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Womens World Cup

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  • March 9, 2014 at 6:30 pm #20893
    Gkam84

    Thought I would get in there before someone starts a thread asking when it will be open.

    I am working on things, but there is just no information coming from team or organisers. I’ve tried many times to get team details for the first race, the Boels Rental Ronde van Drenthe, on 15th March.

    So it is currently looking doubtful at best. If that doesn’t go ahead, I’ll have to wait on Dave’s decision, but I would pull the whole womens world cup and replace it with the womens Giro and Tour of Britain.

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  • March 15, 2014 at 10:31 am #779285
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    Joelsim

    Shouldn’t Sir Brad be in this
    Shouldn’t Sir Brad be in this race? After all he ‘descends like a girl’.

    March 15, 2014 at 10:29 am #779283
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    simon F

    Joelsim wrote:Exactly this. I

    Joelsim wrote:
    Exactly this. I don’t want this to affect my league score as I know nothing. Happy to play it and get to learn about the riders but would much prefer it to be a separate table.

    But we’re almost all in the same boat as regards knowledge, just as many of us were about most of the men’s racing a few years ago. Overall league scores don’t count for much anyway so it wouldn’t affect the comps you do want to race.

    The game’s already quite complex without adding a new set of overall tables to it and, as far as I can tell, it’s called fantasy cycling, not fantasy men’s cycling.

    Having said all that, I’ll continue to play whichever way decisions go but I’d prefer not to see the real world balkanisation of the sport continued into, and reflected by, the game.

    March 15, 2014 at 10:05 am #779281
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    cgipryan

    Joelsim wrote:drheaton

    Joelsim wrote:
    drheaton wrote:
    I can see the benefit of spinning the women’s races out into a fully separate ‘game’ (ie separate overall tables etc) rather than it being a subset of the men’s game and that way people can really miss out on it if that’s what they want to do without it affecting their league score.

    I agree though Gkam, it’s nice to see new users engaging on the forums thanks to the women’s racing.

    Exactly this. I don’t want this to affect my league score as I know nothing. Happy to play it and get to learn about the riders but would much prefer it to be a separate table.

    I totally agree with this… especially so since this morning, after 10 minutes of research I decided to do the unthinkable: pick a team without bothering to look for the profile of the race, since I have no clue who’s a sprinter, a climber, a rouleur and what have you…

    March 15, 2014 at 7:39 am #779279
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    Joelsim

    drheaton wrote:I can see the

    drheaton wrote:
    I can see the benefit of spinning the women’s races out into a fully separate ‘game’ (ie separate overall tables etc) rather than it being a subset of the men’s game and that way people can really miss out on it if that’s what they want to do without it affecting their league score.

    I agree though Gkam, it’s nice to see new users engaging on the forums thanks to the women’s racing.

    Exactly this. I don’t want this to affect my league score as I know nothing. Happy to play it and get to learn about the riders but would much prefer it to be a separate table.

    March 15, 2014 at 2:50 am #779277
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    Suthisan

    I don’t know why folk have to
    I don’t know why folk have to whinge in these forums. I have just spent an enjoyable hour selecting my teams with the help of http://www.procyclingstats.com. I ended up with a mixed bag of favourites and domestiques including our very own Lizzie A. My purist team is made up from the Low countries (local knowledge and all that 😉 )
    Many thanks to GKam, Dave et al

    March 14, 2014 at 11:28 pm #779275
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    Gkam84

    They are both in the
    They are both in the startlist….what name is misspelt? Because I took all names from team sites

    S. Cecchini DS TOG 11.0
    E. Cecchini DS EMF 3.0

    March 14, 2014 at 11:23 pm #779273
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    ChoiceAttack

    Thanks Gkam84 and
    Thanks Gkam84 and others,

    Wanted to get into women’s cycling for a while but didn’t know how.

    Very much going to enjoy building from being crap at the start to knowing the secret riders

    Choice Attack

    March 14, 2014 at 10:57 pm #779271
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    Twybaydos

    Elena Cecchini of EMF is also
    Elena Cecchini of EMF is also racing, as well of Silvia of Top Girls.

    This is important to me, as opposed to misspelling a Slovenian first name, can Elena be entered please

    March 14, 2014 at 10:30 pm #779269
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    drheaton

    I can see the benefit of
    I can see the benefit of spinning the women’s races out into a fully separate ‘game’ (ie separate overall tables etc) rather than it being a subset of the men’s game and that way people can really miss out on it if that’s what they want to do without it affecting their league score.

    I agree though Gkam, it’s nice to see new users engaging on the forums thanks to the women’s racing.

    March 14, 2014 at 8:48 pm #779267
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    FirstCycling

    OK
    OK =D>

    March 14, 2014 at 8:46 pm #779265
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    Gkam84

    I think that is what alot of
    I think that is what alot of people will do, pick a few riders they have heard of and hope for the best.

    But as you said, You would have done the same with the mens a while back.

    Lets just see how the world cup goes, I see it has already attracted some new users. So if things go well, I see things being a little different next year..

    March 14, 2014 at 8:23 pm #779263
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    stevemarks

    I have to be honest my first
    I have to be honest my first reaction was along the lines of “women’s racing, I know nothing and cannot be bothered”. but upon reflection, I thought I knew nothing about mens cycling two years ago, and look where I am now. let’s give it a go. I don’t have a lot of time for it, so picked the four biggest names that have done well recently and I vaguely recognised, and threw in some cheaper ones to go with them. It’s a great way to learn. Well done chaps for broadening my horizon.

    March 14, 2014 at 8:10 pm #779261
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    Gkam84

    ARGH It has been
    ARGH X( It has been changed.

    There were supposed to only be 4 between the two races belong. because they teams will be the same…

    Open de Suède Vargarda TTT
    Open de Suède Vargarda

    March 14, 2014 at 6:30 pm #779259
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    drheaton

    FirstCycling wrote:Transfer

    FirstCycling wrote:
    Transfer in womens purist?

    Yep, they work like the men’s classics.

    March 14, 2014 at 6:15 pm #779257
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    FirstCycling

    Transfer in womens purist?
    Transfer in womens purist?

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