PTP 2019

And we're back... it's time to start PTP again!

Given that we missed it entirely last year I propose dropping the LondonSurrey Classic. And I do still wonder about both the Tour de Yorkshire and Tour of Britain being included...

Does anyone care about the World Cup for the Spring Classics? Let me know - I'm happy to save a bit of my time and ditch it if no one is particularly bothered.

Speaking of time... would really appreciate all the help I can get to score PTP through the year. Please volunteer and let me know what you can or can't do, particularly the GTs. It's very simple and I'll can send you a googlesheet template closer to the day.

PTP Races

March
2 - Omloop Het Nieuswsblad* - dish_dash
3 - Kuurne Brussels Kuurne* - dish_dash

March
9 - Strade Bianche* - RichN95
10-17 - Paris Nice - ducknumber1
13-19 - Tirreno-Adriatico - gregster04
23 - Milan San Remo* - Red.Rider
29 - E3 Harelbeke* - gregster04
31 - Ghent Wevelgem* - RichN95

April
7 – Ronde van Vlaanderen* - dish_dash
10 – Scheldeprijs* - dish_dash
14 - Paris Roubaix* - gregster04
21 - Amstel Gold* - RidgeRider
24 - Fleche Wallone* - bobmcstuff
28 - Liege Bastogne Liege* - RichN95
30-5 May - Tour de Romandie - bobmcstuff

May
2-5 Tour de Yorkshire - gregster04
11-2 June - Giro d'Italia - RidgeRider

June
9-16 - Criterium du Dauphine - ducknumber1
15-23 - Tour de Suisse - bobmcstuff

July
6-28 - Tour de France - RichN95

August
3 Classica San Sebastian - RidgeRider
12-18 - BinkBank Tour - bobmcstuff
24-15 Sept - Vuelta a Espana - Red.Rider

September
21-29 World Championships (RR + TT, Men & Women) - ducknumber1

October
12 Il Lombardia - dish_dash
13 - Paris Tours - dish_dash

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.

We may also be running a PTP World Cup for the highest scores in 11 spring classics (marked by a * in the race list). Subject to demand.

Scoring

TdF = Tour de France / G/V = Giro/Vuelta / Reg = Regular season

GC and one-day winners:

TdF | G/V | Reg

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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

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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
Always the contentious one! 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.