In this topic you can vote for the European Pre-Season Races, according to the following rules.

PLEASE READ ALL THE POST BEFORE VOTING

How to vote

1 - You have to judge the track according to the requirements: contests/contest-milan-rome-and-bissagn ... t7390.html

2 - You have to write in a post your best FIVE routes, from worse to best, providing a brief motivation for each choice

FIFTH PLACE
(Motivation)

FOURTH PLACE
(Motivation)

THIRD PLACE
(Motivation)

SECOND PLACE
(Motivation)

FIRST PLACE
(Motivation)

How does it work?
- First choice got 6 points, second 4, third 3, fourth 2 and fifth 1 point.
- Presentation bonus grant you 3 points (we will add later with penalties who took the bonus)
- Ranking will be made according to points obtained
- In case of equality I will decide the winner
- YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR YOURSELF
- You can also comment other people's reviews regarding your or other one's routes
- YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR VOTE ONCE SUBMITTED

Who can vote?
- Every user that submitted a contest (full points vote)
- Every user in the La Flamme Rouge Staff (Emmea90, Pigna, Sagan99, Matthorse, Nasdon33, Linkinito, Bose12)
- Every user that has registered BEFORE today and has at least 10 tracks in the editor. In this case, his votes counts half of the points scale

Penalties
- Every user that submitted a contest and doesn't submit a valid vote (with 5 choices and motivations) will get a 10 points penalty for all his routes.
- It's FORBBIDDEN to ask for votes. Who will be caught public or privately asking for a vote to some users will get a 50 points penalty in first instance, then the exclusion from all the contests of the year
- Vote penalties for unpracticable routes will be assigned by staff during this phase

Requisites for the +3 bonus
- Providing link of the tour in the post
- Providing viewable image of each stage with a description in the post

Deadline for vote phase is april 30, h 23.59

Routes:
Benoit.guillot: maps/tours/view/18156 / maps/tours/view/18163 +3 presentation
Mauro: maps/tours/view/18148 / maps/tours/view/18149 +3 presentation
Belgian4444: maps/tours/view/18158 / maps/tours/view/18169 +3 presentation
Jajoejoe: maps/tours/view/18141 / maps/tours/view/18144 +3 presentation
Jibvalverde: maps/tours/view/18234 / maps/tours/view/18233 +3 presentation
Davandluz: maps/tours/view/18266 / maps/tours/view/18164 +3 presentation
Brumdog66: maps/tours/view/18179 / maps/tours/view/18206 +3 presentation
Luna23: maps/tours/view/18207 / maps/tours/view/18208
Micek_52: maps/tours/view/18222 / maps/tours/view/18284 +3 presentation
Sagan99: maps/tours/view/18235 / maps/tours/view/18285 +3 presentation
L EncreEspion: maps/tours/view/18231 / maps/tours/view/18191 +3 presentation
Betto: maps/tours/view/18277 / maps/tours/view/18286
IamCeeKae: maps/tours/view/18170 / maps/tours/view/18188 +3 presentation
Cycling Lennart: maps/tours/view/18306 / maps/tours/view/18307 +3 presentation
Pesallu: maps/tours/view/18282 / maps/tours/view/18292 +3 presentation
CelentanoTour: maps/tours/view/18146 / maps/tours/view/18145 +3 presentation
Diego12Alpe: maps/tours/view/18211 / maps/tours/view/18152 +3 presentation
Zaufkauf: maps/tours/view/18218 / maps/tours/view/18325 +3 presentation
JoostvandeBeek: maps/tours/view/18264 / maps/tours/view/18263
Nebe: maps/tours/view/18199 / maps/tours/view/18217 +3 presentation

Sorry, I completely forgot to add the links of the races

Link of Milan-Rome: maps/tours/view/18211
Link of Bissagne-Languedoc: maps/tours/view/18152

@emmea90

I think you forgot to add the link to this thread in the header.

At least I have time to think about the votes, because I'm getting my schedule changed next few weeks

I see that I got a 3 point bonus for the presentation,while I did not present my races in the thread. As much as I would want that 3 extra bonus points, I also want this contest to be fair, so my 3 bonus points should be removed

So first off, 2 issues I noticed regarding the routes and the given rules (so I had to eliminate some good routes that were overall otherwise fine): for Milano-Roma, stage 7 was a Mountain Top Finish, not just a mountain stage with a hill top finish & Stage 8 a (medium) mountain stage, not just a stage with a small hill in the end.

Anyway, ranking below. As usual, I mainly point out the issues as criticizing is easier than applauding, so if I say nothing, just assume I think the route was good :p

FIFTH PLACE: Zaufkauf

Could have exchanged a hilly stage for one more sprint stage in Milano-Roma, but no issues otherwise.

FOURTH PLACE: Jajoejoe

Same as above a bit, but I liked your overall route a bit more.

THIRD PLACE: Benoit.guillot

Final ITT is a bit too long for a Tirreno clone imo, but the other stages are great.

SECOND PLACE: IamCeeKae

To be honest, I just wrote "nice" initially. Don't see any issues, good job.

FIRST PLACE: Jibvalverde

Same as above, but you take the win by the final stage in Milano-Roma. Just an excellent stage for a place that's harder to map out than Nice.

FIFTH PLACE: JoostvandeBeek
I like very much Milan-Rome but the Bissagne-Languedoc it's just ok to me because of the two Time Trial

FOURTH PLACE: Belgian444
Two good tours, I prefer Bissagne-Languedoc but I think it could miss the second sprint; Milan-Rome is perfect for the request but the last stage seems too weak

THIRD PLACE: Davandluz
Milan-Rome satisfies the request, just I don't love the Time Trial; Bissagne-Languedoc satisfies the request and it isn't common

SECOND PLACE: Micek52
Milan-Rome is very close to my idea to how should be this tour, so i like it a lot. Bissagne-Languedoc is almost perfect to the request

FIRST PLACE: Celentano Tour
To me, the best Milan-Rome and the best Bissagne-Languedoc

First of all, I'm sorry but I wanted a last stage of Milano - Roma going from and to the eternal city (as for Nice in Paris-Nice). Every one who didn't respect that rule lost many points


FIFTH PLACE: Jajoejoe (12.5/20 overall)

Your Milano - Roma is a bit too hilly but the overall is good.

FOURTH PLACE: IamCeeKae (12.5/20 overall)

Not much to say about your roads. They're respecting the rules, they are nice and pretty but something's missing for me, may a bit more of enthousiasm as you choose not to use some of the key part I've desired.

THIRD PLACE: Davandluz (13.5/20 overall)

Your moutain stage of Bissagne - Languedoc is the best I've seen. For the rest, you respect all the criteria but I just like the two others better.

SECOND PLACE: JibValverde (16/20 overall)

Arf, what a shame you choose not to start your last stage from Roma... However, your Bissagne Languedoc is one of the best I've seen !

FIRST PLACE: Mauro (17.5/20 overall)

You drew races very simlar to mine and I liked it both ! Even if you have too much transfert on your Bissagne - Languedocto my taste, you are the best on this contest, congrats