Friday, July 6, 2018

Velogames Cease and Desist

As some of you may know, it doesn't look like there will be a Velogames Fantasy Tour De France this year. Here's the statement from George:



Now if you really want to do a Fantasy Tour De France, you can always go and play the ASO's Fantasy Tour De France. But bear in mind that the word on the street is that it was the ASO who got legal with George to shut down the competition, so I say Fuck Them. If you want to keep supporting Velogames, you can always pick a team for the Giro Rosa, but make it quick, entries close at 16:00 EST.

At the moment I'm not sure what to do about the Fantasy Tour, other non-ASO fantasy games are available, (pending more ASO bullshit) and I liked that Velogames was low maintenance, with no transfers or Team Captains to worry about. For the record, here's my team, which would surely have beaten all you losers. Feel free to post your Velogames team in the comments to give me a sorely needed chuckle.

All Rounder Richie Porte BMC Racing Team 22
All Rounder Geraint Thomas Team Sky 14
Climber Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott 14
Climber Ilnur Zakarin Team Katusha - Alpecin 10
Sprinter Fernando Gaviria Quick-Step Floors 16
Unclassed David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ 6
Unclassed Omar Fraile Astana Pro Team 6
Unclassed Michael Gogl Trek - Segafredo 4
Sprinter Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 8
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5 comments:

  1. OK. The rider list is still online, he just took down the link.
    https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-france/2018/riders.php
    I propose we work out our own fucking scores.
    Email/message or put your team in the comments before the start (let’s say by 15:00 French time).

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  2. Ok folks, if you follow the mini league link on the blog you can get to your old team pages if you can't remember your domestiques: https://www.velogames.com/tour-de-france/2018/leaguescores.php?league=509499413
    I will accept a screenshot of your team line-up after the race has started.

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  3. Hi everyone,

    What incredibly sad news! I've been away on a school camping trip and missed this yesterday. I just tried to log in to Velogames after being 'busy' all day watching the first stage.

    Thanks, Nick, for the tip about finding our team pages. I've taken a screen shot of mine (for your amusement). I can't see a way to add images in comments here but go to this URL https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DS66t_fR1Lin7D4Sv7PLtwlzYtQ_MGz0 to see it.

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