The_Weekend_Report_Guy
Pablo's Cycling Tours
- Location
- Coín, Málaga
Ok, we hope everyone has recharged the batteries since the Giro. Time to get to Mont St. Michel and get going with the TdF Predictor Game! Think Froome's got this? Or Alberto? My money's on Nairo! Is Green already a given? What about the sprints? Kitty looked good early but didn't do much last week. G-Wagon? Gorilla? BouBou? Alot of sprinters and alot of strong trains! It all adds up to what looks like a great Tour and what better way to fully immerse yourself in it than playing the Predictor Game! And it helps to ease the pain if VDS has been feeling lately more like something you picked up on holiday than the super fun game it is!
If you have not played before read below and feel free to play along. It’s really fun and gets you even more into the race! We have a spreadsheet with graphs, etc that you can view at any time and we will post a link to it in the fanpost for each stage. It is a great tool to see the popularity of riders and results. It is also good to double check your picks as we have been known to make keying errors. It also gives you a complete rider list. We will try and update this as we go to keep track of DNF's, etc to help you not pick someone who isn't actually racing. For actual race info we find cyclingquotes.com previews pretty good!
Rules
In this game, only the stage results matter. You're not committed to keeping the same riders throughout the race, you make fresh picks before every stage. Our overall competition is a combined total of all 21 individual stage scores. You're eligible for the overall even if you miss some stages.
Pick 4 riders for the upcoming stage. The order of your picks doesn't matter. All of your riders can score.
Riders score points down to 10th place. Less popular riders score more points than heavily-picked favorites. See below for scoring details.
The strict entry deadline is the official start time of the stage, the neutralized rollout or Départ Fictif. Be warned - if your post is timestamped one minute late your entry won't count! We had a few people in the Giro miss stages! Get your picks in on time PLEASE! And do remember that there's no disadvantage to getting an entry in early, even the day before, because you may always change your picks up until the deadline. Feel free to rethink your picks when it emerges which riders are more or less popular with other players. If you make changes, post your revised 4 picks in a reply to your original post.
Try to enter just the last name of the person not their nickname...Quintana not Q for example. And Martin T or Costa R. It helps us with the data entry into the spreadsheet.
Scoring
Forgot to mention..!!!
The last 3 stages will be secret entry between the top contenders. To avoid defensive picking..
When we say top contenders we leave the number open because who knows how many will be within striking distance. It's rare that someone dominates so completely as m_m did in the Giro!
We will notify you by email if we need you to do a secret entry.
Results:
We will try and post results in a timely fashion as soon after each stage as possible. However we are all busy so will just do our best there. We will post them along with a post for the next stage.
Post your entry for the first stage below!
And if you want to check your entries and results:
Our spreadsheet master msbee created: THIS
Good luck, invite your friends and "Let's Get It On!"!
Special thanks to all the hands around the world that make this game possible (especially msbee as the spreadsheet is truly magnificent!).
And here is the link to the website where people is playing the game... http://www.podiumcafe.com/2016/6/25/12029114/tour-de-france-predictor-game-stage-1
Have fun and happy TdF 2016..!!
