PG Classics - 44th AG Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne
This is the low point of the PG Classic season (geographically)! They have trouble to make it above sea level. Since 2018 the driedaagse are only a pan flat one day race.
The Weather
18/ 19°C (!) with a tiny chance of a little bit rain at the start. It shouldn't much matter. Now the smart pg player has to pay attention: Yup, the wind! The forecast for Wednesday says very strong wind from at first south later south-west, between 30-50 km/h, gusts with 70-80 km/h. Holy Moly! It means crosswinds and cross-headwinds, more from the later I guess.
The Favourites
It is the ultimate last race of pdc legend Mark Glorious Heinrich Haussler (At least for 2020. Can he get a new contract in this times?)! Yeah and perhaps the last race for Mark Cavendish (almost as legendary as Glorious HH)! Beside Dege the real favs are the fast men like Ewan, Pedersen, Kristoff, Bouhanni, Bert van Lerberghe, Merlier and Bonifazio to name only a few. But can they handle eventual crosswinds?
Start time
Have not found any information (I guess they are secret to the public). If no one has information let us assume 12:00 cet.
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.
The Scoring
The last 3 races 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.
So good luck and get picking!
