team time trial 7.7kmswho would have thought that liquigas would take out a team time trial. most people picked astana or gerolsteiner so overall no-one really gained much time.
south perth rouleurs
15 years ago
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
la vuelta a espana tipping comp
so the third grand tour is about to start this weekend and i thought i would run another tipping comp. same rules as the tour de france comp so you pick a new rider every day but you can't pick the same rider within the one week (between rest days).
i have decided to make this a free comp but restrict it to only two teams per person max.
the first stage is a team time trial so all you have to pick is the team that you think will win. hopefully by then they have finalised all the riders in the start list so we can start tipping individuals on the next stage.
so get your team names into me asap and then make sure your tips are in before 7pm each night starting this saturday.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
olympic time trial results
so the big swiss time trial machine comes away from the olympics with a gold and bronze medal. and larsson??? larsson who??? a lot of people (myself included) tipped schumacher after such an outstanding tour de france. what we should have been doing is watching his effort in the road race and realising that china is a bit too hot and humid for a german.
no one tipster picked their final three from all within the top 5 finishers. in other words, everyone picked at least one dog. it therefore became more important the order that you picked. my tips had the lowest cumulative time, but because i tipped cancellara for the bronze, the weighting given to each time sent mine plummeting down the standings.
so at the end of the day our medals went to the following.
gold - stan
silver - ryan
bronze - stu
i will post the final standings on the sidebar.
Rank Name NOC Final Time Avg. Speed
1 CANCELLARA Fabian Switzerland 1:02:11 45.633
2 LARSSON Gustav Sweden 1:02:45 45.229
3 LEIPHEIMER Levi United States 1:03:21 44.797
4 CONTADOR Alberto Spain 1:03:30 44.698
5 EVANS Cadel Australia 1:03:35 44.634
6 SANCHEZ Samuel Spain 1:04:37 43.917
7 TUFT Svein Canada 1:04:39 43.892
8 ROGERS Michael Australia 1:04:47 43.809
9 CLEMENT Stef Netherlands 1:04:59 43.668
10 GESINK Robert Netherlands 1:05:03 43.629
11 CUMMINGS Stephen Great Britain 1:05:08 43.573
12 ZABRISKIE David United States 1:05:18 43.462
13 SCHUMACHER Stefan Germany 1:05:25 43.379
14 GRABSCH Bert Germany 1:05:26 43.37
15 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy 1:05:36 43.262
16 HESJEDAL Ryder Canada 1:05:42 43.192
17 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia 1:05:47 43.138
18 KARPETS Vladimir Russian Fed. 1:05:52 43.082
19 SOERENSEN Chris Anker Denmark 1:05:55 43.049
20 MENSHOV Denis Russian Fed. 1:06:11 42.885
21 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus 1:06:12 42.868
22 BRUSEGHIN Marzio Italy 1:06:21 42.773
23 KIRCHEN Kim Luxembourg 1:06:30 42.68
24 MIZUROV Andrey Kazakhstan 1:06:32 42.654
25 BOTERO Santiago Colombia 1:06:35 42.618
26 MONFORT Maxime Belgium 1:07:13 42.224
27 BODROGI Laszlo Hungary 1:07:27 42.07
28 SPILAK Simon Slovenia 1:07:35 41.994
29 JURCO Matej Slovakia 1:07:53 41.807
30 MEDICI Matias Argentina 1:07:53 41.806
31 GEORGE David South Africa 1:07:55 41.784
32 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine 1:08:01 41.722
33 VANDBORG Brian Bach Denmark 1:08:10 41.631
34 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw Poland 1:08:43 41.295
35 ASKARI Hossein Iran 1:08:46 41.266
36 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis Latvia 1:08:55 41.18
37 KOSTYUK Denys Ukraine 1:09:04 41.09
38 KVASINA Matija Croatia 1:09:06 41.066
39 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan 1:11:05 39.923
no one tipster picked their final three from all within the top 5 finishers. in other words, everyone picked at least one dog. it therefore became more important the order that you picked. my tips had the lowest cumulative time, but because i tipped cancellara for the bronze, the weighting given to each time sent mine plummeting down the standings.
so at the end of the day our medals went to the following.
gold - stan
silver - ryan
bronze - stu
i will post the final standings on the sidebar.
Rank Name NOC Final Time Avg. Speed1 CANCELLARA Fabian Switzerland 1:02:11 45.633
2 LARSSON Gustav Sweden 1:02:45 45.229
3 LEIPHEIMER Levi United States 1:03:21 44.797
4 CONTADOR Alberto Spain 1:03:30 44.698
5 EVANS Cadel Australia 1:03:35 44.634
6 SANCHEZ Samuel Spain 1:04:37 43.917
7 TUFT Svein Canada 1:04:39 43.892
8 ROGERS Michael Australia 1:04:47 43.809
9 CLEMENT Stef Netherlands 1:04:59 43.668
10 GESINK Robert Netherlands 1:05:03 43.629
11 CUMMINGS Stephen Great Britain 1:05:08 43.573
12 ZABRISKIE David United States 1:05:18 43.462
13 SCHUMACHER Stefan Germany 1:05:25 43.379
14 GRABSCH Bert Germany 1:05:26 43.37
15 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy 1:05:36 43.262
16 HESJEDAL Ryder Canada 1:05:42 43.192
17 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia 1:05:47 43.138
18 KARPETS Vladimir Russian Fed. 1:05:52 43.082
19 SOERENSEN Chris Anker Denmark 1:05:55 43.049
20 MENSHOV Denis Russian Fed. 1:06:11 42.885
21 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus 1:06:12 42.868
22 BRUSEGHIN Marzio Italy 1:06:21 42.773
23 KIRCHEN Kim Luxembourg 1:06:30 42.68
24 MIZUROV Andrey Kazakhstan 1:06:32 42.654
25 BOTERO Santiago Colombia 1:06:35 42.618
26 MONFORT Maxime Belgium 1:07:13 42.224
27 BODROGI Laszlo Hungary 1:07:27 42.07
28 SPILAK Simon Slovenia 1:07:35 41.994
29 JURCO Matej Slovakia 1:07:53 41.807
30 MEDICI Matias Argentina 1:07:53 41.806
31 GEORGE David South Africa 1:07:55 41.784
32 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine 1:08:01 41.722
33 VANDBORG Brian Bach Denmark 1:08:10 41.631
34 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw Poland 1:08:43 41.295
35 ASKARI Hossein Iran 1:08:46 41.266
36 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis Latvia 1:08:55 41.18
37 KOSTYUK Denys Ukraine 1:09:04 41.09
38 KVASINA Matija Croatia 1:09:06 41.066
39 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan 1:11:05 39.923
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
olympic time trial tipping
men's race starts at 1:30.
give me your top three riders in order and we will see who comes out on top.
Men
Wave 1
13:30:00 39 Matias Medici (Argentina)
13:31:30 38 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
13:33:00 37 Hossein Askari (Iran)
13:34:30 36 Svein Tuft (Canada)
13:36:00 35 Matija Kvasina (Croatia)
13:37:30 34 David George (South Africa)
13:39:00 33 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
13:40:30 32 Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
13:42:00 31 Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine)
13:43:30 30 Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
13:45:00 29 Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
13:46:30 28 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia)
13:48:00 27 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Wave 2
14:30:00 26 Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
14:31:30 25 Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
14:33:00 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
14:34:30 23 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
14:36:00 22 Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan)
14:37:30 21 Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
14:39:00 20 Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
14:40:30 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
14:42:00 18 David Zabriskie (USA)
14:43:30 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
14:45:00 16 Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark)
14:46:30 15 Bert Grabsch (Germany)
14:48:00 14 Denis Menchov (Russia)
Wave 3
15:30:00 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
15:31:30 12 Santiago Botero (Colombia)
15:33:00 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
15:34:30 10 Michael Rogers (Australia)
15:36:00 9 Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
15:37:30 8 Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
15:39:00 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
15:40:30 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
15:42:00 5 Stef Clement (Netherlands)
15:43:30 4 Alberto Contador (Spain)
15:45:00 3 Cadel Evans (Australia)
15:46:30 2 Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
15:48:00 1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
give me your top three riders in order and we will see who comes out on top.
Men
Wave 1
13:30:00 39 Matias Medici (Argentina)
13:31:30 38 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
13:33:00 37 Hossein Askari (Iran)
13:34:30 36 Svein Tuft (Canada)
13:36:00 35 Matija Kvasina (Croatia)
13:37:30 34 David George (South Africa)
13:39:00 33 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
13:40:30 32 Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
13:42:00 31 Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine)
13:43:30 30 Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
13:45:00 29 Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
13:46:30 28 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia)
13:48:00 27 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Wave 2
14:30:00 26 Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
14:31:30 25 Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
14:33:00 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
14:34:30 23 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
14:36:00 22 Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan)
14:37:30 21 Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
14:39:00 20 Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
14:40:30 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
14:42:00 18 David Zabriskie (USA)
14:43:30 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
14:45:00 16 Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark)
14:46:30 15 Bert Grabsch (Germany)
14:48:00 14 Denis Menchov (Russia)
Wave 3
15:30:00 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
15:31:30 12 Santiago Botero (Colombia)
15:33:00 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
15:34:30 10 Michael Rogers (Australia)
15:36:00 9 Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
15:37:30 8 Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
15:39:00 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
15:40:30 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
15:42:00 5 Stef Clement (Netherlands)
15:43:30 4 Alberto Contador (Spain)
15:45:00 3 Cadel Evans (Australia)
15:46:30 2 Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
15:48:00 1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
olympic results
so spain did take out the gold medal, but not the way that anyone thought. with valverde, sastre and contador in the field, who would have had any money on sammy sanchez. that last 10 kms would have to be the best racing i have seen i quite a while. and can you believe cancellara's big move at the end.as for the aussies, they were looking so good with gerrans early on, then cadel showed some aggression, then there was a chance that rogers could get up at the end.
but back to the tipping. there were a lot of people that picked spain for the gold, but in the end, it was more about the order you picked the top three than whether you picked the gold medalist. there were many picks that involved spain, lux, aus or italy, but the order that you picked them determined how successful you were.
so, at the end of the day, it was my lovely wife kicking my arse in a tipping contest that she has no real knowledge about. not only that, but she kicked all of you with a pick of spain, aus, italy to claim the gold medal.
silver went to lisa who picked spain, lux, aus.
with bronze going to james with italy, spain, usa.
the tips that seemed to drag you down the standings were countries like germany. if you really wanted to screw up your tip, you would pick the czech republic.
i will organise prizes shortly.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
olympic games tipping comp - free
with the olympic games starting this weekend and the road race being contested on saturday, i thought it would be good to have a bit of a tip on what countries will take out the three medal positions.
this comp will be free to enter and i will organise some type of gold, silver & bronze prize for the top three finishers.
basically all you have to pick is the order of the countries that will take out the medal positions. i.e. spain (gold), australia (silver), spain (bronze). you don't need to pick the rider and as the example points out, one country can win more than one medal. the top places in the comp will be based on a weighted average of the top finishing positions of the countries you picked.
so send an e-mail to the address listed on the right and entries must be in before the race starts (11:00am saturday 9th).
the race
the race will be contested over 245.19 kms and is relatively flat for the first 80 km. it then rises 230 m over the next 10 km as the course approaches the circuit at 90 km. the circuit is a 24 km loop which is ridden seven times and is basically up one side of a mountain and down the other with no real flat sections.
the circuit initially rises nearly 520 metres over 9.9 kms for an average grade of 5.2%. the circuit ascent is followed by a short roller then an 13.1 kms descent to the valley bottom. the descent supposedly heads straight into the prevailing wind in that area, providing little relief to the riders. the finish follows the last circuit descent and appears to have a slight rise to the line.
the riders
below is the provisional start list in order of country
Hichem Chabane (Algeria)
Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina)
Juan José Haedo (Argentina)
Matias Medici (Argentina)
Cadel Evans (Australia)
Simon Gerrans (Australia)
Matthew Lloyd (Australia)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Michael Rogers (Australia)
Christian Pfannberger (Austria)
Thomas Rohregger (Austria)
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus)
Alexandre Usov (Belarus)
Andrei Kunitski (Belarus)
Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
Mario Aerts (Belgium)
Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Johan Van Summeren (Belgium)
Murilo Fischer (Brazil)
Luciano Pagliarini (Brazil)
Michael Barry (Canada)
Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
Svein Tuft (Canada)
Patricio Almonacid (Chile)
Gonzalo Garrido (Chile)
Liang Zhang (China)
Santiago Botero (Colombia)
José Serpa (Colombia)
Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
Henri Raabe (Costa Rica)
Matej Kvasina (Croatia)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
Radislav Rogina (Croatia)
Petr Bencik (Czech Republic)
Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Denmark)
Nicki Sørensen (Denmark)
Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
Tanel Kangert (Estonia)
Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Pierrick Fédrigo (France)
Rémi Pauriol (France)
Jérôme Pineau (France)
Pierre Rolland (France)
Gerald Ciolek (Germany)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Fabian Wegmann (Germany)
Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
Ben Swift (Great Britain)
Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
Peter Kusztor (Hungary)
Hossein Askari (Iran)
Ghader Mizbani (Iran)
Mehdi Sohrabai (Iran)
Philip Deignan (Ireland)
Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
Paolo Bettini (Italy)
Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
Davide Rebellin (Italy)
Sung Baek Park (Korea)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
Dainius Kairelis (Lithuania)
Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg)
Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mexico)
Erik Hoffmann (Namibia)
Stef Clement (Netherlands)
Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Julian Dean (New Zealand)
Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand)
Glen Chadwick (New Zealand)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
Gabriel Rasch (Norway)
Tomasz Marczynski (Poland)
Janez Morajko (Poland)
Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
Andre Cardoso (Portugal)
Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal)
Vladimir Efimkin (Russian Federation)
Serguei Ivanov (Russian Federation)
Vladimir Karpets (Russian Federation)
Denis Menchov (Russian Federation)
Nebojsa Jovanovic (Serbia)
Ivan Stevic (Serbia)
Roman Bronis (Slovakia)
Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
Jan Valach (Slovakia)
Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
Jure Golcer (Slovenia)
Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia)
John-Lee Augustyn (South Africa)
David George (South Africa)
Robert Hunter (South Africa)
Alberto Contador (Spain)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
Carlos Sastre (Spain)
Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden)
Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden)
Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
George Hincapie (United States Of America)
Levi Leipheimer (United States Of America)
Jason McCartney (United States Of America)
Christian Vande Velde (United States Of America)
David Zabriskie (United States Of America)
Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
Jackson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
José Rujano (Venezuela)
this comp will be free to enter and i will organise some type of gold, silver & bronze prize for the top three finishers.
basically all you have to pick is the order of the countries that will take out the medal positions. i.e. spain (gold), australia (silver), spain (bronze). you don't need to pick the rider and as the example points out, one country can win more than one medal. the top places in the comp will be based on a weighted average of the top finishing positions of the countries you picked.
so send an e-mail to the address listed on the right and entries must be in before the race starts (11:00am saturday 9th).
the race
the race will be contested over 245.19 kms and is relatively flat for the first 80 km. it then rises 230 m over the next 10 km as the course approaches the circuit at 90 km. the circuit is a 24 km loop which is ridden seven times and is basically up one side of a mountain and down the other with no real flat sections.
the circuit initially rises nearly 520 metres over 9.9 kms for an average grade of 5.2%. the circuit ascent is followed by a short roller then an 13.1 kms descent to the valley bottom. the descent supposedly heads straight into the prevailing wind in that area, providing little relief to the riders. the finish follows the last circuit descent and appears to have a slight rise to the line.
the riders
below is the provisional start list in order of country
Hichem Chabane (Algeria)
Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina)
Juan José Haedo (Argentina)
Matias Medici (Argentina)
Cadel Evans (Australia)
Simon Gerrans (Australia)
Matthew Lloyd (Australia)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Michael Rogers (Australia)
Christian Pfannberger (Austria)
Thomas Rohregger (Austria)
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus)
Alexandre Usov (Belarus)
Andrei Kunitski (Belarus)
Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
Mario Aerts (Belgium)
Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Johan Van Summeren (Belgium)
Murilo Fischer (Brazil)
Luciano Pagliarini (Brazil)
Michael Barry (Canada)
Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
Svein Tuft (Canada)
Patricio Almonacid (Chile)
Gonzalo Garrido (Chile)
Liang Zhang (China)
Santiago Botero (Colombia)
José Serpa (Colombia)
Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
Henri Raabe (Costa Rica)
Matej Kvasina (Croatia)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
Radislav Rogina (Croatia)
Petr Bencik (Czech Republic)
Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Denmark)
Nicki Sørensen (Denmark)
Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
Tanel Kangert (Estonia)
Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Pierrick Fédrigo (France)
Rémi Pauriol (France)
Jérôme Pineau (France)
Pierre Rolland (France)
Gerald Ciolek (Germany)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Fabian Wegmann (Germany)
Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
Ben Swift (Great Britain)
Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
Peter Kusztor (Hungary)
Hossein Askari (Iran)
Ghader Mizbani (Iran)
Mehdi Sohrabai (Iran)
Philip Deignan (Ireland)
Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
Paolo Bettini (Italy)
Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
Davide Rebellin (Italy)
Sung Baek Park (Korea)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
Dainius Kairelis (Lithuania)
Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg)
Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mexico)
Erik Hoffmann (Namibia)
Stef Clement (Netherlands)
Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Julian Dean (New Zealand)
Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand)
Glen Chadwick (New Zealand)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
Gabriel Rasch (Norway)
Tomasz Marczynski (Poland)
Janez Morajko (Poland)
Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
Andre Cardoso (Portugal)
Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal)
Vladimir Efimkin (Russian Federation)
Serguei Ivanov (Russian Federation)
Vladimir Karpets (Russian Federation)
Denis Menchov (Russian Federation)
Nebojsa Jovanovic (Serbia)
Ivan Stevic (Serbia)
Roman Bronis (Slovakia)
Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
Jan Valach (Slovakia)
Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
Jure Golcer (Slovenia)
Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia)
John-Lee Augustyn (South Africa)
David George (South Africa)
Robert Hunter (South Africa)
Alberto Contador (Spain)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
Carlos Sastre (Spain)
Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden)
Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden)
Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
George Hincapie (United States Of America)
Levi Leipheimer (United States Of America)
Jason McCartney (United States Of America)
Christian Vande Velde (United States Of America)
David Zabriskie (United States Of America)
Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
Jackson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
José Rujano (Venezuela)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
winners are grinners
general classification
1st chris' team 01 - $36.00 + euro optics sunglasses + ride subscription
2nd team liquistep - $12.60
3rd missing links - $7.20
sprinters classification
1st chris' team 01 - $27.00 + bicycling australia subscription
2nd cadel divas - $10.80
3rd team baumbaum - $6.00
mountains classification
1st o'grady tough nuts - $27.00 + ride subscription
2nd creditless onthedole - $10.80
3rd team baumbaum - $6.00
stage wins
cadel divas - stages 9 & 12 - $5.49
o'grady tough nuts - stages 5, 14 & 20 - $7.32
creditless onthedole - stage 10 - $1.83
team decepto - stage 12 - $1.83
chris' team 01 - stages 2, 5 & 13 - $7.32
chris' team 02 - stage 17 - $1.83
flaminkestrels - stages 17 & 20 - $3.66
yellowfever - stage 1 - $3.66
missing links - stage 13 - $1.83
team irlande - stage 10 - $1.83
team owner totals
chris norris - $72.15 + euro optics sunglasses + ride sub + bicycling australia sub
ryan fynn - $50.61 + ride sub
jonny keyes - $12.63
paul owen & rob ramsden - $12.60
russell lagdon - $12.00
richard taylor - $9.03
darren matthews - $3.66
kim thomson - $3.66
stan blanks - $1.83
declan coughlan - $1.83
so, out of the huge prize pool, chris takes the lion's share. and the elephants share, and the giraffe's and part of the hyena's too. basically he claimed well over $250 worth of cash and prizes for his $20 investment.
ryan came in second with close to $100 of cash and prizes, so after that, there wasn't really much left for everyone else.
thanks for playing again this year, and a huge thanks to ride magazine, bicycling australia and euro optics for providing the extra prizes.
1st chris' team 01 - $36.00 + euro optics sunglasses + ride subscription
2nd team liquistep - $12.60
3rd missing links - $7.20
sprinters classification
1st chris' team 01 - $27.00 + bicycling australia subscription
2nd cadel divas - $10.80
3rd team baumbaum - $6.00
mountains classification
1st o'grady tough nuts - $27.00 + ride subscription
2nd creditless onthedole - $10.80
3rd team baumbaum - $6.00
stage wins
cadel divas - stages 9 & 12 - $5.49
o'grady tough nuts - stages 5, 14 & 20 - $7.32
creditless onthedole - stage 10 - $1.83
team decepto - stage 12 - $1.83
chris' team 01 - stages 2, 5 & 13 - $7.32
chris' team 02 - stage 17 - $1.83
flaminkestrels - stages 17 & 20 - $3.66
yellowfever - stage 1 - $3.66
missing links - stage 13 - $1.83
team irlande - stage 10 - $1.83
team owner totals
chris norris - $72.15 + euro optics sunglasses + ride sub + bicycling australia sub
ryan fynn - $50.61 + ride sub
jonny keyes - $12.63
paul owen & rob ramsden - $12.60
russell lagdon - $12.00
richard taylor - $9.03
darren matthews - $3.66
kim thomson - $3.66
stan blanks - $1.83
declan coughlan - $1.83
so, out of the huge prize pool, chris takes the lion's share. and the elephants share, and the giraffe's and part of the hyena's too. basically he claimed well over $250 worth of cash and prizes for his $20 investment.
ryan came in second with close to $100 of cash and prizes, so after that, there wasn't really much left for everyone else.
thanks for playing again this year, and a huge thanks to ride magazine, bicycling australia and euro optics for providing the extra prizes.
Monday, July 28, 2008
final tipping results
general classification
1. 3 days 15:47:21 - Chris Team 01
2. 3 days 15:49:18 - Team Liquistep +0:01:57
3. 3 days 15:50:22 - Missing Links +0:03:01
so in the final shake up, both team missing links and team creditless onthedole were totally even down to the last second. as stated in the rules, it then went to the team that tipped the most number of stage wins. both scored one win each. it then went to the finishing position of each tip over the course of the entire tour. it was very close for most of the tour, but in the final week, team missing links tipped better finishing positions and therefore takes third place overall.
points classification
1. 302 pts - Chris Team 01
2. 269 pts - Cadel Divas
3. 247 pts - Team BaumBaum
pretty straight forward result here. after a strong start by yellow fever, chris' team o1 took over the reigns and never looked back.
mountains classification
1. 105 pts - O’Grady Tough Nuts
2. 84 pts - CreditLess OnTheDole
3. 67 pts - Team BaumBaum
this classification is probably one of the hardest to win and most tipsters actually just luck it.
breakdown of prizes to follow
1. 3 days 15:47:21 - Chris Team 01
2. 3 days 15:49:18 - Team Liquistep +0:01:57
3. 3 days 15:50:22 - Missing Links +0:03:01
so in the final shake up, both team missing links and team creditless onthedole were totally even down to the last second. as stated in the rules, it then went to the team that tipped the most number of stage wins. both scored one win each. it then went to the finishing position of each tip over the course of the entire tour. it was very close for most of the tour, but in the final week, team missing links tipped better finishing positions and therefore takes third place overall.
points classification
1. 302 pts - Chris Team 01
2. 269 pts - Cadel Divas
3. 247 pts - Team BaumBaum
pretty straight forward result here. after a strong start by yellow fever, chris' team o1 took over the reigns and never looked back.
mountains classification
1. 105 pts - O’Grady Tough Nuts
2. 84 pts - CreditLess OnTheDole
3. 67 pts - Team BaumBaum
this classification is probably one of the hardest to win and most tipsters actually just luck it.
breakdown of prizes to follow
stage 21
so quikstep get a stage win to cap off a fairly ordinary tour. big gert steegmans is off to the new tinkoff team next year and will face a tougher tour if he is up against boonen for the sprints. sastre stayed upright and held onto the yellow jersey while the rest of the peleton joined in the procession. voigt had a tough last lap as his seat totally broke off his bike. so cadel has to wait till next year to have another crack at the overall win but he put up a fine effort till the end. a stronger team may need to be on order.
so our tipping comp has also rounded out and there was not much change to any of the jerseys in the last stage. i will blog another post to confirm the final results as the third place on gc has had to go to a countback.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
stage 20
i can't believe that schumacher had enough in the tank to smash the rest of the field again. he did so many attacks and breakaways during the tour that i was convinced that he was toast. however, he proved me wrong, but at least my tip didn't crash and burn. so cadel will have to wait for another year. maybe he will never win it and be destined to always be the runner-up. and what a great investment popovich was. maybe silence-lotto couldn't provide the type of "support" that he got at discovery. there are rumours that the new tinkoff team, katusha, has cadel in their sights. i think that every olympic year the tour should be a national based thing like they did years ago. i think australia could field a strong team and it would be funny to watch the Italian's self destruct when they have all nine riders as designated leaders.
so, onto our tipping comp. well chris' team tipped well and managed to cement his lead by picking up a few more seconds tipping millar. team liquistep has second tied up as they are a fair chunk of time ahead of third. this is where it gets interesting. third place is tied between missing links and creditless onthedole. after 20 stages they are totally even. hopefully they tip different riders tonight to make my job easier.
the sprinters comp has been tied up by chris as well, but second through fourth can still potentially change on the last stage. the mountains has been decided for a while now and o'grady tough nuts has it sewn up.
there is still money available for the final stage win and you could win yourself a whole dollar!!!. so stay tuned and tip well. lisa you need to change your tip as cavendish is still out.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
stage 19
who would have thought that the break would stay away, and even more so that chavanel would win a stage. i lost faith in him when he lost me 20 min in the tipping comp way back in the first week. good on him. the only reason he went well is because i didn't tip him.
unlike robbie. the old man just doesn't have it anymore. if you watch the aerial shot of the sprints you will see him stop pedalling when someone comes close to cutting him off. not like the old robbie who used to headbutt people out of the way.
so it all comes down to the time trial tonight. i will keep my filthy tips away from cadel to make sure i don't jinx him.
so just like the tour, it all comes down to the final time trial. currently chris' team is only 1' 27" ahead of team liquistep and they have both tipped different riders in the time trial. there may be a shake up on the last day. the sprinters jersey tipping may still change as there is points available on these last two stages, but the mountains has been pretty much wrapped up by o'grady tough nuts.
Friday, July 25, 2008
stage 18
so a breakaway stayed away. everyone played it safe today in the tour and in our tipping comp. no real change in either. it really comes down to the sprint for 6th or so place where your guy may just be able to earn you a few extra points.another flattish stage before the all important time trial. will the pure sprinters get up tomorrow or will all the teams be too tired to chase?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
stage 17
well carlos took off from pretty much the bottom of the climb and that was it for the stage. everyone else was then racing for second. the csc team has done a outstanding job of controlling the race and it is good to see them dominating, even if it is at the expense of cadel.so with a couple of "transitional" stages before the time trial, it may be a chance for some of our tipsters to take a punt and tip a breakaway rider that stays away. stranger things have happened and it may allow then to knock chris' team from his perch.
the top five of our tipsters have not changed since stage 14 as they are playing it safe and tipping the favourites. chris' team also has a commanding lead in the points classification and o'grady tough nuts seems to have the mountains sewn up.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
stage 16
cyril dessel, was not tipped by anyone. i have no idea why not. did you see the young south african guy go over the edge??? good way for him to get some sponsors airtime. oh, and if anyone wants a barloworld sponsored bike, it is about halfway down a mountain side.so, like i said, the kiss of death. one of the main players to lose time was the guy i tipped, denis menchov. and he lost time on the descent. how bad is that. i definitely cannot tip cadel now. tomorrow i may tip sastre just to try to win cadel a bit more time.
on the tipping front, not a great change except yellwfever tipped poorly last night and lost 20min to fall way down the standings. minor changes in the sprinters points and surprisingly enough, no-one received any mountain points.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
stage 15
well it looks like cadel has lost the yellow jersey, but another aussie has taken a stage win. well done to simon gerrans. is this the end for cadel, or a tactical move to get the other teams to defend the position??? is he getting tired??? can he attack in the next few stages??? i guess we will have to wait and see.another rest day tomorrow so you can start tipping anyone again.
as for our tipping comp, no-one tipped the breakaway succeeding (surprise). but not a whole lot of change except for those that pick the little prince, cunego, and the change was a fall down the leaderboard.
stage 14
poor old cavendish couldn't get over the hills so friere takes his win to solidify his position in the green jersey. with the first day in the alps tomorrow and a mountain top finish before a rest day, will the outsiders try to go for the stage win or will the contenders attack cadel. or, will cadel attack to extend his lead???on the home front, chris is still atop the leaderboard on both gc and sprint points. a bad pick by team baumbaum saw them slip down to 7th after losing about 5 min.
o’grady tough nuts also picked up a stage win with friere. no change in the mountain points, but that should all change tomorrow.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
stage 13
cavendish again???four stages in one tour is pretty good. maybe too good...
and robbie came so close to getting this one as well.
chris' team 01 and missing links both tipped him so they picked up a stage win. this is chris' third so he is tipping pretty good. maybe too good...
the win and the bonus seconds were enough to propel his team to the top of the leaderboard, but less than a minute separate the top three.
Friday, July 18, 2008
stage 12
so the sprinters got to play today and cavendish pulls out his third stage win of the tour. are we looking at the same again tomorrow as we have another flat stage, or will everyone be tired and want to let the break go.two teams tipped cavendish, but as the group all came in together, no-one really lost any time.
team baumbaum is still atop the overall standings and chris' team 01 has a commanding lead in the green jersey comp. the mountains jersey is on hold for another few days until we head into the alps.
so you can either play it safe and go for a sprinter, or dig deep into the lucky dip and try to pick which french rider will go for 4hrs of television coverage off the front of the main pack.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
newsflash
saunier duval out of tour. italian rider riccardo riccò of saunier duval has tested positive for blood booster erythropoietin (epo).
with the tipping contest we do not retroactively award times, points or stage wins. we had this problem last year with vino and it was decided that if you know that someone is doping, then you better tip them before they get caught.
and i didn't even tip him this stage, so how could have i given him the kiss of death.
stage 11
so the breakaway stayed away and with 12 riders in there you would think that we would have tipped at least one of them. a 15 min advantage over the rest of the field would have been a good bonus for any tipster. unfortunately (or fortunately) no-one tipped anyone in the break.so no change to our overall standings either.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
first rest day - prize pool
so the first rest day is here and the peleton has started to sort itself out. some of the favourites are no longer favourites (valverde), some of the dark horses have reared their heads (cobo, ricco) and some of the guys in the top ten are a surprise to everyone (vandevelde).
it is good to see cadel in yellow, but don't be counting any chickens just yet.
also, those tipsters that have had some bad luck on gc, don't count yourselves out. oscar pererio lost 20+ minutes in the pyrenees in 2006 so when he and voigt got away on a later flat stage, no-one chased him. he gained 30 minutes that day and went on to win overall (rather belated thanks to floyd). you just have to be lucky to tip those guys. in other words, if you are behind (like me) don't tip the favourites, tip the crazy outsider who will go for stage glory.
so, what am i playing for? you may ask.
money overall. not lots of it as we only have 18 tipsters this year.
however, we do have some extra bonus prizes thanks to our marketing director, lorraine.
this is breakdown of prizes this year -
general classification (yellow jersey)
1st - $36.00 + 1 pair euro optics sunnies ($90.00 value) + 1 ride magazine subscription ($43.95)
2nd - $12.60
3rd - $7.20
sprinters (green jersey)
1st - $27.00 + 1 ride magazine subscription ($43.95 value)
2nd - $10.80
3rd - $6.00
mountains (polka dot jersey)
1st - $27.00 + 1 bicycling australia subscription ($55.00 value)
2nd - $10.80
3rd - $6.00
stage winners
$36.60 (split between all winners, if there are 6 stages picked then each stage is worth $6.10, that amount is then split between the teams that picked that winner)
in other words, we don't know ho much each stage is worth till the end of the tour.
total prize pool of $413
thanks to euro optics, ride magazine and bicycling australia for donating these extra prizes.
it is good to see cadel in yellow, but don't be counting any chickens just yet.
also, those tipsters that have had some bad luck on gc, don't count yourselves out. oscar pererio lost 20+ minutes in the pyrenees in 2006 so when he and voigt got away on a later flat stage, no-one chased him. he gained 30 minutes that day and went on to win overall (rather belated thanks to floyd). you just have to be lucky to tip those guys. in other words, if you are behind (like me) don't tip the favourites, tip the crazy outsider who will go for stage glory.
so, what am i playing for? you may ask.
money overall. not lots of it as we only have 18 tipsters this year.
however, we do have some extra bonus prizes thanks to our marketing director, lorraine.
this is breakdown of prizes this year -
general classification (yellow jersey)
1st - $36.00 + 1 pair euro optics sunnies ($90.00 value) + 1 ride magazine subscription ($43.95)
2nd - $12.60
3rd - $7.20
sprinters (green jersey)
1st - $27.00 + 1 ride magazine subscription ($43.95 value)
2nd - $10.80
3rd - $6.00
mountains (polka dot jersey)
1st - $27.00 + 1 bicycling australia subscription ($55.00 value)
2nd - $10.80
3rd - $6.00
stage winners
$36.60 (split between all winners, if there are 6 stages picked then each stage is worth $6.10, that amount is then split between the teams that picked that winner)
in other words, we don't know ho much each stage is worth till the end of the tour.
total prize pool of $413
thanks to euro optics, ride magazine and bicycling australia for donating these extra prizes.
Monday, July 14, 2008
stage 10
cadel in yellow.third stage win for saunier duval.
valverde cracks big time.
what a great stage. it all came down to whether cadel would end up in yellow or would frank schleck take it. 1 sec was the difference.
as far as the tipping comp goes, we had two stage winners last night and this propelled CreditLess OnTheDole up the overall standings to be within less than a minute away from Team BaumBaum.
the mountain points classification is heating up with two teams neck and neck but with still a long way to go till we finish the mountains.
rest day tonight, which means that i will get to bed early and catch up on some sleep. once we hit stage 11, the slate is clean and you can tip riders from the first week again.
as for my tips, as i have the kiss of death (chavanel, cunego) i won't tip cadel so that he has a better chance of winning.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
stage 09
so ricco gets another stage win and one lucky tipster picked him for this stage. is he a real contender for overall??? a lot can change over the next two weeks, especially now since cadel has had a tumble and may have hurt his collarbone.
do you still tip him for the big mountain stage tomorrow, or should valverde get your vote. this is the last stage before the rest day and then you can start using your previous tips again.
stage 10 is the one that a couple of our regulars on the weekend rides recently did as part of the l'etape du our ride. check out their write up here and here.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
stage 08
i think everyone was surprised that it came down to a sprint finish, including the sprinters. it was the type of stage that looks on paper as a perfect breakaway stage and a group certainly did try. however, there are still enough teams out there that are still going for stage glory and they sacrificed themselves to pull it back.so cavendish gets his second stage win and kirchen stays in yellow. a good day all round for team columbia.
as far as the comp goes, team baumbaum showed enough faith in the sprinters to tip the mighty thor and as such has jumped to first on gc and is now pushing the top of the green jersey comp as well.
stage 07
again a stage winner that no-one expected. this makes the pool of money for the stage winners goes a lot further as it is split according to how many winner in each stage.as for the overall gc race, a disastrous tip by myself and michael meant that we both lost 21 minutes on that stage alone. damn frenchys, can even ride a bike consistently.
more points are beginning to accumulate in the mountains competition, but until we see the high mountain stages, it is still pretty open to anybody.
the active riders list has been updated after a number of withdrawals yesterday. moreau surrendered, backstedt didn't make the time cut and beltran failed a drug test.
Friday, July 11, 2008
stage 06
so the first real climb of the tour and i didn't expect the big boys to come out to play. i thought that they would let some poor non-gc rider escape and go for glory, but no they all wanted to see who had form.
unfortunately for chris' team, the younger schleck brother didn't have that good of form and he lost a bit of time and chris lost the lead in our comp.
for the first time our tipsters have received mountain points and so that comp is now underway.
a similar stage tomorrow, but with out the mountain finish. will they let an escape go, or will the gc riders try to put more time into their rivals.
also if you haven't paid, i will be collecting entry fees this weekend.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
stage 05
so cavendish finally got his stage win.it looked like the sprinters may have stuffed it up again, as the little frenchy almost made it to the end in his breakaway.
most tipsters picked sprinters with half picking robbie, so there were a lot of sprint points to be earned. chris' team 01 seems to be streaking ahead in the green jersey comp as well as having a handy lead on gc. remember, one bad tip in the mountains and you can lose over 10 minutes. last year someone was leading the comp and picked vino in that stage where he went really bad and lost so much time, that tipster was then on the bottom of the leaderboard for the rest of the comp.
so, a semi mountain stage tomorrow. not the hardest climb, but enough for the main gc riders to maybe flex their muscles and try to wrest the yellow jersey from the back of the german. we will have to see.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
stage 04
come on, with a name like schumacher, of course he was going to go ferrari-fast.
with half the tipsters following cancellara, we had no-one pick the stage winner for the second day in a row. this equates to more money for stage winner tippers.
hopefully the sprinters get to come out to play tomorrow as it is one of the last flat stages, with no categorised climbs, for a while.
remember, no doubling up, so you can't pick a sprinter you have previously used.
Monday, July 7, 2008
stage 03
samuel dumoulin. did anyone pick him???hmm. i don't think so. if the sprinters teams had done a bit more work, then maybe robbie would have had a victory.
the second group came in the following order - mcewen, zabel, freire, hushovd, forster, cavendish. so most tipsters would have got green jersey points.
the first time-trial tomorrow so dig out the favourites. don't everyone pick the world champion though.
video highlights of stage 03
Sunday, July 6, 2008
stage 02
the mighty thor - god of thunder sprints, took out the stage in convincing fashion. i was sure that cancellara was going to take it out and then i was sure that my tip, pozatto, was going to take it out. well done to chris' team who managed to tip thor on the stage.tomorrow looks to be a more traditional sprinters stage, so dig deep into your bag of sprinters, or maybe hope for a breakaway.
i have extended the daily tipping time to 6:30pm to allow you all to watch the sbs highlights package in case you need this to info to place your tips.
UPDATE
video highlights of stage 02
stage 01
well that definitely wasn't a sprinters finish and it caught half the tipsters out that used up a perfectly good sprinter on that stage. however, those that tipped top mountain climbers can now no longer tip them until after the rest day, and there are some big climbs coming up.so stage 02 doesn't look that flat either, but will the sprinters come out to play???
i have updated the leaderboard down the right hand side of the blog, so you can see where you sit. the DEFAULT team is where you sit if you didn't tip and just got the default rider. best to try to be better than that.
I will also be deleting riders from the active riders list in the right hand frame as they withdraw from the race, so use this list to keep up to date.
UPDATE
i will be posting my tips on the top of the right hand frame so that you know i am not cheating.
UPDATE
video highlights from stage 01
Saturday, July 5, 2008
final startlist
SILENCE - LOTTO (SIL) - Sporting Manager : FRISON Herman
001 EVANS Cadel
002 AERTS Mario
003 BRANDT Christophe
004 CIONI Dario
005 HOSTE Leif
006 MC EWEN Robbie
007 POPOVYCH Yaroslav
008 VAN SUMMEREN Johan
009 VANSEVENANT Wim
TEAM CSC SAXO BANK (CSC) - Sporting Manager : ANDERSEN Kim
011 SASTRE Carlos
012 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle
013 CANCELLARA Fabian
014 GUSTOV Volodymir
015 O’GRADY Stuart
016 SCHLECK Andy
017 SCHLECK Frank
018 SORENSEN Nicki
019 VOIGT Jens
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) - Sporting Manager : GERRIKAGOITIA Gorka
021 ZUBELDIA Haimar
022 ASTARLOZA Mikel
023 ISASI Inaki
024 MARTINEZ Egoi
025 OROZ Juan José
026 PEREZ Ruben
027 SANCHEZ Samuel
028 TXURRUKA Amets
029 VERDUGO Gorka
CAISSE D’EPARGNE (GCE) - Sporting Manager : JAIMERENA Jose-Luis
031 VALVERDE Alejandro
032 ARROYO David
033 COYOT Arnaud
034 GARCIA ACOSTA Vicente
035 GUTIERREZ José Ivan
036 LOPEZ GARCIA David
037 PEREIRO SIO Oscar
038 PORTAL Nicolas
039 SANCHEZ Luis-Leon
TEAM COLUMBIA (THR) - Sporting Manager : HOLM Brian
041 KIRCHEN Kim
042 BURGHARDT Marcus
043 CAVENDISH Mark
044 CIOLEK Gerald
045 EISEL Bernhard
046 HANSEN Adam
047 HINCAPIE George
048 LÖVKVIST Thomas
049 SIUTSOU Konstantsin
BARLOWORLD (BAR) - Sporting Manager : TEBALDI Valerio
051 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
052 AUGUSTYN John-Lee
053 CARDENAS Félix
054 CHEULA Gianpaolo
055 COOKE Baden
056 DUENAS NEVADO Moises
057 FROOME Christopher
058 HUNTER Robert
059 LONGO BORGHINI Paolo
LIQUIGAS (LIQ) - Sporting Manager : ZANATTA Stefano
061 POZZATO Filippo
062 BELTRAN Manuel
063 CHICCHI Francesco
064 FISCHER Murilo Antoniobil
065 KREUZIGER Roman
066 KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr
067 NIBALI Vincenzo
068 QUINZIATO Manuel
069 WILLEMS Frederik
LAMPRE (LAM) - Sporting Manager : PIOVANI Maurizio
071 CUNEGO Damiano
072 BALLAN Alessandro
073 BONO Matteo
074 BRUSEGHIN Marzio
075 MARZANO Marco
076 MORI Massimiliano
077 RIGHI Daniele
078 SZMYD Sylvester
079 TIRALONGO Paolo
CREDIT AGRICOLE (C.A) - Sporting Manager : BEUCHERIE Serge
081 HUSHOVD Thor
082 BONNET William
083 BOTCHAROV Alexandre
084 ENGOULVENT Jimmy
085 FOFONOV Dmitriy
086 GERRANS Simon
087 LE MEVEL Christophe
088 PAURIOL Rémi
089 RENSHAW Mark
QUICK STEP (QST) - Sporting Manager : PEETERS Wilfried
091 DEVOLDER Stijn
092 BARREDO Carlos
093 CARRARA Matteo
094 DE JONGH Steven
095 FACCI Mauro
096 ROSSELER Sébastien
097 STEEGMANS Gert
098 TOSATTO Matteo
099 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen
AG2R-LA MONDIALE (ALM) - Sporting Manager : LAVENU Vincent
101 DESSEL Cyril
102 ARRIETA Jose Luis
103 DUPONT Hubert
104 EFIMKIN Vladimir
105 ELMIGER Martin
106 GADRET John
107 GOUBERT Stephane
108 RIBLON Christophe
109 VALJAVEC Tadej
GEROLSTEINER (GST) - Sporting Manager : HOLCZER Hans-Michael
111 SCHUMACHER Stefan
112 FÖRSTER Robert
113 FOTHEN Markus
114 HAUSSLER Heinrich
115 KOHL Bernhard
116 KRAUSS Sven
117 LANG Sebastian
118 SCHOLZ Ronny
119 WEGMANN Fabian
AGRITUBEL (AGR) - Sporting Manager : LEPROUX Denis
121 MOREAU Christophe
122 BICHOT Freddy
123 CASPER Jimmy
124 FEILLU Romain
125 GONZALO RAMIREZ Eduardo
126 JALABERT Nicolas
127 LELAY David
128 LEQUATRE Geoffroy
129 VOGONDY Nicolas
RABOBANK (RAB) - Sporting Manager : BREUKINK Erik
131 MENCHOV Denis
132 FLECHA Juan Antonio
133 FREIRE Oscar
134 LANGEVELD Sebastian
135 MOERENHOUT Koos
136 POSTHUMA Joost
137 TANKINK Bram
138 TEN DAM Laurens
139 WEENING Pieter
BOUYGUES TELECOM (BTL) - Sporting Manager : RODRIGUEZ Jean-François
141 FEDRIGO Pierrick
142 CLEMENT Stef
143 FLORENCIO Xavier
144 LEFEVRE Laurent
145 PINEAU Jérôme
146 SPRICK Matthieu
147 TROFIMOV Yury
148 TSCHOPP Johann
149 VOECKLER Thomas
TEAM MILRAM (MRM) - Sporting Manager : ALGERI Vittorio
151 ZABEL Erik
152 GRABSCH Ralf
153 KNEES Christian
154 LANCASTER Brett Daniel
155 MÜLLER Martin
156 SCHRÖDER Björn
157 TERPSTRA Niki
158 VELITS Peter
159 VELO Marco
FRANCAISE DES JEUX (FDJ) - Sporting Manager : MADIOT Marc
161 CASAR Sandy
162 CHAVANEL Sébastien
163 DI GREGORIO Rémy
164 GERARD Arnaud
165 GILBERT Philippe
166 JEGOU Lilian
167 LE BOULANGER Yoann
168 ROY Jérémy
169 VAUGRENARD Benoît
SAUNIER DUVAL - SCOTT (SDV) - Sporting Manager : FERNANDEZ Joxean
171 RICCO Riccardo
172 BERTOGLIATI Rubens
173 COBO ACEBO Juan Jose
174 DE LA FUENTE David
175 DEL NERO Jesus
176 GOMEZ Angel
177 JUFRE POU Josep
178 PASSERON Aurélien
179 PIEPOLI Leonardo
COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE (COF) - Sporting Manager : VAN LONDERSELE Francis
181 CHAVANEL Sylvain
182 AUGE Stéphane
183 BRARD Florent
184 DUCLOS-LASSALLE Hervé
185 DUMOULIN Samuel
186 DUQUE Leonardo
187 MOINARD Amaël
188 MONCOUTIE David
189 MONFORT Maxime
GARMIN CHIPOTLE (TSL) - Sporting Manager : WHITE Matthew
191 VANDEVELDE Christian
192 BACKSTEDT Magnus
193 DEAN Julian
194 FRISCHKORN William
195 HESJEDAL Ryder
196 LOWE Trent
197 MAASKANT Martijn
198 MILLAR David
199 PATE Danny
001 EVANS Cadel
002 AERTS Mario
003 BRANDT Christophe
004 CIONI Dario
005 HOSTE Leif
006 MC EWEN Robbie
007 POPOVYCH Yaroslav
008 VAN SUMMEREN Johan
009 VANSEVENANT Wim
TEAM CSC SAXO BANK (CSC) - Sporting Manager : ANDERSEN Kim
011 SASTRE Carlos
012 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle
013 CANCELLARA Fabian
014 GUSTOV Volodymir
015 O’GRADY Stuart
016 SCHLECK Andy
017 SCHLECK Frank
018 SORENSEN Nicki
019 VOIGT Jens
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI (EUS) - Sporting Manager : GERRIKAGOITIA Gorka
021 ZUBELDIA Haimar
022 ASTARLOZA Mikel
023 ISASI Inaki
024 MARTINEZ Egoi
025 OROZ Juan José
026 PEREZ Ruben
027 SANCHEZ Samuel
028 TXURRUKA Amets
029 VERDUGO Gorka
CAISSE D’EPARGNE (GCE) - Sporting Manager : JAIMERENA Jose-Luis
031 VALVERDE Alejandro
032 ARROYO David
033 COYOT Arnaud
034 GARCIA ACOSTA Vicente
035 GUTIERREZ José Ivan
036 LOPEZ GARCIA David
037 PEREIRO SIO Oscar
038 PORTAL Nicolas
039 SANCHEZ Luis-Leon
TEAM COLUMBIA (THR) - Sporting Manager : HOLM Brian
041 KIRCHEN Kim
042 BURGHARDT Marcus
043 CAVENDISH Mark
044 CIOLEK Gerald
045 EISEL Bernhard
046 HANSEN Adam
047 HINCAPIE George
048 LÖVKVIST Thomas
049 SIUTSOU Konstantsin
BARLOWORLD (BAR) - Sporting Manager : TEBALDI Valerio
051 SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
052 AUGUSTYN John-Lee
053 CARDENAS Félix
054 CHEULA Gianpaolo
055 COOKE Baden
056 DUENAS NEVADO Moises
057 FROOME Christopher
058 HUNTER Robert
059 LONGO BORGHINI Paolo
LIQUIGAS (LIQ) - Sporting Manager : ZANATTA Stefano
061 POZZATO Filippo
062 BELTRAN Manuel
063 CHICCHI Francesco
064 FISCHER Murilo Antoniobil
065 KREUZIGER Roman
066 KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr
067 NIBALI Vincenzo
068 QUINZIATO Manuel
069 WILLEMS Frederik
LAMPRE (LAM) - Sporting Manager : PIOVANI Maurizio
071 CUNEGO Damiano
072 BALLAN Alessandro
073 BONO Matteo
074 BRUSEGHIN Marzio
075 MARZANO Marco
076 MORI Massimiliano
077 RIGHI Daniele
078 SZMYD Sylvester
079 TIRALONGO Paolo
CREDIT AGRICOLE (C.A) - Sporting Manager : BEUCHERIE Serge
081 HUSHOVD Thor
082 BONNET William
083 BOTCHAROV Alexandre
084 ENGOULVENT Jimmy
085 FOFONOV Dmitriy
086 GERRANS Simon
087 LE MEVEL Christophe
088 PAURIOL Rémi
089 RENSHAW Mark
QUICK STEP (QST) - Sporting Manager : PEETERS Wilfried
091 DEVOLDER Stijn
092 BARREDO Carlos
093 CARRARA Matteo
094 DE JONGH Steven
095 FACCI Mauro
096 ROSSELER Sébastien
097 STEEGMANS Gert
098 TOSATTO Matteo
099 VAN DE WALLE Jurgen
AG2R-LA MONDIALE (ALM) - Sporting Manager : LAVENU Vincent
101 DESSEL Cyril
102 ARRIETA Jose Luis
103 DUPONT Hubert
104 EFIMKIN Vladimir
105 ELMIGER Martin
106 GADRET John
107 GOUBERT Stephane
108 RIBLON Christophe
109 VALJAVEC Tadej
GEROLSTEINER (GST) - Sporting Manager : HOLCZER Hans-Michael
111 SCHUMACHER Stefan
112 FÖRSTER Robert
113 FOTHEN Markus
114 HAUSSLER Heinrich
115 KOHL Bernhard
116 KRAUSS Sven
117 LANG Sebastian
118 SCHOLZ Ronny
119 WEGMANN Fabian
AGRITUBEL (AGR) - Sporting Manager : LEPROUX Denis
121 MOREAU Christophe
122 BICHOT Freddy
123 CASPER Jimmy
124 FEILLU Romain
125 GONZALO RAMIREZ Eduardo
126 JALABERT Nicolas
127 LELAY David
128 LEQUATRE Geoffroy
129 VOGONDY Nicolas
RABOBANK (RAB) - Sporting Manager : BREUKINK Erik
131 MENCHOV Denis
132 FLECHA Juan Antonio
133 FREIRE Oscar
134 LANGEVELD Sebastian
135 MOERENHOUT Koos
136 POSTHUMA Joost
137 TANKINK Bram
138 TEN DAM Laurens
139 WEENING Pieter
BOUYGUES TELECOM (BTL) - Sporting Manager : RODRIGUEZ Jean-François
141 FEDRIGO Pierrick
142 CLEMENT Stef
143 FLORENCIO Xavier
144 LEFEVRE Laurent
145 PINEAU Jérôme
146 SPRICK Matthieu
147 TROFIMOV Yury
148 TSCHOPP Johann
149 VOECKLER Thomas
TEAM MILRAM (MRM) - Sporting Manager : ALGERI Vittorio
151 ZABEL Erik
152 GRABSCH Ralf
153 KNEES Christian
154 LANCASTER Brett Daniel
155 MÜLLER Martin
156 SCHRÖDER Björn
157 TERPSTRA Niki
158 VELITS Peter
159 VELO Marco
FRANCAISE DES JEUX (FDJ) - Sporting Manager : MADIOT Marc
161 CASAR Sandy
162 CHAVANEL Sébastien
163 DI GREGORIO Rémy
164 GERARD Arnaud
165 GILBERT Philippe
166 JEGOU Lilian
167 LE BOULANGER Yoann
168 ROY Jérémy
169 VAUGRENARD Benoît
SAUNIER DUVAL - SCOTT (SDV) - Sporting Manager : FERNANDEZ Joxean
171 RICCO Riccardo
172 BERTOGLIATI Rubens
173 COBO ACEBO Juan Jose
174 DE LA FUENTE David
175 DEL NERO Jesus
176 GOMEZ Angel
177 JUFRE POU Josep
178 PASSERON Aurélien
179 PIEPOLI Leonardo
COFIDIS CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE (COF) - Sporting Manager : VAN LONDERSELE Francis
181 CHAVANEL Sylvain
182 AUGE Stéphane
183 BRARD Florent
184 DUCLOS-LASSALLE Hervé
185 DUMOULIN Samuel
186 DUQUE Leonardo
187 MOINARD Amaël
188 MONCOUTIE David
189 MONFORT Maxime
GARMIN CHIPOTLE (TSL) - Sporting Manager : WHITE Matthew
191 VANDEVELDE Christian
192 BACKSTEDT Magnus
193 DEAN Julian
194 FRISCHKORN William
195 HESJEDAL Ryder
196 LOWE Trent
197 MAASKANT Martijn
198 MILLAR David
199 PATE Danny
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
tour tipping 2008 rules
Tour de France2008 Tipping Competition
Rules
- Each competitor selects one rider per stage.
- That one rider is used in three competitions running concurrently.
General Classification (Yellow Jersey)
Sprinters Points (Green Jersey)
Mountain Points (Polka dot Jersey) - Each entry must be in by 6pm the evening preceding each stage.
- For each week (in between rest days) you cannot select the same rider twice.
Week 01 = Stage 01 → Stage 10
Week 02 = Stage 11 → Stage 15
Week 03 = Stage 16 → Stage 21
Example – if you select Robbie McEwen for the first stage the, you cannot select him again till Stage 11.
This stops a competitor picking either McEwen or Boonan for every stage of the first week. - General Classification (Yellow Jersey)
The selected rider will receive a time based on a combination of finishing time minus any bonus points (converted to seconds) accumulated during that stage
Bonus times will be awarded based on the points as found on the daily results page of the website - http://www.letour.fr/
Bonus times will be given for mountain points, sprint points and a 30 sec bonus to the rider awarded most aggressive of the day.
The competitor with the lowest accumulated time at the end of the Tour will be the winner.
In the event of a tie, a count back based on stage wins and overall stage finishing places will be used.
Example Stage 3 2006 Tour de France
Rider - Jens Voigt
Finish Position - 112
Finish Time 4:59:23
Final Sprint points - 0
Intermediate Sprint points – 16
Mountain points – 6
Most combative – 0
Total points – 22
Bonus seconds – 0:00:22
Final Time - 4:59:01 - Sprinters Points (Green Jersey)
Each rider accumulates points per stage based on the points available for finishing the stage and intermediate sprints during the stage.
The competitor with the highest accumulated sprint points at the end of the Tour is the winner.
In the event of a tie, a count back based on stage wins and overall stage finishing places will be used. - Mountain Points (Polka dot Jersey)
Each rider accumulates points per stage based on the points available for mountain top finishes and other classified mountains during the stage.
The competitor with the highest accumulated mountain points at the end of the Tour is the winner.
In the event of a tie, a count back based on number of HC class mountain points, and then Cat 1 mountain points, etc will be used. - Overall Rules
If the selected rider records a DNF, DQ or DNS (last minute withdrawal) then the competitor will receive the time of the 75th% of the field.
i. Example – for a field of 172 finishers the competitor gets the time of the 129th place rider but with the bonus times/points the selected rider has accumulated.
If the competitor does not get a selected rider in before the cut off time, they will receive the time and points for the 75th% of the field.
If the competitor picks a rider that they have already selected in that week, they will receive the time and points for the 75th% of the field. - Entry and Prizes
Entry fee will be $10 per team and an individual may enter as many teams as they like.
All entry fee money will be divided up into the final prize pool
Monetary prizes will be awarded to the first 3 places for each competition as well as a daily stage prize for the winner of the day.
The daily stage prize will be divided up between all competitors that have picked that rider.
If no competitor picks the stage winner, the daily prize is returned to the pool and distributed to each daily stage prize winner at the end of the tour.
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