PTP 2016
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By the way, I know everybody probably has their own systems, but...
I created a google spreadsheet for the Vuelta that automatically updated all the scores at the end of the day. If anyone wants a copy of it, just shout.Top Ten finisher - PTP Tour of Britain 20160 -
Sorry I missed a lot of the recent posts on this thread. I'm happy to do some of the scoring if required.0
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alanp23 wrote:By the way, I know everybody probably has their own systems, but...
I created a google spreadsheet for the Vuelta that automatically updated all the scores at the end of the day. If anyone wants a copy of it, just shout.
I created an Excel spreadsheet into which you could copy and paste each page of the picks. It would then match the picks against a list of riders and sort the users alphabetically. It was then easy to paste it into Google. This worked well in theory* and probably was quicker than doing it manually in practice, but I think it required Excel skills, and it was scuppered when people wrote things like "I was going to pick Gerrans or Wiggins, but instead I'd like the pink flower". It would then suggest Gerrans and Wiggins, but I'd end up have to read the whole post and work out who the pink flower was. Still, it saved some effort putting it next to the user in the right order. Anyway, for all of those reasons, I've never really suggested that anyone uses my file. Yours sounds a bit simpler and more useable....
*In theory practice is better than theory, in practice it is not.0 -
Yes, I tried automating the whole thing and it was impossible for all the reasons you say.
At some point, there is still some typing in required
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OK so the final list is as follows:
February
27 - Omloop Het Nieuswsblad Me
March
5 - Strade Bianchi RidgeRider
6-13 - Paris Nice Gregster04
19 - Milan San Remo RidgeRider
25 - E3 Vlaanderen RidgeRider
27 - Gent Wevelgem RichN95
April
3 – Ronde van Vlaanderen RichN95
6 - Scheldeprijs Milton50
10 - Paris Roubaix Milton50
17 - Amstel Gold Milton50
20 - Fleche Wallone BlueMoon17
24 - Leige Bastogne Leige BlueMoon17
26-1 Tour de Romandie DishDash
May
6-29 - Giro d'Italia Macaloon
June
5-12 - Criterium du Dauphine RichN95
11-19 - Tour de Suisse Shazz
July
2-24 Tour de France Me
30- Classica San Sebastian AlanP
August
6 Olympics RR (Men & Women) Shazz
10 Olympics TT (Men & Women) Shazz
20-11 - Vuelta a Espana AlanP
September
4-11 - Tour of Britain Gregster04
19-25 – Eneco Tour RidgeRider
October
1 - Il Lombardia Milton50
9-16 – World Championships (RR + TT, Men & Women) DishDash
9 - Paris Tours DishDash
Rules are as previous years, will paste in from previous threads so we have this as the go to for queries.
For scorers I will send out templates and any useful stuff for administering the game.0 -
Rich,
I am happy to do the Vuelta again, if you want to swap.Top Ten finisher - PTP Tour of Britain 20160 -
How to Play
Playing along with PTP is extremely simple - you don't have to sign up or join anything other than the Bikeradar forums. If you're already a member here, that means you're already eligible to play.
A few days before each of the chosen races, a PTP thread will be started in the Pro Race forum. That thread will contain a selection of useful links - start lists, race maps, past winners and so on. All you have to do is consider who you think is likely to win and post their name in that thread. It's that simple. If the race in question is a stage-race, you also get to predict the daily stage winners.
Post your pick in the relevant PTP thread before the cut off. If you change your mind then please post as a new post rather than editing your old post.
As you play, your scores will be added up and the overall season rankings will be updated in this thread.
Scoring
TdF = Tour de France / G/V = Giro/Vuelta / Reg = Regular season
GC and one-day winners:
TdF | G/V | Reg
1 | 100 | 85 | 50 |
2 | 75 | 65 | 40 |
3 | 60 | 50 | 35 |
4 | 55 | 45 | 30 |
5 | 50 | 40 | 25 |
6 | 45 | 35 | 20 |
7 | 40 | 30 | 15 |
8 | 35 | 26 | 10 |
9 | 30 | 22 | 5 |
10 | 25 | 19 | 2 |
11 | 20 | 16 | |
12 | 15 | 13 | |
13 | 12 | 11 | |
14 | 10 | 9 | |
15 | 8 | 7 | |
16 | 6 | 5 | |
17 | 5 | 4 | |
18 | 4 | 3 | |
19 | 3 | 2 | |
20 | 2 | 1 | |
Stage winners:
TdF | G/V | Reg
1 | 12 | 10 | 6 |
2 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
3 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
4 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
6 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
7 | 4 | 2 | |
8 | 3 | 1 | |
9 | 2 | | |
10 | 1 | | |
Doping
Points are finalised once the race organisations publishes their results. No adjustments will be made if it later emerges that a rider has failed a drugs test or if a rider has wins retrospectively removed from his palmares.
Prediction Cut-off
The cut off is 12pm (noon) on the day of the race. This is strict so predictions at 12.01 won't be counted (exceptions made for split-stages, evening prologues etc). No GC selections will be accepted once a stage-race has begun.0 -
Updates Overall Scores after Round 3, Paris-Nice:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xJQvtSVJZlMYLy6PVTMBXGMPVmma56AuJ2IAGZSGlSw/edit?usp=sharing0 -
hmm, good point about entries
You know that meme about Donald Trump that says he's worth X billion but if he'd just left his inheritance in a savings account he'd be worth 3X billion. I was wondering if there was a similar thing for Sagan & PTP..?We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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I'll run something as a side show...0
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ddraver wrote:just as an experiment, can we run a PTP "entry" where dear Peter Sagan is the pick for every race?
Gotcha covered.
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
TailWindHome wrote:ddraver wrote:just as an experiment, can we run a PTP "entry" where dear Peter Sagan is the pick for every race?
Gotcha covered.
Seen as all my picks thus far have been second I am really feeling for the man now.It's not so much about winning, I just hate losing.0 -
Is there some kind of leaders jersey?0
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Some strong performances after Rounds 7 & 8: RVV and SCH. Results
Top 10 so far:
1 BlueMoon17 322
2 ddraver 315
3 tforonda 308
4 TheBigBean 302
5 archieboy 295
6 NervexProf 281
7 shazzz 281
8 ducknumber1 277
9 Milton50 276
10 cycling_mike 270
BlueMoon17 you get the jersey for now... Will update with PR results once I get them.0 -
Results after Round 9 and 11: Paris Roubaix and Fleche Wallone...
I'll do Amstel when I get the results.
Top 10:
BlueMoon17 372
ddraver 365
tforonda 358
TheBigBean 352
archieboy 345
NervexProf 331
ducknumber1 327
Milton50 326
cycling_mike 320
rozzer32 317
Key 317
ShockedSoShocked 3170 -
Hmm, now this is interesting. Do I save the points and take second place after the classics or do i go for broke and try and leap frog Blue Moon for a glorious - though Valverdesque - victory.
he has the advantage though as I can't guarantee I ll be back from my Tulip tour by 12 00 on sunday so will have to pick early and just go with whatever I pick.
Interesting...We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Results after Amstel Gold (Round 10), LBL (Round 12), and Tour de Romandie (Round 13).
Top 10:
BlueMoon17 440
tforonda 426
ddraver 408
shazzz 399
ducknumber1 375
Joelsim 373
TheBigBean 364
archieboy 361
rozzer32 360
NervexProf 356
A bit of a shake up in the top 10 but BlueMoon still leads the way.
Do let me know if you spot any errors... I discovered that a couple of you were on the spreadsheet twice, not that it improved your results...0
just the one dayers or for GC as well... that of course would skew things. What about those he hasn't entered? 
