OTR League
The On The Rivet League is open to registered members. It is a fantasy league of World Tour events (Men and Women). The OTR League will start with the Spring Classics and end with the Tour of the Falling Leaves (Giro de Lombardia).
Events will be scored 12, 9, 6, 4, 3 for correct picks in the first 5 places. A pick in the first 5 but not in the right place will score 1. No substitutions will be allowed once an event starts.
To change your picks simply submit a new set and we will pick up your latest set. Pick close at 00:00 UK time on the day of the event start.
End of season prizes pictured on the right – they may change if I find anything more fun on my travels through the season. There will also be a few spot prizes.
Results updated with overall standings including provisional results for the TdF. Chapeau to CyclingMonk for the win in Tirreno Adriatico and to MangoDave in Giro Rosa.
TdF ITT – Crikey! Without putting a spoiler out here………….
I’ll catch up with latest results later today. Our saga of house moves is, hopefully, moving into its final phase over the next few weeks. Hopefully we can then get back to whatever normality is these days but at least back to a sensible number of houses (1). I no longer think that n+1 applies to houses!
Worst picks . . . ever.
Just to make sure I don’t get Delgado-ed for the Giro Femminile:
1 – AvV
2 – AvdB
3 – Vos
4 – Niewiadoma
5 – Uttrup Ludwig
I just submitted for Giro Femminile, but not seeing anything after I refreshed.
F*ck! I Delgado-ed Tirreno!
I try to stay away from here until I see the day’s stage to avoid spoilers. Caused me to miss out on picks for Tirreno. Oh, well.
The Tour has been fun to watch, with the exception the mess of stage 1.
Don’t miss Giro d’ Italia Femminile then!
Opps! Sorry double dipped on refresh for Femmes!
Sad to see Pinot succumb yet again but the overall is shaping up to be mano a mano with all of the GC contenders being solo on the final climb.
Damn. Considering that this time last year van Aert was recovering from having half his ass ripped off in the Tour, he’s having a helluva year!Who’ll bet against him winning all five Monuments? He has the trickiest (M-SR) out of the way, I don’t see him incapable of winning any of the others.
Slightly regretting late OTR picks and putting Carapaz for the win. Oops.
Hoping that Thomas wants to show he should have been at TdF and is coming into form for Tirreno Adriatico. Hope that is not wishful thinking……..
So…. do you think Deceuninck Quick Step is minus one staff member tonight? How ridiculous was that? Maybe Alaphilippe should have known he was inside the 20K marker, but they weren’t even racing hard at 17K to go. In fact they hadn’t even really been racing for the whole stage except for the Intermediate Sprint. Rules are rules but it was pretty sad to see the yellow jersey lost on that infraction. Getting a bottle at 17K was not going to affect the actual race in any way. Oh well, hopefully there will be more incentive to make tomorrow’s stage… Read more »
But if he was positioned with a bottle, then surely that would have been a team decision as to where to station him? Though I agree it’s a bit nuts but a line is a line as it has to exist somewhere.
Should be an exciting finish Tuesday. I think we will find out if Roglic’s injuries from Dauphine are still an issue. Alaphilippe and his desire to stay in yellow will be fun to watch!
Stage 1 was a bit of a shit show. Today however, was top notch racing. Chapeau to Alaphilippe for a wonderful victory in memory of his dad. Chapeau to Yates too for giving it a go. Sure, it’s early days, but the yellow jersey might be on JA for a while.
Fair bit of carnage in Stage 1 in the rain. Riders could do without that at the start of 3 weeks. Peloton riding very gingerly on the descents each lap.
Roads in Nice are not made to take rain. Nightmare stuff.
Looks like the Peloton have decided to neutralise things and take it steady. Makes sense.
Astana decide to put some pace back in and come a cropper as a result. Izaguirre seems to have been lucky. Skidding off into a road sign and wall. Roglic and others seem to tell Astana just what they think of them!
Quote from Luke Rowe “Chapeau to the whole peloton, minus Astana, who decided to hit it down one descent… They made themselves look pretty stupid,”
Talk about Instant Karma.
Gilbert out with a broken kneecap and Degenkolb also out on time after crashes. Tough for Lotto Soudal.
Teocalli takes it in La Course proving that the heart does sometimes win over the brain or at least going with the form rider of the week. Yeah I’ve broken my duck on wins for 2020! Pull me from 6th place to …er……. 5th= place but closing the gap.
Lizzie takes it! Yeah!
Last minute changes!
Brave or incisive changes………..
I was tempted to include Carapaz as a backup plan but was not brave (or incisive) enough.
In a mass sprint finish CyclingMonk takes Bretagne Classic by the width of a tyre and a small breakaway of Chuckp, CyclingMonk and Wiscot tie GP de Plouay. Chapeau to all.
Chapeau to all….
Lizzie Deignan takes GP de Plouay………
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-de-plouay-lorient-agglomeration-trophee-wnt-2020/elite-women/results/?fbclid=IwAR2Ztpq9s2AwOZ-3N6ROafJDb6MLcod85_Y-QD9ev5_P7-LQ-w7KyLE3Ulk
Well, I salvaged a single point with Bastianelli NITRO!
Picks now open for Le Tour de France and La Course.
Made my picks But reserve the right to change later in the week if start list changes. In particular, there is apparently still some doubt about Roglic.
I’m guessing 50/50 that Roglic rides Tdf.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/primoz-roglics-tour-de-france-remains-in-doubt-despite-return-to-training/
https://www.velonews.com/events/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-questions-still-remain-over-roglic-bora-hansgrohe-reeling-after-injury-crisis/
Picks are open for Tuesday. Don’t be a Delgado!
Long time between events!
opps! entered Bretagne Classic twice! Please remove second attempt! Thanks!
I’ll remove them in the results. Welcome back!
I don’t think Cordon-Ragot is starting Plouay, you should double-check.
I don’t know what time picks close, but the start list for Bretagne as of 0700 EDT today doesn’t look nearly complete: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/bretagne-classic/2020/startlist. Nonetheless, I made my picks based on names currently showing.
Picks close at midnight UK time today.
Men’s start list is far from complete. Very strange. Wondering if it’s a COVID thing.
Going with a contrarian play for Plouay!
Nice. Van Vleuten has to fail to win sometime – but on the other hand it’s tough to call against her at the moment.
I’m betting on the finish coming down to a sprint of some sort rather than AvV breaking away and leaving everyone in her wake.
Well, after an eventful weekend, mostly for the wrong reasons, chuckp takes it in Il Lombardia. Given the demise of the favourites in Criterium du Dauphine it’s probably not surprising we all came last equal! Not sure I should be awarding and flags for CdD but Chapeau to chuckp on Il Lombardia.
I’m hoping TdF will be as wide open racing as the Dauphine was!
Teocalli: It looks like the next 2 races on our schedule are both on Aug. 25, rather than the 25th and 26th. At least that is what Pro Cycling stats says. They look like fun races with lots of big names set to participate. Thanks for including them this year.
Thanks, I’ll check that. I’ll open picks later today.
Damn, that Sepp Kuss is showing some form and some class.Great win today after a lot of domestique work for Roglic. The most exciting US rider in quite a while!
If Remco is out for the rest of the season, he can look back n a very successful one. Best wishes to him and Jakobsen for their recoveries.
Thibeut Pinot snatches defeat from the mouth of victory. He always seems to miss by just that much.