BR Flanders Sweepstake

No_Ta_Doctor
No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
edited April 2015 in Pro race
Just in case watching Flanders and drinking Belgian beer on a Sunday wasn't enough fun for you, how about a quick sweepstake?

The rules are thus:

You give me two numbers, 1-25 and 1-8. These will be randomly matched to a team and a rider on it.* This rider is then Your Man, superseding any My Man men you may have in your 9 man My Man squads. You will cheer for him, spot him in the peloton, praise his efforts, commiserate with his mechanicals and generally post stuff about him in the spoiler thread.

The winner is whoever's Sweepstake My Man finishes with the highest position.

There is, of course, no other prize than the moral superoirity of having supported this random rider through the race.

There may also be non-prizes for panache, combativity and suffering.

EDIT: Cutoff for entries is now 11.30 CEST - when the Eurosport coverage starts.

Fire away!

*Neither team number nor rider number are related in any way to the startlist.

Edit:

PLayers and numbers so far:

TailWindHome 1, 1
Omar Little 1, 2
OCDuPalais 10, 1
andytee87 12, 4
JackTar 13, 1
Mad_Malx 13, 4
RichN95 14, 1
ddraver 15, 2
Key 16, 4
frenchfighter 16, 8
niknak1 17, 4
Milton50 17, 7
Salsiccia1 18, 2
Joelsim 19, 3
Above The Cows 19, 7
sjmclean 2, 4
hommelbier 2, 8
The_Boy 20, 3
philwint 21, 3
JonnyT 21, 6
ALIHISGREAT 22, 3
Ridgerider 22, 8
inseine 23, 4
muttley_109 23, 5
smithy21 24, 3
Blazing Saddles 24, 7
ShinyHelmut 25, 6
YorkshireRaw 25, 8
coriordan 3, 5
Rick Chasey 4, 7
disgruntledgoat 5, 3
No tA Doctor 5, 4
dish_dash 6, 6
Ashbeck 7, 7
Norfolk Hill Champ 8, 3
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Comments

  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Good man, my man is 19, 3
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    edited April 2015
    I'll take 12 and 4
  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    13 and 4
  • Omar Little
    Omar Little Posts: 2,010
    1 and 2
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    14 - 1
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    22 and 3
  • philwint
    philwint Posts: 763
    21 - 3 please
    Phil

    www.philwinterbourne.co.uk
  • Ashbeck
    Ashbeck Posts: 235
    I'll have 7 and 7. Cheers
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    25 and 6 please. I'm feeling lucky....
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    2 and 4
  • Key
    Key Posts: 464
    16 and 4 please :)
  • muttley_109
    muttley_109 Posts: 177
    23-5 please
    Cannondale CAAD 10
    Genesis Equilibrium Disc 10
    Bird Zero TR
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    20-3
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    16. 8.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • JonnyT
    JonnyT Posts: 10
    21, 6 please - great idea
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    22 - 8
    Half man, Half bike
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Love it.

    18 and 2, please
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    1,1
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    24 & 3 please
  • JackTar
    JackTar Posts: 77
    13 and 1 thanks
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Just doing the picks, some of you are going to love this, some of you are going to really, really hate it :-D

    Can someone pick numbers for me please? I know the randomisation method, so it's not fair if I pick my own...
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  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Just doing the picks, some of you are going to love this, some of you are going to really, really hate it :-D

    Can someone pick numbers for me please? I know the randomisation method, so it's not fair if I pick my own...

    How about 05/04 for the date of the race? Nice idea setting this up as well
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    andytee87 wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Just doing the picks, some of you are going to love this, some of you are going to really, really hate it :-D

    Can someone pick numbers for me please? I know the randomisation method, so it's not fair if I pick my own...

    How about 05/04 for the date of the race? Nice idea setting this up as well

    Cheers. 05, 04 it is.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Don't tell me, 05 04 just happens to be Geraint Thomas!!!

    Too exciting...when will we get our picks?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    23-4 Great idea,
    http://cyclinganddesign.blogspot.fr/
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Just doing the picks, some of you are going to love this, some of you are going to really, really hate it :-D

    Can someone pick numbers for me please? I know the randomisation method, so it's not fair if I pick my own...

    If I get Wiggins or Debu... then I know this is not random!! :D
    Contador is the Greatest
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    frenchfighter wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Just doing the picks, some of you are going to love this, some of you are going to really, really hate it :-D

    Can someone pick numbers for me please? I know the randomisation method, so it's not fair if I pick my own...

    If I get Wiggins or Debu... then I know this is not random!! :D

    Nothing given away yet, but I'll let you know the method I used, it was extremely basic, and I didn't get Geraint!
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,652
    Joelsim wrote:
    Don't tell me, 05 04 just happens to be Geraint Thomas!!!

    Too exciting...when will we get our picks?

    Well seeing as it's not actually random, but systematised (to make sure we didn't get the same riders for different numbers) I'll have to reveal them at the start of the race. Otherwise some canny bugger is going to work it out and get Geraint.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    You could PM our riders
  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Put me down for 2 and 8 please

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