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The Rules

Here's roughly how the game works (almost identical to the Tour de France):

• Pick 1 rider for each stage.
• You may select a maximum of 1 rider from each team.
• That rider's time is added to your total time.
• The points of that rider in the points and mountains classifications are added to your total.
• The person with the lowest total time at the end of the Vuelta wins the General Classification.
• You can use a joker 1 time.
• A joker protects your rider against a total off-day. With a joker, the potential gap to the stage winner is a maximum of 90 seconds.
• A joker also doubles the points earned in the points and mountains classifications for that stage.
• A submitted choice is final and cannot be reversed, even if you picked a rider who is no longer participating.
• Too late or no pick = time and points of the last rider.

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Jonas picks Cees Bol for Stage 1. Cees Bol completes the stage in 3 hours, 53 minutes and 50 seconds. Jonas receives this time in the general classification.

Leontien picks Sepp Kuss for Stage 1. Sepp Kuss completes the stage in 3 hours, 58 minutes and 29 seconds. Leontien receives this time in the general classification. She is now 4 minutes and 39 seconds behind Jonas. The standings look like this:

In Stage 2, Jonas picks Adam Yates. Adam Yates completes this stage in 4:52:41. This time is added to Jonas's time from Stage 1.

Leontien picks Mathieu van der Poel for Stage 2. Van der Poel completes the stage in 4:45:29. This time is added to Leontien's time from Stage 1. The standings now look like this:

Joker example:

In Stage 3, Jonas picks Ben Healey. He completes the stage in 3:21:18. Leontien picks Jonathan Milan, who has a complete off-day and finishes the stage in 4:36:03.

Fortunately, Leontien had used a joker. As a result, her time is a maximum of 90 seconds slower than the stage winner. The stage was won by Primož Roglič in a time of 3:18:20. Thanks to the joker, Leontien's time is now 3:19:50.