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Fantasy Cycling

Podium Cafe VDS

by drheaton
Mon, Feb 10, 2014 15:41
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Hello,

 

At the end of last year I said I'd be setting up an off-site league in one of the other bigger fantasy games.  The game is the Podium Cafe VDS and it is a year long squad based game.  You get a budget, pick a squad based on a set of rules then that's it.  No transfers, no picking teams, nothing.  You just have to trust your guys to go out and get you some points.

The game runs across both women's and men's racing the calendar is very extensive covering everything from Grand Tours to national championships.

An intro to the game can be found here - http://www.podiumcafe.com/2014/2/3/5370538/fsa-directeur-sportif-2014-starts-now

And the game itself is here - http://pdcvds.com/

League's don't seem to work too well so if anyone else is interested in competing we'll need to add each other to our own personal leagues, that means if you 're in you need to post your DS name and team name in this thread.  I'll keep track of the results through the year.

My details are:- DS name - drheaton Men's team - Mostly Hopeless Women's team - Right-handed OuOuOranges

Competitors: (DS - Men's Team - Women's Team)
TERatcliffe26 - TERatcliffe26
shutuplegs - Avengers:Age of Nick! - Ladies 1st
The Domestique - The Domestique
raysilvester1 - Big Rays Riders
Ghedebrav - Voodoo All Stars
Twybaydos - Topsport Torquay - Topsport Torquay Femennile
chiv30 - Carbon crutches and epo
Pure fantasy - Pure fantasy - Pure fantasy women

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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Ghedebrav | 11 years ago
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Ghedebrav
Voodoo All Stars

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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I have 6 of your riders

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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1. GER OPQ PRT Tony Martin 18 1175 0
2. BEL OPQ PRT Tom Boonen 18 130 0
3. USA BMC PRT Taylor Phinney 14 552 0
4. COL OPQ PRT Rigoberto Uran 12 685 0
5. FRA FDJ PRT Nacer Bouhanni 12 571 0
6. NOR BMC PRT Thor Hushovd 10 512 0
7. AUS OGE PRT Simon Gerrans 8 502 0
8. ITA TFR PRT Giacomo Nizzolo 8 460 0
9. ITA MOV PRT Adriano Malori 8 431 0
10. BEL OPQ PRT Thomas De Gendt 8 75 0
11. FRA EUC PRT Pierre Rolland 6 265 0
12. SVK BMC PRT Peter Velits 4 225 0
13. ESP MOV PRT Juan Jose Lobato 2 170 0
14. ITA LAM PRT Sacha Modolo 2 170 0
15. ITA AST PRT Andrea Guardini 2 160 0
16. ITA LAM PRT Damiano Cunego 2 155 0
17. USA TFR PRT Matthew Busche 2 145 0
18. FRA FDJ PRT Arnold Jeannesson 2 130 0
19. ITA AST PRT Francesco Gavazzi 2 126 0
20. POL OPQ PRT Michal Golas 2 120 0
21. BEL LTB PRT Maxime Monfort 2 115 0
22. BLR ALM PRT Yauheni Hutarovich 2 50 0
23. AUS GRS PRT Nathan Haas 2 0 0
24. GBR OPQ PRT Andrew Fenn 1 0 0
25. DEN GRS PRT Lasse Hansen 1 0 0
Total: 25 riders 150 6924 0

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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raysilvester1
Big Rays Riders

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the domestique | 11 years ago
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I'm in: both team and DS name is (surprise surprise)
The Domestique

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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Ds Name - shutuplegs
Team Name - Avengers:Age of Nick!(mens)
- Ladies 1st(womens)

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Also remember that National Championships score 100 points for a win (nothing for a place). I did well out of Impey when he won his National Championship, cheap riders who can score in one or two races could be strong picks. Also, riders who had a poor year last year (Boonen, Schleck, Gilbert etc) can be had for less now but are obviously risky.

Oh, and points are weighted towards GC and one day races. The drop off for placing in stage race finishes is pretty harsh, only the first five on a grand tour stage will score so picking a rider who gets a lot of top 10s but no wins won't do you any good.

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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I had that problem at first, but gone for likely stage winners on the flat, with a fair few 2 and 1 credit riders, and riders you wouldn't necessarily pick for big races. For example, Stetina will race ToC, and could finish top 10, same for Deignan, Arrendondo

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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17 struggling to pick enough riders 31

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Stumps | 11 years ago
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Sounds good i'll take a look and let you know 4

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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Yeh, ive picked my team but not submitted

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Just one thing to note if you're interested in playing, you don't have to submit your team once picked, you can add riders then chop and change up to the deadline. The readers of the site, http://www.podiumcafe.com/ , tend to get about as excited as road.cc users do when it comes to picking teams so there'll be plenty of analysis and threads over the next couple of weeks offering tips.

Depending on the takeup this year I might throw together a draft version of this next year.

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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Both my DS and team name are TERatcliffe26

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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I too will give it a go 26

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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I will have a look later and should give it a go (already have a squad like this in ProFSL)

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