No need for a Pidders photo

The Course

Not much to say really. We know it so well.

The Favourites

Long time since we've had a bunch sprint. 2016 actually. Therefore your favourites have to be Pog, Wout, Matty and Mads. Well they're mine anyway. Of course you can add in Ala, Moho, Binny and sprinter wise, Jasper P, Caleb and not forgetting Bully. Now I predicted Mads during pre VDS opening chat and nothing has happened since to change my mind.

I'll assume we're in for some more Danish hegemony and throw in MCN as my outsider.

Here's your startlist.

The Rules

In this game, only the race results matter. You're not committed to keeping the same riders throughout the series, you make fresh picks before every race. Our overall competition is just the sum of individual race scores. You're eligible for the overall even if you miss some races.

Pick 4 riders for the upcoming race. The order of your picks doesn't matter. All of your riders can score.

Riders score points down to 10th place. Less popular riders score more points than heavily-picked favourites. See below for scoring details.

The strict entry deadline is the official start time of the race, the neutralized roll-out or Départ Fictif. Be warned - if your post is timestamped one minute late your entry won't count! So do remember that there's no disadvantage to getting an entry in early, even the day before, because you may always change your picks up until the deadline. Feel free to rethink your picks when it emerges which riders are more or less popular with other players. If you make changes, post your revised 4 picks in a reply to your original post.

The Scoring