2018 TDF Fantasy League (Spoiler Alert)

[back bowl]

I'm in. All about Froome, Nibali, Sagan, Bardet.

[robrox]

I'm in too. One nod to Sky, but I'm hoping GoGo scores lots of points
Team - Whirligig of time
Geraint Thomas
Tom Dumoulin
Nairo Quintana
Warren Barguil
Fernando Gaviria
Julien Vermote
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Jack Bauer
Romain Bardet

[Dee Hubbs]

I've been doing some studying on riders who are peaking, and went back to look at my picks. I've made some shifts this morning, and I think I'm ready with team EveryonePlaysOpenly!
I'm hoping my sprinter and climber points get me past everyone else's GC (aka Froome) points.

[F#*k you cat]

In the pool as team ec

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[Garth Bimble]

Bump to remind anyone who is interested in joining or needs to finalize a roster that the deadline is 3AM MDT on 7/7.

[spanky]

IIRC Froome got his ass kicked on the cobbles the last time they raced them. They'll be on them again stage 9. Sagan is a no brainer, unless of course one of his whiny opponents with an inside connection gets all pissy and they toss him out again.

Yeah, I didn’t take Froome due to the cobble history and his recent Giro. I did swap out Kittel and Greipel for another “well known” sprinter.

[JayPowHound]

I'm in.. will pick a team when I get home this afternoon. Haven't watched much this spring aside from paris-roubaix, so will be a bit of a crap shoot.

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[huckbucket]

I'm in.. will pick a team when I get home this afternoon. Haven't watched much this spring aside from paris-roubaix, so will be a bit of a crap shoot.

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Protip ... avoid Sagan this year.

[ICEHOCEY77]

well shit, guess the ASO got velogames.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
Due to a recent legal claim, entries into the current Fantasy Grand Tour game are currently suspended until further notice.

It is fair to say I am absolutely gutted about this turn of events, but do not want to comment further until the situation progresses.

At present it is looking unlikely that the current Fantasy Grand Tour game will go ahead as planned.

Many apologies for this news, but it is for the best for my family and finances.

Yours in fantasy cycling, George

[::: :::]

whaat?

[spanky]

Maybe this is the reason...

https://www.letour.fr/en/news/2018/t...y-game/1268629

Do we go to that site or should we boycott it?

[spanky]

From https://twitter.com/velogames/status...88332890247170

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT (3/5): At present it is looking unlikely that the current Fantasy Grand Tour game will go ahead as planned.

Fuck.

[robrox]

Well that's annoying...I like the velogames setup.

Tried the TdF site, same team name, mostly the same riders. Velogames is easier to use for setting up a team.
https://fantasy.letour.fr/

[spanky]

OK... it seems like there's a back door. First, if you haven't logged in, log in via the Giro Rosa "site"...

https://www.velogames.com/giro-rosa/2018/

It uses the same "velogames" login info.

Once logged in, navigate to our league...

https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-fr...ague=739536811

It appears I can modify my team and all other league members are still there. I'm not sure if new people can join though.

At the least, this allows you to capture your current selections if we defect to the TdF site. Of which, I'm kind of resistant to using that site on principle.

Edit: Not sure if there will be any scoring captured if the site isn't public.

[::: :::]

sort of annoyed by the heavy handed shutdown of velogames two days prior to the race...but I signed in to the TdF site just to see what it's about

it's free, and, other than the road captain business, seems alright

not sure what our alternatives are at this point...can't guarantee spanky's link workaround will show points accumulating

[spanky]

Eurosport offers fantasy cycling. I don’t know how good it is...

https://fantasy-cycling.eurosport.com

OK, I created a TGR Maggots league:

https://fantasy-cycling.eurosport.co.../join/ENAMACHD

You’re not limited on a points budget, but you are restricted to only selecting riders based on their category.

[Garth Bimble]

Damn...this sucks. Guess we'll see what happens.

Edit: I'm in on the Eurosport league, thanks for setting it up Spanky.

[buttahflake]

I don’t have a team or anything. But I am very stoked for this edition. Some really cool stages this year.
Viva leTour

[::: :::]

le tour's fantasy system seems more like the velogames setup

league started just cuz why not:
league #: 4310
league name: TGR Maggots
password: AVZQF

LINK: https://fantasy.letour.fr/?parrain=5...password=AVZQF



the eurosport one is limited by the rider classification/skill (ie, your sprinter 2 is not coming from the lesser of the lead ranks), so maybe not as engaging when the scrubs are even less likely to garner points...i joined spanky's too just cuz

[SLCMunchie]

ACinpdx- joined your Le Tour league, because exactly- why not. i went to the trouble of selecting a team on velo games, so i might as well see that effort put to good use.

[::: :::]

garth bimble should probably weigh in since he started us up this year...

sooner is better since folks need to get signed up today

[spanky]

I’ll reluctantly join the “official” league as well.

Keep in mind there is also the NBC Sports site too. We used to use that one.

I’m indifferent, we just need the best velogames alternative and get the most people signed up in a league.

[Dee Hubbs]

Lets get a consensus on what site to use and be able to get our moneys worth to compete against each other.

[huckbucket]

I joined the letour league.

https://fantasy.letour.fr/#

See acinpdx's post for league details.

[Garth Bimble]

I joined the letour league.

https://fantasy.letour.fr/#

See acinpdx's post for league details.

Me too...definitely like the interface better.