Beginning to think about the Spring Classics game: by all means start thinking about your selection, but don't treat this as the post to launch the game or invite submissions yet.
The squad size (12), budget (3000 points) and relevant price list (CQ points as of 1 January) have been stable for as long as the game has existed, and I see no pressing reason to change them.
What has changed is the UCI classification, with the former 1.HC races and some of the higher quality 1.1 races are now labelled as 1.Pro (with a slight drop in CQ points: 130, 78, 66 for the top three, rather than 140, 84, 72) I guess that promotes a few more races into the calendar for the game:
Ardeche Classic
Drome Classic
GP Miguel Indurain
TroBro Leon
Ronde van Drenthe has gone the other way, dropping to 1.1 status, so I would suggest that it be dropped from the series.
We also need to agree the date range: We have always started from the northern European season launch, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but 2 weeks before that, we have the first 1.Pro races, Clasica de Almeria and Trofeo Laigueglia. They are in the spring (at least that far south in Europe), but perhaps thought of as part of the warm up for the season rather than part of the Spring.
And when does the Spring end? Last year I extended the game a few days beyond the previous Liege-Bastogne-Liege finish to include the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn - Frankfurt (although it made precious little difference). Should I do that again, and should we extend even longer to include the promoted from 1.1 GP de Plumelec? (mid May could still be considered spring: the next 1.Pro race is in mid June, which no-one considers Spring)
So, a 48 hour poll:
1) Should we start earlier, with Almeria and Laigueglia, or stick with the Omloop start?
2) Do I include the 4 races promoted from 1.1 to 1.Pro (Ardeche, Drome, Indurain, TroBro) ?
3) Do we retain the extension to include Frankfurt?
4) Do we wait until Plumelec, to include everything that might be considered to be Spring?
I am willing to abide by majority vote (I wouldn't offer you the choice if I weren't), but that doesn't mean I don't have my own opinions: I'll post them near the end of the 48 hours.
Whatever is decided, looking forward to launching the game properly once all this is decided.
The squad size (12), budget (3000 points) and relevant price list (CQ points as of 1 January) have been stable for as long as the game has existed, and I see no pressing reason to change them.
What has changed is the UCI classification, with the former 1.HC races and some of the higher quality 1.1 races are now labelled as 1.Pro (with a slight drop in CQ points: 130, 78, 66 for the top three, rather than 140, 84, 72) I guess that promotes a few more races into the calendar for the game:
Ardeche Classic
Drome Classic
GP Miguel Indurain
TroBro Leon
Ronde van Drenthe has gone the other way, dropping to 1.1 status, so I would suggest that it be dropped from the series.
We also need to agree the date range: We have always started from the northern European season launch, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but 2 weeks before that, we have the first 1.Pro races, Clasica de Almeria and Trofeo Laigueglia. They are in the spring (at least that far south in Europe), but perhaps thought of as part of the warm up for the season rather than part of the Spring.
And when does the Spring end? Last year I extended the game a few days beyond the previous Liege-Bastogne-Liege finish to include the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn - Frankfurt (although it made precious little difference). Should I do that again, and should we extend even longer to include the promoted from 1.1 GP de Plumelec? (mid May could still be considered spring: the next 1.Pro race is in mid June, which no-one considers Spring)
So, a 48 hour poll:
1) Should we start earlier, with Almeria and Laigueglia, or stick with the Omloop start?
2) Do I include the 4 races promoted from 1.1 to 1.Pro (Ardeche, Drome, Indurain, TroBro) ?
3) Do we retain the extension to include Frankfurt?
4) Do we wait until Plumelec, to include everything that might be considered to be Spring?
I am willing to abide by majority vote (I wouldn't offer you the choice if I weren't), but that doesn't mean I don't have my own opinions: I'll post them near the end of the 48 hours.
Whatever is decided, looking forward to launching the game properly once all this is decided.
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