Author Topic: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017  (Read 7956 times)

Gus

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Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« on: 23 June, 2017, 04:31:19 pm »
It's time for the annual virtual Tour de France, so everybody come and join :

Webside : www.velogames.com

League : YACF

code : 82308394

The deadline for entries to be submitted is 15:00 CEST (Central European Summer Time) on Saturday 1st July 2017.

quicklink for standings in the league : https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-france/2017/leaguescores.php?league=82308394

Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #1 on: 24 June, 2017, 08:18:10 am »
Looks like fun ... any prizes for coming last?

Gus

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #2 on: 25 June, 2017, 10:48:40 am »
Honour and glory, that is the price whether you win or loose.

citoyen

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #3 on: 27 June, 2017, 12:15:24 pm »
I'm in.  :thumbsup:
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Karla

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #4 on: 27 June, 2017, 12:48:14 pm »
In.  I'm Professor Paniagua

Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #5 on: 27 June, 2017, 01:12:44 pm »
In. it's difficult, isn't it. I think Froome will win but I'm not sure I can afford him.

citoyen

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #6 on: 27 June, 2017, 01:22:34 pm »
I'm hedging my bets on neither Froome nor Quintana figuring in the podium places. It could all go horribly wrong for me very early.
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Karla

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #7 on: 27 June, 2017, 01:31:06 pm »
It's an importent decision isn't it?

Oaky

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #8 on: 28 June, 2017, 04:27:29 pm »
I'm in.  "ACME Beer and Data Science Pro Cycling"

Picked by the simple process of

  • sampling ~500,000 random teams of the right shape (approximately a whopping one millionth of a percent of all valid teams,  if I calculate correctly)
  • throwing away any teams that cost too much
  • fuzzy matching the names against the UCI individual ranking list and summing up the  UCI ranking scores for each valid team
  • selecting the team with the highest overall total score


So it will probably tank badly!
You are in a maze of twisty flat droves, all alike.

85.4 miles from Marsh Gibbon

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #9 on: 28 June, 2017, 05:26:13 pm »
In. I expect mid-table mediocrity, as always  :P
Those wonderful norks are never far from my thoughts, oh yeah!

αdαmsκι

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #10 on: 30 June, 2017, 09:59:51 pm »
My team's "Be More Mike".
What on earth am I doing here on this beautiful day?! This is the only life I've got!!

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Oscar's dad

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #11 on: 01 July, 2017, 11:27:03 am »
Entered. Team OD on everyfing.

Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #12 on: 01 July, 2017, 06:58:46 pm »
Well the Bathgate Alps Grimpeurs are down to 8 riders already, it's a shame for the race that Valverde crashed out, broken kneecap according to another thread ... Ouch!!!

citoyen

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #13 on: 01 July, 2017, 09:36:15 pm »
The decision to pick Thomas for my team is already looking like a good one. Yay!
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

huggy

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #14 on: 02 July, 2017, 05:47:26 am »
Top of the yacf Velogames league after stage 1, I'd like to declare now and go straight to Paris, please.
Never knowingly underfed on an Audax

Oscar's dad

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #15 on: 02 July, 2017, 08:08:39 am »
Joint second!

Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #16 on: 02 July, 2017, 10:52:56 am »
The decision to pick valverde did not pay off.  I also picked iziguire, which would means two abandons in 14 miles, go me! (to make matters worse I think I swapped them in in a move that swapped out Thomas).  Lanterne rouge here I come.
simplicity, truth, equality, peace

citoyen

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #17 on: 03 July, 2017, 01:00:30 pm »
The decision to pick valverde did not pay off.  I also picked iziguire, which would means two abandons in 14 miles, go me! (to make matters worse I think I swapped them in in a move that swapped out Thomas).  Lanterne rouge here I come.

It's worse - it was 14km, not even 10 miles!
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #18 on: 04 July, 2017, 10:24:44 pm »
They could/should have walked that!
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Oaky

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #19 on: 05 July, 2017, 02:08:12 pm »
Progress so far:



(click image for bigness or alternatively use this link for a slightly interactive version)

Very consistent progress by Bernster and huggy at the pointy end of the field.
You are in a maze of twisty flat droves, all alike.

85.4 miles from Marsh Gibbon

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http://acme.bike

huggy

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #20 on: 05 July, 2017, 02:11:04 pm »
I'm guessing anyone with a less mainstream sprinter will be picking up more points than expected now  :-\
Never knowingly underfed on an Audax

citoyen

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #21 on: 05 July, 2017, 02:27:36 pm »
I'm guessing anyone with a less mainstream sprinter will be picking up more points than expected now  :-\

Very glad I picked Matthews as well as Sagan!
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

huggy

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #22 on: 05 July, 2017, 02:30:17 pm »
I'm guessing anyone with a less mainstream sprinter will be picking up more points than expected now  :-\

Very glad I picked Matthews as well as Sagan!
My team couldn't afford Sagan and I only went with Cav as my sprinter  :'(
Never knowingly underfed on an Audax

citoyen

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #23 on: 06 July, 2017, 02:30:03 pm »
After a strong start, I'm slipping back down the table already - Sagan's gone, Thomas has lost yellow, Porte was found out on the climb yesterday and Landa is AWOL. The rest of my riders are makeweights, apart from Matthews, so all my hopes are now riding on him.
"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycles."

Oscar's dad

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Re: Velogames Fantasy Tour de France 2017
« Reply #24 on: 06 July, 2017, 02:35:55 pm »
Ha!  I've moved up to third spot!