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road.cc fantasy cycling 2011

Okay, so we want to run a season-long compo next year which will take in the three grand tours and some other races too. But which races?

It's been suggested that the classics are a good place to start. here's the classics list off of wikipedia:

Milan – San Remo (Italy)
Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)
Gent–Wevelgem (Belgium)
Paris–Roubaix (France)
Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands)
Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (Belgium)
Gent-Wevelgem (Belgium)
Clásica de San Sebastián (San Sebastian Classic) (Spain)
Paris–Brussels (France/ Belgium)
Paris–Tours (France)
Giro di Lombardia (Italy)

Others under consideration are:

Tour Down Under
Tirreno Adriatico
Tour of California
Tour de Suisse
Dauphiné Libéré
World Champs

The idea would be to have a season-long compo with the three grand tours available as a standalone event too. sound good? any more suggestions? the more the merrier.

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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warrener25 | 13 years ago
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I'm in  4

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miffed | 13 years ago
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i cant see hausler either.

Also can you see other teams selections if youre in the same league?

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Tony Farrelly | 13 years ago
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He's definitely not there and we'd better definitely find him. Heinrich Haussler shall return

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Robrien | 13 years ago
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hi, i can't think of a really good team name.  7  39 i would like one with a pun to do with a pro team. any suggestions?

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JAndrewHill | 13 years ago
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Blue sky thinking ??

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simonmb | 13 years ago
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For a team lacking climbers: Col-No-Go?

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noleafclover | 13 years ago
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Can't wait for the first race!

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DaveP | 13 years ago
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leotard?  3

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Jonny7C | 13 years ago
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where's Haussler?

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Benjamin Hall replied to Jonny7C | 13 years ago
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Jonny7C wrote:

where's Haussler?

I was wondering that.

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Aapje | 13 years ago
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But they are so expensive  2

Anyhow, I've got my team sorted and I'm on par with the road.cc team! It can only go downhill from here, I'm afraid. I'm too dumb for this  4

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dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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Can't I leave them out and have a team of 7 or select two more domestiques?

No. you can pick an inexpensive team leader and climber though, if you like  1

make sure you join our 'beat the road.cc team' league too, #6493

More news on prizes later. They gunna be worth playing for, i can tell you that  1

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Aapje | 13 years ago
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It's live!!!

I don't really like that I have to pick an expensive team leader and climber for the classics. Can't I leave them out and have a team of 7 or select two more domestiques?

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dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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Personally, I don't think we should be able to transfer riders during a stage race

you'll be wanting the purists' league then  1

it all goes live tomorrow...

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Marky Legs | 13 years ago
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When can we start looking at the riders and building our teams?

Personally, I don't think we should be able to transfer riders during a stage race - in the real world they can't.

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LaurCar | 13 years ago
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I am super excited to play the full season this year. My husband and I were looking for a fantasy cycling game before the start of the Vuelta last year, and that is how we found road.cc.

I played as a purist last time, and hoping I can keep my resolve and keeping it going this year too.

Thanks for the game! The hardest part is keeping myself away from the scores during the day at work, so I don't give away the actual race that I want to watch when I get home.

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dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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and it will, the game engine is mostly built and we're just dotting some i's and crossing some t's about the rules and the prizes and such. it'll launch in plenty of time for the Milan - San Remo, don't you worry...

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James Warrener | 13 years ago
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Have subscribed to this thead in anticipation of the competition starting  26

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Fringe | 13 years ago
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is it not possible to have the Tour of Britain as it runs concurrently with the Vuelta..?

thought so.

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dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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Milano-San Remo
Gent – Wevelgem
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Paris - Roubaix
Amstel Gold Race
La Flèche Wallonne
Liège - Bastogne - Liège
Giro D'Italia
Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian
GP Ouest France - Plouay
Vuelta a España
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
World Championships TT
World Championships Road race
Giro di Lombardia

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LabMonkey replied to dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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dave_atkinson wrote:

Milano-San Remo
Gent – Wevelgem
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Paris - Roubaix
Amstel Gold Race
La Flèche Wallonne
Liège - Bastogne - Liège
Giro D'Italia
Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré
Tour de Suisse
Tour de France
Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian
GP Ouest France - Plouay
Vuelta a España
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
World Championships TT
World Championships Road race
Giro di Lombardia

Fantastic choice of races... can't wait to get started!

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dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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the road.cc game is slated to launch mid feb, to give you a month to make your picks before the first scoring race, the milan san remo.

all good things and that  1

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LabMonkey replied to dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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Thats great - that will stop me checking the website every few hours.

Could you leak a definitive race list to upease our excitement?

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James Warrener | 13 years ago
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 4 No wuzzers then... I will wait and plan my team

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dave atkinson | 13 years ago
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we're not ignoring you... we're busy beavering away  1

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James Warrener | 13 years ago
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It looks that way...

I can set up a temp mini league on cobblestone to cover us until the road.cc competetion starts if anyone is interested.

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LabMonkey | 13 years ago
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I think they are ignoring us... we are the supergeeks of the bike world! Haha

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James Warrener | 13 years ago
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Just picked my team over on Cobblestone... This is for up to the first transfer window in March.

If I could replicate that in the game on here I would be happy with that squad.

Position Rider
1 Nibali Vincenzo [Liquigas - Doimo]
2 Cavendish Mark [Team Htc - Columbia]
3 Schleck Andy [Team Saxo Bank]
4 Porte Richie [Team Saxo Bank]
5 Tondo Volpini Xavier [Cervélo Test Team]
6 Hoogerland Johnny [Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team]
7 Wiggins Bradley [Sky Professional Cycling Team]
8 Löfkvist Thomas [Sky Professional Cycling Team]
9 Burghardt Marcus [Bmc Racing Team]
10 Hinault Sébastien [Ag2R - La Mondiale]
11 Swift Ben [Sky Professional Cycling Team]

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JC | 13 years ago
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 37 V. bored at work today.
Any news on the games?

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James Warrener | 13 years ago
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haha, me too.

I have some riders in mind.

Really trivial Dave but on the football one on www.premierleague.com and on one of the online cycling ones (sorry can't remember which one), you can design a kit.

Can we have a kit design for our team?

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