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VDS Rules 2010

Read the rules, then sign up and play.

• Use your Podium Café username to play, one team per player.
• Open for business: start managing your team from February 1.
• Final deadline: submit your team before February 27, the day of the first race.
• Team size: your team must consist of exactly 25 riders, chosen from the list of available riders.
• Budget: you can not spend more than 150 points on buying riders for your team.
• Elite Rider limit 1: no more than 1 rider(s) costing 24 points or more.
• Elite Rider limit 2: no more than 3 rider(s) costing 18 points or more.
• Note: a rider costing 24 points or more does cost "18 points or more" at the same time.
• Scoring: riders score points by placing in selected races according to the points system below.
• Winning: the team with the highest score at the end of the year wins!

Points System

1. Grand Tours

   Stage placing	80, 50, 35, 20, 10
   Intermediate leader	20
   Intermediate secondary jersey	10
   Final GC	600, 450, 375, 325, 300, 275, 250, 225, 200, 175,    150, 135, 120, 105, 90, 75, 60, 45, 30, 15
   Final points jersey	120, 90, 60, 40, 20
   Final other secondary jerseys	60, 40, 20

2. Monuments and Worlds

   Placing

   350, 300, 275, 250, 225, 200, 175, 150, 125, 100,    90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5

3. Top Stage Races

   Stage placing	40, 25, 10
   Intermediate leader	6
   Final GC	250, 180, 150, 125, 100, 80, 60, 40, 20, 10
   Final secondary jersey	60, 40, 20

4. Top Classics

   Placing

   250, 200, 180, 160, 140, 120, 100, 90, 80, 70,    60, 50, 40, 30, 15

5. Best of the Rest

   Classics, Final GC	150, 125, 100, 80, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10
   Stage placing	40, 20, 10

6. Minor Races

   Classics, Final GC	100, 70, 50, 30, 15
   Stage winner	25

7. National Champs

   Road or TT

   100

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