Here we go again...
Most of you already know most of this: the substantial changes (dates, one rule change) are underlined to aid the lazy reader...
Rules
Team of exactly nine riders. Teams with fewer riders will be filled out with cheapest riders available (2nd sort criteria will be alphabetical by surname). If quota of nine cannot be reached in this manner (eg, 8 riders totalling exactly 3500, no free riders starting race) team will be disqualified.
Riders selected who do not start the Giro will be replaced by the next most expensive from their own team, if possible, otherwise as above.
Teams with more than 9 riders will have their most expensive pick(s) removed from their squad,
Budget
Budget will be 3500 points.
Price of riders
CQ current score as at 3rd May, with points accumulated over 12 months leading up to that date, for which the update file that CQ release on Monday 4th will be considered definitive.
There is, as in the past, a dropbox spreadsheetof riders likely to participate and their prices for the game, and a facility for checking the team total.
Rider eligibility
As in the Classics game the previous prohibition of any rider who had been under a ban for any part of the period during which their price is scrapped this year. All riders participating in the Giro are eligible.
Submitting your team
By personal message to me. Players who have accounts at both CN and VR are asked to use the VR personal message system (I have an unlimited inbox there)
Pleeeeeeeease send the team with names formatted as per CQ. It makes an enormous difference to the efficiency of adding teams. If you use the dropbox spreadsheet it will be a simple copy and paste job.
I have lodged my team with Comodoro, the first person to submit a team, so that there can be confidence that I didn't pick from among the best of everyone else's ideas. (My track record in my own games is pretty appalling anyway)
Deadline
Saturday 9th May at whatever time the first team rolls down the ramp. (I think 3pm Italian time/2pm UK)
Scoring
Points issued according to the points tables of CQ (column GT2). Note there are no points issued for the young rider category.
Entries
AG
Akuryo
Alykaptan
AmisVelo
ArchieBoy
Armchair_Cyclist
BigMac
Bikeracer33
Blackbandit222
BluesInTheBottle
Comodoro
Crevaison
Del1962
Diggercuz
DJW
Fauniera
GeraintTooFast
GreenMonkey
Hakkie
Handbrake
Hugo87
Jancouver
Joelsim
Josedin
JosephD
JustSomeGuy
Kazistuta
L29205
Leadbelly
LightBing
LosBrolin
Mellow_Velo
Minessa
Murali
Murrjt
NairoQ
NotMyCircus
Postmanhat
Rote_Laterne
Roubaix
Scrool07
Search
Shalgo
TheSceptic
Togo
TomJelte
Trudgin
Tuart
Yellow_Knight
Good luck to all.
Most of you already know most of this: the substantial changes (dates, one rule change) are underlined to aid the lazy reader...
Rules
Team of exactly nine riders. Teams with fewer riders will be filled out with cheapest riders available (2nd sort criteria will be alphabetical by surname). If quota of nine cannot be reached in this manner (eg, 8 riders totalling exactly 3500, no free riders starting race) team will be disqualified.
Riders selected who do not start the Giro will be replaced by the next most expensive from their own team, if possible, otherwise as above.
Teams with more than 9 riders will have their most expensive pick(s) removed from their squad,
Budget
Budget will be 3500 points.
Price of riders
CQ current score as at 3rd May, with points accumulated over 12 months leading up to that date, for which the update file that CQ release on Monday 4th will be considered definitive.
There is, as in the past, a dropbox spreadsheetof riders likely to participate and their prices for the game, and a facility for checking the team total.
Rider eligibility
As in the Classics game the previous prohibition of any rider who had been under a ban for any part of the period during which their price is scrapped this year. All riders participating in the Giro are eligible.
Submitting your team
By personal message to me. Players who have accounts at both CN and VR are asked to use the VR personal message system (I have an unlimited inbox there)
Pleeeeeeeease send the team with names formatted as per CQ. It makes an enormous difference to the efficiency of adding teams. If you use the dropbox spreadsheet it will be a simple copy and paste job.
I have lodged my team with Comodoro, the first person to submit a team, so that there can be confidence that I didn't pick from among the best of everyone else's ideas. (My track record in my own games is pretty appalling anyway)
Deadline
Saturday 9th May at whatever time the first team rolls down the ramp. (I think 3pm Italian time/2pm UK)
Scoring
Points issued according to the points tables of CQ (column GT2). Note there are no points issued for the young rider category.
Entries
AG
Akuryo
Alykaptan
AmisVelo
ArchieBoy
Armchair_Cyclist
BigMac
Bikeracer33
Blackbandit222
BluesInTheBottle
Comodoro
Crevaison
Del1962
Diggercuz
DJW
Fauniera
GeraintTooFast
GreenMonkey
Hakkie
Handbrake
Hugo87
Jancouver
Joelsim
Josedin
JosephD
JustSomeGuy
Kazistuta
L29205
Leadbelly
LightBing
LosBrolin
Mellow_Velo
Minessa
Murali
Murrjt
NairoQ
NotMyCircus
Postmanhat
Rote_Laterne
Roubaix
Scrool07
Search
Shalgo
TheSceptic
Togo
TomJelte
Trudgin
Tuart
Yellow_Knight
Good luck to all.