It only occurred to me today that the race is a week away, so a little later than intended, but here we go:
Your team
You need to name 8 riders who will be on the startline for the Vuelta, and who have a total CQ value for the 12 months to 18th August (the Sunday before the start) of 3500 or less. Those prices are as reported in the CQ download published on 19th August.
If you pick a rider who is not on the final startlist, or your team is overbudget, I will replace him (the non-entrant or the cheapest one who can be replaced and bring you back into budget) with the most expensive replacement that will keep you in budget (this is a change from previous versions, but it shouldn't happen anyway).
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.
Please send your riders' names only (not the price, not their team, preferably not even a following space) in CQ format (Surname then forename, some care needed with Spanish/South American, Danish, Eritrean and Portuguese riders). If you use the spreadsheet, that will be easy.
Entries must be sent in before the race starts, which I believe is 18:56 local time on 24th August (Yeah: I thought it looked like an odd time too). 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. However, please do not send in your teams until the riders' prices are confirmed.
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 red jersey (18 points) and for their standings in the points and mountains categories 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, after some discussion during the Tour, will be based on stage points only (not even red jersey bonuses). I'll be referring to this as the green points competition.
Enjoy the game, and good luck to your team.
Your team
You need to name 8 riders who will be on the startline for the Vuelta, and who have a total CQ value for the 12 months to 18th August (the Sunday before the start) of 3500 or less. Those prices are as reported in the CQ download published on 19th August.
If you pick a rider who is not on the final startlist, or your team is overbudget, I will replace him (the non-entrant or the cheapest one who can be replaced and bring you back into budget) with the most expensive replacement that will keep you in budget (this is a change from previous versions, but it shouldn't happen anyway).
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.
Please send your riders' names only (not the price, not their team, preferably not even a following space) in CQ format (Surname then forename, some care needed with Spanish/South American, Danish, Eritrean and Portuguese riders). If you use the spreadsheet, that will be easy.
Entries must be sent in before the race starts, which I believe is 18:56 local time on 24th August (Yeah: I thought it looked like an odd time too). 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. However, please do not send in your teams until the riders' prices are confirmed.
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 red jersey (18 points) and for their standings in the points and mountains categories 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, after some discussion during the Tour, will be based on stage points only (not even red jersey bonuses). I'll be referring to this as the green points competition.
Enjoy the game, and good luck to your team.
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