VDS Drafting Game - GROUP B Live Drafting Thread One
Finally, we're here and ready to start! First things first, make sure you know what draft group you are in. We are drafting in two groups and once we are finished we will combine the teams into an overall championship as well as seeing how everyone is going compared to the rest in their group. As a reminder here are the groups:
GROUP A |
GROUP B |
straw dog - Null hypothesis rejected (p<0.001) |
RRR - Mapeivellianism |
yeaux - Creme Fraiche |
tgartner - Shasta Sherpas |
kom vuelta - Vacansoleil and the doomed attacks |
muk - Campionissimos |
slowK - I got nothin' |
PopUp Rolen - Fettuccini Offredo |
StuC - The Pirates |
scrawnyguy - Faire Le Pont |
bought with blood - Soak my pride in Gasoline |
blitzer maloney - The Garminian Theory |
brunop - Witty names exhaust me |
LooseHorse - 10_chains |
FrenchKheldar - Les Pelotons-Flingueurs |
Vlaanderen90 - Drunk Bike Jockeys |
shepherds_crook - You're all my favourites |
natbla - Riders of Hills |
yeehoo - poseurs |
Seahorse - Grey Nomads |
gotanishiki - Indiana Bones and the Lost Crusaders |
pablo777 - Stravaddict |
The other Group (A) fanpost can be found here
Draft Order
Here is the draft order for Group B:
1. scrawnyguy
2. blitzer maloney
3. tgartner
4. pablo777
5. Vlaanderen90
6. RRR
7. muk
8. Seahorse
9. natbla
10. LooseHorse
11. PopUp Rolen
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12. PopUp Rolen
13. LooseHorse
14. natbla
15. Seahorse
16. muk
17. RRR
18. Vlaanderen90
19. pablo777
20. tgartner
21. blitzer maloney
22. scrawnyguy
So once we begin, scrawnyguy gets 24 hours to pick first and then it will be blitzer maloney's turn.
There will be a wait for 24hours to make sure everyone is aware and knows we have started. Holmvolka is on standby in case we need to replace anyone.
Resources
I have sent out an excel spreadsheet via email which has a lot of information on it regarding all the riders you can select, draft order and the teams of everyone in the draft. This means you can follow along at home keeping tabs on everything. For the few that didn't get it I will list it below:
For other resources on current rosters:
Wikipedia Cycling Transfers created by Mango101, lists all the teams from Pro Conti and above and their changes.
CyclingQuotient - popular database site with every UCI listed rider.
So between all that there should be no problem with anyone for finding riders!
Rules
Number of Players: 11
Squad Size: Based on how quick we can draft and get finished, squads will be a minimum of 10 and go up in increments of 2 to a maximum of 20.
Draft Starting Date: 08/01/13 01:00 GMT (24 hours from when this thread was posted)
Draft Order:
Snake Format
Draft positions randomised.
Draft Process:
- To be done in the comments of a fanpost.
- Each new selection to be done on a new line in exactly in this format: PICK #00: Cyclist Fullname
- Once it's your turn to select you are allowed to select any rider that hasn't already been taken.
- Any rider that is (should be) listed in the VDS database is eligible for selection.
- Everyone gets 24 hours from last selection to choose a rider.
- If you don't select in time you will get to choose an extra rider when it is your next go.
Scoring/Updates:
- Based purely on the FSA-DS scoring system.
- All teams will be put into an Excel worksheet which will be updated using the .csv from the VDS game website.
- Updates will be done periodically through the year (after key races) to see how everyone is doing.
Draft Selections
Round One 01. scrawnyguy - Alberto Contador 02. blitzer Maloney Peter Sagan 03. tgartner - Joaquim Rodriguez 04. pablo777 - Fabian Cancellara 05. Vlaanderen90 - Chris Froome 06. RRR - Bradley Wiggins 07. muk - Alejandro Valverde 08. Seahorse - Mark Cavendish 09. natbla - Tom Boonen 10. LooseHorse - Philippe Gilbert 11. PopUp Rolen - Tony Martin ----- 12. PopUp Rolen - Cadel Evans 13. LooseHorse - Vincenzo Nibali 14. natbla - Samuel Sanchez 15. Seahorse - Andy Schleck 16. muk - André Greipel 17. RRR - John Degenkolb 18. Vlaanderen90 - Edvald Boasson Hagen 19. pablo777 - Rigoberto Uran 20. tgartner - Sergio Henao 21. blitzer maloney - Taylor Phinney 22. scrawnyguy - Bauke Mollema Round Two 23. scrawnyguy - Thomas Voeckler 24. blitzer maloney - Tejay van Garderen 25. tgartner - Ryder Hesjedal 26. pablo777 - Moreno Moser 27. Vlaanderen90 - Rui Costa 28. RRR - Andrew Talansky 29. muk - Matthew Goss 30. Seahorse - Luke Durbridge 31. natbla - Luis Leon Sanchez 32. LooseHorse - Robert Gesink 33. PopUp Rolen - Marcel Kittel ----- 34. PopUp Rolen - Thor Hushovd 35. LooseHorse - Greg Van Avermaet 36. natbla - Simon Gerrans 37. Seahorse - Beñat Intxausti 38. muk - Niki Terpstra 39. RRR - Roman Kreuziger 40. Vlaanderen90 - Lieuwe Westra 41. pablo777 - Michael Albasini 42. tgartner - Jurgen Van Den Broeck 43. blitzer maloney - Tyler Farrar 44. scrawnyguy - Nairo Quintana