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Rules

You must pick a team of 9 riders using the selection criteria outlined below. They will score points based on their real-life performance in the Tour de France (see scoring system, below).

Only one team per player.

Enter your team using the official ENTRY FORM following the team composition rules set down below. Only entries which use the official form will be accepted!

Your riders will score points based on a number of criteria set down in the scoring system.

As in the real-life event, unfortunately we do not have the complete freedom to select a super-squad of Armstrongs, Belokis and Zabels. Therefore, there are 3 important conditions imposed on your team selection.

- The riders have been split into 9 groups, based on their prospective abilities. You must select select one rider from each of the groups.

- You MUST also select 1 (and only 1) designated Sprinter for your team. All sprinters are contained in Groups A-C. It is illegal to start the race with 0 designated sprinters, or build a team with 2 or more sprinters.

- You may not pick more than 2 riders from any real-life team.

- If one or more of your riders do not start the Tour, he will be replaced with the next rider from the rider list. Alternatively, you may email me (at george@velogames.com) a replacement (from the same group!) by 1200 hrs Sunday, as long as the replacement did not score any points during the Prologue Time Trial.

Scoring System

DAILY SCORES: Points scored after each stage, including prologue.

Stage Result (1st to 10th, excludes TTT)
100; 60; 40; 30; 20; 15; 10; 6; 4; 2.

Team Time Trial (if applicable) (1st to 3rd, every team-member finishing TTT scores points)
45; 30; 15.

Daily General Classification (1st to 20th)
30; 26; 22; 20; 18; 16; 14; 13; 12; 11; 10; 9; 8; 7; 6; 5; 4; 3; 2; 1.

Daily Points Classification (1st to 5th)
15; 10; 6; 4; 2.

Daily Mountains Classification (1st to 5th)
15; 10; 6; 4; 2.

INTERMEDIATE STAGE POSITIONS:

Intermediate Sprints (1st to 3rd)
10; 5; 2

Special Category Climb (1st to 3rd)
30; 20; 10

1st Category Climb
15; 10; 5

RIDER'S TEAM PERFORMANCE (Awarded on all stages except Indivual Time Trials):

Team leads Team Classification , 8 points per day
Team 2nd on Team Classification , 4 points per day
Team 3rd on Team Classification , 2 points per day

Teammate wins stage, 8 points (not awarded for TTT)
Teammate 2nd on stage, 4 points (not awarded for TTT)
Teammate 3rd on stage, 2 points (not awarded for TTT)

Teammate leads overall , 8 points per day
Teammate 2nd overall , 4 points per day
Teammate 3rd overall , 2 points per day

Points Scored at end of Tour - Points scored are in addition to the Daily Scores for the Final Stage

Final Overall Standings (1st to 10th)
500; 400; 300; 250; 200; 150; 100; 50; 20; 10

Final Stage bonus points (1st to 6th)
80; 60; 40; 30; 20; 10.

Final Points Standings (1st to 5th)
100; 80; 60; 40; 20

Final Mountains Standings (1st to 5th)
100; 80; 60; 40; 20

Final Team Standings (scored by each team-member finishing the Tour) (1st to 4th)
60; 40; 20; 10

Riders only score points up to and including the stage they abandon. If a rider is disqualified from the race for any reason (eg doping), he will keep the points scored on previous stages.