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.
Correction, correction ………. and further correction !! Some big movers this week with ChuckP, CyclingMonk, MangoDave, Quasar, Rick and Wiscot all scoring heavily but Cycling Monk and Quasar tie for the win in Amstel Gold Femmes and Rick takes it in Amstel Gold Men. Chapeau all 3 (now!). I’m still hanging out there in the breakaway but definitely flagging in the last couple of weeks (and judging by my mistakes in the calc this week it’s getting to my brain!). Still all to play for as with this years scoring there can be big swings. We have a double header… Read more »
I believe I should have 12 points total, 11 for Femmes and 1 for Men. I have van der Poel in the wrong place, and both Vos and Niewiadoma in wrong places as well. With 9 for second place correct that is 12.
Oooerrr – will check again! Yup – I missed deleting Marianne from your entry in the calc sheet. Updating……
Thanks!
I picked Sagan even though I told myself not to for the rest of the year based on my own theory. No longer wearing World Champ jersey(no pressure to win), recent interviews he’s given(winning?…maybe), not a contract year(see after World Champ jersey)……but after the last 3 years he could use a rest…
Thanks to Wiscot for the 2 Trek water bottles. They were the Paris-Roubaix prize. Seeing how I also live in Wisconsin (Trek country), they go well with my Trek kit and bike. Dan
Great! Thanks for posting the picture! Enjoy this wee spell of warm weather!
Great day for mail….new wheels and 2 great water bottles too…Thanks Wiscot…….
Glad you got them ok!
Made a change to my women’s picks. Gotta include Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig!
So MvdP thinks he’ll honor his current contract through 2023? A few more wins/good showings and he’ll be bought out of that faster than you can say “Trek.”
@Teocalli – I guess you need to manually delete my previous Amstel picks? And I was an idiot and did my new choices twice. Yes, I’m a dolt!
Yes I delete the older entries. No probs.
Swapped Fuglsang for Lutsenko for Amstel Gold. Need to decide on my women’s picks.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vanmarcke-left-inconsolable-after-taking-another-fourth-place-at-roubaix/
Apparently he was also inconsolable as he then went on to say “Wiscot had me picked for the win on OTR and he could have scored some serious points in that competition, nibbling away at Teocalli’s lead.”
All joking aside, that sucks. Was he riding mechanical or electric shifting? It just goes to show you that all the stars need to align in Paris-Roubaix. I can’t believe WvA did as well as he did what with his mechanical issues/punctures. Imagine if WvA and Vanmarcke had not had problems beyond their control . . .
I’m guessing electrical. Another article I read said his RD went into default crash mode, which would indicate electrical. Which is why some riders (such as Sagan) still opt for mechanical in races such as Paris Roubaix.
I think you should be OK re catching me as I seem to have peaked and riders will be moving from “Fab I’m in for a good race as I’m in Teocalli’s picks” to my previous years’ standard of “Oh crap, I’m screwed, I’m in Teocalli’s picks”…………
Speedy recovery to Tiesj Benoot – Returning to the main Peloton after a crash and puncture, Tiesj Benoot collided with a team car. Hospital checkup shows that he has a crack in the right collarbone plus his right hip and right shoulder are heavily bruised, in addition to various cuts and bruises. He will have further checks tomorrow. Seems he will not start in the Amstel Gold Race next Sunday.
The TV coverage I was watching (NBC Sports Gold in US) showed a team car with the back window completely blown out, as if someone or something had crashed into it. Was that Benoot? Hope he is going to be OK.
It was a Jumbo-Visma car that he collided with……..
I’ll see if I can get two bottles each to Dan and Monk. Can’t have just one bottle! Mismatched bottles? Quelle horreur!
That would be Ace!
Umm…. I also had Vanmarke in 4th also….but with slight misspelling…..sorry
Checking and recalculating……….
OK we have a tie so that will be one Bidon each to DanCollins and CyclingMonk. Emailing both of you for address details…….
Thanks….
Gilbert takes P-R from Pollit, then Lampaert from Vanmarke then Sagan. I think Wiscot is going to take this by dint of having Sagan 5th!
Correction DanCollins takes it with Vanmarke in 4th. Chapeau. I’ll email you re getting an address for the spot prize. Should not take too long as Wiscot will be posting from the US.
Correction to correction, as does CyclingMonk – so that will be one Bidon each. Chapeau(x).
If that is indeed the case, let me know who gets second and I’ll send them the bottles.
Very happy for Gilbert – great gutsy ride. Just M-SR to go for the full set of Monuments!
See correction above……..
And they are off………..
Heck of a chase by van Aert to get back on after a mechanical and a fall. Benoot out after colliding with a team car.
Gilbert soloing from 50KM out……..though a chase group close behind…….now a group of 6 with 40 secs on the peloton……..(Gilbert, Vanmarke, Pollit, van Aert, Sagan, Lampaert)…….now out to a minute with 40 Km to go………20 Km to go and still a minute up but Gilbert, Sagan and Pollit now starting to get away, van Aert losing contact………5 back together at the head, van Aert distanced 17.5 Km to go……….into Carrefour de l’Arbre……..13 Km to go Gilbert and Pollit trying to get away………10 Km to go Gilbert and Pollit 22 secs away from Vanmarke, Lampaert and Sagan……….8Km and at 30 secs………Vanmarke… Read more »
If you refresh your screen after submitting picks they should now show automatically!!!
Yes, it worked when I did a refresh. Very nice.
Picks are in for PR. I had a hard time leaving out GVA from my list, so you know it’s his turn to win.
Woo hoo! It works. So first time I’m not picking Sagan to win, which means he will. And not having anyone from DQS in the top five? Sacrilege! Taylor Phinney my dark horse. https://www.velonews.com/2019/04/news/phinney-draws-confidence-from-2018-roubaix-ride_492415
And the winner is … https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/features/who-is-alberto-bettiol-ef-education-first-2019/
Fair play to Bettiol. He took his chance and went for it – and I suspect some rivalries prevented a solid chase. Incredible ride by MvdP. That was a nasty crash and it looked hike his day was done, but he got up and finished fourth. Chapeau.
Did a 100kms this morning on a mix of road and gravel. There was me thinking I’d made it through winter in decent shape. Oh hell no. I basically got my ass handed to me – albeit by the nicest bunch of guys. At least we beat the rain – by about 20 minutes.
If you haven’t seen the post race interview of the women’s third place finisher (Ludwig), check it out on Twitter. It is great! We need more like her.
Absolutely! https://twitter.com/RondeVlaanderen/status/1114898860869074945
Brilliant!
Thanks for posting. How fun and refreshing.
2 points for me in total. Superb.
I was thinking – we’ve all done NITROs – not in the right order, but has anyone done a RITRO – the top 5 right in the right order? Did it ever happen on the VSP?
I remember somebody getting four in the right order, but I don’t think anyone ever got all five right.
MangoDave takes it in the Men’s RVV and DanCollins picks a fine 1st and 2nd in the women’s RVV. Chapeau to both. Just updating the tables.
Teocalli: I think I got second place right for the women too. We need all the points we can get to try to catch you! Dan
Indeed you did – now that I’ve corrected your spelling in the calc spreadsheet! Makes you take quite a jump. I think my breakaway is tiring…………
Well, pretty much crap in both women’s and men’s races. But what a race by Bettiol! The tiffs are going nuts! Chapeau!
Result……
Watching men’s race on big screen projector and women’s on iPad while having b’fast and latte. One of my picks in women’s race is already out of it with a crash and abandon: Coryn Rivera.
Back from a ride 30 Km to go……..
Not going to be Stybar’s day today.
Hmmm – shouldn’t have switched out Naesen either by the looks of things…..
And if you want to who Allan Peiper, DS for Katusha, is picking for Flanders (HINT: It’s not his guy Kristoff who won Wevelgem) … https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/allan-peiper-talks-flanders-ronde-van-vlaanderen-interview/
Do I stick with my Naesen pick? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/blow-for-belgium-as-gilbert-and-naesen-come-down-with-illness-ahead-of-tour-of-flanders/
Hmm – me too…………
Flanders dark horse? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/matthews-heads-for-tour-of-flanders-debut-buoyed-by-catalunya-success/
sthilzy – I don’t think Anna van der Breggen is riding RVV – unless you know otherwise.