Remember all those Giro stages where nothing happened? That was the time to start planningYou want to start planning your team now? I mean, I know I'm not the planning type... didn't know I was that far off.
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Remember all those Giro stages where nothing happened? That was the time to start planningYou want to start planning your team now? I mean, I know I'm not the planning type... didn't know I was that far off.
I'm with RedHeadDane on this. I need an off season first before planning a team for next year.
Rank | Team | Points this week |
1 | HelgeBlendet | 186 |
2 | ChrisDK | 157 |
3 | Kazistuta | 145 |
4 | CQPlayer7373 | 136 |
5 | armchairclimber | 133 |
Rank | Team | Up/down |
1 | HelgeBlendet | (+8) |
2 | ChrisDK | (+7) |
3 | armchairclimber | (+6) |
4 | Luthor | (+4) |
4 | comodoro | (+4) |
Rank | Team | Total |
1 | Jakob747 | 279.7 |
2 | ChrisDK | 227 |
3 | bminchow | 210 |
4 | Wallenquist | 186 |
5 | BlueRoads | 178 |
Rank | Up/down | Team | Points |
1 | (-) | 9493 | |
2 | (-) | Wallenquist | 9211 |
3 | (-) | Nyssinator | 8945 |
4 | (-) | Object | 8817 |
5 | (+1) | Lortnoc | 8762 |
6 | (-1) | BlueRoads | 8743 |
7 | (-) | EvansIsTheBest | 8578 |
8 | (-) | Nathanptz | 8465 |
9 | (+2) | skidmark | 8393 |
10 | (-) | Londonpat | 8373 |
I don't think @RedheadDane has a single post in this thread...![]()
But I definitely need an off-season too!
If even you need an off-season that's a sign this season has been too intense.![]()
7500 points shared between 33 riders gives an average spend of 227 points. 227 at the end of 2019 would place a rider in 300th place. 300th in the current rankings (with last year's rather than current Vuelta points applied) is earned by 127 points. 127 x 33 is 4191. That would indicate 4000 or 4500 as an equivalent budget.
Just to frame the debate around next year's budget with a couple numbers, here is a comparaison of the total number of points allocated per year since the beginning of the game:
2020 (YTD) 131099
2019 277940
2018 280460
2017 276315
2016 265169
2015 262216
2014 253292
2013 248098
2012 253566
2011 247029
2010 238623
- | 10th | 25th | 50th | 100th | 250th | 500th |
2020 | 1114 | 757 | 543 | 331 | 137 | 60 |
2019 | 1582 | 1207 | 840 | 565 | 271 | 142 |
2018 | 1639 | 1118 | 854 | 561 | 273 | 144 |
2017 | 1559 | 1265 | 884 | 530 | 268 | 142 |
2016 | 1511 | 1109 | 777 | 531 | 270 | 139 |
[...]- wait, the Swiss championships happened this week?
That's good to know, thanks. The Aussie nationals are usually the first CQ points of the year and they're scheduled pretty firmly from Feb 3-7th, so I'm confident projecting that as a general start timeframe unless the part of Australia they're in is subject to a flareup like Victoria had a few months ago. Australia is one of the lowest rates in the world so I feel pretty confident the event will go ahead, so regardless of what happens in Europe that should be a safe timeframe to peg the start to. To me it makes sense to make the deadline a bit before that if there are races (like Mallorca) tentatively scheduled for like 5 days earlier, just so long as I settle on a date before the new year's post goes up. I haven't been able to find anything on the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, but I would assume it wouldn't happen in the usual January slot if at all - unless someone has info on an earlier race, I'll probably go with late January.Skidmark, I haven't heard anything about the Mallorca races yet, but I have read that Vuelta a Valencia has already gotten their dates from the UCI for their typical early Feb slot. They are planning a Vuelta a Espana bubble for the race. It sounds like the Spanish Govt and provincial govt are supporting it's being raced.
That's good to know, thanks. The Aussie nationals are usually the first CQ points of the year and they're scheduled pretty firmly from Feb 3-7th, so I'm confident projecting that as a general start timeframe unless the part of Australia they're in is subject to a flareup like Victoria had a few months ago. Australia is one of the lowest rates in the world so I feel pretty confident the event will go ahead, so regardless of what happens in Europe that should be a safe timeframe to peg the start to. To me it makes sense to make the deadline a bit before that if there are races (like Mallorca) tentatively scheduled for like 5 days earlier, just so long as I settle on a date before the new year's post goes up. I haven't been able to find anything on the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, but I would assume it wouldn't happen in the usual January slot if at all - unless someone has info on an earlier race, I'll probably go with late January.
Rank | Team | Points this week |
1 | HelgeBlendet | 871 |
2 | Sestriere | 699 |
3 | Koronin | 692 |
4 | Salvarani | 691 |
5 | CQPlayer7373 | 679 |
Rank | Team | Up/down |
1 | CQPlayer7373 | (+29) |
2 | Sestriere | (+18) |
3 | HelgeBlendet | (+17) |
4 | Riverside | (+16) |
4 | Falze | (+16) |
Rank | Team | Total |
1 | Jakob747 | 279.7 |
2 | ChrisDK | 227 |
3 | bminchow | 219 |
4 | Wallenquist | 186 |
5 | BlueRoads | 178 |
Rank | Up/down | Team | Points |
1 | (-) | 10010 | |
2 | (-) | Wallenquist | 9520 |
3 | (+1) | Object | 9173 |
4 | (+2) | BlueRoads | 9027 |
5 | (-2) | Nyssinator | 9000 |
6 | (-1) | Lortnoc | 8938 |
7 | (+5) | Sneekes | 8843 |
8 | (-1) | EvansIsTheBest | 8784 |
9 | (+4) | Hugo Koblet | 8714 |
10 | (+7) | Northerner | 8698 |