Velogames fantasy Tour de France League

Signal_ rabbit

The league is opened and started a mini league if anyone's interested:

League Name: Boards.ie
League Code: 23203501

Signal_ rabbit

Mods: Is it poss to sticky this for a little while?

Captain Havoc

Signal_ rabbit wrote: »

Mods: Is it poss to sticky this for a little while?

I don't see the need to as I think it'll be a popular thread and will naturally work it's way back to the front, especially in the days leading up to the tour.

GT_TDI_150

Any one fancy it?

League Name: Tour de 'fastest to Paris wins'
League Code: 24111752

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Captain Havoc

There's already one set up, threads merged

GT_TDI_150

Captain Havoc wrote: »

There's already one set up

sorry didnt see a post on it, I'll look again :rolleyes:



.... found it ... I'm in, Team: RADIO(DOPE)SHOCK! great hopes for Jurgen vd Broeck

morana

I am in groin strainers!!!!


Nico only a domestique!

mahoo

a great way to spend a slow friday afternoon in work.. after much deliberation i've decided to back the Schleck brothers and their new team Chaingate II (The Revenge) .... not that i really think Andy has any chance of beating Contador!

DD Mikasa

I won the Velogames Giro league so out to do the rare Giro/Tour double.

Go Bianchi C2C!

ronan1986

Right i'm in. Team name : Spanish Meat

ROK ON

Team Name: Hercules San Marco

ado100

I'm in: Lamp(ré)d

petethedrummer

I'm in:

LeftLegUpRightLegDown

Idleater

The dartboard has been put to use: Idle Eaters...

Hungrycol

No Doping just Divinity: Hungry Monks

Caroline_ie

I am in as Les Ecureuils Joyeux.

Captain Havoc

Deux Mille Sept Cent Septante, when you see the make up of my team try not to snigger.

montac

Allez les Rouleurs!

TinyExplosions

In as Excentrifugal Forz (as always)

leftism

In as Pedalling Squares...

Daithi BC

I'm in - Tour de Force

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Deux Mille Sept Cent Septante, when you see the make up of my team try not to snigger.

Unfortunately we don't get the chance to snigger until after the entry deadline - all other teams are hidden until then!

ontheditch2

In Shelbyville Shelbyvillians

De Bhál

In to win with Team Road Rage

ROK ON

I am highly confident that every member of my team will at the very least feature in breakaways. At least 7 of them could well win stages.

Aoibheann

I'm in - "Ride It Like You Doped It". Although, I'm tempted to have one (hopefully) clean team, and one full of known/likely dopers - see what the difference is come the end! >_>

EDIT: I'm considering using that leaked doping index, but if I only use zero scores for my "clean" team, it could be quite crap.. How far up could one go on this list and list consider a rider to be relatively clean? :pac:

The tax man

In as Horizontal Top Tubes.

leftism

Aoibheann wrote: »

I'm tempted to have one (hopefully) clean team, and one full of known/likely dopers - see what the difference is come the end!

Tried the same thing earlier myself! Unfortunately you cannot afford a team full of dopers... They cost too much! haha

Aoibheann

leftism wrote: »

Tried the same thing earlier myself! Unfortunately you cannot afford a team full of dopers... They cost too much! haha

Going by the list, I can afford a team of people ranked as 5+ on the scale, and I currently have 8 points to spare, so I'm going to upgrade one of the people I don't think is a doper/particularly likely to do well into another rider I think is more likely to be one! >_> I was struggling with keeping the cost of my "clean" team down actually!

The Behemoth

Sorry but can any of ye reconfirm the login details as it wont let me in to pick a team?
Thanks.

leftism

Aoibheann wrote: »

Going by the list, I can afford a team of people ranked as 5+ on the scale, and I currently have 8 points to spare, so I'm going to upgrade one of the people I don't think is a doper/particularly likely to do well into another rider I think is more likely to be one! >_> I was struggling with keeping the cost of my "clean" team down actually!

Did you buy Contador, Basso and Vinokourov? I'm interested to see this team of unscrupulous villains you're assembling!

Morrisseeee

Team picked: Alpe d'Huez.
There's a fair few teams there already ! I started by picking all the favs and then you have to 'cut' and 'cut' until you reach 100

Lemag

Aoibheann wrote: »

I'm tempted to have one (hopefully) clean team, and one full of known/likely dopers - see what the difference is come the end! >_>

Love it!

My team - 'lemag' unimaginatively.

ROK ON

Does anyone want to post their team up before the closing date.

I dont mind showing my hand, just interested to see what people have.
Ivan BASSO [16] LIQ
Tony MARTIN [10] THR
Samuel SANCHEZ [20] EUS
David MONCOUTIÉ [10] COF
Mark CAVENDISH [20] THR
Sylvain CHAVANEL [8] QST
Thomas VOECKLER [6] EUC
Blel KADRI [2] ALM
Philippe GILBERT [8] OLO

Basso - due some form. A poor reason, but my reason nonetheless.
Martin - possibly the only guy capable of beating Cancellara in the TT, also I think HTC could take the TTT on stage 2.
Gilbert could win 3 stages, if all the hype is to be believed. Form of his life. Just found out he bleached his hair. Maybe the tour is a step too far, I hope not.
Like Gilbert, Voeckler has one a lot this year (but those sh!t small races). Always good for a stage or placing or a breakaway.
Chavanel - best thing riding for Quick Step. Will be in many breaks.
Cav - 3 stages min.
Kadri - very impressive season for a very young team mate of Nico Roche. A domistique that is sent up the road a lot. One to watch for the future.
Sanchez - Will win a stage in the mountains.

petethedrummer

Ivan BASSO [16] LIQ
Cadel EVANS [20] BMC
Juan Manuel GARATE [6] RAB
Janez BRAJKOVIC [12] RSH
Mark CAVENDISH [20] THR
Nicolas ROCHE [8] ALM
Peter VELITS [6] THR
Niki TERPSTRA [4] QST
Luis Leon SANCHEZ [8] RAB

I picked roche for nationalistic reasons, not sure where he'll actually pick up any points. Or Terpstra. He has lovely form on the bike, but don't see him getting me any points.

morana

Alexandre VINOKOUROV [14] AST
Cadel EVANS [20] BMC
Robert GESINK [16] RAB
David MONCOUTIÉ [10] COF
Andre GREIPEL [8] OLO
Nicolas ROCHE [8] ALM
Philippe GILBERT [8] OLO
Edvald BOASSON HAGEN [8] SKY
Johnny HOOGERLAND [6] VCD

A very attacking lineup...with Gesink to run out the winner!!!

The Behemoth

Entered just now, im under "Leppard Schleck" in the Boards.ie league. Where do you go to see how many teams are in the League?

ROK ON

morana wrote: »

Alexandre VINOKOUROV [14] AST
Cadel EVANS [20] BMC
Robert GESINK [16] RAB
David MONCOUTIÉ [10] COF
Andre GREIPEL [8] OLO
Nicolas ROCHE [8] ALM
Philippe GILBERT [8] OLO
Edvald BOASSON HAGEN [8] SKY
Johnny HOOGERLAND [6] VCD

A very attacking lineup...with Gesink to run out the winner!!!

I was going to go for Gesink, but thought that Sanchez was better bet for a stage win. Vino, I mean you simply have to love the cold eyed assassin frm the doping cheatiing bast*rd. No matter how much people hate him, I cant bring myself to. Christ he is a very very exciting rider on a bike. He'll wina a stage or die trying.

Despite rumours that he is dodgy, I like Hoogerland. He's like a duracell bunny. Griepel will win SFA. EBH - shingles. Thats serious man.

Morrisseeee

Alberto CONTADOR [30] SBS
Christian VANDEVELDE [10] GRM
David ARROYO [10] MOV
John GADRET [10] ALM
Mark CAVENDISH [20] THR
Philippe GILBERT [8] OLO << couldn't believe he is only 8pts, great value !
Thomas DE GENDT [4] VCD
Chris HORNER [6] RSH
Blel KADRI [2] ALM

ROK ON

The points of the rider is meaningless if they win a stage. Surely their should be a handicap system. Such as the riders points are deducted from points gained on stage wins etc. Thus a stage win for a lowly domestique is worth more than one for Contador, Cav etc.

DirkVoodoo

ROK ON wrote: »

The points of the rider is meaningless if they win a stage. Surely their should be a handicap system. Such as the riders points are deducted from points gained on stage wins etc. Thus a stage win for a lowly domestique is worth more than one for Contador, Cav etc.

Is the cost of the rider not a form of handicapping?

ROK ON

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Is the cost of the rider not a form of handicapping?

Is it enough of one though? You can have Cav for 20 points and be in with a shout of winning a host of stages. Or some unknown for 2 points, how may be allowed up the road to win the intermediate sprints or even stay away all day.

ado100

Bradley WIGGINS [14] SKY
Ivan BASSO [16] LIQ
Damiano CUNEGO [12] LAM
John GADRET [10] ALM
Thor HUSHOVD [16] GRM
Nicolas ROCHE [8] ALM
Christophe KERN [6] EUC
Jérémy ROY [2] FDJ
Robert GESINK [16] RAB

Wiggins - can't stand him but good value at 14
Basso - well, you'd have to really
Cunego - good form this year
Gadret - it's between him and Roche at ALM
Hushovd - he has the measure of Cav this year
Kern - great performance in the Suisse
Roy - young and keen, but he'll be there at the finish
Gesink - wild card, definitely has a stage win in him

Captain Havoc

Deux Cent Septante Sept

Bradley WIGGINS [14] SKY
Tony MARTIN [10] THR
Samuel SANCHEZ [20] EUS
John GADRET [10] ALM
Mark CAVENDISH [20] THR
Nicolas ROCHE [8] ALM
Thomas VOECKLER [6] EUC
Edvald BOASSON HAGEN [8] SKY
Mark RENSHAW [4] THR

triggermortis

Les grosses boules

Inquitus

Clenbuterol Steakhouse are back, fresh from a successful Giro.

ColSheehan

Panini* Ireland is here also Hoping for #1 for one day like the Giro

Alberto Contador [30] SBS
Ryder HESJEDAL [12] GRM
David MONCOUTIÉ [10] COF
Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK [16] OLO
Andre GREIPEL [8] OLO
Thomas VOECKLER [6] EUC
Sylvain CHAVANEL [8] QST
Philippe GILBERT [8] OLO
Jérémy ROY [2]

I think this is one of my strongest teams I've chosen in the last few fantasy teams. Contador for the overall, VDB & Hesjedal for top 10, Greipel for sprints, Moncoutie for mountains(bit of a gamble?), Voeckler for a bit of stage winning magic like Chavanel Gilbert for the uphill finishes and fingers crossed he bags the yellow in the first week And Roy for the underdog Really looking forward to this Tour

morana

ROK ON wrote: »

Griepel will win SFA. EBH - shingles. Thats serious man.

once Greipel nutrion is right he will be super.

EBH...hes a viking...no problems there...mind games

drogdub

Team Coddle

Tony MARTIN
Andy SCHLECK
David ARROYO
Juan Manuel GARATE
Mark CAVENDISH
Philippe GILBERT
Fabian CANCELLARA
Luis Leon SANCHEZ
Tejay VAN GARDEREN

AG2R

I'm in
AG2RLEMONDIALE

leftism

Team Pedalling Squares


Levi LEIPHEIMER RSH 12
Ivan BASSO LIQ 16
Vasil KIRYIENKA MOV 8
Fränk SCHLECK LEO 16
Mark CAVENDISH THR 20
Anthony CHARTEAU EUC 6
Luis Leon SANCHEZ RAB 8
Thomas VOECKLER EUC 6
Philippe GILBERT OLO 8

Couple of picks that stood out for me; Charteau i picked coz i figured 6 points for last years King Of Mountains is pretty good value. Gilbert at 8 points is fantastic value too. Kiryienka i picked basically coz i didn't have the points to pick Sammy Sanchez. I'm hoping Cav will take at least a couple of stages and i fancy Schleck and Basso to place pretty high in the GC.

I like the look of Blei Kadri though! Good value at 2 points... hmmmm

GT_TDI_150

Cadel EVANS [20] BMC
Levi LEIPHEIMER [12] RSH
Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK [16] OLO
Egoi MARTINEZ [8] EUS
Tom BOONEN [14] QST
Nicolas ROCHE [8] ALM
Fabian CANCELLARA [8] LEO
George HINCAPIE [6] BMC
Philippe GILBERT [8] OLO