I'm running a season-long pick'em contest. The schedule:
TDU, Tour Down Under, 20, 22Jan2008
TOC, Tour of California, 20, 17Feb2008
MSR, Milan-San Remo, 40, 22Mar2008
RVV, Tour of Flanders, 40, 06Apr2008
GW, Gent-Wevelgem, 20, 11Apr2008
PR, Paris-Roubaix, 40, 13Apr2008
AG, Amstel Gold, 30, 20Apr2008
TGA, Tour de Georgia, 20, 21Apr2008
FW, Fleche-Wallone, 20, 23Apr2008
LBL, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, 40, 29Apr2008
GDI, Tour of Italy, 40, 12May2008
DL, Dauphine Libere, 30, 08Jun2008
TDS, Tour de Suisse, 30, 14Jun2008
TDF, Tour de France, 50, 05Jul2008
SS, Clasica San Sebastian, 30, 02Aug2008
IRE, Tour of Ireland, 20, 02Aug2008
USTT, U.S. Time Trial Championships, 10, 29Aug2008
VAE, Tour of Spain, 40, 30Aug2008
USRR, U.S. Road Race Championships, 20, 30Aug2008
TGB, Tour of Britain, 20, 07Sep2008
TTW, World Time Trial Championships (W), 20, 24Sep2008
TTM, World Time Trial Championships (M), 30, 25Sep2008
RRW, World Road Championships (W), 30, 27Sep2008
RRM, World Road Championships (M), 40, 28Sep2008
PT, Paris-Tours, 30, 12Oct2008
LOM, Tour of Lombardi, 40, 18Oct2008
To enter, send an email with your TOP 3 for a given race (TDU is the first) with a body as follows:
TDU 1 first pick
TDU 2 second pick
TDU 3 third pick
to mp3 at djconnel d o t com
Scoring is based on how well each rider does, weighted by where you placed him, with a 2x bonus if you pick the top 3 exactly. Different races have different weightings. TDU scores 20 deep, which is a low-ranked race. Number of counting scores per rider will be half the number of races held so far, so there's no need to enter every race (although it never hurts to enter).
Dan