Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted June 30 Velogames is once again not running it's TdF Fantasy Team Contest, so not sure what we can do this year. The official TdF website Letour ran one last year, but with only 5 days to go there is still no sign of a 2019 version on their website. Does anyone know of another option? Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naut 657 Report post Posted July 1 I have been messing around with https://www.rouleurderby.com/ this year. It's not specific to TdF but great because you can join anytime and update when you have time. We could create a transitions league. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 2 I spotted the Tour de France 'official' fantasy game email just landed but I can't for the life of me remember how to log back in... and is a bit fiddly on the mobile at the moment! Looks like fantasy.letour.fr is the address for anyone interested... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 2 I think I've set up a league (hopefully), it's very clunky. There are some weird league-specific options, but I entered a team normally as per the competition rules and then set up this league - if it's working as it should the link can be found below with the 5 letter password shown: Join me in the league now: no.1779 : Transitions AU Password : LWZPQ By clicking on this link : https://fantasy.letour.fr/#welcome/register/?parrain=pdqtsbj&ligue=1779&mdp=LWZPQ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 2 Shit. You beat me by 1 minute. I'll delete mine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazmuzza 118 Report post Posted July 3 Urgh, I really hate the TDF run one...so much so that I won't bother I think. It's a real shame they won't let velogames run it because its miles better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 93 Report post Posted July 3 Joined. Looking forward to this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironnerd 572 Report post Posted July 3 Ironnerd is in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 5 (edited) Does anybody know how to look to see how many players are in the league? OK, I found it. Only 6 of us at the moment. 24 hours left to join. Edited July 5 by Ex-Hasbeen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 5 It's really not terribly intuitive, but then this is the country that gave us the 1980s / 90s citroens which my old mechanic used to say were the fiddliest cars ever made! Long answer: If you click on the top left hand side menu option and select Transitions AU instead of options for the Tour de France / whichever team you follow, then there's a screen behind that (on a phone anyway) with three options, the middle one being a trophy which shows the league for the selected option (the right hand option shows all the league's you're in) Short answer: 6 people so far 🙂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 6 Splendid... Stage 1 and I'm already occupying the Lanterne Rouge position... Normal service is resumed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peter 3,167 Report post Posted July 8 Check this video escape http://cycling.today/watch-vincenzo-nibalis-amazing-crash-escape/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naut 657 Report post Posted July 8 23 minutes ago, Peter said: Check this video escape http://cycling.today/watch-vincenzo-nibalis-amazing-crash-escape/ I heard this morning it wasn't Nibbles, it was one of his teammates Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 593 Report post Posted July 8 Im in the top 6 and going to stay there by the looks of it with my awesome team. Thanks for setting this up 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave T 198 Report post Posted July 8 Sorry mate. Went away for the weekend and forgot about it. Otherwise you'd be in front of somebody. 😆 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 8 Pretty sure Dave T if you joined now you'd be ahead of me in a couple of days and stay there for the duration!!! My team was kind of picked with stages like tonight's in mind (lots of bits n pieces / liquorice allsorts riders) so if this one goes tits up too I'm going nowhere fast! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironnerd 572 Report post Posted July 8 Ex-Hasbeen is now ex-ex-hasbeen as he plummets down the rankings.😀🚲 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 8 7 minutes ago, Ironnerd said: Ex-Hasbeen is now ex-ex-hasbeen as he plummets down the rankings.😀🚲 A frenchman actually winning a stage took me by surprise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazmuzza 118 Report post Posted July 9 Btw do yourselves a favour and follow Wiggos on moto commentary of the tour. It's pretty amazing (check his insta stories as well). https://www.instagram.com/stories/bradwiggins/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 93 Report post Posted July 9 6 hours ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: A frenchman actually winning a stage took me by surprise. I may or may not have had him in my team, but forgot to make him captain. Boo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 9 13 minutes ago, BNothling said: I may or may not have had him in my team, but forgot to make him captain. Boo. Yeah, I saw all the fancy things you can do, like change your captain to earn extra points, and use credits to swap team members. I couldn't be bothered with that stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 93 Report post Posted July 9 4 hours ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: Yeah, I saw all the fancy things you can do, like change your captain to earn extra points, and use credits to swap team members. I couldn't be bothered with that stuff. I did pick a team that I'm not really planning on changing. We'll see how it goes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 11 I saw an interesting article in Cyclingtips tonight. Apparently Ineos are using Lightweight wheels for the mountain stages. And not a modern wheel, by pro-cycling standards. A 15 year old deep V design. I wonder how their long time sponsor Shimano feel about having their "latest tech" wheels ditched for something from the early 2000's? https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/team-ineos-swaps-to-lightweights-for-climbing-stages/?fbclid=IwAR3Xa9GieApmEPutDbBdzl2gLgSIOdLYsxdsUloPKsko_ixehta_xxiTRsk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pieman 1,232 Report post Posted July 11 2 hours ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: I saw an interesting article in Cyclingtips tonight. Apparently Ineos are using Lightweight wheels for the mountain stages. And not a modern wheel, by pro-cycling standards. A 15 year old deep V design. I wonder how their long time sponsor Shimano feel about having their "latest tech" wheels ditched for something from the early 2000's? https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/team-ineos-swaps-to-lightweights-for-climbing-stages/?fbclid=IwAR3Xa9GieApmEPutDbBdzl2gLgSIOdLYsxdsUloPKsko_ixehta_xxiTRsk I saw that Mitchelton Scott were using lightweight discs in the TTT with shimano front wheels and they're still shimano sponsored I think.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 11 Do Shimano make a disc? I think Mitchelton have Pro as a sponsor as well, so I would have expected them to use a Pro disc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 11 Fabulous, as per in the Giro, the first abandonment of the tour is one of my picks - super... if only I could pick something useful with such unerring accuracy... grrrrrrr 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rory-dognz 584 Report post Posted July 11 9 hours ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: Do Shimano make a disc? I think Mitchelton have Pro as a sponsor as well, so I would have expected them to use a Pro disc. Isn’t Pro part of Shimano? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 11 1 hour ago, rory-dognz said: Isn’t Pro part of Shimano? Could be, I've seen them spec'ed with Ultegra hubs before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pieman 1,232 Report post Posted July 11 1 hour ago, rory-dognz said: Isn’t Pro part of Shimano? Yeah I think Pro is their in-house brand...and they have a disk wheel Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazmuzza 118 Report post Posted July 12 (edited) 100% correct that Pro is owned by Shimano. Edited July 12 by dazmuzza Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 12 AJS, Did you realise in this competition you can change your riders. You have budget to make about 8 changes if you need to. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 12 Yes, I have made a couple of changes... Bevin out with his withdrawal and Valverde as he seems to be playing the role of super-domestique (No doubt having shipped him out he'll win the next 3 stages in a row or something like that!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 593 Report post Posted July 13 Van Garderen out of Tour with fractured hand, first of many changes to my team 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 593 Report post Posted July 13 bloody hell. I had M.Andersen for Dimension Data and he didnt even start the damn race arghhhhhh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 13 13 minutes ago, ratdog said: Van Garderen out of Tour with fractured hand, first of many changes to my team Thanks Ratty. I had him in my team. I've just swapped him too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 593 Report post Posted July 13 my pleasure Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 13 True to form, I swapped dylan groenewegen OUT after a fairly average first few days post his crash... and look what happens... 🙂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazaau 263 Report post Posted July 13 On 11/07/2019 at 6:29 PM, Ex-Hasbeen said: I saw an interesting article in Cyclingtips tonight. Apparently Ineos are using Lightweight wheels for the mountain stages. And not a modern wheel, by pro-cycling standards. A 15 year old deep V design. I wonder how their long time sponsor Shimano feel about having their "latest tech" wheels ditched for something from the early 2000's? https://cyclingtips.com/2019/07/team-ineos-swaps-to-lightweights-for-climbing-stages/?fbclid=IwAR3Xa9GieApmEPutDbBdzl2gLgSIOdLYsxdsUloPKsko_ixehta_xxiTRsk According to the secret pro it is actually because their bike sponsor bikes are heavy and they are having trouble getting them to 6.8kg. So it's not the wheels they don't like... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 593 Report post Posted July 14 last nights stage was pretty damn exciting with a fair bit of "will or wont the breakaway make it to the end without being gobbled up". Watching the sprinters struggling throughout the climbs was lovely to watch also. Tonight may be a similar stage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 14 23 hours ago, dazaau said: According to the secret pro it is actually because their bike sponsor bikes are heavy and they are having trouble getting them to 6.8kg. So it's not the wheels they don't like... For a bike that's apparently on the heavy side, it could do with some more strength. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 93 Report post Posted July 14 29 minutes ago, Ex-Hasbeen said: For a bike that's apparently on the heavy side, it could do with some more strength. Must be a Chinarello 😉😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 14 That looked like a reasonably slow-speed / moderate impact - surprised there was enough in it to crack a frame - maybe someone else rolled over or fell on this one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 14 Just now, AJS said: That looked like a reasonably slow-speed / moderate impact - surprised there was enough in it to crack a frame - maybe someone else rolled over or fell on this one? The whole team combined would weigh less than me. Someone must have got it in just the right spot. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dazaau 263 Report post Posted July 14 Richie survives stage 9 😅 Looking good, and after finishing stage 9 in tact it suddenly dawns on him how far back that crappy TTT really was. How do you find over a minute these days, tall order! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 14 10 minutes ago, dazaau said: How do you find over a minute these days, tall order! Especially without a team of super-domestiques at your disposal. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toolex 53 Report post Posted July 15 On 13/07/2019 at 5:41 PM, Ex-Hasbeen said: Thanks Ratty. I had him in my team. I've just swapped him too. any suggestions on who to replace him with? I'm not in the transitions league... not that you'd have to worry about my score if I was :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratdog 593 Report post Posted July 15 16 minutes ago, toolex said: any suggestions on who to replace him with? I'm not in the transitions league... not that you'd have to worry about my score if I was 🙂 I replaced him with someone who is getting me a point a stage.😭 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-Hasbeen 7,121 Report post Posted July 15 43 minutes ago, toolex said: any suggestions on who to replace him with? I'm not in the transitions league... not that you'd have to worry about my score if I was 🙂 Mine has scored about the same as Tejay did, about 10 per stage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJS 65 Report post Posted July 16 If you were to pick a pro cyclist to go well in a non-drafting Ironman bike leg, what sort d'you reckon would go best (let's say we use a typical medium conditions Kona for our course and conditions and forgive my sweeping generalisations/classifications below)... The 'heavier' TT specialist - Tony Martin / Cancellara type rider? The leaner TT type - Rohan Dennis / Castroviejo type rider? The solo escapee type - Thomas de Gendt type rider? One day classic strongman - Boonen / Terpstra rider? The time trialling GC rider - Dumoulin / Roglic rider? The climbing GC rider - Quintana / Porte / Froome? Or the good at most things rider - Sagan / Alaphillipe / Van Avermaert / Valverde? I'm thinking I can exclude the pure sprinters... My money would be on probably a Roglic or Dumoulin type rider at a guess? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BNothling 93 Report post Posted July 16 Either a Tony Martin who dials into 400W and doesn't stop until you tell him to, or Thomas de Gent who goes back for more every single day regardless of how he's feeling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
