Hello,
Following on from the success for the Giro game I'll be running another one for the Tour starting in a couple of weeks.
The rules are unchanged:
1 - Pick three riders from the startlist who are French and ensure that your three riders cost a combined 50 credits or less.
2 - Only riders finishing the race count towards your points total. If one of your riders abandons mid-race (even during the last stage) then their points won't count towards your total.
3 - There are no restrictions on picking more than one rider from a particular team, if you want to pick three riders from FDJ feel free.
4 - Highest combined total wins, if one or more players get the same combined score then the winner will be chosen by a coin toss/random number generator or similar impartial method
5 - Deadline for entires is 9am (BST) Saturday 29 June 2013.
Feel free to discuss riders/combinations etc but please try and make your submissions final where possible. The rosters will likely change significantly between now and the start of the race so don't jump the gun when submitting your team!
Teams:
enrique - Pinot, Coquard, Feillu
SPEED098 - Voeckler, Pauriol, El Fares
djb123 - Bouhanni, Bouet, Gadret
JAndrewHill - S.Dumoulin, Peraud, Vichot
livestrongnick - Peraud, Gallopin, Le Mevel
farrell - S.Dumoulin, Edet, Turgot
Timbo13 - Chavanel, S.Dumoulin, Bonnet
Ghedebrav - Chavanel, Kadri, Cousin
Dave Atkinson - Pinot, Federigo, Bonnet
CraigS - Chavanel, Gaudin, Le Mevel
stumps - S.Dumoulin, Gallopin, Pineau
serge78 - Charteau, Coppel, Pinot
flying11 - Bouhanni, Hivert, Kadri
chokofingrz - Pinot, Hivert, Gadret
debbig - Pineau, Pinot, Coppel
ray silvester - Pinot, Gadret, Vichot
chrisdstripes - Pinot, Coppel, Sicard
matttheaudit - Engoulvent, Soupe, Gallopin
TERatcliffe26 - Pinot, Hivert, Gadret
Mikeh789 - Pinot, S.Dumoulin, Mederel
Gmancervelo - Pinot, Vichot, Dupond
stevemarks - Pinot, Vichot, Gadret
Tom Amos - Pinot, Vichot, Bonnet
STEVESPRO - Chavanel, Vichot, Coppel
stepho - Peraud, S.Dumoulin, Kadri
smiley_boy2501 - Pinot, Vichot, Gadret
colhum1 - Minard, Pinot, Coppel
wolvestopdog - Voeckler, Coppel, Gadret
Gkam84 - Pinot, Lemoine, Moinard
Alan Tullet - Gallopin, Jeannesson, Hivert
NeilG83 - Voeckler, Vichot, Mederel
drheaton - Pinot, Bardet, Bonnet
rcorbin - Gallopin, Bardet, Vichot
obutterwick - Gallopin, Peraud, Le Mevel
taustin789 - Peraud, Geniez, Hivert
d_jp - Pinot, Hivert, Coppel
hguop13 - Gallopin, Gadret, Vichot
northstar - Voeckler, Vichot, Le Mevel
backflipbedlam - Pinot, Hivert, Coppel
viveLaPants - Voeckler, Gadret, Bonnet
letsgoup - Pinot, Vichot, Dupont
cdc - Voeckler, Vichot, Le Mevel
simon F - Pinot, Pineau, Marino
andynic - Voeckler, Gadret, Coppel
Philip Unwin - Rolland, Cousin, Vichot
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Scores coming out of the second rest day:
279 Ghedebrav
246 Timbo13
206 Philip Unwin
191 STEVESPRO
187 stepho
151 CraigS
143 JAndrewHill
140 stumps
139 rcorbin
107 drheaton
95 flying11
76 Mikeh789
71 farrell
69 Tom Amos
67 simon F
61 Gkam84
61 hguop13
53 livestrongnick
53 debbig
53 obutterwick
45 ray silvester
45 Gmancervelo
45 stevemarks
45 smiley_boy2501
45 letsgoup
43 taustin789
40 NeilG83
40 northstar
40 cdc
38 Alan Tullet
37 chrisdstripes
29 Dave Atkinson
24 viveLaPants
21 matttheaudit
20 colhum1
18 enrique
16 chokofingrz
16 TERatcliffe26
16 d_jp
16 backflipbedlam
9 SPEED098
5 serge78
0 djb123
0 wolvestopdog
0 andynic
Slight reshuffle at the top but Ghedebrav still out in front. The question is, will Rolland score Philip Unwin enough points to overhaul our leader?
Think I got it wrong, I thought the idea was to try and score as little as possible
A few people have been burned by Pinot, Bouhanni and Voeckler. Philip Unwin is the only one to have picked Rolland so is in the driving seat really because Ghedebrav's team of Chavanel, Kadri & Cousin shouldn't now score as highly.
My team of Pinot, Bardet and Bonnet has been so-so. If Pinot had been in any kind of form I might have stood a change but c'est la vie.
It was much harder to pick than the Giro, as the French don't have a Nibali, as even if he hadn't won the Giro he still would have been there or there abouts.
The Vuelta could be interesting, is Sammy the only Spanish GC contender not to race the tour
Still hanging on to Ghedebrav's coat-tails.
I still harbour hopes for Chavanel in the TT and Dumoulin in the medium mountain stages.
Can Rolland really hack it in the high mountains this year? He didn't impress on the Ventoux.
Well, Pinot is certainly not going to help the scores for any of us that picked him... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pinot-out-of-tour-de-france
Chava's been a very helpful, even yesterday getting quite a few points.
Kadri might get something from the break today, and then maybe scraps from Chavanel in the TT but after that it's basically zero points for a while - though I suppose early breakaways are an outside possibility on both 18 and 20.
Still, very happy to have led so far...
Jeannesson finally got some points. That should take me up what's left of the table after Pinot's demise. Can I win it again with other people dropping out!
I never liked the French.
oh no, that me done for jc peraud is out....why cant he continue with a broken collar bone???
Did Bonnet roll in last today? Get the feeling he's my best chance for points now. A couple of Alpine lanterne rouges may pull me up to Ghedebrav ahead of the Champs Élysées sprint
Yep.
Scores for this won't be updated now until after Sunday. The spreadsheet is on my work computer and I'm off for a few days.
wow - no-one had Riblon!
Too little too late I think from Rolland. Although I still can,t believe I'm the only one that picked him.
I think that's 8 points for Rolland so far today
I make it 28 for Rolland following the Cat 1 (and will finish no worse than 4th in the KoM comp, so at least another 2)
Not 100% sure but I think
Ghedebrav has 315
I have 310
with Rolland due to pick up 3 in the Mt class. tomorrow I am two points short unless Vichot or Rolland can pick up a couple of points elswhere.
Oh well, close.
Think I need a Cav win tomorrow for 5 Chava points...
EDIT: or today, even...
I'll be honest it shows how poor the French have been this tour!!
Final results are in:
327 Ghedebrav
318 Philip Unwin
251 Timbo13
250 STEVESPRO
185 rcorbin
180 stepho
172 CraigS
153 stumps
122 drheaton
121 JAndrewHill
112 flying11
96 Alan Tullet
89 debbig
88 hguop13
84 chrisdstripes
79 farrell
79 Mikeh789
78 simon F
67 ray silvester
67 stevemarks
67 smiley_boy2501
65 wolvestopdog
65 andynic
62 Gkam84
56 colhum1
47 d_jp
47 backflipbedlam
47 letsgoup
46 NeilG83
46 northstar
46 cdc
42 Gmancervelo
42 Tom Amos
36 serge78
36 chokofingrz
36 TERatcliffe26
33 taustin789
29 viveLaPants
26 SPEED098
25 djb123
21 livestrongnick
21 matttheaudit
21 obutterwick
13 enrique
0 Dave Atkinson
Well done to Ghedebrav, it was very close towards the end (at the top at least). I'm still amazed that only one person picked Rolland and that so many of us picked Pinot.
That's a wrap for the Tour, I'll roll out the game again when the Vuelta rolls around.
when can i expect my wooden spoon then?
Woo!
A little consolation as have managed only 350th in the overall (and also a net loss of £15 in my TDF gambling). I'd like to pretend this was a triumph of judgement over luck, but that would be a lie. Hard luck to Philip Unwin, it was a close run thing in the end.
I love Sylvain Chavanel.
Interesting game. Thanks.
I've won nothing on any of the comp's I entered and also lost £9 gambling overall with my small bets.
I did win a pair of Oakleys though in a Twitter draw That made my Tour.
At least I didn't get last like the Giro, Its not saying much for those of us who run the game, Me WAY behind in the 3 Italians and Dave scoring 0 in the Frenchman
At least Dr and Ter are making up for it in the game
He tried, did you see him come down today? He had already broken it on a warm up round the route, went to hospital, came back, did most of the TT then crashed badly near the end
+6 for the sprint
I'm not sure but I think that still leaves me about 6 points adrift of Ghedebrav with not much available tomorrow.
Yeah, the winners in the equivalent Giro game had points in the high six hundreds, and not just because of Nibali.
You can give yourself a pair of socks
Well done!
If only Vichot had rolled in last instead of second last after his tumble on Thursday.
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