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  • November 1, 2010 at 2:55 pm #12833
    dave atkinson

    Okay, so we want to run a season-long compo next year which will take in the three grand tours and some other races too. But which races?

    It’s been suggested that the classics are a good place to start. here’s the classics list off of wikipedia:

    Milan – San Remo (Italy)
    Ronde van Vlaanderen (Belgium)
    Gent–Wevelgem (Belgium)
    Paris–Roubaix (France)
    Amstel Gold Race (Netherlands)
    Flèche Wallonne (Belgium)
    Liège–Bastogne–Liège (Belgium)
    Gent-Wevelgem (Belgium)
    Clásica de San Sebastián (San Sebastian Classic) (Spain)
    Paris–Brussels (France/ Belgium)
    Paris–Tours (France)
    Giro di Lombardia (Italy)

    Others under consideration are:

    Tour Down Under
    Tirreno Adriatico
    Tour of California
    Tour de Suisse
    Dauphiné Libéré
    World Champs

    The idea would be to have a season-long compo with the three grand tours available as a standalone event too. sound good? any more suggestions? the more the merrier.

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  • November 3, 2010 at 11:34 am #638695
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    dave atkinson

    I think we can safely say
    I think we can safely say that we’ll be picking races that don’t overlap, as i’m not keen on making too much work for myself 🙂

    here’s some thoughts from my brain:

    1) it *won’t* be possible to enter more than one team per user account, sorry. it’s too difficult to control

    2) there will be unlimited changes between different races, and limited transfers available during stage races

    3) rider values will probably continue to change, possibly based on a simpler formula than before, but we won’t be complicating our lives with overengineered team pickers that, erm, don’t work very well.

    4) i reckon 3 grand tours + classics + worlds + a couple of the more interesting week tours is the way to go. dauphiné, tour de suisse maybe

    November 3, 2010 at 10:59 am #638693
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    LabMonkey

    I have posted on the forum a
    I have posted on the forum a number of times about the 2011 season long game, but I will add my thoughts here again.

    In my opinion, the classics, the three grand tours and the world champs are a must. These are typically the biggest races of the year.

    Trying to incorporate many of the week long stage races may prove problematic as some overlap. Especially if you consider three other important stage races – Paris-Nice, Tour de Pologue and the Eneco Tour.

    I think you should give a starting budget at the start of the season which can be increased/decreased over the course of the season with good/bad transfers.

    Keep the fluctuating prices between stages for all the stage races.

    Impose price increases for say the top 20 in a one day race.

    Any ‘money’ made from good performances in a race then carrys over and adds to the budget for next race in the calender.

    Just my two cents…

    Can’t wait for the game to begin!

    LabMonkey / Jon

    November 2, 2010 at 2:32 pm #638691
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    jova54

    As a complete road racing
    As a complete road racing novice I really enjoyed the fantasy events and I’m looking forward to doing better next year.

    Would it be possible to offer the chance to have more than one entry per User Name?

    I liked the idea of having a fixed team for the Vuelta but I also manted to be in the GC but was too lazy to set up an alternative User Name.

    Given the issues with the changes you made for the Vuelta, perhaps maintaining the same rider value throughout a race but updating the values between races. This would mean that you would have to limit the selected events to those which don’t clash.

    November 2, 2010 at 1:57 pm #638689
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    Fringe

    the list of races sounds good
    the list of races sounds good to me, possibly to much as it means i will be spending even more time than my wife deems necessary at this computer sorting out transfers, great!

    November 1, 2010 at 4:02 pm #638687
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    JC

    I liked the fantasy TdF last
    I liked the fantasy TdF last year. But the Vuelta was a pain in the backside – I’d prefer to keep it simple without the riders ‘prices’ changing all the time. :/

    Obviously, with the press coverage, it is easier to track and manage for the Grand Tours, a season long com (in addition to the stand alone comps sounds good) 😉

    I’d imagine that a lot of team changes/ transfers between events would be required as teams and team rosters change a lot between races. :B

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