Rules of the Game
Overview
Each player takes the role of a Directeur Sportif of a professional cycling team during the 2015 Tirreno-Adriatico race. The aim of the contest is to select the best possible team of nine riders, while operating within the conditions set on team selection. The better your racers perform during the event, the more points they will accumulate for your fantasy squad.
Team Entry
You must use the Official Entry Form to submit your team. The Entry Form will be made available once the game is open for entries. It is expected that the opening date will be Sunday 8th March 2015.
Entry into Fantasy Tirreno-Adriatico is free for each player.
Only one team is allowed per player. Multiple team entries by a single player is not allowed and could lead to teams being disqualified from the game. If multiple teams are found, only the last team entered by the player will be accepted as the official entry.
Entry Deadline
The deadline for entries to be submitted is 14:00 CET (Central European Time) on Wednesday 11th March 2015.
Team Selection Criteria
In order that each player creates a balanced team, the following constraint is placed on team selection:
Team Budget
Teams are given 100 credits to select their riders. Credits are the Velogames currency. Each rider is given a value in credits, based on their prospective points-scoring abilities. The credits values are based on past results and recent form, with an emphasis towards those riders who have been successful in past editions of the race.
There are no other team selection criteria apart selecting nine riders and staying within the 100 credit limit. Unlike the Velogames Fantasy Grand Tour games, no limits are set down for different rider classifications.
Team Changes
Once you have selected a team of 9 riders and the entry deadline of 14:00 CET on Wednesday 11th March has passed, you may not replace your riders during the race.
There will be no rider substitutions during the race, even if riders abandon during the race. The 9 riders that you start the tour with will be the only riders who will score you points during the event.
You can make unlimited changes to your team up until the entry deadline of 14:00 CET (Central European Time) on Wednesday 11th March 2015. To do this, simply click the Change Riders button on your team page to reselect your squad.
Only the last team entered by each player will be activated as an official entry.
It is the responsibility of each directeur to manage their own team line-up as the entry deadline approaches, although Velogames will provide a status for each rider showing whether or not they are on the most recent start-list.
Automatic substitutions will only be made in exceptional circumstances, so make sure to have 9 active riders at the entry deadline!
Scoring
Your riders score points for their real-life performances in Tirreno-Adriatico 2015.
At the end of the week-long event, the team whose riders have amassed the most points is declared the winner of Velogames Tirreno-Adriatico 2015.
The Velogames Fantasy Tirreno-Adriatico runs a detailed scoring system, designed to accurately rate each rider's achievements during each stage and in the final standings.
Points are scored at the end of each stage and also for the final overall positions in the main rider classification at the end of the race.