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.
In the interests of trying to pick up some more participants, if you are on the dreaded FB could you like/follow the OTR FB page of https://www.facebook.com/On-The-Rivet-Cycling-Banter-197763997805982 and maybe some of your FB friends would pick up on the site.
I copy OTR Posts into the FB page, so you would also get notification of new OTR Posts (not Comments) that way.
Liked and following!
OTR League 2020 table updated at the head of the OTR League page. If I have missed any of our favourite events then let me know. I may trim a few where they overlap but then again the rapid changeovers keep us all on our toes. I will update the events calendar shortly but it’s a right pain to do in WordPress so I need to investigate the import mechanism – but it’s not exactly simple.
Hope to see the usual crowd, plus a few more, for the start of the classics.
The countdown to the Spring Classics is running. 9 weeks to go. Hope to see you all there and hoping you may encourage others to join. Welcome to any lurkers out there – please join us for the season fun, with the benefit of potential fun prizes along the way.
Sorry for the late post but there was a problem with the site loading for a while. I received my prize a few weeks ago.
Thanks again to @Teocalli for all the work he puts in for the site and the OTR League!
Like @dancollins’ prize, I don’t understand how you’re going to drink beer with that!
He will be able to tell when it’s Opening Time though!
Chapeau @Teocalli! for keeping the season vibe alive!
Also for prizes and distributed! Awesome effort!
Ta!
Check out these wheels for second place! Thanks Teocali
I don’t understand how you’re going to drink beer with that!
Just returned home to South Carolina, USA from a weekend trip in Connecticut, USA (yes I squeezed in a ride)and found this awesome thing waiting for me. Thank You @Teocalli …love the Cyclist on the stem..!!!..and thanks to everyone for making this a blast…!! Looking forward to next year.
Good to know they both arrived in one piece!
@Cycling Monk – Where in SC? We’ll be down in Hilton Head for the week of Thanksgiving. Will play golf with my daughter, but am also bringing my bike to do a few rides.
I’m in Camden, SC. About 20 miles north of Columbia. Should be a great week for both Golf and Cycling. I work for Amazon, so things are kinda busy for me from the week before Black Friday until day after Xmas…like 6 days a week busy….like work on Thanksgiving busy…like I bike only one Sunday in December for a Strava Gran Fondo Trophy busy……lol……Amazon be busy….
So you’re busy then, eh?
Maybe next time, as long as it’s not Prime Day….
Look what arrived yesterday! BIG THANK YOU @Teocalli for such an awesome OTR prize! Now I just have to find Kwaremont beer here in the DC area. But if I can’t, rest assured that I will drink Belgian, Belgian style, and any other beer from it. Can’t wait for De Ronde next spring!
Christened by glass last night. Not with Kwaremont, but at least a Belgian blonde. Cheers!
I will now be able to put my Kwaremont beer glass to good use!
Now that is an Advent Calendar!
Proof that there is a god!
Well done Rick! Great picks over the season. Thanks a million to Teocalli for all the hard work behind the scenes.
I’ll try and throw a few articles together over the winter. I think it’ll be a series called “Pics I love.” More soon!
So for the season’s closer we have joint winners in Il Lombardia of MangoDave and Teocalli. Chapeaux. For the season we have a podium of 1st Rick, 2nd DanCollins, 3rd Teocalli. For the prizes Teocalli is obviously disqualified for some reason I will think of at some point and so MangoDave takes the prize for 3rd place. (anyway I also bought myself one already!). I’ll check I have addresses and get the prizes out during the week. Many thanks to all for the support through the season and I hope you will keep contributing through the closed season “up North”… Read more »
According to the standings you calculated/posted, Cycling Monk and I are tied for fourth after you.
Err – Ooops – Luckily I bought 2 of those prizes!
Thanks for all the hard work @Teocalli!
There would have had a lot of DQs for me to vault into 3rd place. Glad to redeem myself with two wins at the end of the season, but I wasn’t even close for the overall. Excellent season, congrats to Rick.
Teocalli: Thanks for all your work putting this all together. It was great fun. Congrats to Rick on his victory. Hopefully next year we can get a few more participants, although it is fun no matter how many people play.
What@dancollins said. Thank you and chapeau @Teocalli!
Thanks guys! Just working on the final results update.
Yes..Thanks a lot. Had a great time.
Huge Chapeau to Teocalli!, To keep the vibe alive! Enjoyed the season!
Result of Il Lombardia 1. Mollema 2. Valverde 3. Bernal 4. Fuglsang 5. Woods. I’ll total up the scores later.
Ah what the hell. Looks like Rick has the overall so I’m throwing caution to the wind. (Another way to say I have no idea).
Good luck everyone!
I figure I have an outside shot of jumping up to third place. Just changed my picks because Movistar not showing Valverde as starting. Yet most of the cycling news sites have articles about him racing. But like you said WTF!
I’m thinking Rick has this wrapped up too. Since he is going with the bookies, I am taking a flyer with a few longshots. Hope it is a great race! I’m already not looking forward to the off-season. At least those of us in Wisconsin have the Green Bay Packers!
Corrections made to the scoring….. MangoDave takes a good win in the Women’s Worlds Road Race. Chapeau. Collectively for the men we were about the same washout as the weather for the event! So no flag will be awarded for the men’s race as 8 first equals does not seem right! Having said that, this might be the first time that all entrants have scored but with the same points – I think we did have a clean sweep of zero once last year. So that just leaves us with Il Lombardia – The Tour of the Falling leaves to… Read more »
Sagan, i.e., Sagz, too fifth. So don’t I get a point???
Please check the Women’s Road results. I believe that I got AVV, van Der Breggen, and Spratt all NITRO for a total of three points instead of the two for which I received credit.
I see that I misspelled AVV’s name so it failed to register. I will therefore have to throw myself on the mercy of the judges.
Ooops – I’l check later, sounds like I missed correcting typos and abbreviations in the spreadsheet.
Fixed – and amended lead comment above.
Chapeau for a stunning attack and victory by AVV. A 100k solo attack takes real cajones……..
I didn’t pick AvV to win (I didn’t think the course really suited her, but what do I know???), but absolutely LOVE her! I tell my cycling buddies she’s the pro cyclist I’d leave my wife (also a redhead) for!
Remco who??? https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/the-new-evenepoel-quinn-simmons-takes-the-world-by-storm/
A dark horse pick for Worlds? https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/coppa-sabatini-2019/elite-men/results/
This is another reason why I love DQS. They really do seem to support each other. Knox has virtually no palmares as a pro; Stybar and Gilbert have huge successes, yet they cared for their young teammate like protective parents. Love it.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/knox-drops-out-of-top-10-but-pays-tribute-to-teammates-on-day-of-suffering-at-vuelta-a-espana/
Did you see on the 20th stage when Gilbert was riding next to Knox pulling on Knox’s rain jacket? He helped Knox take it off while they were riding then Gilbert took it and stuffed it in the back of his own jersey. It was awesome! It looked like a Dad taking care of his son.
Start thinking about your picks for Worlds! https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2019/preview/
Some swings this weekend with the provisional results from La Vuelta and the final results from the OVO Tour of Britain. Rick is sprinting away with a strong win in La Vuelta and Cycling Monk pulls a strong win in the OVO Tour of Britain in. Chapeau to both. Some swings lower down with Teocalli slipping off the podium and chuckp pulling into third place and Cycling Monk pulling up to 4th. Still much to play for for the final podium in the events left this season. GT’s next year look to be shaping up to be Le Crunch between… Read more »
Umm…I sent in some last minute picks for the Tour of Britain if you scroll down a bit, it was an hour after the polls closed but before the race….just sayin’…
Cripes – indeed sorry will copy them in!
Thanks and Thanks for all you do…having a blast
A pleasure! Fixed.
Thanks for herding cats to do OTR!
Fortunately the cats are reasonably tame……………..
Re the upcoming men’s World Championship road race. Has there ever been a favorite like Mattieu van der Poel? The man’s a beast! It’ll be interesting to see how tactics play out as Gilbert is on form, Alaphilippe has had an easy time since the Tour and there are others keeping their powder dry. Should be a cracker of a race!
Good article about MvdP: https://www.velonews.com/2019/09/commentary/the-outer-line-mathieu-van-der-poels-murky-future-in-road-cycling_500595
I read that. Yikes. Makes Van Aert’s former team/contract situation look simple. What a pity one of the most promising riders of his generation could see himself on a team where he won’t be used to maximum benefit. (If he goes to Jumbo Visma they have Roglic and Dumoulin already!) BTW, Roglic crashed today. Leader of the Vuelta. What did Movistar do? Attack. They really make it easy to dislike them, don’t they. I see Valverde got a bollocking from an Astana rider and quite right too. Super happy to see young James Knox in the top 10. Unless he… Read more »
I understand the unwritten rule/etiquette, but have to admit that I lean more the other direction. Crashing and mechanicals are part of racing IMHO. I don’t think you should have to wait. In auto and motorcycle racing, no one waits if you crash or have a mechnical problem.
Lopez unloaded pretty unequivocally on Valverde/Movistar in the post race interview.
Plus why wait on a crash or mechanical for the leader (or those in contention) of the race? They don’t wait if it’s anyone else. How is that “sporting”? In fact, when I raced the sound of “shopping carts” behind was the signal to go full gas. Honestly, I think it’s an antiquated “rule” that cycling could do without. Part of competing in any sport is dealing with luck — good or bad. Crashing and mechanicals are just that.
I tend to like this unwritten tradition at least when it manifests itself as good sportsmanship in these three week races. As these three week races drag on there seems to be a certain amount of respect that develops for the leader. Admittedly this tradition is not always followed and I think it is rarely, if ever, followed in shorter stage races or one day races. It also isn’t a very well defined tradition, but when the leader gets caught up in a crash that was supposedly caused by oil on the road and not by his own mistake or… Read more »
@Teocalli – I can’t find anywhere a decent startlist for the Madrid Challenge. When do picks close? I know at least a few of us are not in your time zone (I’m US EDT).
I think we will have to scratch this one.
A sensible decision … unlike some recent UCI commisar decisions!
Who would bet against MvdP for the Worlds? If this is the effort he puts in at the Tour of Britain, imagine how hard he’ll try to be WC!
http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube3/?title=Tour+Of+Britain+Stage+4+Highlights&dashboard=&id=qe9jbghhR-Y&yr=2019
Standings on Second Rest Day at La Vuelta updated. Chuckp and Rick slugging it out – will I need to get a second Spot Prize! The top 5 seem set, the only question looks like the final order and podium.
After today’s stage in the crosswinds, Rick is on up on me as he has both Quintana and Valverde in the top 5. I have to admit that I’m rooting for Nairo to do well (even if it costs me the OTR) and finish out his career with Movistar on a high note.
Opps! Doubled up first pick submit for the “Madrid Challenge by Vuelta”
Is there a go-to start-list to pick from?!
I’m a bit tied up at the moment but will try to find one later – once the Vuelta coverage starts!
Oh and I think van Dijk will be a DNS as she is injured with broken bones if I remember correctly from a few days back.
She will not race the Madrid Challenge and will miss the Worlds. https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/van-dijk-to-undergo-surgery-after-fracturing-arm-and-pelvis-in-boels-ladies-tour-crash/
This is the only incomplete list I can find at the moment. Hopefully it will fill out as the week goes on. I’ll keep looking for a complete one…….
http://women.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjkyOTA=