PG - Giro d'Italia 2021 Stage 1

21 Stages. None of your namby pamby Classics stuff. This is for those that can back up day after day. Are you hard enough??

Welcome to the first GT PG game of 2021 and... maybe the last if it's not successful... So on that note, if you'd like to volunteer to help out with the data entry, it would be much appreciated. Just let us know in the comments. Msbee has again produced the all important spreadsheet but it can get tough for the three of us to cover all bases every day for three weeks. Kurt is already having nightmares.

The Course

A quick tour of Torino

Back last November, Mauro Vengi sat down with Filippo Ganna and said, "heya, Toppa Ganna, wanna weara pinka?". "Yes indeed I do Mr Vengi", said Filippo and a nice flat course for the powerful TTers was born. Has he got the form though...?

Nice and straight forward. It starts in the Piazza Castello, runs along the Po and finishes just before the start of the Superga climb.

Just imagine if they added this little beauty in

The Weather

Too early for me to predict but it is raining where I am at the moment if that helps.

The Favourites

Ganna, Remi and Remco. Campy and Almeida a distant fourth and fifth. Crazy, Dowsett, Tratnik and Paddy are some more names that will hope to fill the top ten places but when it comes to the top spot, Top Ganna is your man.

Anyway, what do I know. Have a look at the startlist and make your own minds up.

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