FORUM CRASH - PTP PICKS!

tailwindhome
tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
edited July 2013 in Pro race
OK

Unless there is a precedent for this, and on the basis that it's only a silly game, I suggest the following.

Tell me who you were going to pick and I'll accept it

If you've already picked you're stuck with that pick.

No picks accepted after the stage finishes.


Seem fair enough?
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Neutralise the stage. (Unless Voeckler is in the front group)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    RichN95 wrote:
    Neutralise the stage. (Unless Voeckler is in the front group)


    That has a certain "open another beer and go back out to the BBQ" appeal to it.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Neutralise it - fairest for everyone. (no way I'd have picked Valverde before the stage started! ;) )
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,242
    TailWindHome wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    Neutralise the stage. (Unless Voeckler is in the front group)


    That has a certain "open another beer and go back out to the BBQ" appeal to it.
    Very happy with your avatar now eh!

    Oh and neutralising seems reasonable in the circumstances.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,793
    race incident carry on as normal
    "If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Looking at the PTP thread, two people picked Martin and nobody else scored anything. I reckon those two should get their points. Nobody really missed out much.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,555
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at the PTP thread, two people picked Martin and nobody else scored anything. I reckon those two should get their points. Nobody really missed out much.

    +1
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Are you one of them Rich?

    Nah, it's either neutralised or everyone get's the points they picked
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    ddraver wrote:
    Are you one of them Rich?
    No. I went for TV Tommy
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    Double post
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    I suppose in the spirit of Cycling Commisaires your suggesting would be fitting! ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,549
    Those that got their picks in - give them the points. Others, unlucky.

    That's a neutral statement, as I don't play :-)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    RichN95 wrote:
    Looking at the PTP thread, two people picked Martin and nobody else scored anything. I reckon those two should get their points. Nobody really missed out much.


    That might be er....awkward.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,661
    Wipe today mate, only genuinely fair way - force majeur! ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Those that got their picks in - give them the points. Others, unlucky.

    That's a neutral statement, as I don't play :-)

    This.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    For what it's worth I don't care what you do. I'm like Cofidis, I'm not in it to win, just to... well I don't know why I'm in it actually... :?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    I thought 'PTP' and 'Crash' couldnt occur in the same sentence - Alan A got told off for his geraint crash thread the other day :lol:
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    afx237vi wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Those that got their picks in - give them the points. Others, unlucky.

    That's a neutral statement, as I don't play :-)

    This.
    The Henri Desgrange of PTP has spoken.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    afx is only happy if one person finishes TDF PTP

    Can I pick Dan Martin for today please?
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,562
    I say award the points. Those who picked Dan Martin made a great call and deserve them. Those that suffered a racing incident are just unlucky.

    I don't get points either way.
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    What happened? I was too busy watching the race (all day)! Anyway I picked Dan :D so I want my points - I get few enough of them anyway as I refuse to pick THAT team's riders. :!:
    'Google can bring back a hundred thousand answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.'
    Neil Gaiman
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Award the points, those that picked Martin got in a successful early break. Those that got held up behind the crash, tough luck, that's racing.

    I picked Ryder by the way - wrong Garmin guy :-(
    Rule No.10 // It never gets easier, you just go faster
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,549
    TheBigBean wrote:
    I say award the points. Those who picked Dan Martin made a great call and deserve them. Those that suffered a racing incident are just unlucky.

    I don't get points either way.

    That.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    And those that picked Mollema should definitely get their points...

    (Do I need to declare an interest?)
    Half man, Half bike
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    RichN95 wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Those that got their picks in - give them the points. Others, unlucky.

    That's a neutral statement, as I don't play :-)

    This.
    The Henri Desgrange of PTP has spoken.

    Actually, that would be andrewgturnbull - PTP was his idea. I'm more like that guy who went up the Tourmalet in a blizzard, got lost, almost died, and then thought "wow, this is a great place for a bike race!"
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    I do play but couldn't get in.
    Tried again as the Neutral flag went down and said bucket, should have done it last night.
    The offer made in the afternoon would have meant me cheating if I had played.
    So IMO. if you got in before the crash, your in, otherwise like me you missed the cut off point.
    Well you missed the boat so catch the next one. please
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Agree
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.

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