semi-ProTour pick contest round 2: Milan San Remo

This is round 2 of my pick'em contest.... there's negligible
penalty in joining at this point, as only 9 top scores are
retained in the final standings. I'll have results posted
to http://mp3.djconnel.com as soon as I get the HTML generating
scripts done.

results mailing list:
mailto:majordomoatdjconneldotcom (send "subscribe mp3list")

entry submission (see below):
mailto:mp3atdjconneldotcom

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for the third year in a row, I'm running a pick-'em contest for
the ProTour this year. Or part of it.... The contest involves
picking the top 3 for races in the series, then I assign scores
based on how your picks score Pro-Tour points in the race
(place for 1-day, GC for stage races).

Last year's results: http://mp3.djconnel.com

Despite my best attempts, I still have been unable to find a
detailed (ie with race rankings) ProTour schedule, so am forced to come
up with my own. Therefore, the 2006 MP3 contest schedule will be,
with the "class" of the race preliminary:

code race class date
PN, Paris-Nice, C, 05Mar2006
MSR, Milan-Sanremo, C, 18Mar2006
RVV, Flanders, C, 02Apr2006
GW, Gent-Wevelgem, D, 05Apr2006
PR, Paris-Roubaix, C, 09Apr2006
GW, Fleche-Wallone, D, 19Apr2006
LBL, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, C, 23Apr2006
TDR, Tour de Romandie, C, 25Apr2006
GDI, Tour of Italy, B, 06May2006
CAT, Tour of Catalunya, C, 15May2006
DL, Dauphine Libere, C, 04Jun2006
TDS, Tour de Suisse, C, 10Jun2006
TDF, Tour de France, A, 01Jul2006
GER, Tour of Germany, C, 01Aug2006
VAE, Tour of Spain, B, 26Aug2006
ZUR, Zurich, D, 01Oct2006
PT, Paris-Tours, D, 08Oct2006
LOM, Lombardi, C, 14Oct2006

Scoring will be of the top 3 picks. To enter, send an email
to mp3atdjconnel.com with your picks for Paris-Nice.

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************* IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS ****************
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to facilitate data mining from my email file, please format
picks as follows:

code rank rider

For example, if I was picking the Tour of California, with code
"TOC", I might enter:
TOC 1 Floyd Landis
TOC 2 Dave Zabriskie
TOC 3 George Hincapie

where Floyd Landis was my first pick, Zabriskie my second choice,
and George my third selection.

I really need the code so I don't get confused by email headers, etc...
and please spell names correctly (http://www.cyclingnews.com/ is a good
resource for names, as is http://www.cyclingstartlists.com/ ).

The code for Paris-Tours is "PT".

Scoring will be three times the first pick times the number of ProTour
points he earns for the 1-day race or the stage race GC. For the second
pick, it's twice the points. For third, it's just the points. Points
are doubled for nailing the Trifecta.

For ranking, after N races, your top N/2 (rounded up) scores will
be considered. This reduces the penalty for missing races, and
encourages risk-taking.

There will be a special "dark horse" GC this year, with 3-2-1 points
awarded each race for the top three dark-horse picks, evaluated
objectively based on rider results, popularity in selection, and
how non-obvious and non-trendy the pick seems to me.

Picks need to be in my 9am eastern time/8am central/6am Pacific,
day-of-race.

Dan