yes!! it's that time, yet again, for the tour de france (2022 edition) of fantasyland!
deadline is 15:45 cest (central european summer time) on friday, july 1st 2022. that is 14:45 in the uk, 09:45 on us east coast and waay too early on the us west coast...just submit your extensively researched...er...best guesses the night before to avoid missing out. as always, to be considered for the extensive and lavish podium no-prizes, competitors must join the little bike forums league before the start of tdf stage 3.
there is a
new wrinkle to the standard format we've used for years
called "stage hunter" that looks like it will be
included/available after the first rest day/stage 3.
please read through the 10 tweets on the upper right side of the velogame page for more details. this will be available for all participants and allow you a chance to modify your team after stage 3 if you so choose. as i understand it, any of the new additions will only qualify for the stage points-not any end of tour or daily classifications points. replacing an abandoned rider would be a given but difficult decisions await for those thinking of replacing underperforming riders for stages 4-21. these new "stage hunter" rules are (currently) only visible in the tweets area and not enumerated under the main, dropdown rules part of the page. it might be a little funky for this first edition and hopefully no one will be able to get away with swapping in the likely tdf winner just before stage 21 to garner those end-of-tour 600 points but we'll find out.
https://www.velogames.com
league name: bike forums
league code: 539488111