58) and push Tokyo to the same 58 tied with Madrid.

I think BidIndex is really near of what I see and feel about this race.

That's all, see you guys soon (maybe sooner, since it seems this race will start to get warm now)

Au revoir!

[Galandar]

Sorry but I find Baku ranking in the BidIndex too low. As for Istanbul and Tokyo, I agree that the main battle is between them. Let's wait for May 23...

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

Sorry but I find Baku ranking in the BidIndex too low. As for Istanbul and Tokyo, I agree that the main battle is between them. Let's wait for May 23...

I agree i think they have some potential i mean Doha has the money edge but Baku is oil rich too and has a bigger population and better climate so i think it should be much closer to Doha

[deawebo]

I agree but i would have switched Tokyo and Istanbul places, but i mostly agree... Can't believe Doha is really close to Madrid!! Rome's socre was really low... let's wait to the shortlist know

[RobH]

Interesting that BidIndex does see Istanbul as a potential "Rio".

So based on past voting patterns, and disregarding for the time-being the Euro debacle (which doesn't sound like it's been factored in), Istanbul is looking like it's mirroring Rio.

I want to quote PureFacts' post from another thread though:

Irrespective of Euro, Istanbul plans are challenging.
Could be done, but current situation in Rio (e.g. venue plan still not finalised) will probably not help Istanbul.

So whilst it's campaign may be trying to mirror Rio, and whist geo-politically its timing might be great like Rio's was, are we in an ironic situation where Rio might be hampering Istanbul in some ways? Am I right in assuming this is a factor BidIndex possibly can't account for?

Just as Delhi 2010 undoubtedly affected the mindset of the CWGF, could Rio's preparations - not that I'm saying they're shambolic like Delhi's - affect the mindset of the IOC and therefore make BidIndex slightly less relevent?

Rio's impact on this race and its preparations hasn't been discussed much yet.

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[Galandar]

GBModerator, is there any research behind the whole BidIndex and if yes can wee see it? I really wonder to see the reason Baku is that low in your index, far lower than I would expected.