Greyed out riders

Heh! Yes good point JC - yes, if you've picked a rider then he will appear greyed out in the list - although that should apply to all the riders you pick not just the AR ones. Of course if they are appearing greyed out in your team list that's another matter and does mean they aren't available for the next race/stage as Thomas and Uran Uran who were my initial picks aren't for M-SR.

All the AR riders are grey when they are picked in to your team
That is the AR colour

I chose my team and it was all looking good by the end of stage 1 - but then I realised P-N wasn't part of the fantasy cycle season. Damn you Road.CC! I got all excited but may have peaked before we even get started. Story of my life...

They probably aren't on the declared start list for the race, depending on who it is that could possibly change - which is why there is quite a late cut off for finalising your team. I had the same problem with a couple of my riders - both from Sky, mind you, I'd only picked Rigoberto Uran Uran for his name so it wasn't too much of a hardship to lose him for the time being - both he and Sky team mate Geraint Thomas who's also greyed out aren't going to figure in Sky's MSR line-up because they are both riding Paris-Nice this week.

When you are picking your team there is a new view option that lets you only see the riders confirmed for the next race.