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PCM.Daily Grand High Wizard Contest 2018
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-01-2018 05:21
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15 interested participants!! Exactly 15 participants played in the whole of last year, so we're off to a great start 
Just Hillis and Jandal to go with their predictions for TDU. About 17 hours to go for the deadline.
For anyone else interested, you can join the game any time plus there's still time to predict the TDU. Rules are available in the first post of this thread.
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 06-12-2025 05:22
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 15-01-2018 10:35
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Porte
McCarthy
Haas
4
Playing it safe for now *waits for Europeans to beat the convicts mercilessly so I get 0 points*
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[PT]  Xero Racing
5x  x5
1x  x1
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 15-01-2018 15:46
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Rider 1: Porte
Rider 2: McCarthy
Rider 3: Diego Ulissi
Bonus: 4
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-01-2018 05:35
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Entries for TDU are closed.
15 entries for the first race, nearly double of what we started with last year. Thank you for the interest 
Stay tuned for Set 1 of the Year Long Questions.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-01-2018 05:41
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Here is the first set of the Year Long Predictions:
Year Long Predictions - Set 1
1.Who will win UCI WT Rankings?
2.Who will win the CQ Rankings?
3.Who will win Giro d’Italia?
4.Who will win Tour de France?
5.Who will win Vuelta a Espana?
6.Who will win Milan-San Remo?
7.Who will win Ronde Van Vlaanderen?
8.Who will win Paris-Roubaix?
9.Who will win Liege-Bastogne-Liege?
10.Who will win Il Lombardia?
11.Which World Tour team will win the least this season?
12.Which World Tour stage race will see the narrowest margin of victory in the GC? (TDU is not included)
13.Who will be the highest placed U25 rider in any GT?
14.Predict a rider to retire at the end of the year (not already announced).
15.Predict a transfer for next year (not already announced).
Questions 1-10 carry 50 points each.
Questions 11-13 carry 75 points each.
Questions 14-15 carry 25 points each.
Deadline: 31st January, 29:59:59 GMT.
Spoiler RULES
Questions will be posted in Sets at regular intervals during the season. The points associated to every question will be mentioned in the Set. Send in your answers as a reply in the thread. The deadline for entries of each Set will also be mentioned when they are posted.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 16-01-2018 08:03
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-01-2018 06:27
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GTs are tricky question with UCI taking its time for a ban.
1.Who will win UCI WT Rankings? - Peter Sagan
2.Who will win the CQ Rankings? - Peter Sagan
3.Who will win Giro d’Italia? - Chris Froome (I guess he is riding...)
4.Who will win Tour de France? - Nairo Quintana
5.Who will win Vuelta a Espana? - Vincenzo Nibali
6.Who will win Milan-San Remo? - Peter Sagan
7.Who will win Ronde Van Vlaanderen? - Oliver Naesen
8.Who will win Paris-Roubaix? - Greg Van Avermaet
9.Who will win Liege-Bastogne-Liege? - Alejandro Valverde
10.Who will win Il Lombardia? - Vincenzo Nibali
11.Which World Tour team will win the least this season? - Bahrain Merida
12.Which World Tour race will see the narrowest margin of victory in the GC? - Abu Dhabi Tour
13.Who will be the highest placed U25 rider in any GT? - Miguel Ángel López
14.Predict a rider to retire at the end of the year (not already announced). - Franco Pelizotti
15.Predict a transfer for next year (not already announced). - Nairo Quintana to Astana |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 16-01-2018 06:58
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1.Who will win UCI WT Rankings?
Laporte, actually that's rigged, Greg Van Avermaet
2.Who will win the CQ Rankings? Same as above, Greg Van Avermaet
3.Who will win Giro d’Italia? Fabio Aru
4.Who will win Tour de France? Vincenzo Nibali
5.Who will win Vuelta a Espana? Miguel Angel Lopez (2nd Nibali, 3rd Kelderman  )
6.Who will win Milan-San Remo? Phillipe Gilbert (in a sprint with Kwiatkowski)
7.Who will win Ronde Van Vlaanderen? Phillipe Gilbert
8.Who will win Paris-Roubaix? Zdenek Stybar
9.Who will win Liege-Bastogne-Liege? Alejandro Valverde
10.Who will win Il Lombardia? Vincenzo Nibali
11.Which World Tour team will win the least this season? AG2R - La Mondiale
12.Which World Tour race will see the narrowest margin of victory in the GC? Giro d'Italia
13.Who will be the highest placed U25 rider in any GT? I want to say Jungels, but it'd be a bit weird if I didn't say Miguel Angel Lopez, so Lopez.
14.Predict a rider to retire at the end of the year (not already announced). Hubert Dupont
15.Predict a transfer for next year (not already announced). Eduard Grosu --> MsTina-Focus
I made some extra predictions, just ignore those ones
Edited by trekbmc on 16-01-2018 07:56
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-01-2018 07:14
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Q12 updated because of the point trek brought up. It's for stage races only.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 16-01-2018 07:43
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Also another update there: No TDU for Q12 as deadline is post-race trek if you could change that please
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[PT] Xero Racing
5x x5
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 16-01-2018 07:55
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What if the TDU wins though?
I have edited it though, this Giro is gonna be close.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| roturn |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:00
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Will there be a new "deadline" if Froome gets banned? Or is it on our own risk to pick him anywhere?
Or can I e.g. say Froome (if banned Rider XYZ?) |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:03
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roturn wrote:
Will there be a new "deadline" if Froome gets banned? Or is it on our own risk to pick him anywhere?
Or can I e.g. say Froome (if banned Rider XYZ?)
This won't be changed. If you pick Froome, it's at your own risk.
EDIT: Also, you are allowed to change your picks as many times as you want before the deadline. Just mention in the thread if you are doing so.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:10
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Question 11. Does it count only WT races or every race counts?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 16-01-2018 08:16
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WT only.
Only Q14 and Q15 are open to all riders. Everything else is WT only.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 19-01-2018 05:32
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Just a reminder that Year Long Predictions Set 1 is open. Deadline 31st January
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 20-01-2018 11:15
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1.Who will win UCI WT Rankings? Peter Sagan
2.Who will win the CQ Rankings? Peter Sagan
3.Who will win Giro d’Italia? Chris Froome
4.Who will win Tour de France? Vincenzo Nibali
5.Who will win Vuelta a Espana? Mikel Landa
6.Who will win Milan-San Remo? Peter Sagan
7.Who will win Ronde Van Vlaanderen? Greg van Avermaet
8.Who will win Paris-Roubaix? Oliver Naesen
9.Who will win Liege-Bastogne-Liege? Julian Alaphillipe
10.Who will win Il Lombardia? Fabio Aru
11.Which World Tour team will win the least this season? LottoNL-Jumbo
12.Which World Tour stage race will see the narrowest margin of victory in the GC? Tour de Pologne
13.Who will be the highest placed U25 rider in any GT? Miguel Ángel Lopez
14.Predict a rider to retire at the end of the year (not already announced). Janez Brajkovic
15.Predict a transfer for next year (not already announced) Rui Costa to Katusha |
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 21-01-2018 11:23
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1.Who will win UCI WT Rankings? Peter Sagan
2.Who will win the CQ Rankings? Peter Sagan
3.Who will win Giro d’Italia? Fabio Aru
4.Who will win Tour de France? Vincenzo Nibali
5.Who will win Vuelta a Espana? Chris Froome
6.Who will win Milan-San Remo? Fernando Gaviria
7.Who will win Ronde Van Vlaanderen? Peter Sagan
8.Who will win Paris-Roubaix? Greg Van Avermaet
9.Who will win Liege-Bastogne-Liege? Michal Kwiatkowski
10.Who will win Il Lombardia? Vincenzo Nibali
11.Which World Tour team will win the least this season? AG2R La Mondiale
12.Which World Tour stage race will see the narrowest margin of victory in the GC? (TDU is not included) BinckBank Tour
13.Who will be the highest placed U25 rider in any GT? Miguel Angel Lopez
14.Predict a rider to retire at the end of the year (not already announced). Gregory Rast
15.Predict a transfer for next year (not already announced). Kenny Elissonde to AG2R La Mondiale
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| Selwink |
Posted on 21-01-2018 19:12
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1.Who will win UCI WT Rankings? Van Avermaet
2.Who will win the CQ Rankings? Sagan
3.Who will win Giro d’Italia? Dumoulin
4.Who will win Tour de France? Bardet
5.Who will win Vuelta a Espana? Valverde
6.Who will win Milan-San Remo? Sagan
7.Who will win Ronde Van Vlaanderen? Van Avermaet
8.Who will win Paris-Roubaix? Van Avermaet
9.Who will win Liege-Bastogne-Liege? Bardet
10.Who will win Il Lombardia? Nibali
11.Which World Tour team will win the least this season? Cannondale
12.Which World Tour stage race will see the narrowest margin of victory in the GC? (TDU is not included) Tour of Guangxi
13.Who will be the highest placed U25 rider in any GT? Sam Oomen
14.Predict a rider to retire at the end of the year (not already announced). Svein Tuft
15.Predict a transfer for next year (not already announced). Geraint Thomas to Trek
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 22-01-2018 01:41
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Like the idea to see Thomas in another team, He is a so complete rider, and can be leader everywhere outside sky, in GT, one week tours, and classics
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 23-01-2018 04:48
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Podium
1) Daryl Impey
2) Richie Porte
3) Tom-Jelte Slagter
Impey did enough on the decisive stage 5 to Willunga hill to hold on for the narrowest of wins in the TDU. Richie Porte is once more the bridesmaid, despite having won on Willunga Hill for five years in a row now! Slagter completes the podium for this race.
Impey was not picked by any of our predictors, which just goes to show how much of an outsider he was. Porte was the most popular pick, with 13 out of 15 members taking him in the team. Slagter had one pick. There were two Aussie victories in the race, Caleb Ewan on Stage 3 and Richie Porte on Stage 5; only one member got this right. Diego Ulissi, Ion Izagirre, Rohan Dennis, Nathan Haas, Jay McCarthy and Rui Costa were among the very popular picks who did not reach the podium. Ulissi narrowly missed out, finishing 4th.
Here's how the table looks after the first race:
| Name | Races Entered | Bonuses | Points | | Marcovdw | 1 | 15 | 25 | | Selwink | 1 | | 15 | | Raziz | 1 | | 10 | | de_Trek | 1 | | 10 | | trekbmc | 1 | | 10 | | purepasd | 1 | | 10 | | United Forever | 1 | | 10 | | hillis91 | 1 | | 10 | | roturn | 1 | | 10 | | emre99 | 1 | | 10 | | FreitasPCM | 1 | | 10 | | jandal7 | 1 | | 10 | | AbhishekLFC | 1 | | 10 | | Aquarius97 | 1 | | 0 | | Croatia14 | 1 | | 0 |
Marco's pick of Porte and correctly predicting the number of Australian wins puts him 1st after this race. Selwink's inspired pick of Slagter, along with Porte, puts him in 2nd. Behind them, there are 11 members tied for 3rd, having all picked Porte. Only Aquarius and Croatia pick up no points form this race.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 23-01-2018 05:49
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