TDF Fantasy Results

Thanks everyone for playing the 2011 Tour de France fantasy challenge. It was a great tour and having a fantasy team made it even more enjoyable.

Here are the final standings (click on image for larger view):

Nathan Asay (Team 1st) - First place and a $100 gift certificate to Running Warehouse
Dusan Maletic (Team Rivendell) - Second place and a $50 gift certificate to Running Warehouse
Steven Aesoph (Team I'm Fast) - Third place and a $25 gift certificate to Running Warehouse

* As the person who put the league together, I (Team Tundra Transition Zone) was not eligible for prizes)

All winners must email me (briankeithmaas@msn.com) their home email address so that I can send you an electronic gift card. (Steve, I already have yours). Please give me a couple days to process the request.

Thanks all for playing!

2nd Annual Tour de France Fantasy Cycling Challenge

We had fun with this last year and gave away a very nice Tyr Transition bag in the process.

So, I am inviting you once again to sign up for the TravelersTour de France Fantasy Cycling Challenge. Sign up now at NBC Sports. See the Official Prizes, Rules and Scoring. There will be three prize levels this year (note that I am not eligible for prizes):

3rd place: $25 gift certificate to Running Warehouse
2nd place: $50 gift certificate to Running Warehouse
1st place: $100 gift certificate to Running Warehouse

Hey, who doesn't needs shoes or nice apparel?

To sign up for a team, click here to create your account. Once you have created an account, join the league with the information supplied below. Sign up ASAP, but understand that the Prologue through Stage 3 are the Practice stages, when we get to Stage 4, your score will be reset to zero as the Official Race Phase begins and your roster will be locked.

League Name: Tundra Transition Zone
League Password: triathlon

Everyone be sure and understand the rules. Once it officially begins (stage 4) your roster is locked although you can change your lineup each day. Looks like you will want a sprinter and a climber for sure.

Your team salary must not exceed $500. Participants will only be able to make changes to the fifteen (15) riders on their teams during the Practice Period. Participants who enter after the Practice Period will not be able to make changes to their team once they have selected their fifteen (15) riders. After selecting your team, you can select a starting lineup of nine (9) riders for the next day. Each day a rider from your starting lineup places within the top fifteen (15) riders for the day, or is identified as the overall leader, best climber, or best sprinter, you will receive points.

You may change your starting lineup of nine (9) riders each day, or leave it the same throughout the Contest Period. Only starting lineups changed at or before 2:59 a.m. ET each day will be realized the next day; changes to a lineup received after 2:59 a.m. ET on a given day will not be realized until two (2) days following the date the changes were made.

Good luck!

Fantasy Cycling Challenge Results

We didn't have many people play, perhaps that was the short notice and next year we'll have tons of participants. But it was a blast regardless and we are certain to do this again next year. Here are the results of the the Tour de France Fantasy Cycling challenge.

Coming in first was Adam Beston of Utah. Adam wins a Tyr transition bag and he's already excited about it. Per Adam:

Woohoo, I usually end up biking to tri's either from home or from campsite/hotel seeing as we only have 1 car for the family so this will get the most use possible! Thanks again.

Thanks again for playing everyone. See you next year. We'll try to get the word out a bit earlier next time around.

Tour de France Fantasy Cycling Challenge

I am inviting you to sign up for the VERSUS Fantasy Cycling Challenge where you can have the chance to win exclusive prizes. Sign up now at VERSUS.com. See the Official Prizes and How to Play. The winner of my fantasy group will win a TYR transition bag. I am not eligible to win.

To sign up for a team, click here to create your account. Once you have created an account, join the league with the information supplied below. Sign up by July 6 so your team is eligible from the start.

League Name: Tundra TDF Fantasy

League Password: tundra

Everyone be sure and understand the rules. Once it officially begins (stage 4 on July 7) your roster is locked although you can change your lineup each day. Looks like you will want a sprinter and a climber for sure.

Your team salary must not exceed $500. Participants will only be able to make changes to the fifteen (15) riders on their teams during the Practice Period. Participants who enter after the Practice Period will not be able to make changes to their team once they have selected their fifteen (15) riders. After selecting your team, you can select a starting lineup of nine (9) riders for the next day. Each day a rider from your starting lineup places within the top fifteen (15) riders for the day, or is identified as the overall leader, best climber, or best sprinter, you will receive points. 

You may change your starting lineup of nine (9) riders each day, or leave it the same throughout the Contest Period. Only starting lineups changed at or before 2:59 a.m. ET each day will be realized the next day; changes to a lineup received after 2:59 a.m. ET on a given day will not be realized until two (2) days following the date the changes were made.

Good luck!

Go Bison!

You are invited to join my online NCAA March Madness bracket group! To accept this invitation and join the group, click the link below (or cut and paste the link into your browser's address bar). You'll be asked to enter the group's password before you can join. The group password is included below.

http://bisonrule.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?referrer=MKTG_BM_INVITE

Our Group password is: NDSU. Yes, the mighty North Dakota State Bison are in this year as the Summit League champions!

Scoring System:

This will be a 'add seed' scoring system. The seed of the winning team is added to the correct pick total. Ex. If the 12th seed wins and your weight is 1, then 13 points would be credited for the Win. Weights are as follows -
Rd 1 - 1
Rd 2 - 2
Rd 3 - 4
Rd 4 - 8
Semi's - 16
Finals - 32

We will use the final game's total score as a tiebreaker. Good luck!