FANTASY TOUR DE FRANCE 2010
FANTASY TOUR DE FRANCE RULES
PREMIUM COMPETITIONS | MAIN COMPETITION
OVERVIEW
Premium Competitions are open to all teams in the game up until the end of Stage 5.
From Stage 6 onwards, free teams will be declassified and the competitions will be restricted to Premium Subscribers only.
You can purchase a Premium Subscription for £3, which includes entry in the Premium Competitions and also live scoring for the time-trial stages.
THE YELLOW JERSEY COMPETITION
The Yellow Jersey Competition is scored using the revolutionary principle of scoring by time rather than points!
On each day of racing, the top three members of your team across the finish line will have their aggregate time recorded.
Each team's stage time will be determined by adding the finishing time of their top three riders, rather like the Teams Classification in the real Tour de France.
Additionally, there are time bonuses available at each intermediate sprint and at the finish line that will reduce your total stage time.
At each intermediate sprint, the first three riders receive a 6', 4' and 2' bonus respectively.
At each stage finish, not including time trials, the first six riders receive a bonus of 30', 20', 16', 12', 8' and 4' respectively.
Note that all of your riders are eligible to score bonus points each stage, not just the first three finishers.
If a team loses more than six of its riders, it is excluded from the Yellow Jersey Competition.
The winner of the Yellow Jersey competition will be the team with the lowest aggregated time total for all stages in the Tour, less any bonuses their riders have accrued on the way to Paris.
THE GREEN JERSEY COMPETITON
The Sprints Competition follows the scoring system of the Tour de France Green Jersey Competition, with the exception that points are not awarded for time trial stages and riders keep their points even if they subsequently abandon the Tour.
Points are scored based on finishing positions of riders in each stage, and also each intermediate sprint on the road.
The points schedule is as follows:
Stage Finishing Positions
Each stage is nominated within a different category, based on terrain. The leading riders across the finish line score Sprint Competition points based on the category of the stage. Points are awarded based on the following system:
Flat stages: 35,30,26,24,22,20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Medium mountain: 25,22,20,18,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
High mountain: 20,17,15,13,12,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Intermediate Sprints
Each stage has 2 or 3 nominated intermediate sprints along the route. The leading 3 riders at each of these points score Sprint Competition points, based on the following system:
Intermediate sprints: 6,4,2
Time Trials
No points are awarded for Time Trial stages in the Sprints Competition.
THE POLKA DOT JERSEY COMPETITON
The Mountains Competition follows the scoring system of the Tour de France King of the Mountains jersey competition, with the exception that points are not awarded for time trial stages and riders keep their points even if they subsequently abandon the Tour.
Points are scored based on the positions of riders across each classified mountain climb in the Tour de France. The climbs are classified into five categories based on the height, length and difficulty of the climb.
Points are awarded in the Mountains Competition based on the positions of riders on each of the following classified climbs.
Hors Category - 20,18,16,14,12,10,8,7,6,5
Category 1 - 15,13,11,9,8,7,6,5
Category 2 - 10,9,8,7,6,5
Category 3 - 4,3,2,1
Category 4 - 3,2,1
Points are doubled on the final climb of each stage.
No points are awarded for Time Trial stages in the Mountains Competition.
THE MEDAL RACE
The Medal Race rewards stage victories and podium positions for riders in each team.
On each stage (not including the Team Time Trial), the winner of the stage is allocated a Gold medal, the runner-up is allocated a Silver medal and the third place finisher is allocated a Bronze medal.
Teams are ranked in the Medal Race based on the number of medals won by the riders in their team.
The Medal Race leaderboard is ordered by the number of gold medals each team has won. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If teams are still tied at the top of the table at the end of the Tour de France, then count back is made on fourth place.