Some of you already know all this, and just need the nod to get started, but it is great to have new players.
Your team
You need to name 8 riders who will be on the startline for the Giro, and who have a total CQ value for the 12 months to 5th May (the Sunday before the start) of 3500 or less. Those prices are as reported in the CQ download published on 6th May.
If you pick a rider who is not on the final startlist, or your team is overbudget, I will use the next cheapest replacement from the same team, or the cheapest rider in the game if that isn't possible.[sup]1[/sup]
There is a spreadsheet available on Dropbox that will help you get your 8 men within budget, and arrange it for submission.
Entering the game
Send your team to me by PM on either Velorooms or Cycling News forums. If you do not have sufficient posts to your name at CN, then you will find no such restriction at Velorooms. (I sent my team to Koronin on Monday evening, but had to change it when Osorio was removed from the line-up)
Please send your riders' names only (not the price, not their team, preferably not even a following space) in CQ format (Surname then forename, both family names for Spanish and Portuguese riders). If you use the spreadsheet, that will be easy.
Entries must be sent in before the race starts, which is 16:45 local time on 11th May. If you don't wait until the last moment, I will have a better chance of warning you if there is a problem with the team.
The game
Your riders will get points for stage positions (70 for the winner, down to 1 for 10th), for starting a stage in the pink jersey (18 points) and for their standings in the points and mountains categories (but not the U25s) with points given on the same scale, and GC standing (ranging from 500 for the leader to 16 for 50th, and 15 for everyone else). Those standings points can obviously increase or decrease, and gradually become a closer indication of what the final scores will be as the race goes on.
I will update daily, allowing you to become very optimistic until your top performers eventually drop away and/or withdraw from the race.
There is a secondary competition, which I will do differently from previous years, and for which I will probably try to find some name other than the cyclamen ranking. Every one of our teams will have a score each day which is the sum of stage points, perhaps pink jersey points, and fluctuations in the three standings competitions: the top ten teams will gain points, in the same scale as stage points, which will comprise the subsidiary competition. This is similar to the Green points sub-ranking I ran in the recent Spring Classics game.
Enjoy the game, and good luck to your team.
[size=8pt][1]: If 2 riders are joint cheapest, I'll use the first one alphabetically. With the teams now confirmed, you risk ending up with Sho Hatsuyama of Nippo Vini Fantini.[/size]
Entries (to Saturday morning, still 6 and a bit hours from the timestamp of this for last minute entries)
AmisVelo
ArchieBoy
Armchair_Cyclist
BicycleBoy
BikeRacer33
BluesInTheBottle
Bminchow
Carlo_Algatrensig
ChrisDK
Comodoro
Del1962
DJSprtsch
Fauniera
Flo
GodChild
Josedin
JustSomeGuy
Karaev
Kazistuta
Koronin
Laarsland
Leadbelly
LosBrolin
Mellow_Velo
Minessa
Nathanptz
Otoxiep87
Rote_Laterne
SafeBet
Salvarani
Scrool07
Search
Shalgo
Squire
Tobydawq
Torcia86
TotalPackage
Triley36
Vladimir
Will10
Yellow_Knight
If you go 24 hours after sending me your team without seeing it here, it might be worth sending me a follow-up PM or mentioning it on the thread.
Your team
You need to name 8 riders who will be on the startline for the Giro, and who have a total CQ value for the 12 months to 5th May (the Sunday before the start) of 3500 or less. Those prices are as reported in the CQ download published on 6th May.
If you pick a rider who is not on the final startlist, or your team is overbudget, I will use the next cheapest replacement from the same team, or the cheapest rider in the game if that isn't possible.[sup]1[/sup]
There is a spreadsheet available on Dropbox that will help you get your 8 men within budget, and arrange it for submission.
Entering the game
Send your team to me by PM on either Velorooms or Cycling News forums. If you do not have sufficient posts to your name at CN, then you will find no such restriction at Velorooms. (I sent my team to Koronin on Monday evening, but had to change it when Osorio was removed from the line-up)
Please send your riders' names only (not the price, not their team, preferably not even a following space) in CQ format (Surname then forename, both family names for Spanish and Portuguese riders). If you use the spreadsheet, that will be easy.
Entries must be sent in before the race starts, which is 16:45 local time on 11th May. If you don't wait until the last moment, I will have a better chance of warning you if there is a problem with the team.
The game
Your riders will get points for stage positions (70 for the winner, down to 1 for 10th), for starting a stage in the pink jersey (18 points) and for their standings in the points and mountains categories (but not the U25s) with points given on the same scale, and GC standing (ranging from 500 for the leader to 16 for 50th, and 15 for everyone else). Those standings points can obviously increase or decrease, and gradually become a closer indication of what the final scores will be as the race goes on.
I will update daily, allowing you to become very optimistic until your top performers eventually drop away and/or withdraw from the race.
There is a secondary competition, which I will do differently from previous years, and for which I will probably try to find some name other than the cyclamen ranking. Every one of our teams will have a score each day which is the sum of stage points, perhaps pink jersey points, and fluctuations in the three standings competitions: the top ten teams will gain points, in the same scale as stage points, which will comprise the subsidiary competition. This is similar to the Green points sub-ranking I ran in the recent Spring Classics game.
Enjoy the game, and good luck to your team.
[size=8pt][1]: If 2 riders are joint cheapest, I'll use the first one alphabetically. With the teams now confirmed, you risk ending up with Sho Hatsuyama of Nippo Vini Fantini.[/size]
Entries (to Saturday morning, still 6 and a bit hours from the timestamp of this for last minute entries)
AmisVelo
ArchieBoy
Armchair_Cyclist
BicycleBoy
BikeRacer33
BluesInTheBottle
Bminchow
Carlo_Algatrensig
ChrisDK
Comodoro
Del1962
DJSprtsch
Fauniera
Flo
GodChild
Josedin
JustSomeGuy
Karaev
Kazistuta
Koronin
Laarsland
Leadbelly
LosBrolin
Mellow_Velo
Minessa
Nathanptz
Otoxiep87
Rote_Laterne
SafeBet
Salvarani
Scrool07
Search
Shalgo
Squire
Tobydawq
Torcia86
TotalPackage
Triley36
Vladimir
Will10
Yellow_Knight
If you go 24 hours after sending me your team without seeing it here, it might be worth sending me a follow-up PM or mentioning it on the thread.