And here we go again:
Rules
Team of exactly nine riders. Teams with fewer riders will be filled out with cheapest riders available (if two or more riders are the joint cheapest, the rider whose name comes first alphabetically shall be used). If quota of nine cannot be reached in this manner (eg, 8 riders totalling exactly 4000, no free riders starting race) team will be disqualified.
Riders selected who do not start the Tour, or who are excluded from the game because of a ban (see below) will be replaced, if it is possible within budget, by the next most expensive from their own team, otherwise as above.
Where a team has nine riders but is over budget, the cheapest rider whose price is at least equal to the overspend, will be replaced according to the same principle.
Teams with more than 9 riders will have their most expensive pick(s) removed from their squad.
Budget
4000 points (as has been the case on the two previous versions of this game)
Price of riders
CQ current score as at 29th June, with points accumulated over 12 months leading up to that date, for which the update file that CQ release on Monday 30th will be considered definitive.
There is a spreadsheet at dropbox here that might help you compile your team.
Rider eligibility
As previously, any rider who has been under a ban for any part of the period during which their price is calculated is not eligible.
The only riders that I am aware of thus affected are Frank Schleck and Mick Rogers: please let me know if you spot others.
Submitting your team
By personal message to me. Should my message box fill up, I should be able to clear it each evening.
Do not attempt to send in your team before the finalised price list is available (30th June)
PLEASE use the CQ format for names (surname then first name, nothing else at all): it makes an enormous difference to the time it takes to log teams.
If you are also a member of Velorooms, it would ease pressure on my inbox if you submit your team there, where I have an unlimited PM space.
I shall endeavour to have my team ready on the first day after the price list is released and submit it to the first to submit a team so that there can be confidence that I didn't pick from among the best of everyone else's ideas. (Edit: I sent it to Dazed and Confused on 1 July)
Deadline
Saturday 5th July 1100 BST/1200 CET (Start time of the race)
Scoring
Points issued according to the points tables of CQ (column GT1). Note there are no points issued for the young rider category.
Per the precedent set in relation to Di Luca and Santambrogio in the 2013 Giro, riders sanctioned for doping offences shall retain their points for the purposes of this game unless the CQ website removes them before publishing the final result on the final day of the race (which seems most unlikely)
Teams entered so far
As at 10:15 am Fri 5th July
18Valve
Afrank
AG
Akuryo
AlPacino
Armchair_Cyclist
asdfgh101
BeagRigh
BicycleBoy
BigMac
BikeRacer33
Blues_in_the_Bottle
Comodoro
Crevaison
Dazed_and_Confused
DBCoop
Del1962
Diggercuz
Evans_is_the_best
Flo
Fus87
GeraintTooFast
Gotland
Handbrake
HilltopFinisher
Hugo87
ItalianGigolo *
Jancouver
Jaylew
Jorik112
Josedin
JosephD
JustSomeGuy
Karlboss
Kazistuta
L29205
LaVelocipide
Leadbelly
LiamP
LightBing
LosBrolin
LugHugger
Manafana
Martyfulu
MC_Mountain
Mellow_Velo
Minessa
Mix
Mkind07
Murali
Mutschi
NairoQ *
Oli
Oliveira
Patrick767
PeterB
Pricey_Sky
Rote_Laterne
Roubaix
Search
Shalgo
Simple *
Somar13
the_fool_on_the_hill
The_Sceptic
Tigerion
Trudgin
Tuart
USPostal *
Vladimir
Yellow_Knight
* indicates that team has issues: manager notified.
If you are part of other cycling forums, feel free to publicise the game there, and invite entrants.
Good luck!
Rules
Team of exactly nine riders. Teams with fewer riders will be filled out with cheapest riders available (if two or more riders are the joint cheapest, the rider whose name comes first alphabetically shall be used). If quota of nine cannot be reached in this manner (eg, 8 riders totalling exactly 4000, no free riders starting race) team will be disqualified.
Riders selected who do not start the Tour, or who are excluded from the game because of a ban (see below) will be replaced, if it is possible within budget, by the next most expensive from their own team, otherwise as above.
Where a team has nine riders but is over budget, the cheapest rider whose price is at least equal to the overspend, will be replaced according to the same principle.
Teams with more than 9 riders will have their most expensive pick(s) removed from their squad.
Budget
4000 points (as has been the case on the two previous versions of this game)
Price of riders
CQ current score as at 29th June, with points accumulated over 12 months leading up to that date, for which the update file that CQ release on Monday 30th will be considered definitive.
There is a spreadsheet at dropbox here that might help you compile your team.
Rider eligibility
As previously, any rider who has been under a ban for any part of the period during which their price is calculated is not eligible.
The only riders that I am aware of thus affected are Frank Schleck and Mick Rogers: please let me know if you spot others.
Submitting your team
By personal message to me. Should my message box fill up, I should be able to clear it each evening.
Do not attempt to send in your team before the finalised price list is available (30th June)
PLEASE use the CQ format for names (surname then first name, nothing else at all): it makes an enormous difference to the time it takes to log teams.
If you are also a member of Velorooms, it would ease pressure on my inbox if you submit your team there, where I have an unlimited PM space.
I shall endeavour to have my team ready on the first day after the price list is released and submit it to the first to submit a team so that there can be confidence that I didn't pick from among the best of everyone else's ideas. (Edit: I sent it to Dazed and Confused on 1 July)
Deadline
Saturday 5th July 1100 BST/1200 CET (Start time of the race)
Scoring
Points issued according to the points tables of CQ (column GT1). Note there are no points issued for the young rider category.
Per the precedent set in relation to Di Luca and Santambrogio in the 2013 Giro, riders sanctioned for doping offences shall retain their points for the purposes of this game unless the CQ website removes them before publishing the final result on the final day of the race (which seems most unlikely)
Teams entered so far
As at 10:15 am Fri 5th July
18Valve
Afrank
AG
Akuryo
AlPacino
Armchair_Cyclist
asdfgh101
BeagRigh
BicycleBoy
BigMac
BikeRacer33
Blues_in_the_Bottle
Comodoro
Crevaison
Dazed_and_Confused
DBCoop
Del1962
Diggercuz
Evans_is_the_best
Flo
Fus87
GeraintTooFast
Gotland
Handbrake
HilltopFinisher
Hugo87
ItalianGigolo *
Jancouver
Jaylew
Jorik112
Josedin
JosephD
JustSomeGuy
Karlboss
Kazistuta
L29205
LaVelocipide
Leadbelly
LiamP
LightBing
LosBrolin
LugHugger
Manafana
Martyfulu
MC_Mountain
Mellow_Velo
Minessa
Mix
Mkind07
Murali
Mutschi
NairoQ *
Oli
Oliveira
Patrick767
PeterB
Pricey_Sky
Rote_Laterne
Roubaix
Search
Shalgo
Simple *
Somar13
the_fool_on_the_hill
The_Sceptic
Tigerion
Trudgin
Tuart
USPostal *
Vladimir
Yellow_Knight
* indicates that team has issues: manager notified.
If you are part of other cycling forums, feel free to publicise the game there, and invite entrants.
Good luck!