ProTour Pundit 2015 *no spoilers please*

[smutchin]

Points - Allaphilippe
...spelling will be checked...

Ahem!

 

[rich p]

Ahem!

...and I think Froomedawg is correctly spelt Froome

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Ahem!

...and I think Froomedawg is correctly spelt Froome

Keeping you on your toes, checking to make sure you are paying attention...

 

[smutchin]

Which one? Tony or Dan?

Keizer

 

[Crackle]

Keeping you on your toes, checking to make sure you are paying attention...

Hoisted by his own petard, the bounder.

Are we not doing the LR then, as you haven't picked one?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Hoisted by his own petard, the bounder.

Are we not doing the LR then, as you haven't picked one?

It didn't seem to feature in the majority of picks so I didn't bother - I don't think anyone has ever picked the LR so I doubt it'll be missed.

I'll come up with a few random "extras" for the TdF to amuse you all.

 

[smutchin]

I don't think anyone has ever picked the LR so I doubt it'll be missed.

Someone did once, can't recall who, but I agree it's not worth bothering with except for fun.

But then given how few points I score, I have to treat the whole thing as 'just for fun'...

We should probably revise the scoring system if we do this again next year.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

We should probably revise the scoring system if we do this again next year.

1 point for remembering to post a pick
1 point if the rider is actually in the race/stage
2 points for the rider finishing the race/stage
5 points if you don't post a spoiler in the thread
10 points deducted for picking the winner

I think it could work.

 

[smutchin]

One possibility I came up with was to extend the scoring to the top ten places, like so;

20
16
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1

And change the weighting for the jerseys so they score less than stage wins, and make GC worth more points than the minor classifications. Eg;

GC
10
7
5
3
2
1

Other jerseys
5
3
2
1

 

[smutchin]

You could also encourage left field predictions with some kind of handicapping system, eg half points for Tony Martin on a TT

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

You could also encourage left field predictions with some kind of handicapping system, eg half points for Tony Martin on a TT

Aye, you could...

Remember I work a pen and paper system Think of the trees

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Stage 1 - Alaphilippe

 

[themosquitoking]

1 point if your rider finishes
5 points if he doesn't (this is to help me because i am the kiss of death, especially on velogames)
5 points if your rider finishes in the top ten and has had a puncture
10 points if your rider is clearly juiced but passes doping control

 

[rich p]

Stage winners are harder to pick than the GC - what Smutch says is true

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Stage winners are harder to pick than the GC - what Smutch says is true

Had it not been for the jersey choice in the Giro, not many would have got out of single figures!