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by Robyklebt » Sat Oct 30, 2010 4:39 pm
Ok, not tooooo motivated for this topic...
Why? All I wanted was a fairly simple thing.
Money for jerseys, too mcuh now, current example, Tour du Jura, Bearclaw wins the first stage, get's green 30k, second stage keeps it, 30k, keeps it the third stage too 30k, loses it the fourth day. Maybe finished second or third finally, not sure, ignore that part. He got 90k for wearing green (well, having it not wearing it) 3 days. Last day Maurice got it. He earned 30k for getting it, then for actually winning it for the tour he got 40k, total 70k
So we get:
3 day jersey wearer, stage one winner: 90k (+maybe more for a second or third place)
Jersey winner: 70 k
It's obviously not right, it's obviously something that needs to be corrected.
Second point was, correct the oversight from when the new points scale was introduced. We simply forgot to take care of the points the jersey wearers and winners get, so it's all very illogical now. easily corrected, tie it to a place on the stage for the wearer, general for the winner, that's it.
And that's all I wanted. Ok, didn't expect to get it either, after all point nr 2 has been refused for mysterious reasons for almost 4 years (and I agree it's not that important, but an aestethic thing (not really either, but couldn't come up with a better word)) the money has been discussed, decided, forgotten before as well. Then got a lot of support, unexpected actually, but then we drifted away to more complicated things and... well, another dead attempt. OK, maybe should try to get a job at the red cross, or an emergency room, I'm becoming a specialist in trying to revive this (mmh, but maybe they prefer guys who don't always fail at reviving) anyway, slightly frustrating here.
Ok. let's try it this way.
Those 2 issues above in my opinion are so obvious there really isn't much discussion needed. It needs to be corrected, let's talk about numbers. The new issues are much more complex, endless number crunching involved, takes time. Let's do "my" 2 things first, here now, immediately, somebody post a reminder this evening so Buhmann does it (but then on Saturdays the rules are different, pah) make a temporary solution if necessary, that WILL be adjusted if there are major changes on the other front, the one about money, points 4-10 etc. etc. Once the thing here is done, I'll join Ari and Buh in a nice fight about the rest, hoping to have it over done, (and forgotten probably) as fast as possible
Don't expect my proposals just to sail through of course, on the contrary, good to get other opinions, if he reads of course especially LCBs would be very welcome, all the others too, ok maybe not Buhmann, he just should do the work. Or ok ok, maybe he can have an opinion too...
MONEY:
2 proposals:
1.
wearing:
leader 10k
rest 5k
winner
leader as now obviously
rest 10k 5k 2k (per day for top 3)
2.
wearing
leader 20k
rest 10k
winning
leader as now still as obvious as before
rest 20k-10k-5k (top 3)
In a way think nr 1 really would be enough, but might be an overreaction because it has been overpaid so much for so long. For a cat 1 tour it's enough, sure, but since Buh for the moment at least doesn't want it according to cat. It's worth more in some races, GTs obviously, Andes coming up soon. so maybe nr 2 is better. Or something in between.
Put the grey (its grey at RSF!!!!) jersey in the same category as the 2 others, why not. It's not really worth less in the big races than the 2 others.. plus the 2 others get their money from stages and mountain prizes too, which the grey rider usually doesn't have. Not good, then separate it somehow, somebody propose something.
Points:
Wearing
leader: same as 5th place in the stage
rest: same as 20th place in a stage (and that's too much actually, should give nothing really...)
winning:
leader no need to change anything here
rest: same as 15th in GC.
Here, again, put grey with the others, maybe shouldn't in the end... after all there the grey wearer gets GC points already (usually) so he will get more points for basically the same thing. so in the end maybe the grey one should get less, don't know.
Ah, almost forgot the team classification again, same problem
wearing: now nothing, let's keep it like that.
winning:
money: regardless of riders that reach the end of the tour: 10k per day
Here: Kick the per rider stuff,
1, why should the team classification be worth less if we start with 7 riders? Lower category probably, yes, but if Buh wants it the same for all categories, then let's have it for all categories the same. Later on, we can try (good luck) to get all by category, then this too. But having it by riders that reach the finish doesn't really make a lot of sense.
2. Saving a rider if you are in the money ranks can become more important too important. Ok, still small change, but in a GT one rider if you win the classification is still 23k in the end. Why penalize the team that in the end finishes at 7 over the one that finishes at 9? Both won the team classification which only counts the top 3 per stage? Don't "force" rider saving in the last stages for more money. If somebody is kicked, ok, too bad, the penalty is one rider less, don't make it worse by taking away money too.
Then maybe no need to give money until nr 5..
Only 3 teams, then
10k-5k-2k per day.
If Buh wants 5
10k 6,5k 4k 2k 1k per day.
All NOT per rider. just like that.
Right now getting 22,5k for finishing fifth with 9 riders in a 5 day tour is too much. 0 or 5k, better.
Points:
Same as place nr 20 in the GC divided by riders who reach the goal. So all teams winning will get the same amount of points, fair, but only the ones that finish the tour get the points. Or give it to the ones that started too, after all maybe they often contribute to the win as well, attacking one day, dead and kicked the next. Or helped his GC leader, which then helped winning the team classification. Mmh, maybe divided by starting riders is better.
Anyway, here my proposals, hope for comments, counter proposals agreements, and a fast introduction of something along those lines. If possible before the start of... southland. Optimistic Ape as usual.
Then, would see no problem in adjusting it later if Buhmann somehow changes his mind on the categories for the money, or if the other issues bring some major (or minor) changes.
Kraftsystemrevision! Include the distance!
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.