Rules
Read the rules, then sign up and play.
- Use your Podium Café username to play (it has to match exactly!)
- One team per player, no exceptions!
- If you played last year, the rules are the same. However, the calendar has changed.
- Open for business: start managing your team from February 1.
- Final deadline: submit your team before February 21, the day of the first race.
- Team size: your team must consist of exactly 25 riders, chosen from the list of available riders.
- Budget: you can not spend more than 150 points on buying riders for your team.
- Elite rider limit 1: no more than 1 rider(s) costing 24 points or more.
- Elite rider limit 2: no more than 3 rider(s) costing 18 points or more.
- Note: a rider costing 24 points or more does also cost "18 points or more" at the same time.
- Scoring: riders score points by placing in selected races according to the points system below.
- Winning: the team with the highest score at the end of the year wins!
Points System
- Grand Tours
Placing on a stage 100, 40, 30, 20, 10 Intermediate leader jersey 20 Intermediate points jersey 10 Intermediate mountain jersey 10 Intermediate other jersey 10 Final leader jersey 600, 450, 375, 325, 300, 275, 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 135, 120, 105, 90, 75, 60, 45, 30, 15 Final points jersey 120, 90, 60, 40, 20 Final mountain jersey 60, 40, 20 Final other jersey 60, 40, 20 - Monuments and Worlds
Placing in a 1-day race 350, 300, 275, 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5 - Top Stage Races
Placing on a stage 50, 25, 10 Intermediate leader jersey 6 Final leader jersey 250, 200, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 15 Final points jersey 60, 40, 20 Final mountain jersey 60, 40, 20 Final other jersey 60, 40, 20 - Top Classics
Placing in a 1-day race 250, 200, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 15 - Best of the Rest
Placing in a 1-day race 150, 125, 100, 80, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 Placing on a stage 40, 20, 10 Final leader jersey 150, 125, 100, 80, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 - Minor Races
Placing in a 1-day race 100, 70, 50, 30, 15 Placing on a stage 25 Final leader jersey 100, 70, 50, 30, 15 - National Champs
Placing in a 1-day race 100 - Hour Record
Placing in a 1-day race 100
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