Yet Another Cycling Forum

General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: Karla on 29 June, 2023, 06:08:26 pm

Title: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 29 June, 2023, 06:08:26 pm
League code 60584684

See you all in Paris!
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: SpaceBadger on 29 June, 2023, 07:27:12 pm
Thanks. I'm in.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 30 June, 2023, 07:29:03 am
and me.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: morbihan on 30 June, 2023, 08:06:50 am
in.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: alfapete on 30 June, 2023, 08:16:29 am
I confess to having entered using the cunning ploy of having two teams to double my chances. (But one of them's not really a serious choice.)
The real competition comes in the family league, but I'll be watching this one avidly, too. Thanks for setting it up, Karla.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: vorsprung on 30 June, 2023, 08:36:47 am
tweaking today
zimmerman in, cav out
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: SpaceBadger on 30 June, 2023, 04:04:03 pm
I read that as being Cav was out of the Tour!
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 30 June, 2023, 07:10:13 pm
Funny, I'm only seeing my team and one other in the league.  Are you sure you haven't all entered a rival yacf?
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: alfapete on 01 July, 2023, 10:53:49 am
Funny, I'm only seeing my team and one other in the league.  Are you sure you haven't all entered a rival yacf?
I have eight in my version.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: cygnet on 01 July, 2023, 11:46:16 pm
Funny, I'm only seeing my team and one other in the league.  Are you sure you haven't all entered a rival yacf?

Are you looking at the Superclassico YACF league instead?
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 02 July, 2023, 06:38:45 pm
Are you sure you haven't all entered a rival yacf?
Have you?  :)

Not the best day for me today, be interesting to see just how many points I score. When is it usually updated?
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: vorsprung on 02 July, 2023, 08:00:48 pm
On stage 2 - which was amazing for a stage 2, velogames seems to have got the points wrong for skjelmose.  He should have 110 for coming in 6th but has zero

correction: the tv (we have GCN) was wrong, he came 23rd
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 02 July, 2023, 09:48:05 pm
Skjelmose originally did finish 6th but he (and Bettiol) got relegated to the back of the bunch for “irregular sprinting”.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 02 July, 2023, 11:53:27 pm
Funny, I'm only seeing my team and one other in the league.  Are you sure you haven't all entered a rival yacf?

Are you looking at the Superclassico YACF league instead?

Yes, that was my mistake  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: vorsprung on 05 July, 2023, 07:23:24 am
It's pretty tight between 3rd and 6th place in the league.  Anxious times :)
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: ElyDave on 05 July, 2023, 08:16:06 am
Can you still join, I forgot this year
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 05 July, 2023, 11:27:42 am
You can't create a new team but you can still join the league if you did create one.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 05 July, 2023, 11:36:12 am
It's pretty tight between 3rd and 6th place in the league.  Anxious times :)

I suspect I'm going downhill as my Jakobsen/Philipsen coin toss chose Jakobsen, and Philipsen's advantage is only going to improve as Jakobsen recovers from his crash.

You're one of only three riders to choose Vingegaard though: one other has chosen Bernal and everyone else has chosen Pogacar.  You're the highest placed of the three Vingegaardians, so you're at an advantage if he wins.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 05 July, 2023, 11:36:52 am
It's pretty tight between 3rd and 6th place in the league.  Anxious times :)
My team is built for distance not speed. It's a long way to Paris.  8)

Could do with a Powless/Pogacar/Pidcock 1-2-3 today mind, with Benoit Cosnefroy doing some mad French shit along the way to hoover up all the other available points.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 05 July, 2023, 11:38:31 am
It's pretty tight between 3rd and 6th place in the league.  Anxious times :)
My team is built for distance not speed. It's a long way to Paris.  8)

For sure.  And anything can happen :demon:
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 05 July, 2023, 11:41:56 am
I suspect I'm going downhill as my Jakobsen/Philipsen coin toss chose Jakobsen, and Philipsen's advantage is only going to improve as Jakobsen recovers from his crash.

You're one of only three riders to choose Vingegaard though: one other has chosen Bernal and everyone else has chosen Pogacar.  You're the highest placed of the three Vingegaardians, so you're at an advantage if he wins.

I chose Jakobsen too - not good to see him off yesterday, esp given the injuries he had to recover from.


ETA.   Fabio with destroyed bike.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CuSMgjqsg3l/
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 05 July, 2023, 12:47:50 pm
^^^^ would appear to require Instagram login which in my case I have not got.  Though Tom Steels did mention on last night’s ITV4 highlights show that it had b0rked into three pieces.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 05 July, 2023, 01:08:30 pm
(https://i.ibb.co/7Nj1b3N/358131430-666822712150975-1203358477457555183-n.jpg)

At least the sacrificial derailleur hanger did it's job.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 05 July, 2023, 01:11:48 pm
 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: vorsprung on 06 July, 2023, 09:25:34 am
It's pretty tight between 3rd and 6th place in the league.  Anxious times :)
My team is built for distance not speed. It's a long way to Paris.  8)

For sure.  And anything can happen :demon:

And it did in stage 5
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: cygnet on 06 July, 2023, 10:20:07 pm
It's a long way to Paris.  8)

For sure.  And anything can happen :demon:

Today was super hard, for sure [/EBH]
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Mr Larrington on 06 July, 2023, 10:41:36 pm
It's a long way to Paris.  8)

For sure.  And anything can happen :demon:

Today was super hard, for sure [/EBH]

I doubt, however, that Van Aert will be going full gas tomorrow, at least until the final 2 km.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 07 July, 2023, 02:11:34 pm
Just saying I'd be happy to see a Cav win today, despite him not being part of BioDoobry Paving...
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: vorsprung on 07 July, 2023, 09:47:41 pm
Just saying I'd be happy to see a Cav win today, despite him not being part of BioDoobry Paving...
close, but no cigar
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 11 July, 2023, 06:25:32 pm
I've shot up to 2nd today after the breakaway was mostly formed of my riders  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 12 July, 2023, 08:58:09 am
C'mon Fabio...

ETA. Though not super flat today at ~ 1000mtrs/100km

ETA2  Oh well.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 13 July, 2023, 08:05:08 pm
It's pretty tight in the top 7 but happy to see a few have Jakobsen and Cavendish...
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: SpaceBadger on 13 July, 2023, 08:40:11 pm
Much as I like WvA, I’m waiting for him to go home.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 14 July, 2023, 09:26:58 am
It's pretty tight in the top 7 but happy to see a few have Jakobsen and Cavendish...

Are you DurableAce?

I see that of the aforesaid top 7, Andy, Vorsprung and I have the wrong sprinters.  I'm guessing we'll end up with positions 5, 6 and 7  :'(
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: vorsprung on 14 July, 2023, 09:28:20 am
It's pretty tight in the top 7 but happy to see a few have Jakobsen and Cavendish...

...but also Burgaudeau :)
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 14 July, 2023, 11:09:49 am
I could do with Benoit Cosnefroy doing some mad French shit today. Him and MVDP are letting the team down.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 14 July, 2023, 09:39:17 pm
Boom. Team BioDoobry Paving had a good day...  :)
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 15 July, 2023, 07:54:12 pm
Another good day at the BDPaving office...  ;)
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: cygnet on 16 July, 2023, 08:37:39 am
 :'( Bardet
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 17 July, 2023, 09:10:01 am
Well earned rest for the team today.  Going for a bit of a spin, hotel spa, & some press work...
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 17 July, 2023, 09:32:48 am
I could do with Benoit Cosnefroy doing some mad French shit today. Him and MVDP are letting the team down.

This is not what I meant Benoit

https://youtube.com/shorts/tqeN08DCOpA?feature=share
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: andyoxon on 23 July, 2023, 11:50:17 pm
Thanks to the BioDoobry Pavings over the last 3 wks - we got there in the end.  :thumbsup:  ;)

*Pogačar, A.Yates, Kuss, Hindley, Jakobsen, Pidcock, Benoot, Craddock, & Cort.

Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: SpaceBadger on 24 July, 2023, 07:07:45 am
Well done andyoxon and thanks everyone for playing.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: alfapete on 24 July, 2023, 09:47:43 am
Finished just off the podium - bit like in life, I never did have lofty ambitions.

I notice that the top 5 finishers had all chosen Pog over Jonas!
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: D.A.L.E. on 24 July, 2023, 12:00:48 pm
Managed to snag 2nd Overall right at the end. Happy with that.

I chose Pog for my team, but not for yellow. Proved the right decision. Wish I'd chosen Philipsen over Pedersen though, they both cost 14 points.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: cygnet on 24 July, 2023, 11:38:29 pm
Congratulations andyoxon

Finished just off the podium - bit like in life, I never did have lofty ambitions.

I notice that the top 5 finishers had all chosen Pog over Jonas!

This year I think Pog scored White Jersey points as well as GC points. All change next year.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: Karla on 27 July, 2023, 09:42:14 am
Congrats Andy.

I picked Pog for my GC, Jakobsen for my sprinter, and WVA who went home.  Oops.
Title: Re: Velogames fantasy TdF 2023
Post by: cygnet on 27 July, 2023, 10:00:59 pm
Congrats Andy.

I picked Pog for my GC, Jakobsen for my sprinter, and WVA who went home.  Oops.

Btw Karla, the classico restarts with Donostia-San Sebastián on Saturday.