As the Spring Classics game approaches its denoument (a probably anti-climactic finale in Frankfurt on Monday), we begin our GC season with the 2023 Giro CQ Game.
If you have played before, what you need to know is 8 men per team, 3500 point budget on CQ prices for year to 30th April (assuming that is when CQ update runs up to: confirmation of prices on Monday afternoon/evening), to me by PM before the first rider starting at, I think 1:50 Italian time on Saturday.
If you are not sure what all that means, then:
Cqranking.com allocates points to riders in all n.1 and higher races throughout the season, and keeps tallies for both the current year and (more relevant for our purposes here), the last 12 months. This game uses points each rider has in their last 12 months as their price, and the points they gain on that site's scale of points as their score. You will pick 8 riders who are to take part in the Giro as your team, with a maximum total cost of 3500 CQ points. The relevant price for each rider is his points for the year to 30th April, and the definitive record of that is a spreadsheet released by CQ on (I hope) Monday afternoon.
But you do not have to search for that: I have a spreadsheet on Google Docs that does lots of the work for you:
No restrictions of how many riders of any age group team or type you can have, no captains with double points or rewards for teammates of stage winners, no adjusting your team stage by stage according to the parcours: this game is simple (and my spreadsheet skills are limited). Wave your 8 men off in Fossacesia, and hope thay arrive victorious in Rome 22 days later.
There is a minor classification based on stage points only. Depending on real life, I aim to put up an update every day. The game finishes with the event, so there are no reviews of the results in the light of subsequent disqualifications (but I might post them for interest's sake)
Send your team to me by PM (hover over my name in the column at the right, and click 'Stark Conversation') on this site before the first rider starts his time trial next Saturday. (If you are newly active on this site that might not be open to you: The best bet might be to post a message in this thread with the names hidden behind a spoiler, and delete it as soon as you can after I acknowledge receipt)
Please try to send the names in the version that CQ uses, and it also makes my task easier if there is no other info on the same line as the name of each rider. If I have not confirmed receipt within 24 hours, best to try again.
Buona fortuna, grazie per il tuo interesse e goditi il gioco.
If you have played before, what you need to know is 8 men per team, 3500 point budget on CQ prices for year to 30th April (assuming that is when CQ update runs up to: confirmation of prices on Monday afternoon/evening), to me by PM before the first rider starting at, I think 1:50 Italian time on Saturday.
If you are not sure what all that means, then:
Cqranking.com allocates points to riders in all n.1 and higher races throughout the season, and keeps tallies for both the current year and (more relevant for our purposes here), the last 12 months. This game uses points each rider has in their last 12 months as their price, and the points they gain on that site's scale of points as their score. You will pick 8 riders who are to take part in the Giro as your team, with a maximum total cost of 3500 CQ points. The relevant price for each rider is his points for the year to 30th April, and the definitive record of that is a spreadsheet released by CQ on (I hope) Monday afternoon.
But you do not have to search for that: I have a spreadsheet on Google Docs that does lots of the work for you:
- Relevant price for each rider (from Monday)
- Updated startlist predictions as often as I can
- Shows version of each name that I would prefer you to use
- Does the adding up for you to make sure that you are in budget
- Shows the scale of points given for GC, stages and the purple and blue jersey competitions.
All that's left for you to do is have the knowledge, skill and luck to pick a good team, and to remember to send it in.
No restrictions of how many riders of any age group team or type you can have, no captains with double points or rewards for teammates of stage winners, no adjusting your team stage by stage according to the parcours: this game is simple (and my spreadsheet skills are limited). Wave your 8 men off in Fossacesia, and hope thay arrive victorious in Rome 22 days later.
There is a minor classification based on stage points only. Depending on real life, I aim to put up an update every day. The game finishes with the event, so there are no reviews of the results in the light of subsequent disqualifications (but I might post them for interest's sake)
Send your team to me by PM (hover over my name in the column at the right, and click 'Stark Conversation') on this site before the first rider starts his time trial next Saturday. (If you are newly active on this site that might not be open to you: The best bet might be to post a message in this thread with the names hidden behind a spoiler, and delete it as soon as you can after I acknowledge receipt)
Please try to send the names in the version that CQ uses, and it also makes my task easier if there is no other info on the same line as the name of each rider. If I have not confirmed receipt within 24 hours, best to try again.
Buona fortuna, grazie per il tuo interesse e goditi il gioco.
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