Fantasy Cycling Season

[Sum_of_Marc]

Ive helped to create a Fantasy Cycling Season for 2010 over at a Pro Cycling Manager website PCMdaily, and thought I would post a link to it here to see if anyone is interested in joining it?

The basic premise is you pick a team of 16-30 riders through the season using a budget of 10,000,000 , with points to be scored for any results in .1 categorised races or above - with a monthly 'transfer window' where you can bring up to 4 riders in to your team, and get rid of as many as you like (so long as the team size is at least 16).

Im hoping that it will be a fun game to do throughout the season - and wont be a lot of work for players once their original lineup is picked - and of course I would like to see as many people as possible taking part, to make it all the more interesting.

So if you think you might like to join, the link is: http://www.pcmdaily.com/news.php?readmore=485

 

[The Cobra]

Good idea, Ive signed up!

 

[Andrichuk]

I'll sign up. I love fantasy leagues!

 

[taiwan]

Signed up. Can't be bothered with the monthly transfers, though.

 

[ExRower]

signed up, team wapakman

 

[Moondance]

I'm in there. The Hoffman-La Roche Test Team will crush everyone.

 

[Ferminal]

Lookout for The Cobras...

 

[hmronnow]

Interestingly, a doping penalty gives only up to 300 penalty points, which is less than the up to 400 points for winning a pro tour classic. So just a few wins will make up for a doping offense...

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Interestingly, a doping penalty gives only up to 300 penalty points, which is less than the up to 400 points for winning a pro tour classic. So just a few wins will make up for a doping offense...

Its designed to be there as more of a minor inconvenience - rather than something that could ruin a fantasy teams chances too much

 

[hmronnow]

Its designed to be there as more of a minor inconvenience - rather than something that could ruin a fantasy teams chances too much

Kind of like the real world - appreciate the realism

 

[Kazistuta]

Why don't you guys try your luck in this CN internal fantasy U23 contest as well??

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=5368

 

[ak-zaaf]

Come on, post your teams.

I've spent the full amount on the maximum number of riders:

Team Name jajajajajajajaja
Team Budget 10.000.000
Budget Spent 10.000.000
Budget Remaining 0
Rider Number Rider Name Team Price
1 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia - HTC 2.100.000
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky 2.000.000
3 Daniel Martin Garmin - Transistions 600.000
4 Kenny van Hummel Skil - Shimano 600.000
5 Lars Boom Rabobank 440.000
6 Rigoberto Uran Caisse d'Epargne 350.000
7 Vladimir Efimkin AG2r La Mondiale 300.000
8 Remy Di Gregorio Francaise des Jeux 270.000
9 Rui Costa Caisse d'Epargne 260.000
10 Theo Bos Cervelo Test Team 250.000
11 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas 230.000
12 Simon Spilak Lampre - Farnese Vini 220.000
13 Nikolas Maes Quickstep 210.000
14 Aleksey Saramotins Team Columbia - HTC 200.000
15 Serge Pauwels Team Sky 200.000
16 Tomas Vaitkus Team Radioshack 190.000
17 Benat Intxausti Euskaltel - Euskadi 190.000
18 Alex Rasmussen Team Saxo Bank 180.000
19 Laurent Lefevre Bbox - Bouygues Telecom 150.000
20 Bauke Mollema Rabobank 150.000
21 Geraint Thomas Team Sky 140.000
22 Jack Bobridge Garmin - Transistions 120.000
23 Ruggero Marzoli Acqua & Sapone 120.000
24 Peter Kennaugh Team Sky 100.000
25 Alexandre Pliuschin Team Katusha 100.000
26 Mickael Buffaz Cofidis 90.000
27 Guillaume Le Floch Bbox - Bouygues Telecom 80.000
28 Danilo Wyss BMC Racing Team 60.000
29 Luca Pierfelici Acqua & Sapone 50.000
30 Nazareno Rossi Androni Giocattoli 50.000

 

[taiwan]

In retrospect, if I was going just for the riders I liked I might have chosen differently, and if I was just wanting to win I'd have bought Cav and Greipel.

Team Toray-La Marzocco

1 Bos, Theo 250000
2 Gesink, Robert 1900000
3 Roche, Nicolas 550000
3 Sicard, Romain 150000
4 Boom, Lars 440000
5 Farrar, Tyler 2000000
6 Fedrigo, Pierrick 900000
7 Downing, Russel 230000
8 De la Fuente, David 280000
9 Vansummeren, Johan 290000
10 Thomas, Geraint 140000
11 Kennaugh, Peter 100000
12 Augustyn, John-Lee 140000
13 Westra, Lieuwe 240000
14 Chicchi, Franchesco 230000
15 Feillu, Brice 500000
16 Gerrans, Simon 1500000
17 Kern, Cristophe 160000

 

[Moondance]

Team Name Hoffman-La Roche Test Team
Team Budget 10'000'000
Budget Spent 10'000'000
Budget Remaining 0
Rider Number Rider Name Team Price

1 Andrey Amador Caisse d'Epargne 150'000
2 Igor Anton Euskatel 300'000
3 John-Lee Augustyn Team Sky 140'000
4 Jack Bobridge Garmin-Transitions 120'000
5 Lars Boom Rabobank 450'000
6 Theo Bos Cervelo Test Team 250'000
7 Jurgen van den Broeck Omega Pharma Lotto 850'000
8 Stef Clement Rabobank 380'000
9 Stefan Denifl Cervelo Test Team 180'000
10 Dries Devenyns Quickstep 280'000
11 Francesco Ginanni Androni Giocattoli 450'000
12 Francis de Greef Omega Pharma Lotto 300'000
13 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Caisse d'Epargne 200'000
14 Heinrich Haussler Cervelo Test Team 1'500'000
15 Benat Intxausti Euskatel 190'000
16 Fredrik Kessiakoff Garmin-Transitions 320'000
17 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne 300'000
18 Ignatas Konovalovas Cervelo Test Team 370'000
19 Michel Kreder Garmin-Transitions 140'000
20 Paul Martens Rabobank 300'000
21 Bauke Mollema Rabobank 150'000
22 Yaroslav Popovych Team RadioShack 270'000
23 Pierre Rolland Bbox Bouygues Telecom 300'000
24 Kevin Seeldraeyers Quickstep 650'000
25 Romain Sicard Euskatel 150'000
26 Rigoberto Uran Caisse d'Epargne 350'000
27 Kristof Vandewalle Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 90'000
28 Martin Velits Columbia-HTC 170'000
29 Peter Velits Columbia-HTC 600'000
30 Dennis van Winden Rabobank 100'000

I'm banking hard on the cheaper young guys. In retrospect I've probably selected way too few sprinters (but they all seemed so overpriced) and way too many classics guys. With that said I think I'm not too exposed to possible doping sanctions.

 

[taiwan]

Are we allowed to alter our teams before the season starts?

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

In case anyone else is interested, today is the last day in which you can enter a team that will score in all races, with it being the Australian TT Championships tomorrow.

There is no deadline for entry though, so if you have no wish to pick any Australians or New Zealanders, you just need to make sure you enter by the 17th January ahead of San Luis and TDU.

 

[taiwan]

Team Toray-La Marzocco

Shock Transfers! Questionable legality!

I changed my team.

New team roster:

1 Bos, Theo 250000
2 Roche, Nicolas 550000
3 Sicard, Romain 150000
4 Boom, Lars 440000
5 Fedrigo, Pierrick 900000
6 Downing, Russell 230000
7 Vansummeren, Johan 290000
8 Thomas, Geraint 140000
9 Kennaugh, Peter 100000
10 Augustyn, John-Lee 140000
11 Westra, Lieuwe 240000
12 Chicchi, Franchesco 230000
13 Kern, Cristophe 160000
14 Swift, Ben 800000
15 Martin, Tony 1500000
16 Rodrigues, Joaquin 1700000
17 Gerdemann, Linus 550000
18 Gavazzi, Mattia 310000
19 Vinokourov, Alexandre 700000
20 Bertogliati, Reubens 130000
21 Maes, Nicolas 2100000
22 De Gendt, Thomas 1800000
23 Van Der Velde, Ricardo 100000

 

[Johnalex13]

Team Georgetown
Evans Cadel BMC Racing Team 2,100,000
Cancellara Fabian Team Saxo Bank 2,100,000
Hushovd Thor Cervelo Test Team 2,000,000
Vinokourov Alexandre Astana 700,000
Hincapie George BMC Racing 650,000
Roche Nicholas AG2R 500,000
Voigt Jens Team Saxo Bank 450,000
Sorensen Nicki Team Saxo Bank 240,000
Arvesen Kurt Asle Team Sky 290,000
Bos Theo Cervelo Test Team 250,000
Lewis Craig Columbia - HTC 200,000
Tuft Svein Garmin - Transitions 170,000
Cruz Antonio Rock Racing 80,000
Nydam Scott BMC Racing 60,000
Nys Sven Landbouwkrediet 60,000
Murphy John BMC Racing 50,000

 

[Johnalex13]

With the Tour down Under...this month. How come no one is taking Cadel or Davis?

You can transfer 4 guys off/on a month!

 

[taiwan]

It would be smart to transfer riders in for the months races, but I just didn't think about that when making my initial team. Maybe next month. I think you would want Greipel for the TDU, and he's understandably expensive.

 

[Johnalex13]

Evans is racing it; however I am unsure about his form...

I also grabbed Roche for it...if he does it. He had some ok results last year and I like his style.

 

[Sum_of_Marc]

Btw - theres no limit on how many riders you can get rid of each month. It can be more than 4 - you just need to always have at least 16 riders.

With the TDU, it is usually a sprinters race, so Evans would be an expensive risk given that all he may do is ride around like Armstrong, making no real impact.
With Allan Davis, i guess its a choice over him and Greipel - its quite pricey to take both, and personally I reckon Greipel is the more consistent of the 2.

 

[taiwan]

Anyone else made their transfers for February? I've posted mine on PCMDaily now. I ended up with only sixteen riders again, because I wanted to buy a couple of bigger names.
Out: Many.
In: Heinrich Haussler, Gerald Ciolek, Jimmy Casper, and Damien Gaudin, from Bougues Telecom.

Updated team:

1 Rodriguez Oliver, Joaquim Katushya
2 Martin, Tony HTC-Columbia
3 Haussler, Heinrich Cervelo Test Team
4 Ciolek, Gerald Milram
5 Vinokourov, Alexandre Astana
6 Casper, Jimmy Saur-Sojasun
7 Gerdemann, Linus Milram
8 Boom, Lars Rabobank
9 Gavazzi, Mattia Colnago-CSF Inox
10 Vansummeren, Johan Garmin-Transitions
11 Bos, Theo Cervelo Test Team
12 Chicchi, Franchesco Liquigas
13 Kern, Cristophe Cofidis
14 Sicard, Romain Euskaltel
15 Bertogliati, Reubens Androni Giocattoli
16 Gaudin, Damien Bbox Bougues Telecom

Couldn't resist linking to this in another post as well

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'm in!!!! having trouble getting the team going