Podium Cafe VDS

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    drheaton

    Hello,

     

    At the end of last year I said I'd be setting up an off-site league in one of the other bigger fantasy games.  The game is the Podium Cafe VDS and it is a year long squad based game.  You get a budget, pick a squad based on a set of rules then that's it.  No transfers, no picking teams, nothing.  You just have to trust your guys to go out and get you some points.

    The game runs across both women's and men's racing the calendar is very extensive covering everything from Grand Tours to national championships.

    An intro to the game can be found here – http://www.podiumcafe.com/2014/2/3/5370538/fsa-directeur-sportif-2014-starts-now

    And the game itself is here – http://pdcvds.com/

    League's don't seem to work too well so if anyone else is interested in competing we'll need to add each other to our own personal leagues, that means if you 're in you need to post your DS name and team name in this thread.  I'll keep track of the results through the year.

    My details are:- DS name – drheaton Men's team – Mostly Hopeless Women's team – Right-handed OuOuOranges

    Competitors: (DS – Men's Team – Women's Team)
    TERatcliffe26 – TERatcliffe26
    shutuplegs – Avengers:Age of Nick! – Ladies 1st
    The Domestique – The Domestique
    raysilvester1 – Big Rays Riders
    Ghedebrav – Voodoo All Stars
    Twybaydos – Topsport Torquay – Topsport Torquay Femennile
    chiv30 – Carbon crutches and epo
    Pure fantasy – Pure fantasy – Pure fantasy women

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  • #773095
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    ray silvester

    Panzerwagon off the
    Panzerwagon off the mark….at last

    #773093
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    Alan Tullett

    Got a lot for this week’s
    Got a lot for this week’s race, 10 in all. My team is also set up for GC, although I need Porte to get better and TvG wasn’t so great today but he doesn’t like the steep stuff and can catch up in the TT. Kwia could win it if he can keep on hanging in there as he’s good at TT along with TvG. Nieve 7th but tends to lose a lot in the TT so he’ll need to stay right up there in 4. Also got Swift, Gerrans and possibly Morkov for the next two. Rui Costa is another possibility for a stage but was nowhere today. Atapuma, S Yates and Rolland are the rest. Not expecting much from them yet.

    #773091
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    livestrongnick

    Nice Bronzini win today
    Nice Bronzini win today 😀

    #773089
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    drheaton

    Yeah, tough weekend for me
    Yeah, tough weekend for me but my team was always set up more with the stage races in mind so it’s not a huge surprise. Fingers crossed my fairly strong team of 8 picks me up some points during Pais Vasco:

    Benjamin King, Bob Jungels, Kenny Elissonde, Michal Kwiatkowski, Rui Costa, Sebastian Henao, Tim Wellens, Warren Barguil

    #773087
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    livestrongnick

    Well i’ve really suprised
    Well i’ve really suprised myself with my ladies team 😀 shame the same can’t be said about my men’s? 8}

    Michael Matthews had a win today but the race doesn’t count :”(

    #773085
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    Twybaydos

    Results after the Ronde
    Men –

    Results after the Ronde

    Men – Good week for Ghedebrav with GVA and Boonen, bad week for the Doctor
    1. Twybaydos Topsport Torquay 3795
    2.(6) Ghedebrav Voodoo All Stars 2520
    3.(2) Pure fantasy Pure fantasy 2435
    4.(3) raysilvester1 Big Rays Riders 2372
    5. TERatcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 2209
    6.(4) drheaton Mostly Hopeless 2120
    7. The Domestique The Domestique 1879
    8. chiv30 carbon crutches and epo 1489
    9. shutuplegs Avengers:Age of Nick! 1167

    Women – another good week for Nick again with Ellen Van Dijk winning.
    1. Twybaydos Topsport Torquay Femennile 3950
    2.(3) shutuplegs Ladies 1st 2980
    3.(2) Ghedebrav Voodoo All Stars 2770
    4. Pure fantasy Pure fantasy women 2180
    5. drheaton Right-handed OuOuOranges 1875
    6. TERatcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 1550
    7. The Domestique The Domestique 760

    Combined (a count-back of overall place in each game rather than total score):
    1. Twybaydos 24
    2. Ghedebrav 195
    3. PureFantasy 292
    4.(6) shutuplegs 315
    5.(4) drheaton 375
    6.(5) TERatcliffe26 379
    7. The Domestique 468

    #773083
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    livestrongnick

    Hoping for a move in the mens
    Hoping for a move in the mens table!? Falling behind 🙁

    4 for Ronde mens
    9 for Pais Vasco
    9 for Ronde ladies

    #773081
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    Dux89

    Every time I see Contador’s
    Every time I see Contador’s name on a stage race startlist and remember that he’s not on my PCVDS team despite being so cheap, the “I’ve made a huge mistake” .gif plays in my head.

    #773079
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    drheaton

    http://www.whereismyvdsteam.c
    http://www.whereismyvdsteam.com./ is basically telling me that I didn’t pick enough classics riders, I’ve only got 5 in the Ronde:

    Juan Jose Lobato, Michael Hepburn, Peter Sagan, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg & Steele Von Hoff.

    Sagan is my only likely scorer from that so I need him to win.

    Things are looking better for Pais Vasco though, I’ll have a strong team of 6 out:

    Bob Jungels, Kenny Elissonde, Michal Kwiatkowski, Rui Costa, Tim Wellens & Warren Barguil.

    On the women’s side I have 9 riding RvV:

    Amy Cure, Anna van der Breggen, Charlotte Becker, Claudia Hausler, Elena Cecchini, Evelyn Stevens, Giorgia Bronzini, Inga Cilvinaite & Olga Zabelinskaya

    #773077
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    Twybaydos

    Results after Trofeo Alfredo,
    Results after Trofeo Alfredo, GW and all Volta scores.

    Nick came 3rd in the game for Trofeo – well done him.

    Men – No changes, but TER only has one point less than the doctor
    1. Twybaydos Topsport Torquay 3220
    2. Pure fantasy Pure fantasy 2255
    3. raysilvester1 Big Rays Riders 2097
    4. drheaton Mostly Hopeless 2040
    5. TERatcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 2039
    6. Ghedebrav Voodoo All Stars 1865
    7. The Domestique The Domestique 1589
    8. chiv30 carbon crutches and epo 1314
    9. shutuplegs Avengers:Age of Nick! 1107

    Women
    1. Twybaydos Topsport Torquay Femennile 3295
    2. Ghedebrav Voodoo All Stars 2350
    3.(4) shutuplegs Ladies 1st 2220
    4.(3) Pure fantasy Pure fantasy women 1860
    5.(6) drheaton Right-handed OuOuOranges 1485
    6.(5) TERatcliffe26 TERatcliffe26 1385
    7. The Domestique The Domestique 595

    Combined (a count-back of overall place in each game rather than total score):
    1. Twybaydos 25
    2.(3) Ghedebrav 230
    3.(2) PureFantasy 248
    4.(5) drheaton 337
    5.(4) TERatcliffe26 346
    6. shutuplegs 349
    7. The Domestique 472

    #773075
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    Alan Tullett

    Good day for me. Swift and
    Good day for me. Swift and TvG winning! Even though we couldn’t see any of the latter live! Still I learnt how to use my cheapo crane watch and heart strap and got it to link with my cheapo DKN ergometer (AM-3.0). Heart rate and watts for £270!! Beat that!

    #773073
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    Alan Tullett

    Porte has now abandoned.
    Porte has now abandoned. Damn! Perhaps Nieve will step up in the pecking order. Not looking good for the Giro though.

    #773071
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    Alan Tullett

    drheaton wrote:You may find
    [quote=drheaton]You may find this handy for tracking your riders:

    http://www.whereismyvdsteam.com/%5B/quote%5D

    Amazing! On my list of tabs now!

    #773069
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    Alan Tullett

    Porte felt ’empty’ yesterday,
    Porte felt ’empty’ yesterday, came in down on time. I hope he recovers but fear another withdrawal. Might be good for Nieve though!

    #773067
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    livestrongnick

    drheaton wrote:You may find
    [quote=drheaton]You may find this handy for tracking your riders:

    http://www.whereismyvdsteam.com/%5B/quote%5D

    Very handy DR H =D>

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