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Velogames

@velogames

6 years

Been a long evening. There's quite a bit of conjecture, speculation and innuendo around. Velogames is not dead and nobody is trying to absolutely shut it down. Having said that, thanks for all your support - it means a lot to me. Night all! 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️❤️👍

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@velogames

3 years

It is coming! Today....

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@velogames

3 months

Sending heartfelt condolences to @ruby_roubaix and his family. What an amazing find this is.. ❤️

Godless Socialist

@ruby_roubaix

3 months

Sadly my 89 year old mother-in-law passed away last week. A long, long time @velogames player, we discovered she'd kept all her VG squads printed out under her chair, going back years.

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@velogames

8 months

Just a few days to go now until the first Velogames Fantasy Cycling team selection of the year is due! I expect that Velogames Fantasy Tour Down Under 2024 - the first round of the 2024 Warm Up Championship - will go live for entries towards the middle of next week.

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@velogames

6 years

Happy Tour de France Day everyone. A bit muted for me so far. But hope you enjoy the race however you have decided to follow/engage with it this year around! 🙂

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@velogames

4 years

Big announcement! I am very (very!) happy to announce the return of the (renamed) Velogames Great Big Bike Game XXII after a two year absence! Now in its 22nd edition, one of the centerpieces of the fantasy cycling season is back on the menu. Enter now at

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@velogames

6 years

I hope to to give further update in next few days, once some "snail mail" has found its target. For clarity, the Grand Tour game remains suspended (and scoreless) indefinitely. But it's definitely not all bad news! Thank you for your continued support and I'll update when I can.

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@velogames

6 years

PS Top support from you all - I love you all 😀

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@velogames

6 years

IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT (6/5) Velogames is not finished - we will all ride again! 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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@velogames

4 years

So, pending any late scoring errors, that completes Velogames Great Big Bike Game XXII. Many thanks to every one of you 13,482 team directors for playing. On a personal note, it has been great running this one again after a two year absence! There's lots more due in 2020 too....

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@velogames

5 years

Baby Velo #2 arrived earlier than scheduled this morning! (Was so hoping to debate with my wife the honour of naming him after the winner of Giro Stage 5: Elia Chapman anyone? 😀). Hope to get Tour of California site live by Thursday evening. Might slip to Friday though.

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@velogames

3 years

A quick update. I am here, and working through final preparations for the updated Velogames 2022 season site. Velogames Superclasico 2022 will open for entries this weekend, with scoring starting on Saturday 5th March at Strade Bianche, to open a 38 race one-day Classics season.

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@velogames

3 months

Just a few hours to go until the switch on of VELOGAME 2024! I've some family duties this afternoon, followed by a sweep of the Nationals results for final pricing fiddles. We should be live the middle of this evening. A little treat alongside the main game might be up too 🙂

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@velogames

5 years

Sorry for the silence this last week or so. I've not wanted to make this announcement, but here it is on the home page:

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@velogames

5 years

Thanks to all for playing another season of Velogames Fantasy Cycling. I've got a few plans for next year that I'll be working on over the winter break. But largely expect more of the same in 2020, with (hopefully) a slightly more organised "season", and more women's racing too.

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@velogames

5 years

Thanks you for all the support on here these last few days. Very much appreciated! 👍

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@velogames

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@velogames

2 years

An update.... Everything is gearing up for a switch on of VELOGAME 2022... It won't be this evening, be could well be Saturday evening, as I have a bit of work left to do in two website areas before release.

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@velogames

4 years

It's almost time! The 2021 Velogames Fantasy Cycling season should go live for entries this weekend, with two contests to kick off proceedings on the opening scoring weekend of 6th/7th March. (1/x)

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@velogames

6 years

So, this almost certainly ends the topsy-turvy Velogames season of 2018. Certainly had its ups and downs! The season standings are here to stay in one form or another and I'll be working to try expand the selection of races. Thank u for playing, and for your support this summer!

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@velogames

2 years

It's coming! Velogames Spain 2022 is set to go live for entries tomorrow, so keep an eye on the website - most likely around lunchtime UK time.

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@velogames

3 years

The wait is finally over. VELOGAME XXIII (yes, that one) by Velogames Fantasy Cycling is now open for entries! Be sure to select your team of nine riders ahead of the entry deadline at 12:00 on Saturday 26th June. Enter now at

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@velogames

6 years

*Awakens from winter slumber*

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@velogames

2 years

It's that time of year again! 25 year years after the first ever Velogames contest in 1997, VELOGAME 2022 by Velogames Fantasy Cycling is live for entries! Enter your team of nine riders at , ahead of the entry deadline at 15:45 CEST on Friday 1st July 2022

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@velogames

2 years

The Grandíssima is coming! Launching tomorrow is Velogames Fantasy Volta a Portugal 2022 - maybe the most random event on the Velogames calendar for those of you not within the 3rd-largest Velogames national community. For that Portuguese contingent, there's not long to wait now!

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@velogames

4 years

Getting closer to the (second) start of the Velogames season! I'll be previewing the contests over the next few days ahead of the site fully reopening sometime next week. First day of racing will almost certainly be Strade Bianche on 1st August.

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@velogames

1 year

Not a bad place to switch on a Velogames national tour contest. 🇵🇹in 🇵🇹. 😜

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@velogames

6 years

Thank you for all the responses so far to my tweets last evening. I must admit I am a little overwhelmed and humbled by the response so far. Will be great to get the next contests up on site and get Velogames back on track!

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@velogames

2 years

Velogames Italy 2022, or "How to solve a problem like MVDP's credit value and classification", is now up at ! Many apologies for the delay - it's been a busy May holiday weekend for me and I never got this over the line Sat/Sun, as originally intended.

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@velogames

2 years

An update! Sorry for the delayed switch on.. The site will be going live at lunchtime today (around 14:00 CEST). It's done as of now, but I have family time upcoming & I try to be around online at each switch-on in case of initial problems. So.. a handful more hours to wait. 1/2

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@velogames

4 years

It's almost here and the long wait will be worth it I hope! The Velogames Great Big Bike Game XXII is set to launch tomorrow. Check back then to see a new take on an old favourite!

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@velogames

3 months

@ruby_roubaix I'm really sorry for your loss. I'm sure your grandmother was great in many many ways, but that is amazing Velogames dedication. What an amazing find. If you are OK with it, I can retweet this the whole community while I think of anything else I can do.

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@velogames

6 years

For those asking, Grand Tour racing will be back! I am making final rider list tweaks ahead of switching on the Spanish Tour game tomorrow.

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@velogames

8 months

It's on!

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@velogames

5 years

For those asking about a France game this season, I wish I could make a positive announcement, but it is just not possible at the moment. I've got a bit of thinking to do and will give a formal update in the coming days.

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@velogames

4 months

Velogames Italy 2024 is almost ready to go! Monday will be the day of launch for the first Velogames Fantasy Grand Tour of the 2024 season. 🇮🇹

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@velogames

1 year

It's time! 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹

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@velogames

6 years

I am finalising Fantasy Tour Down Under now. Hoping for switch on either tomorrow or Thursday in time for the opening World Tour race of the year!

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@velogames

1 year

Good luck to all 30501 team directors taking part in VELOGAME 2023 by Velogames Fantasy Cycling. Entries are now closed. Some decent-sized processes on the database may make the site run a bit slow for the next half hour or so.

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@velogames

5 years

Thanks for all your kind words of support these past days. Feel free to keep the positive vibes coming. It's always good to hear about the excitement and interest and engagement in various races that Velogames can deliver! #OuEstVelogames

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@velogames

3 months

VELOGAME 2024 by Velogames Fantasy Cycling is now live for entries! Enter your team of nine riders ahead of the entry deadline of 12:30 CEST on Saturday 29th June. Visit to select your team.

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@velogames

3 years

Thanks to everyone who took part in VELOGAME XXIII! I'll provide a further wrap on here later and/or tomorrow. Also, attention starts shifting to the ongoing SUPERCLASICO and Fantasy Women's Classics contests, with transfers set to open in mid week for the Tokyo Road Race round.

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@velogames

1 year

VELOGAME 2023 by Velogames Fantasy Cycling opened for entries a short time ago! Select your team of 9 riders to compete in the second Velogames Fantasy Grand Tour of the season. Enter at . Entries will close at 12:30 CEST (11:30 BST) on Saturday 1st July.

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@velogames

1 year

If there were points available for the Best Team Share classification.....

August Bembel

@AugustBembel

1 year

oi!skatel geht 2023 mit diesen fahrern in die velogames tour de france

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@velogames

2 years

25 years ago this month! #ThanksBrian

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@velogames

5 years

On the plus side, my email inbox is a lot emptier this afternoon than it could have been 😂

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@velogames

25 days

Velogames Spain 2024 will launch for entries tomorrow!(Wednesday). Apologies for the delay - everything has been a little bit backed up on the site for the last few days due to family holiday and recent starts of Poland/Femmes. But everything's looking good for tomorrow daytime.

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@velogames

4 months

It will be a little bit later with the updates today due to my youngest's birthday weekend.

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@velogames

4 years

It's almost time! Velogames Fantasy Paris-Nice 2021 and Velogames Superclasico 2021 are both locked and loaded awaiting release tomorrow. Most likely around lunchtime... which gives me even more time to fiddle with the pricing of the 1022-strong Superclasico rider list (🤯) (1/2)

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@velogames

2 years

The Poland and Portugal updates will be a bit later than normal tonight (but not stupidly late). I am on a family holiday this week and I've already used up a few Velogames credits with the wife 🤣

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@velogames

2 years

The pay-off for this slightly later start will be a new, nicer mobile navigation, an all-new side-competition for all directors to take part in, and a really, really evil-looking set of decisions to make at the top of this year's rider list. Thank you for your patience!

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@velogames

3 years

The Velogames Fantasy Stage Race Championship is also nearing its Grand Opening for 2022. The opening contests will be the usual traditional Velogames openers of Fantasy Paris-Nice and Fantasy Tirreno-Adriatico. I'm hoping Fantasy P-N will be live for entries by Sunday night.

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@velogames

3 years

After many many credit tweaks and even the odd rider class reclassification, Velogames Italy 2021 is locked, loaded and ready to drop tomorrow morning, UK time. 🇮🇹🚴‍♂️🙂

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@velogames

4 years

Thanks to all 14782 teams for playing Velogames Italy 2020, one of the strangest Fantasy Grand Tours to date, with an explosive first week, big name riders dropping by the wayside and a final reckoning on the Stelvio and in MIlan which saw the lower-priced riders come to the fore

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@velogames

7 years

A slightly delayed switch on due to recent arrival of Baby Velogames, but the VELOGAMES FANTASY TOUR DE FRANCE 2017 IS NOW LIVE FOR ENTRIES!

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@velogames

2 years

Tomorrow is a big Velogames day...... (1) The culmination of Velogames Romandie 2022. (2) The next game round of Velogames Superclasico 2022 at Eschborn-Frankfurt. (3) The switching on of Velogames Italy 2022 for team selections. 🇮🇹🚵‍♂️

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@velogames

1 year

Velogame 2023 by Velogames Fantasy Cycling is almost upon us! I'm looking to send to game live for entries tomorrow (Sunday) after some final checks and - almost certainly - some last minute pricing tweaks. It's a hard one to get balanced this year with two top top favourites 🙂

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@velogames

5 years

On evenings like this the points don't matter. Rest in peace, @bjorg_lambrecht , and condolences to your family, friends and colleagues.

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@velogames

2 years

Velogames Fantasy Tour Down Under 2023 is now open for entires at . Select your team of 9 riders to compete across six days of action in South Australia. Entries close at 08:15 CET (Central European Time) on Tuesday 17th January. But that's not all.. (🧵👇)

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@velogames

4 years

Team rosters are now visible in your mini leagues. I must say, it's great to get the Great Big Bike Game back up and running this year (and thank you to other third parties for this too!). All the best luck to your teams, and of course to the race in general in getting to Paris!

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@velogames

6 years

Just making some final tweaks ahead of the start of the main 2019 season. Assuming I can finish all this before tomorrow evening, the season will start on Sunday with Paris-Nice. There's a small chance that it might push out to Tirrenno-Adriatico next Wednesday.

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@velogames

2 years

Updating the Velogames Fantasy Classics start-list tags for Milano-Sanremo now

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@velogames

2 years

Thoughts with Milan Vader this evening. Sending all the best wishes. 🙏

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@velogames

2 years

The Velogames Fantasy Cycling main season will open for entries this weekend, ahead of a season of action featuring the top one-day races and stage races of the men's and women's cycling season. Read on for a preview of what is upcoming. [1/9]

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@velogames

6 years

Fantasy Tour de France 2018 is now live for entries! Make sure to enter your team ahead of the entry deadline of 11:00 CEST on Saturday 7th July. Lets beat the 55,000 entries from last season!

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@velogames

3 years

Thank you to each and every one of the 20,953 teams lining up for Velogames Italy 2021! The auto-substitutes for non-starting riders have now been made, and rival team rosters are viewable in your leagues. Good luck to all!

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@velogames

2 years

Our opening day leaders of Velogames Italy 2022 are MIEKE KRÖGER ULTRAS (), with a team selection containing the full Top 6 of today's stage result.

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@velogames

3 years

Keep an eye on the site later today - I am currently finalising the Velogames Fantasy Volta a Portugal rider list - I think this is my most tricky assignment of the season 🥴🇵🇹

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@velogames

2 years

Here's Team Velogames for the upcoming Velogames Spain 2022 contest. Tried my hardest to sneak in another 3 GC contenders alongside Roglic, but made a few sacrifes elsewhere.. 5 minutes left until the deadline!

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@velogames

8 months

I'm still finalising things on site ahead of the start of the Warm Up Championship. It won't be today, it might be tomorrow, but more likely things'll launch daytime on Friday.

Velogames

@velogames

8 months

Just a few days to go now until the first Velogames Fantasy Cycling team selection of the year is due! I expect that Velogames Fantasy Tour Down Under 2024 - the first round of the 2024 Warm Up Championship - will go live for entries towards the middle of next week.

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@velogames

1 year

Velogames Italy 2023 is open for entries. Enter your team of nine riders at for the first Velogames Fantasy Grand Tour of the season. The entry deadline is 13:45 CEST (12:45 BST; 07:45 EST) on Saturday 6th May 2023. Good luck to all directors!

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@velogames

4 years

Thanks to all of you who played the Classics games this season. I think both systems have merit and will continue them next season, where Superclasico will be a season long March - October contest and the Squad Game will make an appearance for the traditional Spring campaign.

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@velogames

5 years

Wowzers. Looks like my dad has just won Velogames Fantasy Tour Down Under 2020! 😂👍 #CommissairesEnquiry

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@velogames

3 years

Well, that took longer than expected... 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

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@velogames

3 years

VELOGAME XXIII by Velogames Fantasy Cycling is on the road! Thank you to all who entered and good luck! I have a few background tasks to do and then team rosters and rider selection counts will become viewable. And just for fun, my own (non Pog) lineup is below 👇

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@velogames

1 year

Devastating news 😢

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@velogames

4 years

Apologies for my silence over the state-of-play for the upcoming Tour, including publication of a "home-game" rider price list and such like. All I can say is that there's a good reason for my silence, but I hope to have more news (and indeed a list) tomorrow.

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@velogames

3 years

Announcement! I am working to implement an *unofficial* and *extra* "auto-replacements" leaderboard, for those teams who have riders drop out in the first week (and maybe beyond). I have a few things on my plate right now, but this should be live sometime mid week. (1/2)

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@velogames

3 years

The first scoring update of Velogames Fantasy Volta a Portugal 2021 is now complete, with the early leaders being, er VELOGAMES-ALBUFEIRA () owned by, yes, me! 😂... Which I think is the first time in over 20 years of doing these kind of contests.

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@velogames

4 months

Good luck to all 19055 team directors competing in Velogames Italy 2024! Auto-subs for non-starting riders have been made, and rival team rosters are now viewable. Pogacar is a hugely popular pick (86% of teams) despite the high price tag. Ganna (42% of teams) is next popular.

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@velogames

4 months

Velogames Italy 2024 is open! Enter your team of nine riders into the first Velogames Fantasy Grand Tour of the season at , before the entry deadline of 13:45 CEST (12:45 BST; 07:45 EST) on Saturday 4th May 2024. Good luck with your selections! [1/3]

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@velogames

5 years

Moving up a gear ahead of the new season. I'm switching hosts to a more solid infrastructure tomorrow, followed by a launch of the new season this weekend. First up will be two rounds of the Velogames Stage Race Championship 2020, with Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico...

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@velogames

3 years

One quick note - it is Baby Velo #2 's birthday today, so the first scoring update may be a little later than an opening time trial deserves to be. I'll try to get it done as early as possible though.

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@velogames

2 months

Many apologies for the current down time of the website. I am working to get service restored as soon as I can. In the meantime, thank you for your patience.

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@velogames

4 years

VELOGAMES ITALY 2020 is set to go live for entries tomorrow morning! It's all ready for launch, but a little bit risky for me to switch on right now so close to bedtime, just in case of any unexpected issues developing overnight. So be ready to select your team from tomorrow.

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@velogames

7 years

Thanks to all 54,711 teams who took part in the 2017 Velogames Fantasy Tour de France... Vuelta, Volta, Binckbank and ToB coming soon!

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@velogames

8 months

Introducing the Velogames Fantasy Cycling Warm Up Championship 2024! Velogames Fantasy Tour Down Under 2024 opens this expanded 9-round series, taking in the early-season stage races that riders - and now Velogames directors - may use to prepare for the main battles ahead. [1/2]

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@velogames

2 years

Seasons greetings to all. I hope you all have a great holiday season!🎉

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@velogames

1 year

With the two races of today now firmly started, attention shifts to the first Velogames Fantasy Grand Tour of the year. I'm finalising things for Velogames Italy 2023 this afternoon, so expect a switch on this evening. 🇮🇹

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@velogames

3 years

The first two contests of the Velogames Fantasy Cycling 2022 have gone live for entries this evening. First up, with a starting deadline of 11:30 CET on Saturday 5th March, is Velogames Superclasico 2022. Enter your starting team of six riders for the Strade Bianche round now.

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@velogames

2 years

Late update warning for today! I am on holiday with the family this week, and very unlikely to get any of today's four updates wrapped up until the two kids are in bed. So expect updates to come in from around 21:00 CEST onwards. Sorry for the delay.

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@velogames

5 years

A nice little piece, just ahead of the new 2020 Velogames season going live in a few days time 🚴‍♀️🚴🚴‍♂️

L'ÉQUIPE

@lequipe

5 years

Velogames, le «Mon Petit Gazon» du peloton

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@velogames

3 years

A little new feature has been added. "Selected by percentages" are now shown on the rider profile pages and (desktop view only) the rider list at

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@velogames

1 year

The final scores are in for VELOGAME 2023 by Velogames Fantasy Cycling! Congratulations to CC RENNAIS () who took top spot in the global leaderboard after the distribution of the end-of-tour points. (1/3)

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@velogames

1 year

It's Friday afternoon before a Velogames Grand Tour..... You all know what to do with your time....

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@velogames

1 year

@fabrizioviani (I'll answer this seriously, just in case). Here are the current scores of both Paret-Peintre brothers:

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@velogames

6 years

Thanks to all directeurs who played Fantasy Tour Down Under 2019 . There'll be a short break now before I return with some improvements to the site ahead of the main 2019 season, so stay tuned for late February!!

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@velogames

1 year

Update is complete, but thoughts are with Gino Mader right now. Hoping for the best outcome.

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@velogames

5 years

Finally, the first Velogames fantasy cycling contest of the new decade is here! Enter your team in Velogames Fantasy Tour Down Under 2020 at ! As usual select a team of nine riders who'll score points for their performances on the road.

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@velogames

1 year

LIMONE POWERED HEALTH () does move into the lead of Velogames Italy 2023 today, after a late restating of the scoring update last night knocked them off top spot. Congrats to @dumbovisma for finally getting there!

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