February Races

yes - what a huge gap to Paris-Nice - please Road CC - help us out with at least Oatar and Oman

Why don't we just practice and see how we would have done. You get all the results on the Internet anyway.

I have to admit it seems sensible to have at least a couple of races, no matter how short, included for February, but i will leave that upto the powers that be.

I imagine it's quite some work to add something ... But it would be nice.I'm a newcomer but really enjoyed this, Thank you.

At the end of last season peer pressure caused the powers that be to add a race on at the end so i imagine the system is already in place to add or remove races.

Mind you i know as much about computers as Andy Carroll knows about putting a ball in the net this season.

See I think all world tour races should be added unless there is a crossover. So tour de Romandie, Eneco Tour and Tour of Bejing could all be added in my opinion

But its all up to Dave, he does a great job at running this game as it is, i just like the day to day, so miss it when there are big gaps in the schedule

the moon on a stick. that's what you'll be asking for next.

tour of qatar/tour of oman aren't beyond the realms of possibility since they're ASO and we can be fairly sure the results will be up quickly and accurately. i'll need to look into it a bit though.

Well if your offering to do that, id like to see it

What about just Het Nieuwesblad and K-Brussles-K as bonus stages at the end of February

These appear to be more realistic than the week long tours especially if there is concerns over the accuracy of the results and timing.

Looks like we have the Tour of Qatar to look forward to in February
Here's a link to a provisional startlist
http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjMwODk=

yes, and the tour of oman too.

As I sit here with my broken ankle, this brought a smile to my face!

Thankyou.

The tour of Qatar website list the following teams as participating:

• BMC
• Bridgestone Anchor Pro Cycling Team
• Champion System
• Farnese Neri Cycling Team
• Fdj - BigMat
• Garmin-Cervélo
• Giant Kenda Pro Cycling Team
• Greenedge Cycling Team
• Katusha Team
• Liquigas-Cannondale
• Lotto Belisol Team
• Omega Pharma - Quick Step Cycling Team
• Rabobank
• RadioShack-Nissan
• Skil-1t4i
• Sky Pro Cycling

Will they count to the overall?

Dave - you're a legend :D

Hmm, personally I dont mind the break, its time consuming picking your team every day, all the more so for the big races which mean 3 weeks consistent effort.

yup, they'll count to the overall.

you can always go purist for those ones... only one team to pick then

It's all part of the fun mate, enjoy it whilst you can.

What about Het N and KBK, the two most overlooked races on the calendar.

Not my favourites though

Wow, gonna be some tough choices for tour of qatar for such a flat race in the main.....Renshaw, Cav, Greipel, Sagan, Hushovd,

our first real view of how teams etc may be picked for the tours

I'll look forward to it, thanks Dave.

Mark Cavendish (SKY) PC Value: 40.0 Form: 0.0
Peter Sagan (LIQ) AR Value: 34.6 Form: 0.0
Andre Greipel (LOT) PC Value: 34.6 Form: 22.6
Karsten Kroon (SAX) AR Value: 15.5 Form: 0.0
DomestiquesKlaas Lodewyck (BMC) DS Value: 9.6 Form: 0.0
Roger Kluge (1T4) DS Value: 3.1 Form: 0.0
Alex Howes (GRM) DS Value: 3.3 Form: 0.0
Danilo Wyss (BMC) DS Value: 3.3 Form: 0.0
Baden Cooke (GRE)

potential team based on current rider list, its tough if you want more than maybe 1/2 big names

I know some of these guys wont be races, but here is an example team prob about 1/2 of who i'll pick

Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Alessandro Petacchi (LAM)
Roman Kreuziger (AST)
David Millar (GRM)
Valentin Iglinksiy (AST)
Javier Moreno (MOV)
Christian Benenati (FAR)
Hayden Roulston (RSN)
Jack Bauer (GRM)

After looking at the provisional start list i've got:

Cav
Renshaw
Mcewen
Oss
Kohler
Eisel
Posthuma
Tuft
Wyss.

No way is it set in stone, but it's not to bad a team - so far

sounds like there will there be more people doing Fantasy cycling than actually spectating at the whole of the Tour of Qatar!

Sterling effort, Dave. Thought I'd struggle through Feb with no FC, but this has made my day. I'll probably still struggle through Feb, though, given a few bad team selection choices!

Oops, think I started that with the Giro di Lombardia
Dave, sorry to find you even more work.
But as I say `You're a very nice man'

YES! we wait months for fantasy cycling to come back - have a good TDU, and then the candy is removed for 6 weeks, or so it seemed - well done Road CC and thanks for listening

bring on Qatar - on the fantasy, and in the flesh

ill 3rd that .. cheers dave .. made my day

Just checked price of my team for Qatar,& now can't afford them with my points balance. Balance down & prices up
Can't find a proper profile for race neither, any links?

Thanks Dave & Co for including the Tours of Qatar and Oman. Now I will have to go study them.

+1 to include Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and/or Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne to fill in the gap at end of February. Only problem is they are on following days, so only small window to swap riders out (good chance to test the automate roster changer thing, if you have built it). It will get the fantasy players looking at some of the smaller 1 day classics.

Fluffchucker asked

Can't find a proper profile for race neither, any links?

http://www.cyclinglinks.nl/
more links to races than you can poke a stick at

Keep an eye out on http://www.steephill.tv/

Best place to get all the info on any race you want

Here is the full Parcours for this year, i dont think they bother showing profiles as its pretty much ALL flat http://www.letour.fr/2012/TQA/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html

Was going to say one is pan flat and the other is a bit lumpy but couldn't remember which way round.

Flat ! A few sand dunes and flat . . . uphill to the podium for the winner.

So I'd go for someone like Rigoberto Uran !

No, seriously, this is my first pick for Qatar . . .
remove
Lars Boom (RAB)
Heinrich Haussler (GRM)
Davide Appollonio (SKY)
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Lars Bak (LOT)
Cameron Meyer (GRE)
Jack Bobridge (GRE)
Xavier Florencio (KAT)
David Zabriskie (GRM)

The stage at Jabal Al Akhdar (the Green Mountain) with a final climb of 5.8 km at an average gradient of 10.3 percent, reaching up to 13.5 percent over the last two kilometres, will be one of the highlights of the third edition of the Tour of Oman.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/16-teams-named-for-tour-of-oman

So load up your team with sprinters

Thats oman though, we have Qatar first, Climbers needed for it

@ J Andrew Hill
Bobridge hey

PS-think you can knock off the signature thanks now if you want

oops, thanks, well spotted. Bobridge is no climber. Better change him for one of those Euskadel riders, they're good going uphill.

These did well for me last season, so will loyaly stick by them for next race
D. Martin
D. Moreno
J. Bakelants
N. Roche
K. Seeldraeyers
+ 4 TBA

Martin and Moreno did me proud on quite a few occasions, but with the new set up, unless i think they can get a win, up in the alps or somewhere, i may well steer clear and stick to riders like Galimzyanov and Wagner for the climbs and Faria Da Costa and Gasparotto for the sprints

I found the profiles:

Stage 1: ______________
Stage 2: _ (TTT)
Stage 3: _______________
Stage 4: ______________
Stage 5: ________________
Stage 6: ____________

Hope that helps

Blimey, February's slow coming!

Stage 1: ¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸¸.•´¯`•
Stage 2: _ (TTT)
Stage 3: ´סּ ¸ סּ`
Stage 4: =^..^=
Stage 5: ><(((('>
Stage 6: ‹(•¿•)›

Classic fluffy

I found all the stage finish profiles

Stage 1: $$$$$$
Stage 2: $$$$$$
Stage 3: $$$$$$
Stage 4: $$$$$$
Stage 5: $$$$$$
Stage 6: $$$$$$

I have not found which will be the scoring for tour of qatar stages

me neither. but i expect i'll have a poke around tomorrow and sort out some scoring criteria

Where there are 3 jersey's

Gold - General individual classification
Silver - General points classification
White - Best young rider classification

So there are your jersey points sorted out

The normal GC and Stage points?

There are 9 sprints up for grabs
Also 5 finish sprints (not that they could in the game)

There is the TTT on Stage 2, so i guess thats going to be the normal TTT set up, unless your going to discount dropped riders

I have 501 riders to choose from for Qatar, which is fine except there are 16 teams of 8 which equals 128. Any chance of an update to the game?

http://www.letour.fr/2012/TQA/RIDERS/us/engages.html

this is the latest rider and reserve list on the website.

Goss is not riding.

Dave, what's the chance of being able to add these races next year? Seems like Algarve would be more fun 'cause there's both a mountaintop finish and (!) a time trial.