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Fantasy Olympic Track Cycling

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  • July 16, 2012 at 11:08 am #16342
    drheaton

    It was suggested a few months ago that some people on the forum might want to try a fantasy track cycling competition for the olympics.

    The idea’s simple, pick an athlete/team/nation for each track event and we score the results, the best overall result is the winner.

    The ten olympic events are:

    Men’s Keirin
    Men’s Omnium
    Men’s sprint
    Men’s team pursuit
    Men’s team sprint
    Women’s Keirin
    Women’s Omnium
    Women’s sprint
    Women’s team pursuit
    Women’s team sprint

    Schedule is here: http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track/schedule-and-results/

    Athlete details will be available here: http://www.london2012.com/cycling-track/athletes/

    Deadline for entries is 8pm Wednesday 1st August.

    Rules are:
    1) Fantasy teams limited to one individual or team from any nationality i.e. you can’t have more than one Brit or British team in your own team.
    2) Scoring based on the Omnium where 1st scores 1, 2nd scores 2 etc down to 12th scoring 12. Any placing below 12th scores 12. Lowest overall score after 10 events is the winner.
    3) DNFs, DQs or withdrawl’s of an athlete count as finishing last and will score 12 points.
    4) Where non-medal positions are not ranked (see 2008 men’s team pursuit and team sprint) the time’s from qualification will be used to rank teams for fantasy purposes.
    5) Where it is not possible to rank a group of teams or individuals each will be given the score of the highest unranked position i.e. if 5-12 cannot be ranked by any of the above methods each will score 5 points.
    6) Tie-breaks – first tie-break is number of Gold medal winners picked, then total medal winners picked then the lowest highest score i.e. one team has a highest event score of 8 (for 8th place), another has 10 (for 10th) then the winner is the team with the score of 8. Final tie-break is a coin-toss.
    7) No prizes, although we could ask Dave nicely for a pair of socks đŸ˜€

    Any questions/comments? Happy to tweak the rules/format as suggested.

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  • July 26, 2012 at 7:38 pm #691917
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    Gkam84

    Ok, I think I have mine
    Ok, I think I have mine sorted out….

    Men’s Keirin – Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
    Men’s Omnium – Zachary Bell (Canada)
    Men’s Sprint – Gregory Bauge (France)
    Men’s Team Pursuit – Great Britain
    Men’s Team Sprint – New Zealand
    Women’s Keirin – Ekaterina Gnidenko (Russia)
    Women’s Omnium – Sarah Hammer (USA)
    Women’s Sprint – Simona KrupeckaitÄ— (Lithunia)
    Women’s Team Pursuit – Australia
    Women’s Team Sprint – China

    MIGHT not be my final line up as it is only 1 rider per country for all the sprint events, but the Olympics site had 2 for some đŸ˜•

    Another question that I don’t know if it’ll work. Say I pick Bauge as above, but he goes and wins another event, Do I get any bonuses đŸ˜• đŸ˜‰

    July 26, 2012 at 5:30 pm #691915
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    STEVESPRO 79

    AND THE WINNING TEAM IS…
    AND THE WINNING TEAM IS… =))

    MENS KEIRIN MAX LEVY (Germany)
    MENS OMNIUM ZAC BELL (Canada)
    MENS SPRINT GREG BAUGE (France)
    MENS T PURSUIT NEW ZEALAND
    MENS T SPRINT AUSTRALIA
    WMNS KEIRIN EKATERINA GNIDENKO (Russia)
    WMNS OMNIUM SARAH HAMMER (USA)
    WMNS SPRINT SIMONA KUPRECKAITE (Lithuania)
    WMNS T PURSUIT GREAT BRITAIN
    WMNS T SPRINT CHINA

    July 23, 2012 at 1:26 pm #691913
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    drheaton

    I know there’s only four
    I know there’s only four teams but I expected them to be more simiilar, I’m surprised we’ve picked such different teams although Gregory Bauge looks like he might be in every team at this rate!

    July 23, 2012 at 12:54 pm #691911
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    livestrongnick

    My Picks are:-
    Mens Sprint
    My Picks are:- đŸ˜•

    Mens Sprint Gregory Bauge(FRA)
    mens Kieran Chris Hoy(GB)
    Mens Omnium Zach Bell(CAN)
    Team Sprint New Zealand
    Team Pursuit Japan

    Womans Sprint Anna Meares(AUS)
    Womens Kieran Miriam Welte(GER)
    Womens Omnium Sarah Hammer(USA)
    Team Sprint Russia
    Team Pursuit China

    Let the games begin đŸ˜‰

    July 23, 2012 at 11:29 am #691909
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    TERatcliffe26

    ok then here is mine
    Men’s
    ok then here is mine

    Men’s Keirin – Kazunari Watanabe (Japan)
    Men’s Omnium – Lasse Norman Hansen (Denmark)
    Men’s sprint – Gregory Bauge (France)
    Men’s team pursuit – Great Britain
    Men’s team sprint – Australia
    Women’s Keirin – Shuang Guo (China)
    Women’s Omnium – Sarah Hammer (USA)
    Women’s sprint – Simona Krupeckaite (Lithuania)
    Women’s team pursuit – Canada
    Women’s team sprint – Germany

    July 23, 2012 at 11:11 am #691907
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    drheaton

    Thought I’d get my team in
    Thought I’d get my team in now, you can copy it if you like but if you do and we win I might add something into the rules to ‘resolve’ that đŸ‘¿

    Men’s Keirin – Max Levy (Germany)
    Men’s Omnium – Zac Bell (Canada)
    Men’s sprint – Gregory Bauge (France)
    Men’s team pursuit – New Zealand
    Men’s team sprint – Australia
    Women’s Keirin – Olga Panarina (Belarus)
    Women’s Omnium – Sarah Hammer (USA)
    Women’s sprint – Simona KrupeckaitÄ— (Lithunia)
    Women’s team pursuit – Great Britain
    Women’s team sprint – China

    July 18, 2012 at 6:10 pm #691905
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    drheaton

    Nope, that makes it far too
    Nope, that makes it far too easy đŸ˜€

    July 18, 2012 at 6:04 pm #691903
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    Gkam84

    Just a thought, Can we not
    Just a thought, Can we not have a male and female from the same country? đŸ˜•

    July 18, 2012 at 2:27 pm #691901
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Fair enough
    Have a great
    Fair enough đŸ™‚

    Have a great holiday and please send some sunshine our way đŸ˜€

    July 18, 2012 at 1:17 pm #691899
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    JAndrewHill

    Simon_MacMichael wrote:Given

    Simon_MacMichael wrote:
    Given the limited permutations, I’m not sure it’s a good idea for anyone to start posting their teams till the deadline, but hey-ho… ;)

    I would wait til last minute, but i am jetting off to the sun and wifi may be limited in Greece . . . I hope the hotel has a tv to watch the last stage of #tdf.

    July 18, 2012 at 1:12 pm #691897
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    drheaton

    I think the two Omnium’s
    I think the two Omnium’s could be the deciders, the uncertainty and variables that 6 events adds will mean that picking a medal contender in that could be very important. Equally though you could use one of your ‘star picks’ (GB, AUS, Canada, New Zealand etc) and find that they finish lower down than expected.

    Pity they don’t have the Maddison or Scratch Race as an Olympic event, that’d be really hard to predict!

    July 18, 2012 at 1:04 pm #691895
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    TERatcliffe26

    JAndrewHill wrote:you’re a

    JAndrewHill wrote:
    you’re a mind reader . . . or is it obvious that she is a dead cert?

    It was the only one that made sense that not many people would know

    I guess it depends how much you understand the event and how much you have seen her. As far as im concerned there is too much variability with 6 events to say dead cert, but if she doesnt medal id be surprised.

    July 18, 2012 at 12:55 pm #691893
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Given the limited
    Given the limited permutations, I’m not sure it’s a good idea for anyone to start posting their teams till the deadline, but hey-ho… đŸ˜‰

    July 18, 2012 at 12:34 pm #691891
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    JAndrewHill

    Here goes. I posted this
    Here goes. I posted this first, so any exact copies, and I get the socks !
    Mens Kierin: GER Levy
    Mens Omnium: CAN Bell
    Mens Sprint: FRA Bauge
    Mens T Purs: NZE New Zealand
    Mens T Sprn: JAP Japan
    Woms Kierin: RUS Gnidenko
    Woms Omnium: GBR Trott
    Woms Sprint: AUS Mears
    Woms T Purs: USA Yanks
    Woms T Sprn: CHI China

    I think I am short of dutch and spaniards, but hey ho.

    July 18, 2012 at 12:13 pm #691889
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    JAndrewHill

    you’re a mind reader . . . or
    you’re a mind reader . . . or is it obvious that she is a dead cert?

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