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.
OTRL will restart Aug 1 with Strade Bianche M & F. Just working out the new schedule and will have an update in the next few days. Hope you are all still around.
Season so far…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khJcy62pNcE
Damn fine picks by Dan Collins. Chapeau!
Stay healthy everyone – no matter where you live.
Well that’s it for Pro Racing for a while! DanCollins and Rick are hot off the blocks for what could be a very short season. Chapeau to DanCollins for a stunning set of picks. Hope all stays well with everyone over the next months. Hopefully we will all be around on the other side. In the interim I’ll try to keep things ticking over here. Please check in with updates and any articles would be great (inc write-ups of great rides). The roads may be pretty quiet over the next months, stay safe. All being well I should be relocated… Read more »
That’s it for pretty much all professional sports for a while.
Looking doubtful that Paris Nice will finish as teams are starting to withdraw their riders. In the event that it is cancelled OTRL will be scored on the last day’s standings per the UAE Tour.
In fact it is due to end tomorrow.
https://www.velonews.com/2020/03/news/paris-nice-will-end-saturday_507781?utm_medium=link&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=vnmar&fbclid=IwAR3QqLYTgkOyzpM4fGsl1kfskEprSTvM8Y9uu7pY9c5vxC2x7mlmke1I4w0
Looking like Paris-Nice could be the last event for a while. I’m updating the events table at the top of this page with updates that I see. At the moment the next even that is not cancelled is Brugge – de Panne n the 25th but I’ve seen that it is quite likely to be cancelled too.
Pretty interesting race so far. Lots of GC doubts after two relatively flat stages.
I know the start list isn’t completely filled out yet, but went ahead and made my picks for Paris-Nice. This is probably the best place to see the most up to date start list: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-nice/2020/gc/startlist
I’m going to hold picks open till the close of Monday UK time as the GC will not be lined up in the first 2 days and then everyone can be sure of who has started and who has not.
I’ll see how everything sorts out on Sunday and make any changes accordingly. I’m away on vacation next week and may not get onto the computer on Monday until evening my time (US EDT).
Made a change this morning.
I’m hearing through the grapevine that there won’t be any cycling events in Italy until after April 4 due to coronavirus. If true, then no MSR and Trofeo Alfredo Binda.
Ooops – we do still have (at the moment) Paris – Nice starting on Sunday. As I understand it, the route has been modified. I’ll get up more details tomorrow. Picks open till close of Saturday.
If folk miss this I may hold picks open through to close of Monday.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/coronavirus-aso-and-teams-make-paris-nice-adjustments-after-italian-race-cancellations/?fbclid=IwAR3Mtlxs52wp8yo45r254rlh8SlrPdjmWPgsgjFfufvowrQQzR3iqSoDe6E
Paris Nice Update
Ah bugger. No Strade Bianche.
Might have to make do with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvloKB9Fg58
Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. Enjoy!
Even that got abandoned as it was in the middle of one of the big storms that hit Europe a couple of weeks back!
https://road.cc/content/news/271009-dutch-national-headwind-championships-abandoned-due-wind-video
https://www.velonews.com/2020/03/news/officials-pull-plug-on-strade-bianche_505901
And They’re off….rather It’s off
Hiya! Thanks for spotting that.
At this point it looks like Strade Bianche is still on so picks will remain open.
However, there seem to be a few teams either already not going or more to cancel. Teams INEOS and Jumbo Visma definitely not going and reports that doctors from 11 teams have signed a letter addressed to governing body the UCI and race organisers RCS Sport and ASO requesting the cancellation of the following Italian and French races Strade Bianche, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-San Remo and Paris-Nice. Reports from Belgian newspaper that Deceuninck-QuickStep’s doctor was not among the signatories.
https://www.velonews.com/2020/03/news/rolling-report-impact-of-coronavirus-on-pro-racing_505843?fbclid=IwAR0NmUfNgM2hV7_4lVMxscAGNmGa1qQt2PxyMGeFP8GY6he7uip6nhTlZoI
Astana also withdraw from Strade Bianche, Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/coronavirus-astana-withdraw-from-strade-bianche-paris-nice-and-tirreno-adriatico/?fbclid=IwAR10e8VhKE89OFi54KOFwgNSwnieB_FR3fuiyEFyV_Znp0UkziCJ8Iu_C9o
and further…….
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/coronavirus-italian-races-face-cancellation-after-government-suspends-sporting-events-until-april-3/?fbclid=IwAR0o7VfxBcte_rv9qKT0KXTW79N29yhLPqdFQwQCfNDtjvzky9147YCDtCU
So subject to usual protests by way of your spelling, my typing, my corrections of your spelling, me remembering how the heck this all works – results for Omloop are a collective embarrassment saving win in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Men for Rick and in the Femmes, after a much better showing for all of us, by Teocalli after a much better showing for all of us in the Femmes. Early doors yet but overall Rick is hot off the blocks in overall. Chapeau to all and good to see you back – hope we may pick up others along… Read more »
Am I missing something on the Omloop Femmes race? According to Cycling news these were the top 5:
1Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott 3:34:55
2Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale’ Btc Ljubljana 0:00:42
3Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb
4Chantal Van Den Broek-Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam
5Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Trek – Segafredo 0:00:44
Either Blaak was DQ’d and I missed the news, or she was skipped the OTR official scoring. If she was not DQ’d I beleive that I should have received another point for having her in the top 5 NITRO.
Probably my typing in the scoring spreadsheet – just checking…….
I blame Admin, you’ve got to keep an eye on him – oh sh!t that’s me. Somehow skipped Chantal when I typed in the finishing order.
Updated.
CyclingMonk and DanCollins share a good win in the Femmes and overall is shared with Rick and CyclingMonk.
Thanks!
We are almost a collective zero for Omloop. I think Wiscot may have scored the only point with Trentin NITRO. We did better with our women’s picks.
Morning everyone! The classics are here! I’m not trying to be funny by entering twice. My Trentin picks are my real picks – changed after vdp pulled out.
No probs – I always take the last picks that folk submit. We didn’t do so well on the Men but a better showing on the Femmes. Will do the results this evening.
We can only improve by not starting too hot……….
Picks updated to replace van der Poel.
Changed men’s my picks again!
UAE Tour halted after 5 stages due to Coronavirus threat. Milan San Remo was already under threat and Strade Bianche added to that. I wonder just how much of a season we are going to get this year. People’s health comes first. Stay well everyone.
Geez! About to visit UAE!
Work or pleasure? You might want to check out what would happen on your return. Not sure how much you hear about things over there but here (most of Europe) anyone returning from risk areas are being asked to self isolate for 14 days on return. A lot of flights in and around the Middle East are being cancelled too according to the news.
Getting a bit like the old wartime poster ………
From the BBC report two staff members of an Italian team tested positive for the virus.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/51667939
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-among-riders-being-tested-for-coronavirus-at-cancelled-uae-tour/?fbclid=IwAR2Ql5iZDe6lP-Hd8GJll2ZgFJEdxXTWlev1_pDOgiOKD-VjTzG2ywhKM-E
Supposed to be 52 degrees here in SE Wisconsin on Sunday. That’ll make for lovely riding weather! And it’s the start of classics season. What’s not to like?!
Mathieu van der Poel out of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with Flu. Time to rearrange picks!
Done!
Thanks for the heads up!
They are predicting Classics weather for this weekend! https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/omloop-het-nieuwsblad-elite-men-2020/preview/
In case anyone wants some help with their Omloop picks. https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/racing/het-nieuwsblad-kuurne-2020-pez-race-preview/
Weekend forecast for Ghent is rain through the week with gale force winds on Friday though dry on Saturday with lighter winds BUT the temp is due to be below freezing. Could be a bit nasty in the shade.
Good Luck everyone, looking forward to a great season…