Velofight! Race Game Rules
Rider Selection
- Teams are made up of a total of nine (9) riders.
- Riders are designated as either "Stars" or "Water Carriers". The stars are clearly indicated in the roster selection.
- Up to three (3) of your nine (9) total riders can be stars. This limit is enforced during roster selection.
- You may have less than three (3) stars, but you must have nine (9) total riders for your roster to be valid.
- If one of your riders is injured or withdrawn prior to the start you may swap that rider out until the roster is frozen. It is your responsibility to monitor your roster for any last minute drops or adds.
- The roster will be frozen at 12:01 AM (US Pacific) the morning of the race start.
- For the Tour de France, the roster will be frozen at 7 am (US Pacific) the morning of the race start.
- For Grand Tours: A rider will be designated a star if they are currently in the Top 25 of the UCI World Ranking or they have placed in the top three general classification or won the points or mountain classification of the respective Grand Tour in any of the the past three years.
- For other events (generally): A rider will be designated a star if they are currently in the Top 25 of the UCI World Ranking or have previously won the event in any of the past three years.
Tip Add additional inactive riders (greyed out) to your roster and if an active rider is scratched the first inactive rider will move up to active status.
Stage Race Scoring
Stage Results- Top 3- Each rider in the top three places scores 70, 50, and 35 points, respectively.
- General Classification- Each rider leading the GC after a stage receives 20 points each day they lead the classification.
- Points, and Mountain Classifications- Each rider leading these categories receives 5 points each day they lead the classification.
- Team Classification- The team that wins the team classification for a stage will receive 5 points. Note, this is the daily winner, not the overall.
- Overall General Classification- Each rider in the top 5 places in the general classification will receive 150, 100, 70, 50, and 40, respectively.
- Overall Points, and Mountain Classifications- The top 3 places in these categories will receive 100, 70 and 50 points, respectively.
- Overall Team Classification- The top 3 places in these categories will receive 100, 70, and 50 points.
- Doping- If one of your riders test "non-negative" in any way prior to the final results, you lose 150 points.
- Ties will be broken by General Classification placings for your ENTIRE team. Add up the place numbers and lowest score wins. i.e, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd = 1+2+3 = 6.
- Velofight! reserves the right to change the rules at any time and will be the final arbiter of any disputes over scoring
One-day Race Scoring
Results- One day races will be scored using a modified "cross country" scoring system.
- The 5 riders from your roster with the highest placing are you scoring riders.
- The total score is the sum of the placings for your 5 scoring riders. i.e. A roster with riders finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th and 12th would have a total score of 28.
- The roster with the lowest total score wins.
- Ties will be broken by using the next best non-scoring rider. i.e comparing your 6th best placing rider.
- Doping- There is not much we can do about this in a one day race. The prizes will have been awarded long before the results of any tests come back. We won't make you return your prizes.
- Velofight! reserves the right to change the rules at any time and will be the final arbiter of any disputes over scoring
Series and Season Scoring
- Users are awarded series and season points based on their rank in a race.
- All users with the same rank in a race receive the same number of series points using the following scale: 80, 70, 65, 60, 55, 50, 48, 46, 44, 42, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
- Once the bottom of the scale is reached, users receive zero series and season points for that race.
- The highest point total for a series or season wins.
Prizes
- Prizes- For the 2011 Season, Velofight! will not be offering prizes.