CC Fantasy Tour de France 2008

[Noodley]

Bugger! Team Noodley has had to be revised due to an increase in value of one rider from the provisional list to start list...

 

[Tetedelacourse]

I'm IN baby, IN

 

[Haitch]

OK, my team is in. New team name and new riders. Spent most of my credits on BIG names and frittered the rest away on no-hopers. Fingers crossed for a podium place come the end of the month.

Good luck everyone.

PS
John have you done the mini-league yet or are you still monkeying around?

 

[John the Monkey]

OK, my team is in. New team name and new riders. Spent most of my credits on BIG names and frittered the rest away on no-hopers. Fingers crossed for a podium place come the end of the month.

I've gone for a load of middle credit people - hopefully I've not averaged myself out of the race...

John have you done the mini-league yet or are you still monkeying around?

I see what you did there

Mini-leagues aren't live until tonight - I'll set it up and post the code then (or poss. early tomorrow).

 

[biking_fox]

I've picked a team on the same basis as before - choose some big names and shoehorn in a few smaller riders.

Hope to do much better than last time.

 

[Chris James]

I'm in too. I know next to nothing about pro cycling so am hoping my total lack of knowledge will work out as an advantage.

 

[Tetedelacourse]

^It did for Alan and Will in the Giro one ^

 

[Haitch]

^It did for Alan and Will in the Giro one ^

You betcha! Luckiest punt I ever had.

Hope I don't crumble this time round.

 

[Speicher]

I have just picked the people I have heard most about, or who I think have got stamina and staying power. If there are twenty people on here, and I get lowest points, its because you all know what you are talking about!

If there are 19,000 people on the big league, and I come last, that could be very embarrassing, but last out of twenty I could probably live with.

Just a teensy question, how do the organisers of this make money out of it, they do not do it for free. Do we get deluged with rubbish e-mails, or is there advertising on the site that might or might not be useful.
Sorry for the questions.

 

[mondobongo]

You never opted to give an e-mail address did you Speicher? Whoops your inbox will be a bit full.

 

[biking_fox]

I think it's just one guy a nifty spreadsheet/database doing it for fun. There are a few adverts that I've ignored, and I've not recieved any spam emails traceable to the name/details I gave.

This year he appears to be charging if you want to have a second team or some privelaged info - but also a chance at prizes rather than kudos.

 

[rich p]

Much of the internet is a mystery to me too. Why do AVG give their anti-virus away free. !!

 

[Speicher]

You never opted to give an e-mail address did you Speicher? Whoops your inbox will be a bit full.

No, I have not joined yet. But I thought you would have to give that as part of the registration process.

I am thinking of joining in the Cycle Chat mini League, unless anyone has some idea that it would be bad luck to have a female in the mini-league?
We are not supposed to go in loco engines pah! or on Bridges of boats, - did you know that?

 

[Dayvo]

Having perused procycling's TdeF guide, I have made my guesses astute team selection, and Team Spoken Four Winalot is up and running!

 

[Speicher]

So I have to think of a name for my team?