wearyourtruth

so the Fantasy Cycling is FINALLY up on versus.com. for those who haven't played before it's quite fun, you have a budget, have to build a team of 15 (each member with a different "salary") and chose whom to put in each day.

https://fantasy.versus.com/cycling/draft/draft.asp

i also set up a group for us, just chose "join existing group" and look for "BikeForums.net" allows us to know who amongst us is kicking the most ass

my team:
Alberto Contador
Mark Cavendish
Cadel Evans
Fabian Cancellara
George Hincapie
David Zabriskie
Jens Voit
Oscar Periero
Jurgen Van De Walle
Danny Pate
David Millar
Sergio Pauliho
Volodymir Gustov
Fillippo Pozzato
Dimitriy Muravyev

Mhendricks

Here's who I'm going with for just the first stage. (ITT)

Bradley Wiggins
Cadel Evans
David Millar
Denis Menchov
Fabian Cancellara
Franco Pellizotti
Stef Clement
Sylvain Chavanel
Levi Leipheimer

Bench
Mikel Astarloza
Rinaldo Nocentini
Tony Martin
Vladimir Karpets
Sebastian Lang
Sébastien Rosseler

Suzie Green

Cool, thanks. Here's my team!

Starting squad:

Amets Txurruka $8
Andy Schleck $68
Carlos Sastre $81
Denis Menchov $69
Haimar Zubeldia $25
Jens Voigt $22
Luis Leon Sanchez $30
Franco Pellizotti $54
Thor Hushovd $68

Bench squad:

Benoît Vaugrenard $9
Iñigo Cuesta $7
Oscar Pereiro $29
Peter Wrolich $5
Juan Antonio Flecha $18
Christophe Le Mevel $7

henrythenavigat

I've registered.

I'll join the BF group.

Velocluny

They don't tell us what stand to win, do they?

Zurichster

Mine for now...still playing with few other options before Sat.

Starters:
Juan Antonio Flecha
Lance Armstrong
David Millar
Sylvain Chavanel
Bernhard Eisel
Christian Vandevelde
David Zabriskie
George Hincapie
Jens Voit

Bench
Juan Manuel Garate
Thomas Voeckler
Leonardo Duque
Mark Cavendish
Sandy Casar
Ryder Hesjedal

laryanshabaz

I'm so happy this is on!
I like my team too, for now. We'll see though.

Bert Grabsch
Alberto Contador
Sylvain Chavanel
Sergio Pauliho
Yury Trofimov
José Ivan Gutierrez
Roman Kreuziger
Fabian Cancellara
Sandy Casar

Oscar Freire
Danilo Napolitano
Andy Schleck
Simon Spilak
David Moncoutie
Robert Gesink

DrakeSuperbus

I like how they still have Tom Boonen on the list

[edit] and it would appear that Versus can see the future, as Boonen is back in the tour [/edit]

wearyourtruth

i'm sure it'll be up eventually... they are definitely running a little behind, the draft was supposed to go up monday and it only made it up thurs. there are definitely mad prizes each day plus the overall stuff.

Suzie Green

Prizes: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: George Hincapie's Bicycle from the 2009 Tour de France; an Argyle Club Membership; a signed Dave Zabriskie poster; and a signed Tyler Farrar poster. ARV: $7,540. ONE (1) FIRST PRIZE: Official Signed Columbia Jersey; Signed Astana Team Jersey; an Argyle Club Membership; a signed Dave Zabriskie poster; and a signed Tyler Farrar poster ARV: $1,040. ONE (1) SECOND PRIZE: Official Signed Columbia Jersey, Shorts and a Hat. ARV: $250. ONE (1) PRACTICE PRIZE: Official Columbia Jersey, Shorts and a Hat; Johan Bruyneel "We Might as Well Win" signed paperback book; and Astana signed water bottle. ARV: $420. SEVENTEEN (17) DAILY PRIZES: The daily prize for each Daily Entry Period is detailed in the chart below (sizes and styles determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion):

Daily Entry Period Daily Prize Description ARV
July 8, 2009 Signed Astana Cycling Cap $80
July 9, 2009 Signed Columbia Team Jersey $200
July 10, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles $50
July 11, 2009 Signed Dave Zabriskie and Tyler Farrar posters $40
July 12, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles & 25 Dollar Gift Certificate from Team Astana Store $75
July 14, 2009 Columbia Helmet $230
July 15, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles $50
July 16, 2009 Signed Columbia Team Jersey $200
July 17, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles $50
July 18, 2009 Signed Columbia Team Jersey $200
July 19, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles & 25 Dollar Gift Certificate from Team Astana Store $75
July 21, 2009 Columbia Helmet $230
July 22, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles & 25 Dollar Gift Certificate from Team Astana Store $75
July 23, 2009 Signed Columbia Team Jersey $200
July 24, 2009 5 Garmin Slipstream water bottles & 25 Dollar Gift Certificate from Team Astana Store $75
July 25, 2009 Signed Dave Zabriskie and Tyler Farrar posters $40
July 26, 2009 Signed Columbia Team Jersey $200

henrythenavigat

^^^^

Thanks. I could use a new bike.

Vuroth

Boo! American addresses only!

henrythenavigat

Typical.

dagna

Okay, I'm missing something on the VS Fantasy TdF webpages...can someone tell me where to find my team listed in words rather than as a cute little collection of jerseys?

Boleyn

Go to View/Set Lineup at the top of the page and choose Select/Set Lineup from the drop down. This will allow you to move riders from Starter to the Bench and vice versa. Up to Stage 5, you can also change who is on your team. After Stage 5, the team is locked.

dagna

Thanks, but I already did that. Just want to find a nice little text (rather than jersey icon) list of my selected team that I can cut-and-paste. Do you know if that's available anywhere?

Suzie Green

I just go to the sign in page, enter my name and password:

https://fantasy.versus.com/cycling/index.asp


That brings me to this page, team listing with no jersey icons:

https://fantasy.versus.com/cycling/draft/draft.asp


And as Boleyn says, the main menu "View/Set Lineup" and the first selection under that, "Select/Set Lineup" is the page that shows up as above, no jersey icons. Well at least it does for me.

dagna

Sorry, I'm not expressing myself well, as that's not what I'm looking for. I'd like to copy and paste my team list (15 already selected riders) into a word document. Can't do it from the selection page, at least any way that I've tried. I end up with a table with lots of extra information and extraneous formatting. I will keep looking for a plain list of the riders on my fantasy team, without selection grid. Thanks for trying, though!

In a funny and completely unrelated development, the jersey icons have been replaced with photos of each rider. Sort of the TdF version of high school yearbook photos (ie, not particularly flattering, in most cases <G>).

wearyourtruth

i don't believe that exists. the way i listed my team on here was simply to type in their names, one at a time.

...then you have a list that you can copy and paste as you please

dagna

I believe you're right; I certainly can't find anything. Thanks!

Boleyn

I highlighted and copied my team from the Set/Select screen, and then in Excel "Paste Special" and select the "Text Option". Listed each of the Versus fields in its own Excel cell. Then you can copy and paste the team to your heart's content.

dagna

Just what I was looking for--thanks!

USAZorro

I'm in. Team Zorro.

For TTT - might fiddle with it a bit still.

Fabian Cancellara
Tony Martin
Alberto Contador
Andy Schleck
Vladimir Karpets
Kurt-Asle Arvesen
Roman Kreuziger
Ryder Hesjedal
Volodymir Gustov

Bench
Mark Cavendish
Mark Renshaw
Mikel Astarloza
Yukiya Arashiro
Daniele Bennati
David Arroyo

kylen721

I just joined, but I will probably do terribly haha

proud2becroat

My fantasy team at this point!

Team Croatia

Linus Gerdemann MRM $28
Roman Kreuziger LIQ $39
Alberto Contador AST $95
Andy Schleck SAX $68
Fabian Cancellara SAX $32
Romain Feillu AGR $27
Tony Martin COL $15
Kurt-Asle Arvesen SAX $11
Fabian Wegmann MRM $9
Serguei Ivanov KAT $10
Robert Gesink RAB $32
Egoi Martinez EUS $11
Carlos Sastre CTT $81
Filippo Pozzato KAT $24
Thomas Voeckler BBO $16

Total: $498


hehe hope you like it! i think it's pretty much well balanced team... although i'm considering maybe to make small changes before fantasy starts!

USAZorro

I'm glad today's doesn't count. Scoring on the TTT was a complete joke - dropped riders getting credit as if they finished with the rest of the team.