Fantasy Cycling Teams - 2018

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Last modified: Tuesday, 8 May, 2018
 

As has become our custom, Lisa & I will be adding to our interest in this year's professional cycling season by following the fortunes of our own fantasy cycling teams. We've been doing this since 1997. We select our teams on the basis of each rider "costing" his total UCI ranking points earned last season divided by fifteen and rounded to the nearest five, with a minimum cost of twenty points and a maximum of 200.  We allow each team equal points on this basis, with nine riders to be selected. No more than two riders in each team can be selected from the same real life trade team.  Throughout the season we score our riders performances in all the major races according to the points system adapted from one used by Roger Hughes in his Fantasy Cycling League. The tables below summarise the fortunes of our teams throughout the season.

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For this season's line-up, Lisa makes two changes to her Ready Steady Riders: Hugh Carthy and the retired Alberto Contador are replaced by Fernando Gaviria and Greg van Avermaet.

Steve retains the same line-up as last year for his Nightowlers team.

For a blow-by-blow account of our riders' scoring rides, see the accompanying blog.

See below for Ready Steady Riders' results.
 

N i g h t o w l e r s
Rider	Period Scores								Total Score
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Bauke Mollema	14	17		4	3	18	14	24	94
Philippe Gilbert	28	15		5	5			7	60
Mark Cavendish						1			1
Alex Dowsett						4	1		5
Vincenzo Nibali	30							21	51
Rick Zabel							1		1
Adam Yates	19		18	25	3				65
André Griepel	8		30		3	6	7	9	63
Peter Sagan	49	45	2	8	54	3	24		185
Total	148	77	50	42	68	32	47	61	525

R e a d y   S t e a d y   R i d e r s
Rider	Period Scores								Total Score
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Rui Costa	8	17					8	6	39
Rafal Majka	12		12		8		9	6	47
Marcel Kittel	8				2	2			12
Daniel Martin		6		21	25	1		4	57
Caleb Ewan	47		6			3	5		61
Fernando Gaviria			9	6	22		5		42
Julian Alaphilippe	17	49		7	38	25	32	8	176
Daniel McLay						2			2
Greg van Avermaet	23	22		3	62	24	33	11	178
Total	115	94	27	37	157	57	92	35	614

See above for Nightowlers' results.