SBS RaboDirect Tour de France Fantasy

[bella26]

Just joined up as team HTFU.

[Strawburger]

i can't stay away from it like i thought i would this year. In as the straw burgers

[Strawburger]

Just noticed Cadel is riding for Cofidis edit: I must be playing "classic" fantasy game because i can select Erik Zabel!

[Aushiker]

Hi

Strawburger is accepted

Andrew

[dockerland]

Have signed up, team name is Purple Haze.

[Aushiker]

Have signed up, team name is Purple Haze.

Accepted.

Andrew

[Aushiker]

Hi

Response from SilentManager ...

Thanks for the mail.
We are currently revising the squad list and the raiders will be up for you selections soon.

Andrew

[roller]

gaaaah!!!

work has blocked the site

have to sign up when i get home

[roller]

ok i've signed up . . .EPO Shack is me

[Romper]

dudes

maxine monfort or tony martin

[jasimon]

Everybody check your rosters for non-starters.

There have been a few changes to team lists in the recent days that mean some riders that have been picked in fantasy teams are no longer starting. A good sign is if your rider is now in a white shirt with no team. But others, like Nibali, are still linked with a team even if they aren't riding.

[martinjs]

Signed up as Team Shelview.

Martin

[Romper]

Teams Rosters

Lampre
Grega Bole, Damiano Cunego, Mauro Da Dalto, Francesco Gavazzi, Danilo Hondo, Mirco Lorenzetto, Adriano Malori, Alessandro Petacchi and Simon Spilak

Liquigas
Ivan Basso, Francesco Bellotti, Kristjan Koren, Roman Kreuziger, Aliaksandr Kuchynski, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Sylwester Szmyd, Brian Bach Vandborg

Garmin
Julian Dean, Tyler Farrar, Ryder Hesjedal, Robbie Hunter, Martijn Maaskant, David Millar, Johan Van Summeren, Christian Vande Velde, David Zabriskie

Katusha
Pavel Brutt, Sergey Ivanov, Joaquin Rodriguez, Vladimir Karpets, Robbie McEwen, Alexander Kolobnev, Stijn Vandenbergh, Eduard Vorganov, Alexandr Pliuschin

Astana
Alberto Contador, Alexandre Vinokourov, David de la Fuente, Jesus Hernandez, Daniel Navarro,Benjamin Noval, Paolo Tiralongo, Andriy Grivko, Maxim Iglinskiy

Quickstep
Carlos Barredo, Sylvain Chavanel, Dries Devenyns, Kevin De Weert, Jerome Pineau, Francesco Reda, Kevin Seeldrayers, Jurgen Van de Walle, Maarten Wynants

BMC
Alessandro Ballan, Brent Bookwalter, Marcus Burghardt, Cadel Evans, Mathias Frank, George Hincapie, Karsten Kroon, Steve Morabito, Mauro Santambrogio

Footon
Giampaolo Cheula, Alberto Benitez, Arkaitz Duran, Iban Mayoz, Rafael Valls, Markus Eibegger, Manuel Cardoso, Fabio Felline and Eros Capecchi

Sky
Michael Barry, Steve Cummings, Juan Antonio Flecha, Simon Gerrans, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Thomas Löfkvist, Serge Pauwels, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins

Colombia
Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Bert Grabsch, Adam Hansen, Tony Martin, Maxime Monfort, Mark Renshaw, Michael Rogers, Kanstantsin Sivtsov

Radioshack
Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Kloden, Chris Horner, Janez Brajkovic, Sergio Paulinho, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Dmitry Muravyev

Euskatel
Inaki Isasi, Juanjo Oroz, Alan Perez, Ruben Perez, Samuel Sanchez, Egoi Martinez, Amets Txurruka, Ivan Velasco, Gorka Verdugo

Saxobank
Fabian Cancellara, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck, Jens Voigt, Stuart O'Grady, Matti Breschel, Chris Anker Sorensen, Jakob Fuglsang, Nicki Sorensen

And you guys can figure the rest out for yourselves, because i have better things 2 do!

[jasimon]

And you guys can figure the rest out for yourselves, because i have better things 2 do!

My eyes! My eyes! They burn! They burn!

I would have preferred if you didn't provide the 'helpful' colour-coding.

[Aushiker]

And you guys can figure the rest out for yourselves, because i have better things 2 do!

Hi

Thanks for that but they have been posted for awhile here

Andrew

[Aushiker]

Hi

Just to add to the mix, Bicycle NSW have a TdF tipping competition. Details here.

Andrew

[Ruski73]

Hello ...

Are newbies allowed to join the comp? If so that would be awesome.

Got a question though ... might have already been explained but here it is ...

I'm wondering abou tthe interpretation of this rule ...

"Only the original 9 cyclists that you select for your team when it is initially submitted will score Final Standing Points ... "

Here's an example ...

Say I pick Contodor from the start but trade him out after Stage 1 for whatever reason and never trade him back in again and he goes on to win the Tour, do I still get the 60 Final Standing Points for his win or do I need to trade him back in at the finish to collect the points?

Whichever way it goes has a big impact on strategy.

Team name is "The Brown Trousers"

[crog]

che's warriors are in.

Just registered will set up tomorrow

TA

[jasimon]

I'm wondering abou tthe interpretation of this rule ...

"Only the original 9 cyclists that you select for your team when it is initially submitted will score Final Standing Points ... "

The team you have at 23:59 AEST on Saturday 3rd July is the one that counts for final standing points.

If you trade Contador out at 00:01 AEST on Sunday 4th July and never get him back you will still get the points if he wins the tour.

Indeed, given the first six stages are flat, many people will be trading Contador out (among others) between 23:59 Saturday and 09:00 Sunday morning (the deadline to have your transfers count for the first stage).

Welcome aboard, the more the merrier I say.

[Ruski73]

The team you have at 23:59 AEST on Saturday 3rd July is the one that counts for final standing points.

If you trade Contador out at 00:01 AEST on Sunday 4th July and never get him back you will still get the points if he wins the tour.

Indeed, given the first six stages are flat, many people will be trading Contador out (among others) between 23:59 Saturday and 09:00 Sunday morning (the deadline to have your transfers count for the first stage).

Welcome aboard, the more the merrier I say.

Thanks for that. Was hoping that would be the the case.

[Aushiker]

Hello ...

Are newbies allowed to join the comp? If so that would be awesome.

Hi

From my announcement post:

To add to the fun of this I have created a mini-league called "Australian Cycling Forums". Anyone is welcome to join, no prizes but. To join the mini league go to http://sbs.com.au/tdf/fantasy, pick your team then use the ‘mini-league admin' option to join the mini-league.

Cheers
Andrew

[huwcar]

Can I get involved in the league too please?

Thanks!

[Aushiker]

Can I get involved in the league too please?

Thanks!

Hi

From my announcement post:

To add to the fun of this I have created a mini-league called "Australian Cycling Forums". Anyone is welcome to join, no prizes but. To join the mini league go to http://sbs.com.au/tdf/fantasy, pick your team then use the ‘mini-league admin' option to join the mini-league.

The password is BNA.

Cheers
Andrew

[Nix]

I'm in... I have NO idea how this is going to work (I struggle enough with AFL Supercoach and know a lot more about AFL than I do cycling) but figure it's probably a great way to learn more about the riders..

Another Saddle Sore (or Team ASS as they are otherwise known) is in the league.
*sorry for the toilet humour - I was watching Family Guy on the plane this morning and it seems to have rubbed off*

[bpmhigh]

So some thinking out loud for the excited newbies....... (of which I am one!)

- By midnight Saturday 3 July, pick your initial team based on your best guess at final Tour standings.
- At 2am Sunday 4 July, enjoy the prologue.
- By 9am Sunday 4 July, swap out 6 riders with 5 sprinters and the yellow jersey holder
- By midnight Friday 9 July, use your 6 transfers to swap out the sprinters for the climbers
- By midnight Friday 16 July, use your 6 transfers to fine tune your predominantly climbing squad
- By midnight Friday 23 July, swap out 3 for ITT guns
- On Monday 26 July, wait by your inbox for notification that you're $20,000 richer.
- Reluctantly hand $20,000 to wife.

I realise that this oversimplifies it, not to mention the crucial importance of the correct team pick (and trade) and the double points stage but am I warm?