The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2012

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Divisions:
I have put everybody from europe who had sent the picks by now in the "Europe-Division". The incoming picks from now on will be put in the "World-Division". Just to let you all know that it´s fair game...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

@ macnir

I have sent you a PM, but not sure if it reached you. Have registered your stage picks, but you need to put the Top-20 in order.

@ all

all PM´s received so far are registered. See at Post #1

 

[Bavarianrider]

If there is a spot left i would like to join.

Bavarianrider (Bavaria/Germany)

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

If there is a spot left i would like to join.

Bavarianrider (Bavaria/Germany)

Yes sure....

 

[Bavarianrider]

Yes sure....

Ok i sent you my predictions

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

The official deadline is Saturday, 10.00 CET (9.00 a.m. London-Time, 4.00 a.m. New York)

"Cyclingnews-Time" eek would be 8.00 a.m.

Because i can´t go online after 11.00 CET, and before i want to link the picks of all players. So that everybody knows where they stand before "the first rider hits the floor".

P.S.: I really don´t like my picks. Had too many guys to leave out. I guess that´s true for all of us (as i can see on some posts and notes in PM´s)...

 

[spalco]

I'm entirely unconfident of my picks, if any of that remotely works out (especially for the more speculative stages) I'll be ecstatic.

 

[sucotash]

It is verry difficult to predict stages that will happen in two or three weeks. So it is a normal feeling that you are unconfident, I think that everyone is So much can happen during that time. But it is only a game, and everybody is in the same situation. The GC looks some way easiyer to predict.

But let's enjoy the game and the race

 

[gerundium]

Sent in my picks.

Not very confident as well, especially on the stages where it's a toss up on breakaway / sprint / kilo effort

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Picks are online now...

Europe-Division: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GqezmVrU6UUZ3lDoyKaTMdn-zEIK2RHsWNsYvsWTdPs/edit

World-Division:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uut1kUmoNm41p-j47AL_xTPk2lVxC-agDxc2RHTCiWQ/edit

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

We have 44 starters. That means the qualifying needed some adjustments:

30 will go to the TdF

then 16 to the Vuelta

(each round a total of 14 players will miss the "cut")

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That means for the Giro; the 12 best from each division advance directly + 6 best "wildcards" (for explanation details see Post #1)

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from last years Final-8, the following "magnificent seven" have signed in to try to repeat:
Mortand
Hartog
Boomcie
Amateur
Sylvester
Foxxy
Sasquatch

 

[Ferminal]

Nice job Foxxy. Who was it last year that put all the picks in a spreadsheet to see what was most popular?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Nice job Foxxy. Who was it last year that put all the picks in a spreadsheet to see what was most popular?

Boomcie. Hopefully he does it again otherwise I will (probably wont )

 

[Vitapen]

Yeah! First point.

 

[roundabout]

Easy point out of the way, now it gets difficult.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Picks are online now...

Europe-Division: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GqezmVrU6UUZ3lDoyKaTMdn-zEIK2RHsWNsYvsWTdPs/edit

World-Division:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uut1kUmoNm41p-j47AL_xTPk2lVxC-agDxc2RHTCiWQ/edit

nice work!

 

[aarnold517]

I think this is the first time being a nationalist and picking an american has ever worked....but from here there's nowhere to go but down

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Started with a good prediction. I rule

 

[jsem94]

Picking Bennati for the stage was a mistake. Thomas or Phinney would've totally been a safer bet.

 

[cycladianpirate]

Picking Bennati for the stage was a mistake. Thomas or Phinney would've totally been a safer bet.

Look on the bright side. Courtesy of my hapless attempts to use a spreadsheet to swap riders around, I've ended up with Goss as my pick to win the final TT!!!!

 

[boomcie]

I'll slowly get to work on the stats. I hope the stages will be ready by Monday. Busy week and lots of participants this time...

 

[boomcie]

I don't really get the division stuff. Should I mix up the stats or keep them separated?

 

[boomcie]

No separation then. Wow I'm fast:

Stage pick cross tabs

It's easy. Yellow means few picks for a rider on a stage (1-3), brown means more picks (4-6), red means a lot of picks (7+). Bold and large font means most picks for the stage.

Example: for prologue, 20 people picked Phinney (red, bold and big font). 17 picked Thomas (red). A couple picked Kwiatkowski and Benatti and 3 picked Rasmussen (yellow).

Enjoy fellas.

 

[boomcie]

With Spalco's picks, it says "De Gent" instead of "De Gendt".

 

[Sylvester]

Two other people think Brutt will win stage 16? That's crazy.


Also, why did I pick Bennati?