PG - Giro d'Italia - Stage 1
The Parcours
15 km ITT. First a little climb than a long downhill.
The Favourites
You know, Dege is my Favourite. But he is not here. But Aurélien Paret-Peintre is surely a fine lad. At least I like his name.
The Weather
I didn't looked it up. They ride in Sicily so I guess we should expect a lot of rain.
The Rules
In this game, only the race results matter. You're not committed to keeping the same riders throughout the series, you make fresh picks before every race. Our overall competition is just the sum of individual race scores. You're eligible for the overall even if you miss some races.
Pick 4 riders for the upcoming race. The order of your picks doesn't matter. All of your riders can score.
Riders score points down to 10th place. Less popular riders score more points than heavily-picked favourites. See below for scoring details.
The strict entry deadline is the official start time of the race, the neutralized roll-out or Départ Fictif. Be warned - if your post is timestamped one minute late your entry won't count! So do remember that there's no disadvantage to getting an entry in early, even the day before, because you may always change your picks up until the deadline. Feel free to rethink your picks when it emerges which riders are more or less popular with other players. If you make changes, post your revised 4 picks in a reply to your original post. And no participation award for Holms.
The Scoring
The last 3 stages will be secret entry between the top contenders… To avoid defensive picking.
When we say top contenders we leave the number open because who knows how many will be within striking distance...
We will notify you by email if we need you to do a secret entry.
The Results
We will try and post results in a timely fashion as soon after each race as possible. However none of us are quite as talented as straw dog so we will just do our best there.