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[Whorty]

I suppose we have 4 weeks before the week that Christmas lands on so we could have 3 races. A pan flat, a rolling course and then a mountain stage.

Points for each finishing position and tot them up at the end of the mini-series for the overall victor!

If 10 ride then you could do 10 points for the win and 1 point for last and just change this for riders entered - 12 entered, 12 for the win etc?

I don't mind doing the spreadsheet unless we have an expert on here who has done it previously...

Just an idea but maybe a way to please everyone and make it interesting. The winner receives my used mankini and has to post a photo of them modelling it with a Santa hat on

Week 1 - Yorkshire UCI Course (2 laps) - a nice rolling course
Week 2 - Tempus Fugit (2 Laps) - out and back so if riders are dropped you can wave as you pass them the other way lol
Week 3 - Muir and the Mountain - brutal final course for the climbers

I like to call it "Le Tour de Splitters"

7:45pm - Tuesday nights. There all sorted. @bridgy send out the invites

Sounds fab ..... such a shame I'm washing my hair week 3 👴

 

[bridgy]

I suppose we have 4 weeks before the week that Christmas lands on so we could have 3 races. A pan flat, a rolling course and then a mountain stage.

Points for each finishing position and tot them up at the end of the mini-series for the overall victor!

If 10 ride then you could do 10 points for the win and 1 point for last and just change this for riders entered - 12 entered, 12 for the win etc?

I don't mind doing the spreadsheet unless we have an expert on here who has done it previously...

Just an idea but maybe a way to please everyone and make it interesting. The winner receives my used mankini and has to post a photo of them modelling it with a Santa hat on

Week 1 - Yorkshire UCI Course (2 laps) - a nice rolling course
Week 2 - Tempus Fugit (2 Laps) - out and back so if riders are dropped you can wave as you pass them the other way lol
Week 3 - Muir and the Mountain - brutal final course for the climbers

I like to call it "Le Tour de Splitters"

7:45pm - Tuesday nights. There all sorted. @bridgy send out the invites

If 7.45 on Tuesday works for most I should be able to just about make that - I'm sure everyone will be happy to do the first 5 minutes nice and easy so that I can warm up - sorted

 

[bridgy]

I suppose we have 4 weeks before the week that Christmas lands on so we could have 3 races. A pan flat, a rolling course and then a mountain stage.

Points for each finishing position and tot them up at the end of the mini-series for the overall victor!

If 10 ride then you could do 10 points for the win and 1 point for last and just change this for riders entered - 12 entered, 12 for the win etc?

I don't mind doing the spreadsheet unless we have an expert on here who has done it previously...

Just an idea but maybe a way to please everyone and make it interesting. The winner receives my used mankini and has to post a photo of them modelling it with a Santa hat on

Week 1 - Yorkshire UCI Course (2 laps) - a nice rolling course
Week 2 - Tempus Fugit (2 Laps) - out and back so if riders are dropped you can wave as you pass them the other way lol
Week 3 - Muir and the Mountain - brutal final course for the climbers

I like to call it "Le Tour de Splitters"

7:45pm - Tuesday nights. There all sorted. @bridgy send out the invites

@peterob is usually our spreadsheet man but he's not been aroud much recently - I hope all is well with you Pete?

 

[bridgy]

I suppose we have 4 weeks before the week that Christmas lands on so we could have 3 races. A pan flat, a rolling course and then a mountain stage.

Points for each finishing position and tot them up at the end of the mini-series for the overall victor!

If 10 ride then you could do 10 points for the win and 1 point for last and just change this for riders entered - 12 entered, 12 for the win etc?

I don't mind doing the spreadsheet unless we have an expert on here who has done it previously...

Just an idea but maybe a way to please everyone and make it interesting. The winner receives my used mankini and has to post a photo of them modelling it with a Santa hat on

Week 1 - Yorkshire UCI Course (2 laps) - a nice rolling course
Week 2 - Tempus Fugit (2 Laps) - out and back so if riders are dropped you can wave as you pass them the other way lol
Week 3 - Muir and the Mountain - brutal final course for the climbers

I like to call it "Le Tour de Splitters"

7:45pm - Tuesday nights. There all sorted. @bridgy send out the invites

What do we think would be best - a points based system or an overall time based GC leaderboard? (The answer of course being whatever flatters you most )

 

[Whorty]

If 7.45 on Tuesday works for most I should be able to just about make that - I'm sure everyone will be happy to do the first 5 minutes nice and easy so that I can warm up - sorted

Yep ... roll to the start banner then Allez, Allez, Allez ......

 

[Joffey]

I was thinking points as it doesn't matter if you do 1 or 3 where GC times might be harder to work out? I won't be winning so it doesn't really matter to me but I thought especially with the hilly route time gaps might be ridiculous so points might keep everyone in the hunt rather than a couple of riders streaking off and winning the overall on the last race.

Happy to do anything though, but that was my thought process.

 

[Whorty]

What do we think would be best - a points based system or an overall time based GC leaderboard? (The answer of course being whatever flatters you most )

I'd be a fan of time, GC style. Using a specific Strava segment for the timings. Miss a week and get the slowest time plus 10% (is that what we normally do?).

Maybe if there is a sprint section in the race, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd fastest win a time bonus? Maybe 15, 10, 5 seconds bonus? Gives everyone something to go for?

 

[Whorty]

I was thinking points as it doesn't matter if you do 1 or 3 where GC times might be harder to work out? I won't be winning so it doesn't really matter to me but I thought especially with the hilly route time gaps might be ridiculous so points might keep everyone in the hunt rather than a couple of riders streaking off and winning the overall on the last race.

Happy to do anything though, but that was my thought process.

ha ha ... opposite of me the cats are at it

But I'm easy either way so long as we get a good workout so will go with the flow. But if there is a sprint section would be nice to add that into the equation somehow?

 

[Aleman]

Miss a week and get the slowest time plus 10% (is that what we normally do?).

Now there is a reason for me to take part ... and it would ensure that the lot of you had to ride every week ... my time plus 10% ... Nobody would want that, I'm in favour of a GC leaderboard

 

[Joffey]

ha ha ... opposite of me the cats are at it

But I'm easy either way so long as we get a good workout so will go with the flow. But if there is a sprint section would be nice to add that into the equation somehow?

I thought that too but then I also thought I might end up doing the spreadsheet so kept it simple Simplicity was why I suggested points too, although I appreciate that the slowest time +10% isn't the hardest of calculations for my little brain

 

[Legs]

GC would skew the overall results massively towards the mountain stage...

 

[Whorty]

I thought that too but then I also thought I might end up doing the spreadsheet so kept it simple Simplicity was why I suggested points too, although I appreciate that the slowest time +10% isn't the hardest of calculations for my little brain

Not that hard to do both I wouldn't have thought .. so we could have a GC as in the past, but maybe a points race too ... maybe something like

Overall finish position points 10 down to last man (if 11 riders then place 10 onwards all get 1 point)
Pick a course each week with a sprint segment, then same points breakdown for the sprint .. 10 for fastest down to 1 for slowest. This would mean even those at the back of the race would have an incentive to blast the sprint segment. It's an idea?

Reason for doing the points on sprint rather than KoM is everyone can sprint for 15 seconds and the fastest could be quite random, whilst the KoM would be the same winners pretty much every time. Plus, who doesn't love a good sprint! Sprints are also influenced by the group you're in.

 

[berty bassett]

Wheel sucking till the mountain stage would give the goats the upper hand - just my 5 pennies worth

 

[bridgy]

Wheel sucking till the mountain stage would give the goats the upper hand - just my 5 pennies worth

You going to activate your zwift subscription and join us Lee? There's a mountain stage.....

 

[mjd1988]

I suppose we have 4 weeks before the week that Christmas lands on so we could have 3 races. A pan flat, a rolling course and then a mountain stage.

Points for each finishing position and tot them up at the end of the mini-series for the overall victor!

If 10 ride then you could do 10 points for the win and 1 point for last and just change this for riders entered - 12 entered, 12 for the win etc?

I don't mind doing the spreadsheet unless we have an expert on here who has done it previously...

Just an idea but maybe a way to please everyone and make it interesting. The winner receives my used mankini and has to post a photo of them modelling it with a Santa hat on

Week 1 - Yorkshire UCI Course (2 laps) - a nice rolling course
Week 2 - Tempus Fugit (2 Laps) - out and back so if riders are dropped you can wave as you pass them the other way lol
Week 3 - Muir and the Mountain - brutal final course for the climbers

I like to call it "Le Tour de Splitters"

7:45pm - Tuesday nights. There all sorted. @bridgy send out the invites

This was uncomfortably decisive. Do you hate polls?

I like the idea of GC but is that a bit tricky when meet ups start people at slightly different places; could rolling start to a segment phase but would need to be very clear that the segment end is the finish not the blue line!