2024 Tour de France Fantasy League, and general TdF discussions.

[TBS]

Sure, none of the GC teams are going to let Sepp go in a break ever again.

But other than probably Tadej and Primoz he can put significant time on the other GC guys in the mountains. Top 5 seems realistic for him.


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Sure, Mano-mano in the mountains he’s a beast. Question is how much help he’s gonna have.

And, He’s weak in ITT, of which there are two this year (one on last day). That’s gonna hurt his final standings.

Interesting to note that TVLAB list Kuss and Jorgenson as co-leaders for Dauphine…

[TBS]

The UAE team is so strong! I have a hard time trying to figure out who the’ll take to the Tour.
My 8 would be:
GC- Poga?ar
Climb - Yates
Climb - Sivakov
Climb - Soler
Climb - Ayuso
Climb - Almeida
Rouleurs - Wellens
Rouleurs - Politt

So strong.

Just heard Geraint Thomas & Luke Rowe interview Tadej. He said UAE’s TdF roster is just as you laid it out ^^^, and was set in December.

[TBS]

Update from Dauphine
Big crash today - van Baerle broke clavicle and Kruisjswijk broke hip - won’t be starting TdF for VLAB
Roglic and Evenepoel both hit the deck hard but finished the stage

[chaka]

Visma Lease a bike team rep stated that both Wout and Jonas are only "50/50" shot of being ready and selected for le Tour. Not sure how much of that is trying to mis-lead competitor teams, but I was surprised Wout was only a 50/50 shot.

[Thaleia]

I suspect the site might be common knowledge around here but if anyone needs a link to watch (basically any televised event) cycling message me. (I have nothing to do with it, it's free and has been an absolute godsend here in Canada..)

[fool]

Which site are you using for the fantasy league? The one run by organizers (https://fantasybytissot.letour.fr/)? I've never done one and curious how it works. I also might try to get one going with my fantasy football crew - curious what fantasy tdf platform people think is best.


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[Dee Hubbs]

Yes, that's the one we use. It's well run, and the scoring happens quick. They bullied out a small private Fantasy League operator we use to use, but we have all forgotten about that big corporate greed issue by now.

This one works by picking a Team of 8. You have a specific budget to stay within, riders are grouped into categories of leader, sprinter, climber, and polyvalent. You team cannot exceed 5 all-rounders, 3 climbers, 3 sprinters and 3 leaders.
Daily you have to choose a team captain who points are doubled on that day. For Example if it's the Time Trail Stage I'll choose Filippo Ganna (who is already on my team) as my captain, and any points he scores are doubled. The next day is a climbing stage so I choose Sepp Kuss as my climber, so his points are doubled.

Points are awarded for Stage wins/classifications, Stage Intermediate Sprits, Stage Mountain KOM/Classifications, Stage Combative Rider, KMs Covered In Breakaway in Lead Group (new this year!).
Jersey points are given out daily for Yellow, Green, Polka, White (and overall combative at the end).
You get the option for 8 rider changes throughout the 3 weeks, in case a rider crashes out or pulls a Tejay van Garderen after the second rest day and falls out of contention in one bad day.
Thats the quick and dirty explanation of this Fantasy League.

[TBS]

Looks like our league (TGR Maggots - #156) is still active.

[Dee Hubbs]

Looks like our league (TGR Maggots - #156) is still active.

You should be auto loaded in to any previous league you have joined.

[fool]

Yes, that's the one we use. It's well run, and the scoring happens quick. They bullied out a small private Fantasy League operator we use to use, but we have all forgotten about that big corporate greed issue by now.

This one works by picking a Team of 8. You have a specific budget to stay within, riders are grouped into categories of leader, sprinter, climber, and polyvalent. You team cannot exceed 5 all-rounders, 3 climbers, 3 sprinters and 3 leaders.
Daily you have to choose a team captain who points are doubled on that day. For Example if it's the Time Trail Stage I'll choose Filippo Ganna (who is already on my team) as my captain, and any points he scores are doubled. The next day is a climbing stage so I choose Sepp Kuss as my climber, so his points are doubled.

Points are awarded for Stage wins/classifications, Stage Intermediate Sprits, Stage Mountain KOM/Classifications, Stage Combative Rider, KMs Covered In Breakaway in Lead Group (new this year!).
Jersey points are given out daily for Yellow, Green, Polka, White (and overall combative at the end).
You get the option for 8 rider changes throughout the 3 weeks, in case a rider crashes out or pulls a Tejay van Garderen after the second rest day and falls out of contention in one bad day.
Thats the quick and dirty explanation of this Fantasy League.

Great - thanks, Dee!

If there's still space in the TGR league, lmk. Would be interested in joining.


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[TBS]

^^^There should be plenty of room-there’s only like four of us in there now, and I don’t think there’s a limit on competitors in a league

[Dee Hubbs]

Great - thanks, Dee!

If there's still space in the TGR league, lmk. Would be interested in joining.


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Yes, unlimited amount of space.
I don't think there is a password to sign up. If it asks you for password, post again and I'll figure it out. It's probably "TGR" or "Mags".

[::: :::]

have we talked about the opening stages?

old Cav is gonna have to work to get to stage 3 for a flat ride

First week profiles:

Day 1


Day 2


Day 3


Day 4 [HC on day 4?!?]


Day 5


Day 6


Day 7


and on Day 8 they rested...

[TBS]

Yup, the days when first week was all flat sprints and echelons seem long gone.

Now it’s climbing from the jump, which favors sprinters like van Aert and Pedersen. Guys like Cav & Jakobsen will be questioning their career decisions.

[Garth Bimble]

Are we still sending $20 to Kat5 when she wins?