Be a professional team manager for the 2006 Spring Classics. Based on the live racing action, you will take up the challenge using your knowledge and tactical skill as a race team manager to compete with fantasy managers from around the world. All you need to do to take part in the latest of the Fantasy Games at Cyclingnews is register and, once the provisional race list has been announced, select 8 riders for each of the following races:
Milan - San Remo, March 18th 2006 Ronde van Vlaanderen, April 2nd 2006 Gent-Wevelgem, April 5th 2006 Paris - Roubaix, April 6th 2006 Amstel Gold Race, April 16th 2006 La Flèche Wallonne, April 19th 2006 Liège - Bastogne - Liège, April 23rd 2006
Follow the races live and use your skill and knowledge to win prizes.
We are pleased to confirm that this year's main sponsor will once again be Specialized. More details on the specifics of the prize coming very soon. Smith have confirmed they will be offering 7 pairs of Reactor Max-Team CSC Edition glasses for the winner of each individual Spring Classic Race. This is the limited edition Team CSC racing glass worn by the guys on team.
Craft, fi'zi:k, Giro, Hed, Maxxis, and Speedplay amongst others will be providing some fantastic prizes this year. A pair of beautiful Bastogne wheels worth over $600 USD could be yours if you win. Giro and Speedplay are once again continuing their support and are offering some of their finest products. There are ten sets of Maxxis tyres on offer to the lucky winners. Craft are giving away ten of their Pro Cool Mesh Sleeveless Baselayers.
You can win prizes for each of the individual races and for competing in all seven races. Remember you don't need to enter all seven races to win prizes. Have a look at the tactics and prizes of last year's winners.
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Rider points update
Once again you will have 4000 points per team to select your eight riders with. This year, in the light of the new UCI ProTour points system, we have had to make some changes. We have taken the final 2005 rider rankings from the UCI ProTour and have multiplied them by ten. Riders that did not score UCI ProTour points have been awarded nominal points (lower than those of the scoring UCI ProTour riders).
We appreciate this might not best reflect some of the skills of the non-scoring UCI ProTour riders in the coming races, but we hope that this will set us up better for the future as the scoring system becomes more accepted. We have also limited the number of teams people can enter in this year's Spring Classics game to five per manager. We've done this to ensure the competition is open to all, spreading the prizes to an even wider range of players.
How to play
Be a professional team manager for the 2006 Spring Classics. Based on the live racing action, you will take up the challenge using your knowledge and tactical skill as a race team manager to compete with fantasy managers from around the world. All you need to do to take part in the latest of the Fantasy Games at Cyclingnews is register and, once the provisional race list has been announced, select eight riders for each of the following races:
Milan - San Remo, March 18th 2006 Ronde van Vlaanderen, April 2nd 2006 Gent-Wevelgem, April 5th 2006 Paris - Roubaix, April 6th 2006 Amstel Gold Race, April 16th 2006 La Flèche Wallonne, April 19th 2006 Liège - Bastogne - Liège, April 23rd 2006
