Rules remain the same from recent years.
If you need a refresher or are new around here, please keep reading.
Otherwise, this is basically just copied and pasted.

This a tournament voting style game that takes place on this thread.
It's very easy and simple to understand as you help decide
which rider is this year's PCM.Daily's Favourite.

There are 3 phases to this voting game. They go in order as followed.

We start with the classic Vote-In round.
Each member lists their 10 Favourite Cyclists in order.
#1 gets 10 points, #2 gets 9, and so forth, #10 gets 1 point.

The top 48 cyclists make the bracket and will be seeded based on votes.
All ties will be broken by first place votes and then a random generator picker.
After the top 48 cyclists, the following 32 riders move to the group phase.

The group stage consists of 32 cyclists fighting for the final 16 spots.
They will be split into 8 groups of 4 through a tiered seeding system.

Voting will be conducted by ranking the cyclists in each group against each other.
#1 gets 5 points, #2 gets 3 points, #3 gets a point, and #4 gets nothing.

The top 2 cyclists in each group move on to the knockout phase.
They will be seeded after the other 48 cyclists and will be done by
total number of points received in the Vote-In Round + Group Round.

I hold the power to break any ties in this round since I don't vote initially.

Now that the 64 cyclist bracket is filled up, it's business as usual.
The 64 current cyclists will go head-to-head until we are left with a winner.
You only vote once for each match-up, there will be new match-ups everyday.

All ties in this round are broken by myself since I don't vote initially.

Questions? PM me. I'll be happy to clear up any confusion.

* Each member is allowed 1 post with their top 10 favourite cyclists.
* Do NOT edit/change your rankings after posting. If you must, make new post.
* They must be active, male or female, and any cycling discipline is allowed.
* Again, ties will be broken by 1st place votes then a random generator.
* I will not provide updates as I find it influences the later voters.
* Top 48 automatically advance to knockout round.
* The next 32 go to the Group Round.