2009 Smithers MINNEAPOLIS Tour De France Pool – Now Open!
June 29th, 2009 |
Now it your chance to impress the internet cycling community with your knowledge of professional cycling. It’s also your chance to prove what a 3rd rate hack you are in predicting the outcome of a grand tour.
Here are the rules:
– Entry in the pool opens Monday, June 29 2009
– Entry in the pool closes on Friday, July 3 2009 at 11:59pm Central Time
– All entries must be placed by e-mail to smithersmpls@gmail.com and the time stamp on the e-mail MUST show that it was received before the deadline of Friday, July 3 2009 at 11:59pm Central Time. NO EXCEPTIONS. Don’t wait until the last second, this is really not that important.
– Entries can be modified in any way up until the deadline of Friday, July 3 2009 at 11:59pm Central Time
– Entries can be accompanied by a nickname that will be used to publicly identify the entrant if the entrant does not want their name revealed
– Entries must include and will be scored as follows:
1st Place Final GC, 100 points
2nd Place Final GC, 50 points
3rd Place Final GC, 25 points
Green Points Jersey Final, 30 points
Mountains Jersey Final, 30 points
Team Final, 10 points
Stage 1 Winner, 10 points
Arcalis Stage 7 Winner, 5 points
Mont Ventoux Stage 20 Winner, 10 points
Champs-Elysées Stage 21 Winner, 20 points
Yellow Jersey on Rest Day July 13, 5 points
Yellow Jersey on Rest Day July 20, 5 points
– Separate riders must be chosen for the top three final positions
– Total number of points available: 300
– Entrant with the highest number of points at the finish of the Tour de France will win the pool! In the event of a tie the above listed order will determine the tie breaker. For example, if one entrant picked the 1st place correctly and the other picked the 2nd placed correctly but points are tied, the winner of the pool will be the one who picked 1st place correctly. If, after all tie breakers are used, the pool still ends in a tie then the winner will be determined by how clever a nickname they used for public identification.
- It is up to those entering the pool to correctly pick riders and teams that are actually starting the race. I am serious. I don’t have time to check your entries so do it right the first time. Check the start lists!
Study up, get those entries in and finalized by July 3 and good luck to all!
In the result of the 2009 Tour de France turning into a farce it will only be appropriate that the Smithers MINNEAPOLIS 2009 Tour de France pool also be turned into a farce. You have been warned!
3 Responses to “2009 Smithers MINNEAPOLIS Tour De France Pool – Now Open!”
I’ll goose the prize pool if anybody gets 100 points for Leipheimer winning the GC.
The title tag for /tdfpool needs updating, BTW.
I totally had the White jersey winner lined up. Damn.
too many words