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No Hopers

by JC
Fri, Jun 12, 2015 11:34
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After a relatively poor Giro…I was thinking how difficult (or easy) would it be to pick a team of “no-hopers”
e.g. for the Tour de France pick a purist team that that scores the fewest points
But you have to use up all of the available credit (or leave less than 5)
(no 3.0 riders throughout!)
Canvasing support for the idea/ forum competition

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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enrique replied to JC | 9 years ago
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JC wrote:

... team value must be between 78 and 80 points...

That's pretty high.. and pretty specific... It seems like it might like some time to search for a rider set that fits that budget... I was hoping you'd go with a lower budget... really (!) low... so it's not that restrictive and not a lot of calculations to fit the riders in... maybe like the old Pick 3 Riders format... with no budget set... That way people could pick 3 3.0 riders... Of course, first come first serve with no repeat teams...

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Stumps replied to JC | 9 years ago
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JC wrote:

Here goes - Now that the rider start list is drafted
Some nice and simple rules

NO HOPERS FORUM COMPETITION
Purist competition
Pick 5 cyclists
Total team value must be between 78 and 80 points
Score as few points as possible.
All riders must be on the start on Saturday

Post your riders below and I'll summarise

My team is
N Roche (Sky) 16.3
R Kreuziger (TSB) 16.5
G V Avermaet (BMC) 30.5
D Cimolai (LAM) 12.0
D. Kozontchuk (KAT) 3.1
Total = 78.4

Cool, my team is.....

Serge Pauwels 8.9
Cyril Gautier 15.7
Lars Boom 20.8
Simon Geschke 17.3
Tommy Voeckler 16.3 = 79 points

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chiv30 | 9 years ago
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I'm in for most forum side games so a yep from me for the purist style game

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Aragonite | 9 years ago
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I'd enter.

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Im up for that JC

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_Kasper | 9 years ago
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I would definately join that.

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JC | 9 years ago
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How about - TdF competition - Purist format
And picking 5 riders with a 90~100 point budget
(fixed once the rider list is published)

And running the game through the forum
(so it does not destroy anyone's official Fantasy reputation) 3
Posting an update every couple of days...
I'll fire up the spread-sheet

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enrique replied to JC | 9 years ago
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JC wrote:

... picking 5 riders with a 90~100 point budget... I'll fire up the spread-sheet

Nice! I'm in... Can we go for the 50 or so points, though, or 75?... 45 Or is the 90 ~ 100 an upper max as in a limit you cannot go over as opposed to a minimum you must meet?... 7

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chiv30 | 9 years ago
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I'd win this without trying based on my dauphine performance 2

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_Kasper | 9 years ago
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I like the idea, but i am doing my best to climb the rankings (missed 5-6 races in the start of the season). Wouldn't want to sabotage that deliberately 16

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enrique | 9 years ago
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I'm in, but I'd like to see a smaller budget, maybe like the 3 Italians competition, of 50 points to force you to go with several 3.0 riders and something like 2 or 3 15 to 20 credit riders... good idea! 1 I'm aiming to win this one! 1 Thanks! 1

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