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If you enjoy playing Velogames contests, please consider becoming a supporting member to help me build a bigger and better website.

Supporting Members get access to additional competitions throughout the season, as described in the SUPPORTING MEMBER BENEFITS section below.

To enable Supporting Member status, simply make any contributon (as little or as much as you like!) using the buttons below.

Supporting member status will last for the whole of the 2024 Velogames season.

Many thanks for your support!

Supporting Member Benefits

MAIN SEASON GREGARIO GAME

For all races within the Velogames Stage Race Championship, Superclasico 2024 series and men's Fantasy Classics contests, you will be collecting "Gregarios" as the season progresses.

For every race win, stage win or general classification victory an active rider in your team obtains, you will "collect" that rider for your Gregario line-up. Note that you only collect a Gregario once - multiple victories by the same rider do not add multiple Gregarios to your total!

The team director with the most Gregarios at the end of the series will be declared the winner of the 2024 Velogames Gregario Game.

And not only will there be a leaderboard showing most Gregarios collected, I'll also be compiling a stats table showing the rarest Gregarios obtained to date, which will act as a tie-break where the overall number of Gregarios collected is tied between teams.

Please note that, in order to maintain consistency of Gregario allocation with the other stage race contests within the Stage Race Championship, Gregarios will be allocated in the Fantasy Grand Tour contests based on your "Classic" starting line-up of nine riders - Stage Hunyer selections are not eligible for Gregario allocation.

Users will be entered into the Gregario Game - and retain their full set of Gregarios gained (and backdated) during the full 2024 season to date, as long as they become a Supporting Member on or before Monday 15th July. Later entries will be possible after Monday 15th July, but Gregarios gained during the season to-date will not be backdated after that time.

MAIN SEASON MEDAL RACE CONTEST

The Medal Race contest rewards those Velogames team directeurs who regularly see their riders cross the finish line with arms in the air!

For all races within the Velogames Stage Race Championship, Superclasico 2024 series and men's Fantasy Classics contests, you will be collecting virtual gold, silver and bronze medals to count towards your season-long medal tally.

A gold medal is awarded every time an active rider in your team wins a race, stage or finishes first in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

A silver medal is awarded every time an active member in your team finishes in second place on a race, stage or finishes in second place in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

A bronze medal is awarded every time an active member in your team finishes in third place on a race, stage or finishes in third place in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

The team director with the most gold medals at the end of the season will be declared the winner of the Medal Race Contest.

The silver medal total of each director will be used as tie-breaks to determine ranking for directors who share the same number of gold medals.

The bronze medal total of each director will be used as tie-breaks to determine ranking for directors who share the same number of gold and silver medals.

Please note that, in order to maintain consistency of medals allocation with the other stage race contests within the Stage Race Championship, medals will be allocated in the Fantasy Grand Tour contests based on your "Classic" starting line-up of nine riders - Stage Hunter selections are not valid for the Medal Race.

Users will be entered into the Medal Race leaderboards - and retain all backdated medals for the entire season to date - as long as they become a Supporting Member on or before Monday 15th July 2024. Later entries will be possible after Monday 15th July 2024, but medals gained during the season to-date will not be backdated after that time.

WOMEN'S CYCLING GREGARIA GAME

For all races within the Velogames Fantasy Women's Classics 2024, and stage races which make up the Velogames Fantasy Women's Cycling Championship 2024, you will be collecting "Gregarias" as the season progresses.

This contest is analogous to the men's cycling Main Season Gregario Game described above.

For every race win, stage win or general classification victory an active rider in your team obtains, you will "collect" that rider for your Gregario line-up. Note that you only collect a Gregaria once - multiple victories by the same rider do not add multiple Gregarios to your total!

The team director with the most Gregarias at the end of the series will be declared the winner of the 2024 Velogames Women's Cycling Gregaria Game.

And not only will there be a leaderboard showing most Gregarias collected, I'll also be compiling a stats table showing the rarest Gregarias obtained to date, which will act as a tie-break where the overall number of Gregarias collected is tied between teams.

Users will be entered into the Gregaria Game - and retain their full set of Gregarias gained (and backdated) during the full 2024 season to date, as long as they become a Supporting Member on or before Sunday 21st July. Later entries will be possible after Sunday 21st July, but Gregarias gained during the season to-date will not be backdated after that time.

WOMEN'S CYCLING MEDAL RACE CONTEST

The Women's Cycling Medal Race works exactly like the contes detailed above, except that it covers the contests featuring women's cycling races across the Velogames website.

The contest will reward those Velogames team directeurs who regularly see their riders cross the finish line with arms in the air!

For all races within the Velogames Fantasy Women's Classics 2024, and stage races which make up the Velogames Fantasy Women's Cycling Championship 2024, you will be collecting virtual gold, silver and bronze medals to count towards your season-long medal tally.

A gold medal is awarded every time an active rider in your team wins a race, stage or finishes first in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

The team director with the most gold medals at the end of the season will be declared the winner of the Medal Race Contest.

The silver medal total of each director will be used as tie-breaks to determine ranking for directors who share the same number of gold medals.

The bronze medal total of each director will be used as tie-breaks to determine ranking for directors who share the same number of gold and silver medals.

Users will be entered into the Medal Race leaderboards - and retain all backdated medals for the entire season to date - as long as they become a Supporting Member on or before Sunday 21st July 2024. Later entries will be possible after Sunday 21st July 2024, but medals gained during the season to-date will not be backdated after that time.

MINI WARM UP MEDAL RACE CONTEST

2024 sees the return of an eight-race warm up championship, featuring the key early season stage races across January and February as riders - and Velogames directors - hone their form ahead of the bigger battles to come.

For all races within the Velogames Warm Up Championship, you will also be collecting "Medals" in a similar way to the Main Season Medal Race Contest, which will start in late February.

The Medal Race contests reward those Velogames team directeurs who regularly see their riders cross the finish line with arms in the air!

For all races within the Velogames Warm Up Championship, you will be collecting virtual gold, silver and bronze medals to count towards your contest-long medal tally.

A gold medal is awarded every time an active rider in your team wins a stage or finishes first in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

A silver medal is awarded every time an active member in your team finishes in second place on a stage or finishes in second place in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

A bronze medal is awarded every time an active member in your team finishes in third place on a stage or finishes in third place in the final (ie, end-of-tour) general classification of a stage race.

The team director with the most gold medals at the end of the Velogames Warm Up Championship will be declared the winner of the Mini Warm Up Medal Race Contest.

The silver medal total of each director will be used as tie-breaks to determine ranking for directors who share the same number of gold medals.

The bronze medal total of each director will be used as tie-breaks to determine ranking for directors who share the same number of gold and silver medals.

Note that performance in the Velogames Warm Up Championship does not contibute to medals collected in the Main Season Medal Race Contest - at the start of the Main Season Medal Race Contest, all directors will start again with zero medals collected.

THE TRIPLE CROWN LEADERBOARD

The Triple Crown contest is a leaderboard for Supporting Members and measures ultimate success across the three major stage race contests of the 2024 Velogames Fantasy Cycling season.

This leaderboard will consolidate team scores across Velogames Italy 2024, VELOGAME 2024, and Velogames Spain 2024.

Users will be entered into Triple Crown Leaderboard as long as they become a Supporting Member before Saturday 22nd August 2024.

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