Author Topic: RAWK Tour De France Prediction 2017- General Chat (Read 6235 times)

Gerry Attrick · « **on:** June 30, 2017, 10:45:46 am »

Welcome all to the Tour de France prediction game 2017. The rules are very simple;

You have to select 4 riders for every stage of the Tour. There is no limit on the number of riders you can have from the same team, nor how many times you can select the same rider in the race.
You may captain a rider on 2 stages throughout the Tour. The riders and stages are entirely of your own choosing. Your rider will earn you double points if he finishes in the top 10 of the stage; 60 points for a win, 40 if they finish 2nd etc.

Scoring; Only riders finishing inside the top 10 earn points. 30 points for a win, 20 for second, 10 for third, 8 for fourth, 6 for fifth, 5 for sixth, 4 for seventh, 3 for eighth, 2 for ninth and finally 1 point for tenth. The official Tour website will be used for the placings.
Entries must be made before the official starting time of a stage. Entries made after the starting time will be declared void for that stage. I will post a reminder in the thread every evening of the official starting time for the following day's stage. If you feel you won't be able to get online to make picks every day feel free to make picks in bunches.

Hopefully we see a great race

Buck Pete · « **Reply #1 on:** June 30, 2017, 04:20:09 pm »

Nice one Gerry Lad.

Titi Camara · « **Reply #2 on:** June 30, 2017, 05:05:17 pm »

Count me in!

Buck Pete · « **Reply #3 on:** June 30, 2017, 05:27:36 pm »

Ok i'll get the ball rolling as I'll forget otherwise.

I am so so fucking tempted to just do the supposedly no-brainer pick here (we all know who that is) but as I don't think its that big of a no-brainer.

STAGE 1

Jos Van Emden
Tony Martin
Primoz Roglic
Michal Kwiatkowski

dave 5516 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2017, 05:54:27 pm »

It's down to rain tomorrow in Dusseldorf from 0800 thru 17.00 UK time. You might wanna check the weather before you make your final picks.

Prof · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2017, 06:31:34 pm »

Quote from: Buck Pete on June 30, 2017, 05:27:36 pm

Ok i'll get the ball rolling as I'll forget otherwise.

I am so so fucking tempted to just do the supposedly no-brainer pick here (we all know who that is) but as I don't think its that big of a no-brainer.

STAGE 1

Jos Van Emden

That's confidence for you. Doesn't even need the other three rides for his team for the first stage.

Prof · « **Reply #6 on:** June 30, 2017, 06:33:29 pm »

Thanks for setting this up Gerry. It always adds an extra bit of interest and attention to the race. Pity Rcuk didnt keep their competition running for this year, but a decent makeshift solution.

Good luck all

dave 5516 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 30, 2017, 07:14:02 pm »

Here's the ticker. it has each riders start time.

http://www.tissottiming.com/Stage/00030E0103010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Buck Pete · « **Reply #8 on:** June 30, 2017, 07:25:12 pm »

Quote from: Prof on June 30, 2017, 06:31:34 pm

That's confidence for you. Doesn't even need the other three rides for his team for the first stage.

Sorry not with you?

dave 5516 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 30, 2017, 07:26:09 pm »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on June 30, 2017, 10:45:46 am

Welcome all to the Tour de France prediction game 2017. The rules are very simple;

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You have to select 4 riders for every stage of the Tour. There is no limit on the number of riders you can have from the same team, nor how many times you can select the same rider in the race.

Hopefully we see a great race

Quote from: Buck Pete on June 30, 2017, 07:25:12 pm

Sorry not with you?

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Buck Pete · « **Reply #10 on:** June 30, 2017, 07:27:11 pm »

LOL - fucking hell!!

Cheers lads.

Prof · « **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2017, 09:56:39 pm »

I think we need a selection thread to make it easier to do the admin. I'll start one.
https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=335912.msg15424641#msg15424641

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #12 on:** July 1, 2017, 12:13:37 pm »

Bump. Just 2 hours left to get entries in if you're interested.

kaz1983 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 1, 2017, 02:37:06 pm »

Can I start as of Stage 2 yeah?

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #14 on:** July 1, 2017, 02:52:01 pm »

Quote from: Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH on July 1, 2017, 02:37:06 pm

Can I start as of Stage 2 yeah?

As it's the first stage I'll allow a late entry if you select riders that haven't yet begun (2.50 British time). You can start tomorrow though.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #15 on:** July 1, 2017, 06:15:23 pm »

Stage 1 results

1. Geraint Thomas 16'04"
2. Stefan Kung +0'05"
3. Vasil Kiryienka +0'07"
4. Tony Martin +0'08"
5. Matteo Trentin +0'10"
6. Chris Froome +0'12"
7. Jos Van Emden +0'15"
8. Michal Kwiatkowski +0'15
9. Marcel Kittel +0'16"
10. Edvald Boasson Hagen +0'16"

Leaderboard;

Chig- 41
Prof- 28
Steveo7- 28
Buck Pete- 15
Gerry Attrick- 8

Great effort from Chig today, all 4 of his riders finished in the top 8 and he had 3 of the top 4.

Buck Pete · « **Reply #16 on:** July 1, 2017, 06:20:57 pm »

Cheers Gerry and yeah great work Chig.

That was brutal for some especially Valverde...ouch

My picks for stage 2 already in as the pub beckons

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #17 on:** July 1, 2017, 06:23:18 pm »

Picks for stage 2 need to be in by 10:30 tomorrow morning.

Chig · « **Reply #18 on:** July 1, 2017, 11:21:15 pm »

Lucky guess boys, all just pure luck here.

Chig · « **Reply #19 on:** July 2, 2017, 06:52:11 am »

I got Kittel and Greipel pencil in for my picks. But choosing 2 out of Bouhanni, Sagan, Demare and Kristoff is doing my head in atm.....

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #20 on:** July 2, 2017, 04:25:55 pm »

Stage 2 results

1. Marcel Kittel 04 hr 37'06"
2. Arnaud Demare +0'00"
3. Andre Greipel +0'00"
4. Mark Cavendish +0'00"
5. Dylan Groenewegen +0'00"
6. Sonny Colbrelli +0'00"
7. Ben Swift +0'00"
8. Nacer Bouhanni +0'00"
9. Michael Matthews +0'00"
10. Peter Sagan +0'00"

Stage 2 scores

Buck Pete- 95
Gerry Attrick- 61
Prof- 49
stevo7- 48
RMG- 44
Chig- 43

Leaderboard

Buck Pete- 110
Chig- 84
Prof- 77
stevo7- 76
Gerry Attrick- 69
RMG- 44

Great work Pete. Made good use of your first captain there.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #21 on:** July 2, 2017, 08:56:20 pm »

Picks for stage 3 to be in by 11.25 tomorrow morning.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #22 on:** July 3, 2017, 05:05:17 pm »

Stage 3 results

1. Peter Sagan 5 hr 07'19"
2. Michael Matthews +0'00
3. Dan Martin +0'00
4. Greg Van Avermaet +0'00
5. Alberto Bettiol +0'02
6. Arnaud Demare +0'02
7. Jakob Fuglsang +0'02
8. Geraint Thomas +0'02
9. Chris Froome +0'02
10. Rafal Majka +0'02

Stage 3 scores

Chig- 63
Prof- 58
stevo7- 52
RMG- 50
Gerry Attrick- 43
Buck Pete- 35

Leaderboard

Chig- 147
Buck Pete- 145
Prof- 135
stevo7- 128
Gerry Attrick- 112
RMG- 94

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #23 on:** July 3, 2017, 08:58:16 pm »

Picks for stage 4 to be in by 1115 tomorrow morning

Buck Pete · « **Reply #24 on:** July 4, 2017, 05:02:58 pm »

Sagan relegated from 2nd.

Musty admit though and to be fair, if i had picked Cav liked you lot did I would have been pissed off seeing someone score 20 points for Sagan.

So it's as you were, other than me and Chig wasting a captain pick on Kittel who fucked up royally today.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #25 on:** July 4, 2017, 05:14:20 pm »

Stage 4 results

1. Arnaud Demare 4 hr 53'54"
2. Alexander Kristoff +0'00"
3. Andre Greipel +0'00"
4. Nacer Bouhanni +0'00"
5. Adrien Petit +0'00"
6. Jurgen Roelandts +0'00"
7. Michael Matthews +0'00"
8. Manuele Mori +0'00"
9. Tiesj Benoot +0'00"
10. Zdenek Stybar +0'00"

Stage 4 scores

Buck Pete- 38
Chig- 38
Prof- 38
stevo7- 38
RMG- 38
Gerry Attrick- 38

Leaderboard

Chig- 185
Buck Pete- 183
Prof- 173
stevo7- 166
Gerry Attrick- 150
RMG- 132

As Pete said, it's as you were in terms of the leaderboard.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #26 on:** July 4, 2017, 09:42:19 pm »

Picks for stage 5 to be in by 12:20 tomorrow

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #27 on:** July 5, 2017, 04:19:52 pm »

Stage 5 results

1. Fabio Aru 03 hr 44'06"
2. Dan Martin +0'16"
3. Chris Froome +0'20"
4. Richie Porte +0'20"
5. Romain Bardet +0'24"
6. Simon Yates +0'26"
7. Rigoberto Uran +0'26"
8. Alberto Contador +0'26"
9. Nairo Quintana +0'34"
10. Geraint Thomas +0'40"

Stage 5 scores

Chig- 54
stevo7- 38
RMG- 38
Gerry Attrick- 30
Prof- 20
Buck Pete- 18

Leaderboard

Chig- 239
stevo7- 204
Buck Pete- 201
Prof- 193
Gerry Attrick- 180
RMG- 170

Buck Pete · « **Reply #28 on:** July 5, 2017, 04:24:00 pm »

Cheers Gerry. Meh

Prof · « **Reply #29 on:** July 5, 2017, 08:50:53 pm »

Thanks for getting the scores turned around so fast every day Gerry. Beats the pants off the rcuk efforts last year

Got my work cut out to win in this new format though. Some strong showings so far

Chig · « **Reply #30 on:** July 5, 2017, 11:16:06 pm »

Thanks for organising this. It's been fun and still long way to go.

kaz1983 · « **Reply #31 on:** July 6, 2017, 08:27:00 am »

So if I take out the highest points tally for the 1st stage - (Chig - 41 points) and the lowest (Gerry Attrick- 8 ) . then divide by 3 --- that equals 26.3 points.

I'm gonna add 26 points to my tally, mentally hahahaha

Ohhhh and ...

Quote from: Chig on July 5, 2017, 11:16:06 pm

Thanks for organising this. It's been fun and still long way to go.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #32 on:** July 6, 2017, 04:53:33 pm »

No worries lads

Stage 6 results

1. Marcel Kittel 5 hr 05'34"
2. Arnaud Demare +0'00"
3. Andre Greipel +0'00"
4. Alexander Kristoff +0'00"
5. Nacer Bouhanni +0'00"
6. Dylan Groenewegen +0'00"
7. Michael Matthews +0'00"
8. Dan McLay +0'00"
9. Rudiger Selig +0'00"
10. John Degenkolb +0'00"

Stage 6 scores

Gerry Attrick- 95
stevo7- 68
Prof- 68
RMG- 66
Chig- 65
Buck Pete- 60

Leaderboard

Chig- 304
Gerry Attrick- 275
stevo7- 272
Buck Pete- 261
Prof- 261
RMG- 236

Buck Pete · « **Reply #33 on:** July 6, 2017, 09:32:11 pm »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on July 6, 2017, 04:53:33 pm

No worries lads

Yeah yeah Gerry

Well played

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #34 on:** July 6, 2017, 10:20:09 pm »

Picks for stage 7 need to be in by 1120 tomorrow morning

stevo7 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 7, 2017, 12:02:36 am »

Quote from: Gerry Attrick on July 6, 2017, 04:53:33 pm

No worries lads

Thanks

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #36 on:** July 7, 2017, 01:38:18 pm »

RMG has decided to use one of his captains on Kittel. He'll still earn points from just 3 riders however.

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #37 on:** July 7, 2017, 04:42:10 pm »

Stage 7 results

1. Marcel Kittel
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen
3. Michael Matthews
4. Alexander Kristoff
5. John Degenkolb
6. Dylan Groenewegen
7. Rudiger Selig
8. Nacer Bouhanni
9. Andre Greipel
10. Dan McLay

Stage 7 scores

Gerry Attrick- 67
RMG- 62
stevo7- 40
Prof- 40
Chig- 35
Buck Pete- 32

Leaderboard

Gerry Attrick- 342
Chig- 339
stevo7- 312
Prof- 301
RMG- 298
Buck Pete- 293

Gerry Attrick · « **Reply #38 on:** July 7, 2017, 09:58:33 pm »

Picks for stage 8 need to be in by 1125 tomorrow morning

stevo7 · « **Reply #39 on:** July 8, 2017, 06:39:15 am »

All think there's going to be a successful breakaway?