[PREDICTION CONTEST] Road Cycling UCI Giro d'Italia 2020

Wumo · September 29, 2020

Prediction Contests Are Just-For-Fun Games

You don't need to be an expert to take part in a Prediction Contest.

If a mistake penalizes you, always keep in mind that everyone is in good faith.

Competition Details
City	Various Cities
Start Date	October 3rd, 2020
End Date	October 25th, 2020
Participants	18
Gold	Ufilov
Silver	George_D
Bronze	africaboy

Instructions

In order to post your predictions, you have to do the following:

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Rules

For this Prediction Contest you are predicting the Top 3 results for each stage.

To do that, you have to write the names and nations of the riders from the list of selected riders in the Riders column or pick a rider, nation and name, that you believe will be in Top 3 which is not listed. Notice! It's not an option to write, "Any Other Rider". This will not count and the score of the prediction will be 0 points. Users must pick/predict three riders, name and nation, for each stage. Users are allowed to change their predictions for an upcoming stage after the provisional standing of the most recent stage has been published and before the start of next stage. Example: User A is allowed to change his/her Top 3 prediction for Stage 4 when the Provisional Standing of Day 3/Stage 3 has been published and before the start of Stage 4.

Example

Stage

Top 3

Riders

Monreale - Palermo

Stage 1

October, 3rd

1st: :FRA Remi Cavagna

2nd: :GER Tony Martin

3rd: :GBR Geraint Thomas

:AUS Rohan Dennis

:AUS Cameron Meyer

:BEL Victor Campenaerts

:FRA Remi Cavagna

:GER Tony Martin

:GBR Alex Dowsett

:GBR Geraint Thomas

:ITA Edoardo Affini

:ITA Filippo Ganna

:NED Jos Van Emden

:NZL Patrick Bevin

:POL Maciej Bodnar

:USA Chad Haga

Points will be awarded as follow:

- For right predicted 1st Place - 4 points

- For right predicted 2nd Place - 3 points

- For right predicted 3rd Place - 2 points

- For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 1 point

- Bonus points: 1 bonus point will be awarded to users who predicted all the riders in Top 3 correctly, regardless of order

Example

Stage

Top 3

Riders

Monreale - Palermo

Stage 1

October, 3rd

1st: :FRA Remi Cavagna

2nd: :GER Tony Martin

3rd: :GBR Geraint Thomas

:AUS Rohan Dennis

:AUS Cameron Meyer

:BEL Victor Campenaerts

:FRA Remi Cavagna

:GER Tony Martin

:GBR Alex Dowsett

:GBR Geraint Thomas

:ITA Edoardo Affini

:ITA Filippo Ganna

:NED Jos Van Emden

:NZL Patrick Bevin

:POL Maciej Bodnar

:USA Chad Haga

Results:

1. Remi Cavagna - 4 points

2. Tony Martin - 3 points

3. Geraint Thomas - 2 points

Bonus point: - 1 point

Your total: 10 points

1. Remi Cavagna - 4 points

2. Geraint Thomas - 1 point

3. Tony Martin - 1 point

Bonus point: - 1 point

Your total: 7 points

1. Remi Cavagna - 4 points

2. Chad Haga - 0 points

3. Tony Martin - 1 point

Bonus point: - 0 points

Your total: 5 points

1. Remi Cavagna - 4 points

2. Filippo Ganna - 0 points

3. Chad Haga - 0 points

Bonus point: - 0 points

Your total: 4 points

Classification Predictions

Users/predictors will predict the Top 3s for the General, Points, Mountains and Young Rider Classifications. Users will come with their predictions for the Top 3s thrice during the prediction contest. Before Stage 1, on the rest day between Stage 9 and 10 and on the rest day between Stage 15 and 16.

Points will be awarded as follow:

Week 1 (Before Stage 1)

- For right predicted 1st Place - 20 points

- For right predicted 2nd Place - 19 points

- For right predicted 3rd Place - 18 points

- For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 5 points

Week 2 (After Stage 9 and Before Stage 10)

- For right predicted 1st Place - 13 points

- For right predicted 2nd Place - 12 points

- For right predicted 3rd Place - 11 points

- For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 3 points

Week 3 (After Stage 15 and Before Stage 16)

- For right predicted 1st Place - 8 points

- For right predicted 2nd Place - 7 points

- For right predicted 3rd Place - 6 points

- For right predicted Rider, but wrong place - 2 points

Users do not have to post their Top 3 predictions every week. If a user doesn't post a Top 3 prediction before Stage 10 or Stage 16, their predictions from the start of the contest or the previous week will count as their offical Top 3 predictions.

User are not allowed to change their Classification predictions outside these abovementioned stages and timeframes.

Example

Classification Predictions

General	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Week 1 (Stages 1-9)	Remi Cavagna	Tony Martin	Geraint Thomas

If Remi Cavagna wins Giro d'Italia and a user predicts this before Stage 1, he/she will be awarded 20 points.

TB Rules

If two or more contestants have the same number of points at the end, Tie-Break rule will be applied to break the tie.

Number or perfect predictions throughout the contest will be compared for the involved contestants. If they are still tied, number of correct 1st Places will be compared, then number of 2nd Places and at the end number of 3rd places. If players are still tied, the number of correct predicted places in the Classification prediction will be taken into consideration.

Example

Contestant 1: 6x10, 12x4, 10x3, 7x2

Contestant 2: 6x10, 12x4, 8x3, 8x2

Contestant 1 will be placed ahead of Contestant 2.

Contestant with most points wins the competition.

The Ranking is determined by the Sum of Points the Contestant scores in all predicted Stages and Classification predictions.

You can enter the Contest whenever you want. The moment you post your predictions is the moment when you are entering the Contest and your points will be calculated for all the stages you predicted AND which haven't started.

In order to earn points from the start, you should post your predictions before the start of the first stage of Giro d'Italia - October 3rd, 15:15 (GMT +2)

If you want to comment on this Prediction Contest, please use Prediction Contests - Discussion Thread only.

If you have problem with the format, you can post your predictions in simplified format. Also, if the forum is down, or you cannot access the forum for any reason, you can send your predictions on e-mail: totallympics.predictions@gmail.com. Make sure your predictions are understandable. For instance, 1 - Remi Cavagna, 2 - Tony Martin, 3 - Geraint Thomas, means Remi Cavagna becomes 1st, Tony Martin becomes 2nd and Geraint Thomas becomes 3rd. And please, write your Totallympics username so the contest manager can know who actually sent predictions.

Every contestant MUST HIDE own predictions. To do that, you have only to delete the space between the bracket "[" and the text "hide" in "[ hide]" at the beginning of prediction post. Do the same with "[ /hide]" at the end of prediction post too. The hidden content will appear to other users as follows:

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If you have any other questions concerning this prediction contest, problems with format, editing etc... please, contact the contest manager via Personal Message.

Wumo · September 29, 2020

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Week 1 - Stages 1-9

Stage

Top 3

Riders

Monreale - Palermo

Stage 1

October, 3rd

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Rohan Dennis

:AUS Cameron Meyer

:BEL Victor Campenaerts

:FRA Remi Cavagna

:GER Tony Martin

:GBR Alex Dowsett

:GBR Geraint Thomas

:ITA Edoardo Affini

:ITA Filippo Ganna

:NED Jos Van Emden

:NZL Patrick Bevin

:POL Maciej Bodnar

:USA Chad Haga

Alcamo - Agrigento

Stage 2

October, 4th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Michael Matthews

:COL Fernando Gaviria

:FRA Arnaud Demare

:GBR Ben Swift

:ITA Davide Ballerini

:ITA Gianluca Brambilla

:ITA Enrico Battaglin

:ITA Valerio Conti

:ITA Fabio Felline

:ITA Andrea Vendrame

:ITA Elia Viviani

:ITA Diego Ulissi

:SVK Peter Sagan

Enna - Enna

Stage 3

October, 5th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUT Patrick Konrad

:COL Miguel Angel Lopez

:COL Ivan Sosa

:DEN Jakob Fuglsang

:GBR Geraint Thomas

:GBR Simon Yates

:ITA Giulio Ciccone

:ITA Fausto Masnada

:ITA Vincenzo Nibali

:ITA Domenico Pozzovivo

:NED Steven Kruijswijk

:NED Wilco Kelderman

:POL Rafal Majka

:POR Joao Almeida

:RUS Alexander Vlasov

:ESP Marc Soler

Catania - Villafranca Tirrena

Stage 4

October, 6th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Michael Matthews

:COL Fernando Gaviria

:COL Alvaro Hodeg

:COL Sebastian Molano

:FRA Arnaud Demare

:GBR Ben Swift

:ITA Davide Ballerini

:ITA Davide Cimolai

:ITA Andrea Vendrame

:ITA Elia Viviani

:ITA Diego Ulissi

:SVK Peter Sagan

Miletus - Camigliatello Silano

Stage 5

October, 7th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Jack Haig

:AUS Michael Matthews

:FRA Tony Gallopin

:ITA Enrico Battaglin

:ITA Valerio Conti

:ITA Fabio Felline

:ITA Giovanni Visconti

:ITA Diego Ulissi

:NED Sam Oomen

:NZL Patrick Bevin

:POR Joao Almeida

:RUS Ilnur Zakarin

:USA Lawson Craddock

Castrovillari - Matera

Stage 6

October, 8th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Michael Matthews

:COL Fernando Gaviria

:COL Sebastian Molano

:FRA Arnaud Demare

:GBR Ben Swift

:ITA Davide Ballerini

:ITA Enrico Battaglin

:ITA Gianluca Brambilla

:ITA Fabio Felline

:ITA Elia Viviani

:ITA Diego Ulissi

:SVK Peter Sagan

Matera - Brindisi

Stage 7

October, 9th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Michael Matthews

:COL Fernando Gaviria

:COL Alvaro Hodeg

:FRA Arnaud Demare

:GBR Ben Swift

:ITA Davide Ballerini

:ITA Davide Cimolai

:ITA Andrea Vendrame

:ITA Elia Viviani

:ITA Diego Ulissi

:SVK Peter Sagan

Giovinazzo - Vieste

Stage 8

October, 10th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUS Michael Matthews

:COL Fernando Gaviria

:FRA Arnaud Demare

:ITA Davide Ballerini

:ITA Gianluca Brambilla

:ITA Fabio Felline

:ITA Andrea Vendrame

:ITA Elia Viviani

:ITA Diego Ulissi

:SVK Peter Sagan

San Salvo - Roccaraso

Stage 9

October, 11th

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

:AUT Patrick Konrad

:COL Miguel Angel Lopez

:COL Ivan Sosa

:DEN Jakob Fuglsang

:GBR Geraint Thomas

:GBR Simon Yates

:ITA Giulio Ciccone

:ITA Fausto Masnada

:ITA Vincenzo Nibali

:ITA Domenico Pozzovivo

:NED Steven Kruijswijk

:NED Wilco Kelderman

:POL Rafal Majka

:POR Joao Almeida

:RUS Alexander Vlasov

:ESP Marc Soler

General	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Week 1 (Stages 1-9)

Points	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Week 1 (Stages 1-9)

Mountains	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Week 1 (Stages 1-9)

Young Rider	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Week 1 (Stages 1-9)

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PakoNatxo · September 29, 2020