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 may also be a few spot prizes.
For some reason, my Volta a Catalunya picks that I put in yesterday didn’t register. Hoping these will be accepted by the committee:
1 – Pogacar
2 – Mas
3 – Kuss
4 – Yates
5 – Vlasov
Chuck, how did the procedure go? All good I hope?
Everything went smoothly last Wednesday. Took Thursday and Friday completely off and just watched bike racing and golf. More of the same over the weekend, but went for short (one mile) slow and easy walks. I feel pretty “normal.” No AFib. Have a follow up with my cardiologist next week. And with my electrophysiologist at the end of next month. Still on Eliquis for another 8 weeks. And on an anti-arrhythmia drug for 30 days. No riding or any other strenuous exercise for 2 weeks. Can do light weights (but just arms) and easy walking. Will ease back into riding… Read more »
Not yet midnight here my time (US EDT) and hoping my picks for MSR will be accepted:
1 – MVdP
2 – Pog
3 – Mads Pedersen
4 – Laporte
5 – Pidcock
I had to re-enter picks for San Remo. I mixed up the entries for Catalunya the first time. Need more coffee this morning.
I think I should have another point for Paris-Nice. I had Evenepoel,Jorgenson and Vlasovin top five.
OK I’ll take a look later today.
Fixed for everyone that picked Jorgenson – typo in the results sheet! So now we have a 4 way tie for Paris Nice.
Paris – Nice sees a tie between CyclingMonk andMangDave, Chapeaux.
Overall the early pace is being set by CyclingMonk.
Picks will be opening for Milan Sanremo and Volta a Catalunya today.
Yay! First Delgado Paris Nice!
All the best for your picks!
How long til it gets to be this big?
Dammit! My first picks were Kopecky and Longo-Borghini in the women’s race, but when I entered officially I changed them.
She wasn’t showing in the riders list I used!
Well, I’ve Delgado-ed the first four races! My excuse is I’ve been more focused on my upcoming ablation procedure (this Thursday) for my AFib. And I spent the last couple of weeks down in SC for some quality family time and just couldn’t be bothered. I’m sure I’ll be the Lanterne Rouge this season!
Best wishes for the procedure.
Chuck, wishing you all the best from Wisconsin for a successful procedure and a speedy recovery!
@Teocalli and @Wiscot – Thanks for the well wishes. My ablation got pushed to next week. Was told no strenuous exercise for 7-10 days (but walking is OK). Ease back into riding (and lifting) afterwards. I’ll still be on Eliquis for 8 weeks after the procedure, but then that should be it.
Picks open for Paris Nice – I’ll hold them open till close of Monday UK time and hopefully a quorum will pick up by then……..
If so, here are mine since I will be out and about all day before deadline time arrives-
1) Evenopoel 2) Roglic 3)Vlasov 4) McNulty 5) Rodriguez
Oh rats – I’ll open it and hold it till close of Monday and see if enough pickup.
Are we sneaking in Paris Nice picks today?
Well we are up and running in 2024. The first weekend saw a shared podium for Omloop between dancollins and philplumb59 and a clear win in Kuurne Brussels Kuurne for sthilzy. Chapeaux.
Strade Bianche Men is still running but in the Femmes we have a clear win for Haldy34. Chapeau,
Pending completion of the Strade Bianche weekend, the early pace in the overall is being set by Haldy34.
How’s things everyone…I think myself and a few others are missing a couple points from Strade Femmes…?..I think…
Always possible – especially as something went wrong when I was copying the entries over but I thought I had corrected it – perhaps not! Will check tomorrow.
Yeah – I forgot to check all your spelling !! Fixed. I think……
OTR – Strade Bianche 2024 picks a tad confusing, but works!
Ooops! I’m rusty! Hopefully I’ll improve – though I can’t guarantee it!
SB women: Kopecky, Longo-Borghini, Garcia, Vos, Persico
Fixed – the form was correct I’d forgotten to update the headings. Can you put them in the picks please.
SB Men: Pogacar, Pidcock, Mohoric, Kung, LaPorte
I’ll get last week’s results up hopefully on Friday when I get back home as I’m travelling and the spreadsheet is on my desktop abacus.
So it begins! Good luck all, looking forward to a great season!!
Good luck this season everyone. Thanks again Teocalli for all that you do.
Teocalli: I just remembered that I forgot to thank you for the Kwaremont bike rider beer glass that I received for finishing in last place in 2023. It survived the shipping in beautiful condition. Proudly displayed on my trophy shelf! I don’t have a lot of trophies, so it definitely stands out. Hope to finish a little higher in the standings this year. Thanks again for putting in the time to make this competition happen! Dan
Picks are open for the season openers this weekend!
Cheers Teocalli!
Bring on the 2024 season, and may yours be Delgado free!
100 days to Paris – Roubaix! I have a solution to the picks problem but it means changing the database and display plugins – so I guess I’d better get my finger out and get things sorted!
Best Wishes to all for the New Year.
I think I have a solution. Yeah. If anyone is on line can you whack in some test entries please.
@CyclingMonk – I dropped you an email a little while ago to check on your address. I guess it may have gone into your spam? Can you email me or message me via the Soigneurs page to confirm please?
Results are up for Il Lombardia. The finale for the season sees Timmy42850 take the win by a tyre width from a chasing group just a wheel back. Chapeau. Overall sees Haldy34 take a last gasp win from CyclingMonk by the finest margin possible! Hopefully I got all the scores correct! Chapeau. I’ll be contacting the prizewinners to check addresses before sending out the glasses for this season. In a super act of sportsmanship ChuckP is donating his glass as a Lanterne Rouge prize as he managed to source a bunch of glasses for himself just a little while back.… Read more »
Thanks for everything for another wonderful season. Congrats to everyone else…it was a wonderful time, as always…
(seems i mis-spelled Roglic and it cost a few points)
Enjoy the offseason…
Ooops – I missed that. Will look later!
So the results are updated for the spelling mistake and Cycling Monk does take the overall by a small margin from Haldy34. I think that still makes this season the closest to date.
Chapeaux to all for staying the course!
Great competition this season! Really helps when you don’t Delgado races like I did a bunch last year.
Il Lombardia will show as Tour de France Femmes but it’s the best way I can work round the current problem as anything else seems to break the page at the moment. Hopefully this will get us to the end of the season and then I can try to find an alternative solution.
Bugger! Delgado’d the Il Lombardi!