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BACK TO GAMEBefore you can participate to this game, you need to be registered with Zweeler Ltd. Once registered for one of the games, you can play them all!!
After registration you can start creating your team(s). The teams can be submitted and changed until the start of the game on Tuesday 17 January 2017 1:00.
You need to select 36 riders from 8 groups. For example, you may choose 4 riders from group A which exists from Greg Van Avermaet, Alberto Contador, Chris Froome, Alexander Kristoff, Nairo Quintana, Peter Sagan and Alejandro Valverde. A complete overview of how the riders are divided in the groups can be found here: riders. The total of riders per group can be found under the rules header of this page.
The riders which you select can score points for your team throughout the whole year. In total there are 59 races which count for this Fantasy Cycling Year Game. These races are divided between Tour and Classics. With both the Tour and Classics there are 3 categories. The Giro, Tour de France and Vuelta are category 1. Races like Tirreno-Adriatico, Critérium du Dauphiné and the Eneco Tour are in category 2 and the Giro del Trentino and the Tour of Oman are category 3. With the Classics we also have 3 categories, for more details please check the calendar.
The total of points which you can earn in every category can be found below the header "Points". We will give you 2 examples: You selected Alejandro Valverde and Alberto Contador from group A. When Valverde finishes 5th in the general classification of the Tour de France (Tour cat. 1) and Contador wins the Tour de France, you will receive 90 points for Valverde and 180 points for Contador.
Suppose you created a second team with Peter Sagan and Alejandro Valverde. In La Flèche Wallonne (Classics Cat. 2) Valverde becomes 2nd and Sagan 23rd, in this case you will get 60 points for Valverde and 0 points for Sagan. In the Classics Cat. 2 only the top 20 scores points for your team.
Moreover, you fill in the following predictions:
- Winner Giro d'Italia
- Winner Tour de France
- Winner Vuelta a España
The points for the extra predictions only count for the general classification and not for the first period classification and the Tour classification.
The riders are divided into groups and you can find them here below.
- group A: maximum 4
- group B: maximum 3
- group C: maximum 3
- group D: maximum 5
- group E: maximum 5
- group F: maximum 6
- group G: maximum 6
- group H: minimum 4 and maximum 36
The groups of the riders can be found through the link: riders
It is allowed to submit multiple teams per player. There is only 1 restriction: Different teams of the same participant need to differ by a minimum of 8 riders* from each other.
* The software will give a message when this rule is broken!
It is not allowed to create more then 30 teams for this game.With all unforeseen circumstances, Zweeler Ltd. will make a decision.
The points for the Tour categories are always the position in the final general classification of a tour.
Category | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Stage Cat. 1 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tour Cat. 1 | 180 | 150 | 120 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Stage Cat. 2 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Tour Cat. 2 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||
Stage Cat. 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Tour Cat. 3 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
Classics Cat. 1 | 120 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Classics Cat. 2 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Classics Cat. 3 | 35 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Extra prediction | Points |
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Winner Giro d'Italia | 100 |
Winner Tour de France | 100 |
Winner Vuelta a España | 100 |
For the Classics Classification the following races are included: all Classics Cat. 1, 2 and 3, as well as the road race during the World Championships. The time trial during the World Championships and European Championships do not count for the classics classification. For the Tour Classification the following races are included: All Tour Cat. 1, 2 and 3 and all Stage cat. 1, 2 and 3. The team time trials do not count in the Cycling Year Game!
The races which count for the Fantasy Cycling Year Game can be found by following this link: calendar