WCS 2022

[Vos]

The epic, decisive attack of Mathieu van der Poel in the Strade Bianche of 2021.

A new season starts in the CFF League of the World Cycling Stats ! 

For new participants who want to join the cycling for fun subleague in WCS :

1. Click this link :  http://www.worldcyclingstats.com/en/games

2. Create an account ( it is free ).

3. Join the WCS subleague = cycling for fun
Click a tour or race that is open for participation,
then click leagues, now you see a list of all subleagues, search for cycling for fun and click it.
To join, you have to use a code/password : by pm you can ask this password to one of the CFF participants who already joined.
You have to use the password just once, after that, in all other tours and races of this season you are automatically in.
Keep the password secret please, just mention it to a new CFF participant who wants to join.

It is the WCS subleague cycling for fun, so it is for CFF managers of the normal CFF game.
But it is no problem if there are a few exceptions, for example a friend of you outside the normal CFF game who wants to join.
In this case, please inform one of the administrators ( = Kalarratas and Vos ) about this.
Ex-CFF managers are also very welcome to join the WCS cycling for fun league. Perhaps a motivation to start again in CFF as well.

4. You can change the language ; at the top of your WCS start page ( English, Dutch, Spanish or French ).

5. To play this game costs almost no time, just a few minutes to pick 15 cyclists and answer the extra questions.
You can also read a preview of the tour or race, a lot of previews are online. But this is not necessary, in my experience sometimes better results when you do the 15 picks + extra questions very fast without reading a preview.

It is up to you how often you want to join in the races and tours of 2022.
There are many CFF managers who join so now and then. Also some CFF managers join just the important races and tours.

6. After you picked your 15 cyclists and answered the extra questions ; nothing more to do, just relax and enjoy how your picks are doing. Do not forget to activate the 15 picks and extra questions with the select button at the bottom of your screen.

7. Enjoy and have fun ! 

WCS schedule of the first one-day-race + the first 4 little tours :

30-01-22    30-01-22    ME    1.1        Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise  --> already open to join.
01-02-22    05-02-22    ME    2.1        Saudi Tour    
02-02-22    06-02-22    ME    2.1        Étoile de Bessèges
02-02-22    06-02-22    ME    2.Pro     Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana    
10-02-22    13-02-22    ME    2.Pro     Tour de la Provence

  4 days and 23 hours left to join.
previous winner ; Patrick Kok ( 2021 ).

[ophiuko]

I was missing this already. Looking forward to beating Vos on the season trophies 

Good luck everyone!

[Vos]

Bring it on, Ophiuko !
Previous season was my best year ever, and my intention is to improve that, by for example winning the Tour de France for the first time.
Bad news for the TdF title defender , because I'm already on "brainwave-trainingcamp" for the TdF :



Probably my strategy will be ; already in Denmark a fierce attack ánd the GC lead, and expand my lead in the Alpes and Pyrenees.
But first I will win the GP Marseillaise to get extra confidence for the rest of the season. 

[vlominck]

 Yo también jugaré igual que el año pasado...soy bastante malo...jaajja...pero haber si igualo o mejoro los resultados del año pasado..jajaja

[Vos]

soy bastante malo

No estoy de acuerdo, muy a menudo eras un feroz competidor.

Palmares debut season of Vlominck :
grand tours ;
3º Giro d'Italia ( + mountain jersey )
little tours ;
1º Tour of the Alps
1º Vuelta a Asturias
1º Boucles de la Mayenne
one-day-races ;
1º Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne
1º Trofeo Laigueglia
1º European Championships ( men's roadrace )
other victories ;
22 stage victories, 2 sprint jerseys, 5 mountain jerseys, 2 youth jerseys.

Buena suerte en 2022, Vlominck !

[pizzaboys]

We had an excellent start of the WCS-season.

Pizzaboys: veni, vidi, vici

Thanks Vos for the reminder to setup a team.

GC: 1ste of 347 participants

[pizzaboys]

I was missing this already. Looking forward to beating Vos on the season trophies 

Good luck everyone!

good plan, I was thinking about the same.

[Vos]

Capiot wins, his first victory. 2nd M.Pedersen and 3rd Galván.

CFF League winner = pizzaboys    + winner of all 347 WCS participants ! 


next tours ;
  1 day and 11½ hours left to join.
previous winner ; azerite ( 2020 )
  2 days and 15 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Kalarratas ( 2021 + 2019 ), Vos ( 2020 ), Txonys ( 2018 ), 5o&Tapa ( 2016 ).
Volta a Valenciana =  2 days and 15½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 2021 + 2019 ), WinterIsComing ( 2020 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ), Thorin ( 2017 ), PieterJanVB ( 2016 ).
  10½ days left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 2021 ), Kalarratas ( 2020 ).

[Vos]

Here we go ! Venga, venga, venga ! 
The first tour of 2022 starts in 1 hour and 30 minutes. 


In the picture ; the 9 most brave CFF managers will battle in the desert stages of the Saudi Tour.

[Vos]

  Ewan wins stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = ophiuko 


the 2 next tours start soon ;
  18 hours left to join.
previous winners ; Kalarratas ( 2021 + 2019 ), Vos ( 2020 ), Txonys ( 2018 ), 5o&Tapa ( 2016 ).
Volta a Valenciana =  18½ hours left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 2021 + 2019 ), WinterIsComing ( 2020 ), Averatalm ( 2018 ), Thorin ( 2017 ), PieterJanVB ( 2016 ).

[Vos]

  Buitrago wins stage 2 and is the new GC leader.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Kalarratas 
Vos is the new GC leader.

  M.Pedersen wins stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = pizzaboys 

Evenepoel solos to victory in mountain stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Vlominck    & stage winner of all 407 CFF participants !

[Vos]

The past 2 years I added the previous winners of upcoming tours and races, by using the history button of WCS.
But I just noticed that the cycling for fun league already excisted in 2016 with a full WCS schedule of just tours.
( So, without one-day-races, and therefore no changes in the all time ranking cycling monuments = https://cyclingforfun.org/smf/index.php?topic=700.msg29086#msg29086 )
WCS activated the history feature on January 1st, 2017, wich means that the 2016 results are not shown on the history page.
So, from now on I will mention the 2016 winners too ( the results can be found by clicking 2016 ).

It even started already in 2015 with only the 3 big tours, and with slightly different league names :
Giro d'Italia 2015 = Giro de CFF --> closed league with 5 CFF managers. GC winner = zombie.
Tour de France 2015 = Cycling for Fun --> open league with 32 participants, incl. about 24 CFF managers. GC winner = Sjiz.
Vuelta a España 2015 = CyclingForFun --> open league with 60 participants, incl. about 19 CFF managers. GC winner = Tarod.

[Aurora Australis]

Actually it goes back to at least 2014, I finished 12th out of 5506 in the TfD predictions, with another CFF player finishing 16th & 3rd in the CFF league in 34th overall.

https://www.worldcyclingstats.com/en/game/tour-de-france/2014/league/520

[Vos]

Actually it goes back to at least 2014, I finished 12th out of 5506 in the TfD predictions, with another CFF player finishing 16th & 3rd in the CFF league in 34th overall.

https://www.worldcyclingstats.com/en/game/tour-de-france/2014/league/520

Yes, you're right. I missed this, because I did not play in the Tour de France of 2014.
It is not even the very first CFF activity in WCS, because that was the Tour de France of 2013, also without me as participant.
To complete my historic posts :

Tour de France 2014 = cyclingforfun.org --> closed league with 17 CFF managers. GC winner = Aurora Australis.
Tour de France 2013 = CyclingForFun.org --> closed?or open? league with 36 participants, incl. >20 CFF managers. GC winner = WinterIsComing.

[Vos]

  Groenewegen wins stage 3.

CFF League stage 3 winner = Animatoca 
Vos is still the GC leader with 2 more stages to go.

  Coquard wins stage 2.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Patrick Kok 
Patrick Kok is the new GC leader.

Jakobsen wins stage 2.

CFF League stage 2 winner = BrotasTeam   
Vlominck is still the GC leader.