2024 Tour de France Fantasy League, and general TdF discussions.

[TBS]

^^^There should be plenty of room-there’s only like four of us in there now, and I don’t think there’s a limit on competitors in a league

[Dee Hubbs]

Great - thanks, Dee!

If there's still space in the TGR league, lmk. Would be interested in joining.


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Yes, unlimited amount of space.
I don't think there is a password to sign up. If it asks you for password, post again and I'll figure it out. It's probably "TGR" or "Mags".

[::: :::]

have we talked about the opening stages?

old Cav is gonna have to work to get to stage 3 for a flat ride

First week profiles:

Day 1


Day 2


Day 3


Day 4 [HC on day 4?!?]


Day 5


Day 6


Day 7


and on Day 8 they rested...

[TBS]

Yup, the days when first week was all flat sprints and echelons seem long gone.

Now it’s climbing from the jump, which favors sprinters like van Aert and Pedersen. Guys like Cav & Jakobsen will be questioning their career decisions.

[Garth Bimble]

Are we still sending $20 to Kat5 when she wins?

[TBS]

I’m also guessing that van Aert will forgo le Tour and race in the Olympics. And that Vingagaard will not start 6/29. But he will win La Vuelta.

Welp, I’m 0 for 3 on that prediction
https://www.reuters.com/sports/cycli...am-2024-06-20/

Vingo announced a few days ago he won’t be at La Vuelta

[Dee Hubbs]

Teams are starting to be announced:

Team Visma Lease A Bike sporting new Jerseys:


Uno-X Mobility (aka Team Norway)

[Dee Hubbs]

Jayco Aiula:

[buttahflake]

Magnus Cort has good legs right now, him or Mads Pedersen are good picks for day one

[::: :::]

on paper that jumbo team is potentially capable of riding with UAE -- not sure how the season's injuries will be reflected if at all in their legs
we'll soon see -- stage one looks to be crazy




i think magnus sort just got me pregnant just seeing a pic with that stache

[::: :::]

Welp, I’m 0 for 3 on that prediction
https://www.reuters.com/sports/cycli...am-2024-06-20/

Vingo announced a few days ago he won’t be at La Vuelta

likely to allow kuss to defend?
also likely kuss dropped when he did cuz that was when they knew vingo would defend

[buttahflake]

Oh and Michael Matthews is having a good one, another good choice for day one

[TBS]

likely to allow kuss to defend?
also likely kuss dropped when he did cuz that was when they knew vingo would defend

Vingo said he’s not riding La Vuelta due to family stuff.

Not following your comment about “Kuss dropped when he did”

[::: :::]

He was “ill” and not performing well. We’re told he pulled out to start his recovery for the tour instead of finishing. I’m suggesting perhaps vingo maybe got greenlighted from the medicos and that meant team prep shit to do

Just speculation

[TBS]

Kuss was performing poorly from the jump in Dauphine and DNS last stage. Said he had a virus. I did see him in a couple of VLB social media shots from altitude camp in Tignes.

Will see but UAE looks unstoppable

[chaka]

Soler is a bargain

[TBS]

More teams announced

Alpecin - Deceuninck (WT)
-PHILIPSEN Jasper
-VAN DER POEL Mathieu
-VERMEERSCH Gianni
-DILLIER Silvan
-GHYS Robbe
-KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
-LAURANCE Axel
-RICKAERT Jonas
-RIESEBEEK Oscar

BORA - hansgrohe (WT)
-HINDLEY Jai
-VLASOV Aleksandr
-VAN POPPEL Danny
-DENZ Nico
-SOBRERO Matteo
-ROGLI? Primož
-JUNGELS Bob
-HALLER Marco

[TBS]

Cofidis (WT)
-COQUARD Bryan
-MARTIN Guillaume
-OLDANI Stefano
-ZINGLE Axel
-RENARD Alexis
-GESCHKE Simon
-HERRADA Jesús
-IZAGIRRE Ion

Israel - Premier Tech (PRT)
-BOIVIN Guillaume8h
-STEWART Jake8h
-FUGLSANG Jakob8h
-WILLIAMS Stephen
-ACKERMANN Pascal
-GEE Derek
-HOULE Hugo
-NEILANDS Krists
(No Froome)

[Dee Hubbs]

[fool]

Yes, unlimited amount of space.
I don't think there is a password to sign up. If it asks you for password, post again and I'll figure it out. It's probably "TGR" or "Mags".

There is a password and neither of those works. Any others? I think it's listed somewhere...

Also, it appears that the league works different than fantasy football where only one team gets "Tom Brady". Multiple teams can have Pog, right?

I know Dee shared the basics above but still looking to understand it better (because I can't tell what is platform specific). Is this an accurate article for the "official" platform we're using? https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/...-fantasy-team/

Edit: it looks like Dee covered it well, I guess I'm just surprised I can't find the rules/scoring of the league on the website? Maybe I'm just used to the infrastructure of Fantasy Football.

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[TBS]

Try searching (yeah, I know…) for the 2022 and 2023 TDF threads. PSW is likely in the first couple of posts

And yes, many people can draft the same rider. But no, we don’t use the Velogames platform

The rules for the Tissot platform are pretty well laid out on leTour website.

[Dee Hubbs]

There is a password and neither of those works. Any others? I think it's listed somewhere...

Also, it appears that the league works different than fantasy football where only one team gets "Tom Brady". Multiple teams can have Pog, right?

I know Dee shared the basics above but still looking to understand it better (because I can't tell what is platform specific). Is this an accurate article for the "official" platform we're using? https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/...-fantasy-team/

Edit: it looks like Dee covered it well, I guess I'm just surprised I can't find the rules/scoring of the league on the website? Maybe I'm just used to the infrastructure of Fantasy Football.

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Try
Password: GAX

Rules are at the very bottom right corner. Yes, everyone could pick the same riders. That article is a good lesson.

[Dee Hubbs]

I think all the Teams are pretty much decided, and the game has everybody loaded in there. Even if a team makes a last minute rider change, you can change your guys as much as you need to before the race starts. Remember you have to have a full team 8 to get points. You cant your whole budget on just 5 superstars and leave 3 spots blank. (someone did this last year on day one).
Mrs DeeHubbs and I have a calendar meeting scheduled for Wednesday to discuss our picks.
Who's in? I'll make a list with TGR names vs Fantasy names so we know who we are playing against.
Shall we discuss the $ amount? I'm good with what ever we decide.

[::: :::]

bidons et saucissons = me

[TBS]

TBS is Directeur Sportif for Team Psylocybe