The 2010 Racing Calendar
by Jen See on Feb 10, 2010 12:12 PM EST
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Clip and save! Now you can have your own very own copy of the 2010 racing calender. It has all the VDS races listed. Now you have no excuses for missing race day. Or, showing up on the wrong day (I have never done that.)
Thanks to Watergirl for designing this thing for us. Yay Watergirl!
Download the PDF here.
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This is super! Thanks Watergirl!
I’ll print it when I get home and it can go on my work notice board. After all, I do most of my race following at work ;-)
3times Hooray for Watergirl.
Hooray!
"Here the high school level of immaturity will be left to hottitude columns and people like myself." Der Phil. H
Hooray!
"Here the high school level of immaturity will be left to hottitude columns and people like myself." Der Phil. H
Hooray!
Thanks for the coorporation..
…
..
NOT!
"Here the high school level of immaturity will be left to hottitude columns and people like myself." Der Phil. H
Next time I will S-P-E-L-L it out..
It had a sort of spontaneously now.. But OK
"Here the high school level of immaturity will be left to hottitude columns and people like myself." Der Phil. H
It was the least we I could do
"Here the high school level of immaturity will be left to hottitude columns and people like myself." Der Phil. H
Frinky is getting a smart mouth. He may need his mouth washed out with soap.
Who lives closest?
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
Ah.
But is the omission of 1.HC Veenendaal-Veenendaal (“Dutch Food Valley Classic”) on the 2010 VDS Calendar by design or by mistake…?
double d'oh
Close enough, says I.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 10, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
Wait
it’s out. It’s supposed to be out. Right?
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 10, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
i noticed this when the website was released and it really should be ahead of Rijke because it had 1 more PT team
but it would create a little hole in the calendar.
by Vlaanderen90 on Feb 10, 2010 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
Talking about VDS,
I have added some more, hopefully interesting, statistics: http://www.podiumcafevds.com/stats.php
Great stuff.
I think it’s discouraging, though, that so many of the same teams are coming up with the same riders. Guessing the Accountant is Mr. 74…
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Well, he was the #1 pick last year.
The hope was that increasing his price would make him a less attractive pick, but I’m thinking maybe it didn’t work.
Last year’s top 25 picks (rider/# teams/last year’s price):
Alberto Contador 101 25
Heinrich Haussler 82 2
Mark Cavendish 79 20
Andy Schleck 78 16
Leif Hoste 70 4
Allan Davis 64 4
Vincenzo Nibali 60 6
Michael Rogers 59 10
David Zabriskie 58 6
Christian Vandevelde 54 8
Simon Gerrans 53 2
Lars Boom 53 1
Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 51 6
Andre Greipel 51 2
Damiano Cunego 48 20
Gert Steegmans 48 4
Philippe Gilbert 47 16
Carlos Barredo Llamazales 44 2
Gerald Ciolek 42 10
Svein Tuft 42 4
Graeme Brown 42 1
Tom Boonen 41 20
Adam Hansen 41 1
Levi Leipheimer 40 18
Daniel Martin 40 2
There were 185 teams total.
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Honestly, I wasn't asking you to.
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Hmm, will such riders cost 50 points in 2011?
Wigglypuff Cav Crunch, Breakfast of Madison Champions!
74
could well be an underrated 1-pointer that people like. Doesn’t mean it’s someone who will have all that much influence in the end.
It was worse when the top guys were on everyone’s team. When Contador won the year’s biggest prize, it did nothing to separate out the teams.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 10, 2010 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
Good point.
Wonder how many teams Ted King is on after yesterday?
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Thank you for finally posting that.
I had requested something like that last week, and its awesome to finally have some stats like that too look at.
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Finally?
The popular rider list with secret names (“…wait x days…”) was always there. All the info on that page is quite interesting, perhaps, but not very useful for building your own team.
What's wrong with you today? No need to get on my back.
I wanted data that showed a break down of how many people teams had selected within the different price points. This information with the team structure gives me just the data I wanted for that info. If you don’t know what to do with it or want it, that is fine. But I find it very useful for me. Thanks.
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Dude, chill
No need to read any tone of ill will in my post. Was just wondering why you said finally when I didn’t feel I had obliged your request. Turns out maybe I did, so good for you.
Sorry if I misinterpreted what you wrote, but it came across as being
a douchebag comment directed towards me. Sorry if I read too much into it.
All I was saying was that I had requested the data that showed a breakdown of how many riders within certain cost categories teams had, and was told that info would not be provided until after the deadline. I said finally in that I was happy this was posted since I was looking forward to this info. So you had obliged my request since that is exactly the info I wanted. Sorry if we were not on the same page. Just wanted to thank you for posting the info, that is all. :)
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
You will find out that offensive comments here are very rare
That is one of the reasons this place is so cool. Keep that in mind. ;=)
Your bike doesn't want to crash so relax and let it roll!!!
Ok thanks for the heads up.
That is good to know. Other places offensive comments tend to be the norm. Happy this is a cool place. =)
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
yeah ted
finally ;)
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
It just gives me needless anxieties, really.
My team (thus far)‘s last year’s points total is quite a way below the average. :-|
Not that it will make you feel better but
right now my team is well below the 10th place team in points too. But that’s part of the strategy-do you take riders who did well last year or go for some of the guys who had a bad year and so scored poorly? Right now I have Ballan on my team and he alone knows down my point total for last year by several hundred.
Mine has been wandering back and forth between the 6000s and 7000s.
I think it’s at 7300-ish right now…not counting the additional 1155 they would have earned if the new races had been scored last year…
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Nope.
I just can’t warm up to the guy. Does he really believe he outsprinted Cav in that Giro stage?
Yeah, I know. If I ever want to kick ass in VDS, I probably have to start picking guys I don’t particularly like. Or even the occasional Spaniard.
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Right there with ya
The high end restrictions are certainly forcing me to do more research than I expected I would do. I’ve even found some Spaniards to add – though they are ones ones that few people not called Albertina would recognize. Hopefully I’ll have the winners of some Sping Classics, Worlds, and maybe a couple points jerseys along the way.
"Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs."
Gotta love those Spaniards.
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Hahaha
At least they are better than the French.
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Depends very much on your definition of "better."
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
+1
ain’t going to happen though. i couldn’t enjoy it as much if, say valverde won me the comp.
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Indeed interesting.
Apparently my “gut feeling” is actually a subconscious calculation of projected efficiency. Must be the same part of my brain that fired Ciolek right before he broke his collarbone.
(I will still come second to last.)
That's the most awesome thing I've ever seen!
Thanks, Watergirl.
"My facking goat didn’t wear Robes! Does he look Scottisch?!" Baron von Frinkenstein
Nice, Nice, Nice. Really, Really Nice.
Gold Star for Watergirl!
He who is, is. He who is not, seeks.
Oooh, oooh!
Any chance that there could be a thumbnail with a linky in the left sidebar? Colorful addition to the left sidebar would be nice.
He who is, is. He who is not, seeks.
Thanks for the calendar.
Looks very purty
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Anyone check out the Tour of Mediterraneen?
Quite a few gems to be found there. Luckily reinforced the decision I had made about a few riders I was thinking of putting on the team.
"Let’s plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will- it’s only action that can make a man" Faust, Goethe
Although I don't get the chance to post much (bah work!)
Consider this thanks for all the entertainment I do draw from this community. It truly was my pleasure.
great work :)
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
lol
i deserve pretty much no credit for this other than, that’s a good idea. do it, do it!
maybe i need some pom-poms to go with my crayons.
Here is a reminder with Some Frinking added for good measure.
From this thread
I’m pretty confident I can pull this together
Once I get the format of the box finalized, it will be a lot of copying and pasting.
I just need to know what info we want to include in each race block (i.e. scoring category) and the final list of races. I can put together a more thorough mock-up this weekend
Unfortunately, does not appear that there is a ‘crayon’ tool to use…
by WaterGirl on Jan 5, 2010 11:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
oooh, awesome!
email me offline, and i can probably get the list of races to you.
email in profile :-)
by gavia on Jan 6, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Did she really say.. Email me offline?!?!
I really have to think hard to understand that.
…
..
.
Now I did..
And it still doesn’t make any sense..
by Frinking on Jan 6, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 rec
There, you see. You wrote “email me offline” and it was as good as done. Without those three words nothing would have or indeed could have been done. :-D
He who is, is. He who is not, seeks.
Thanks, WaterGirl--this is so very very useful!
This year, no missed races because I inadvertently scheduled a hair appointment on the wrong day.
I see waaaaAAAAAaaaay too many barbed wires on calves and arms. They look dumb no matter where they are. Unless they’re on the side of the road blocking cattle.--the King of Style
Wow COOL!
I’ve got a new desktop backround (I shrunk it down a smidge,and did a screen capture that lobsided it to the right, leaving a black section to the left, so that the desktop icons don’t clutter the lovely calendar.
"He looked pretty good until he went over the side of that cliff." PdC's own thevaro, on why he's betting on Oscar Periero's "BIG COMEBACK" in 2010
Peerfect! Thank you watergirl.
"Awesome! is more about what gets fans excited than what’s harder to do." - Chris...
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