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tour de france 2021-fantasyland

this the tour de france thread for the various fantasy games for the tdf 2021. abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

the velogames vehicle:
https://www.velogames.com
league name: bike forums
league code: 398952811
entry deadline is 12:00 cest (central european summer time) on sunday, june 26th 2021.
that translates to 6am on the east coast on the 26th for you yanks in the united states.

the flobikes/tissot vehicle:
https://flobikes.fantasybytissot.com/#/welcome
league name: bike forums
league password: FNMLT
entry deadline is slightly less clear here. it's listed as 6.26.2021 @ 04:00 without any
nod to a particular time zone.
we could assume it's on paris time but maybe it's on greenwich
time? regardless, register for this game with all that in mind.

the velogames vehicle is easy...pick it and be done with it. no changes can be made once the entry deadline passes. dance (or don't) with the one that brung ya.

the flobikes/tissot vehicle allows for two things: one...you can select, before each stage begins, one team member as a "stage winner" that will double the points earned for finishing place on that stage. your selection does not need to win the stage to earn bonus points. example, you pick wout (already on your team) as the stage winner bonus for stage one and he comes in third. you would get 240 points. it does not double any possibly applicable competition (yellow, green, kom, white jersey) points on that stage. two...you can do transfers with credits. looks like the only way credits are earned is by doing the daily tdf quiz.

***edit...you have 400 credits at the start by creating a team. every change is 50 credits.***

suffice it to say, if you're happy to have a transfer-based game, it would behoove you to sign up asap and do those daily quizzes for transfer points. every time you change a rider, it's 50 transfer points. unsure if you can transfer a crashed out, dq'd, etc rider out and another rider in but i suppose we'll find out soon enough. if it's permissible in the flobikes/tissot game, it's allowed. for once, i am not placing any restrictions on that game such as only married left-handed leo's born at night in countries with more than three vowels in the country name are allowed to be selected. y'all have spoken.

both games have end of tour points allocated (achtung-@one4smoke!!!). it's relatively easy on the
velogames end but a little confusing on the flobikes/tissot end. looks like points for the final standings in all the competitions are multiplied x 5. so if roglic wins the tdf, he would get an additional 250 points. if sagan wins
the green jersey competition, he gets 150 additional points. if you happened to select sagan for double points to win the final stage and he does, the double points doesn't carry over into the final standings points allocation. so sagan would get 400 points for the stage win along with 150 points (not 300) for taking the overall green jersey. hope that helps but read the rules of the road game for each one you enter.

transfer as much or as little as you like with the flobikes/tissot game. whomever ends up with the most points by hook or by crook wins.

as is the norm now, if a team isn't entered by the start of stage four in both leagues, not recognizing that team as a valid participant eligible for the giant podium no-prizes and bragging rights.

looks like the flobikes/tissot game has no cap of number of participants. the velogames one now does. in the unlikely event we fill up the max number in the velogames one, i'll open up another league-bike forums redux-under a different e-mail and combine results as we sally forth. planning on doing updates every rest day and the last few days as we near to a shuddering close. well...that plus the daily horrible prediction that comes on like itching after mosquito bites-slightly less pleasant yet equally predictable.

best of luck to all participants!

Last edited by diphthong; 06-24-21 at 01:01 PM. Reason: inserted each team starting w/400 credits note.
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