While all registered players were admitted into the more traditional "Fabio's Fantasy Tour Game", including those who entered their team after the 300-team deadline passed, as well as those who didn't satisfy all conditions (although they were admitted under the condition they'll do by
Tuesday), only 300 participants could take part in the Preliminary Round of
the 1st "Fabio's Fantasy Tour League". The best-placed 192 Virtual Teams in
the Prologue standings qualify for Round 1 of the League, whereas all others
will keep playing the other game until Sunday, July 27th 2003. Below are the
prologue results (quite surprisingly, there wasn't any need to resort to the tie-breaking rules to determine who was in and who was out).
VIRTUAL TEAMS ADMITTED INTO THE FIRST ROUND
1. Evan Oliphant - bilbster - Scotland / 69 points
2. David McCormick - Foie Gras - USA / 69 points
3. Mike Sondgeroth - Prairie Racers - USA / 64 points
4. Jon Little - Team Trigeek - Canada / 60 points
5. Hans Jacob Hofgaard - B33 - Norway / 58 points
6. Curt Kristensen - DPMMN - USA / 56 points
7. Mick Veal - team flaccid - Australia / 52 points
8. Craig Robertson - biddon fetchers - Australia / 52 points
9. Christopher Boshart - Short Circuit - USA / 51 points
10. David Baer - outspoken - USA / 51 points
11. Andrew Blaskett - Domestique Harmony - Australia / 50 points
12. Michael Miller - Cdale Rider - USA / 50 points
13. Jerry Plagge - Go Hauey! - USA / 50 points
14. Steve Hermanson - fait accompli - USA / 49 points
15. Doris Herman - D's Windchasers - USA / 48 points
16. Martin Tejeda - Big Tex & the Elphantinos - USA / 48 points
17. Craig Cheeseman - Adirondack Highlanders - USA / 47 points
18. Jaume Buqueras - BuckyReus 02 - Spain / 44 points
19. Jonathan Brelsford - Montagne - USA / 44 points
20. Michael Plönzke - TÇ@Á-ALON - Germany / 44 points
21. Marc Millstone - Riding Robots - USA / 44 points
22. Arnold Gamper - Team Greiter - Italy / 44 points
23. Lisa Barford - scorpios stingers - UK / 44 points
24. Denise Francisco - Superstar Roadies of the Philippines - Philippines / 43 points
25. Primoz Ferkulj - sartorial unelegance - Slovenia / 42 points
26. Rand Haley - Pasta Eaters - USA / 42 points
27. Amber McFarlane - Hairy carpet - USA / 41 points
28. Kevin Kempf - Hier könnte ihre Werbung stehen - Germany / 41 points
29. Laura Fronhofer - My chance to beat my husband at a game - USA / 41 points
30. Ron Morris - LUCKY GUESS - USA / 40 points
31. John Gorman - MTN HIGH ROLLERS - USA / 40 points
32. Grant Kepler - Basra Bad Boys - Australia / 39 points
33. Christopher S. Hurt - The Sultans of Snare - USA / 39 points
34. Martin Sherrington - Amsterdam XXX - The Netherlands / 39 points
35. Dave Arnold - Drongo - Australia / 38 points
36. Will Geoghegan - Team Yermama - USA / 38 points
37. Tim Polack - Team de Torment - USA / 38 points
38. Dan Suciu - Fetishtour - Romania / 38 points
39. Patrick Cowan - PopCycle - USA / 37 points
40. Sara Garner - They Ride - We Don't - USA / 37 points
41. Benjamin Clark - bloodhounds - USA / 37 points
42. Chris Tunnock - Leblanc's rolling propaganda - Australia / 37 points
43. Aurélien Delaurent - Hautacam - France / 37 points
44. Andrew Titman - MayoNazon - UK / 37 points
45. Brad King - King's 18 Wheelers - USA / 37 points
46. David Murden - DM Road Team - UK / 37 points
47. Manny Samaniego - Manny's Poursuvaints - USA/Panama / 37 points
48. Mike Barker (Myk-B) - Don White Cyclists - England / 35 points
49. Nancy Miano - Who Knows?! - USA / 34 points
50. Joe Walsh - ACE - USA / 33 points
51. David Brunk - Brunk's Punks - USA / 32 points
52. Robert Smiely - Sorriso - USA / 32 points
53. Joanna Hurley - The Povs - USA / 32 points
54. Betsy Baker - allez a cinc - USA / 31 points
55. Matthew Stevens - Team Ornitorrinco - USA / 31 points
56. Sharon Sharp - Texans Eat Frog Legs - USA / 31 points
57. Robert Jeffers - Snap City Velo - USA / 31 points
58. Donn Van Winkle - Team Sula - USA / 31 points
59. Scot Jahn - omriders - USA / 31 points
60. Francisco Martínez González - Tamayo y Sáez - Galicia (Spain) / 31 points
61. Scott J. Couch - Bipsycholing madly - Scotland / 31 points
62. Robert Nagoda - Gibo and Lance Holding Hands! - USA / 31 points
63. Matt Latyszonek - Century Centurions - USA / 31 points
64. Louise Morris - Lou-Lou's Lovely Lads - USA / 31 points
65. Karen Sondgeroth - Tour Junky - USA / 31 points
66. Phil Miano - GS Damiano Miano - Italy/USA / 30 points
67. Frank Fronhofer - Firefly - USA / 30 points
68. Vince Belizario - they were for my sick mother.... - USA / 30 points
69. Marc Reisman - Homesqueeze - USA / 29 points
70. Peggy Kristensen - DuluthMN - USA / 29 points
71. Josu Sampelayo - orange gudariak - Euskadi / 28 points
72. Michael Elmer - Vicarious Velo - USA / 28 points
73. Ewan Hall - Stuff and nonsense - Scotland / 28 points
74. Felix Bayer - Brezeln-die-Bõckerin - Germany / 27 points
75. Jl Nicholas - cycloid - USA / 26 points
76. Tom Irvine - Ed's Diner - USA / 26 points
77. Lee Vega - Lee's Boys of Summer - Philippines / 26 points
78. Gavin Linnett - Khumbaya - South Africa / 26 points
79. Matt Haigh - Broken Bones - UK / 25 points
80. Michael Garner - G-Men - USA / 25 points
81. Brian Kelly - beaker's bike boys - USA / 24 points
82. Wes Majick - Lone Gunmen - USA / 24 points
83. Andrew Cook - Nobody Crash - USA / 24 points
84. Jesse Feinberg - Team Feinberg - USA / 24 points
85. Matt Duggan - JOH2001 - USA / 22 points
86. Jonathan Podmore - Raiders De la Montaña - USA / 20 points
87. Amanda Mar - Barenaked Leggies - USA / 20 points
88. Edwin Nijsen - Centenary Heroes - The Netherlands / 20 points
89. Mike Pease - Pabst in my waterbottles - USA / 20 points
90. Harm Hanemaayer - The Visitors - The Netherlands / 20 points
91. Mike Roe - LanceWins5 - USA / 19 points
92. Jeff McFarlane - 2nd Decade - USA / 18 points
93. Tim Maros - Miracles Happen. MY Bucs Win Super Bowl! - USA / 18 points
94. Mars Abantao - Mellow Yellow - Philippines / 18 points
95. Mark Herbert - Pelotonboy - USA / 18 points
96. Erik Price - Sandbagger - USA / 18 points
97. Peter Donati - PrairiePeleton - USA / 18 points
98. Mario Ballesteros - LOS ESCARABAJOS - COLOMBIA / 18 points
99. Miles Hurley - Team Big Chiefs - USA / 18 points
100. Barry Conrad Willey - Team Tesuji - USA / 18 points
101. Troels Bjerregaard - Brilliant Mistake - Denmark / 18 points
102. Heidi Faller - New2road - USA / 16 points
103. Dustin Lipson - Power2Pedal - USA / 16 points
104. Jim Volsansky - Diabloist - USA / 16 points
105. Leighton Davies - The Crazy Canucks - Canada / 16 points
106. Raymond Tiangco - THIS ONE'S FOR CIPO - Philippines / 16 points
107. Jeff Ofsanko - Old Women on Dope - USA / 16 points
108. Mauro Brunetti - Mountain Lions - Canada / 16 points
109. Julian Fernandes - big bolla - USA / 16 points
110. Markus Steil - msteils100er - Germany / 16 points
111. Rainer Sprehe - Molteni Kinderwurst - Germany / 16 points
112. Matthias J³nemann - Jetleg + Lli - Germany / 16 points
113. Bernd Angenendt - Teutenberg connection - Germany / 16 points
114. Greggor Hall - GRANNY GEAR GRINDERS - Ireland / 16 points
115. Marco Santoro - Venturi - USA / 16 points
116. Jan Dijkstra - Sprints by Spurts - The Netherlands / 16 points
117. Francesco Grandi - ONCE in a lifetime... - Italy / 16 points
118. Jim Klepper - Team Oscar - USA / 16 points
119. Pete Butler - Triflecta - USA / 16 points
120. Donna Edlin - HyWynders - USA / 16 points
121. Jay Sween - chewinasphalt - USA / 16 points
122. Jason Pokrzywinski - Highlander - USA / 16 points
123. Jeff Fountain - sixsteps - USA / 16 points
124. Joni Johnson - TripleJ - USA / 16 points
125. Scott Kern - Ludwig's Avengers - USA / 16 points
126. Michelle Boyd - Sprocket Rockets - USA / 16 points
127. Daniel Mouriño Hermida - The lurillas team - Galicia (Spain) / 16 points
128. Abraham Martínez González - Nunca máis team - Galicia (Spain) / 16 points
129. Phil Trostel - road rash - USA / 16 points
130. Peter Hurley - Mountain Sharks - USA / 16 points
131. Greg Carter - The Cheeky Movers - USA / 16 points
132. Michael Ryan - Feeding the Gorilla - USA / 16 points
133. Andrea Grandi - team grandi - italy / 16 points
134. Brannon Amtower - col slayer - USA / 16 points
135. Jeffrey Berkowitz - GS Park Ridge - USA / 16 points
136. Neil Cousins - neilswheels - England / 15 points
137. Andranik Aghazarian - Team TiHearts - Canada / 15 points
138. Andrew McGrath - Galway Bay CC - Scotland / 14 points
139. Céline Tytgadt - the gogetters - Belgium / 14 points
140. Roger D Herbert - RDH-Bicycles - USA / 14 points
141. Scott Cairns - Team Caffeine - USA / 14 points
142. Aritz Azkune - Azkarrak - Euskadi / 14 points
143. Jim Robson - NO Cips with Mayo! - UK / 14 points
144. Jason Minato - The Yella Terras - Australia / 14 points
145. Tim McDonald - AllezJesus - USA / 14 points
146. Paul Blatter - David Canada is no Canadian eh! - Canada / 14 points
147. Chad Gagnier - New Daddy needs some Yellow - USA / 13 points
148. Lubomir Kopanicak - Team Kukulele - Slovakia / 13 points
149. Michael "Balalaika" - Dahms - Germany / 13 points
150. Peter - TeamCoach - Scotland / 13 points
151. Jens Stichnote - Spear Legweak's Parcel Service - Germany / 13 points
152. Dominik Adams - Team Coppi - Germany / 13 points
153. Patrick McNeal - Prowler - USA / 13 points
154. Vaughn Trevisanut - San Stino di Livenza Toso's Pelotonomania - USA/Italy / 13 points
155. Norbert Bauer - slow food - Germany / 13 points
156. John Lobosco - Team Beer Snob - USA / 13 points
157. Chuck Wilkins - smokes, beer & steel cable - USA / 12 points
158. Jason Walle - Jason Walle - USA / 12 points
159. Patrick Sharp - Jambons Magnifique - USA / 12 points
160. Tim Turnquist - tailortim - USA / 12 points
161. Moritz Mehlem - Glgi und seine - Germany / 12 points
162. Cary Whaley - Pepto Bismal/Quick Step - USA / 12 points
163. Bryan Hurley - Team Hurley - USA / 12 points
164. Niko Hinz - The Flying Nickmans - Germany / 12 points
165. David Reed - Fatter, Faster, Farther - USA / 12 points
166. Lou Molvin - Where's Cippo? - USA / 12 points
167. Jeffrey Paul - Schmutzic Velo - USA / 12 points
168. Tim Oh - Crouching Riders and Hidden Bicycles - USA / 12 points
169. Lexi Tejeda - Ginger Snaps - USA / 12 points
170. Tom Reynolds - Tom's Terrors - USA / 12 points
171. Patrick Shipley - .45 all americian - USA / 12 points
172. Nigel Ravenhill - Velos in the Vines - USA / 12 points
173. Chuck Hudak - INDYGO - USA / 12 points
174. Judith Angela - Team Baltimünster - Germany/USA / 12 points
175. Les Tooze - L L & S - UK / 12 points
176. Teun Parrel - U.V.S.-cycle - The Netherlands / 12 points
177. Doug Bennett - A Big Bag O' Hammers - Scotland / 12 points
178. Martin Solms - Zeroland - UK / 12 points
179. Philipp K÷ther - Phil Delatour - Germany / 12 points
180. Jim Parsons - HighHook - USA / 12 points
181. Andre Umali - 3rd time's the charm - Philippines / 12 points
182. Willem Punt - Kelme in Holland - The Netherlands / 12 points
183. Svenja - MyTeam - Germany / 12 points
184. Javier Ezquerra Martinez - ONCE al ataque - Spain / 12 points
185. Stefano Figallo - El Pipi Turbo-Concierge - Italy / 12 points
186. Niels Have - I won't win the TdF but I might win this game - Denmark / 12 points
187. John Tassara Solari - Cantin-a du Pusu - Italy / 12 points
188. Jakob Duma - Se Sono Rose, Fioreranno - Denmark / 12 points
189. Iñaki Rodríguez - CCCP - Spain / 12 points
190. Robert Lyons - BikeRide134 - USA / 12 points
191. Rene Strandberg - campo - Denmark / 12 points
192. Bob Titman - The Cycling Psychic - UK / 12 points
VIRTUAL TEAMS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE FIRST ROUND
193. Michael McQuillen - Team Erie - USA / 11 points
194. Ben Weston - Ben Weston - USA / 10 points
195. Francine Latil - Ridezine - USA / 10 points
196. Ian Jones - bikesplus - USA / 10 points
197. M. Edlin - VELOWHIZ - USA / 10 points
198. Paula Andrist - Pixie's Pistols and Pirates - USA / 10 points
199. Doug Brennan - Winning Team - USA / 10 points
200. Scott Balay - Desert Duelers - USA / 10 points
201. Andy McDobbin - The Team Formerly Known as ONCE - England / 10 points
202. Peter Budd - The Centurians - Australia / 10 points
203. Eva-Maria Griesser - Azzurras rasierte Radler - Germany / 10 points
204. Alex Parker - GS Velocite - USA / 10 points
205. Arjan Van Den Broek - Floppers - The Netherlands / 10 points
206. Bob Nixon - Slow Ants - USA / 10 points
207. Doug Turney - Team Cattivo - USA / 10 points
208. Ido Schnitzer - Mayo, le jeune, en maillot jaune - Israel / 10 points
209. Ezio T. - GargantuaºPantagruel - Italy / 10 points
210. Gerard K. - cosmic flyers - UK / 10 points
211. Toze Duarte - Carpediem TEAM - Portugal / 10 points
212. Alan Fernridge - Alan Fernridge - USA / 10 points
213. Nicas - Club Ciclista Usabiaga - Spain / 10 points
214. Rodney Riesland - 5 for freedom - USA / 10 points
215. Andrew Robins - Team Phantasay - USA / 10 points
216. Kaspar Kristiansen - Go Dance, MountainLance! - Denmark / 10 points
217. Jeff Mayer - Degenerate Cycling - USA / 10 points
218. Tim Power - Horrorcanes - New Zealand / 10 points
219. Georg Reidarsen - Team Ture - Norway / 10 points
220. Pat Harris - billygoats - USA / 10 points
221. Constantine Ananiadis - The Greek Machine - USA / 10 points
222. Norman Lai - Road racer - Canada / 10 points
223. Randall Wolf - Wolfpack - USA / 8 points
224. Paul H. Finley - U.S. Pistol Service - USA / 8 points
225. Aurther Dent - Off we go - Canada / 8 points
226. Carlos Rodas - Skootamatawatchas - Canada / 8 points
227. Stefan Hollwarth - ZILLERTAL - Austria / 8 points
228. Herman Van Iterson - Green Kelme Force - Holland / 8 points
229. Riccardo Bonaiti - valcava - Italy / 8 points
230. Rick Beuttel - Velo Dodos - USA / 8 points
231. Alan Miller - TeamActiveOffice - Scotland / 8 points
232. Rick Lane - Mad Hungarians - USA / 8 points
233. Arrate Gomez - Arrate's team - Spain / 8 points
234. Georg Thomas - team canas - Germany / 8 points
235. Andrew McCarron - The A Team - Australia / 6 points
236. Tommie Brock - Team Elon/Chain Reaction - USA / 6 points
237. Roy Drinkwater - Wiley Wheelmen - USA / 6 points
238. Peter Lang - Tourmalet Climbers - USA / 6 points
239. David Burnett - marathoners - USA / 6 points
240. Andy Hemming - Real Men Don't Wear Spandex - USA / 6 points
241. Eric Thelen - badpits crazy horses - Germany / 6 points
242. Burkni Helgason - SBS - Iceland / 6 points
243. Robert Landon - bebobs bikers - USA / 6 points
244. Michael Dichoso - team bubem - USA / 6 points
245. P. W. Niesen - Geroellsteiner - Germany / 6 points
246. Kurt Larrick - Team Dirty Sanchez - USA / 6 points
247. Jim Troedel - Team Green Stateline - USA / 6 points
248. Jim Keener - Stone Cold Bluffs - USA / 6 points
249. Chuck Taylor - Crankarm Dallas - USA / 6 points
250. Gary Resnick - Team Seven Alaris - USA / 6 points
251. Daniel Steinbach - Pernicious Pedallers - USA / 6 points
252. Achim Helmedac - The Bookhouse Boys - Germany / 6 points
253. Laura Weislo - Hold the Mayo - USA / 6 points
254. Tim Brink - Cippogetszippo - South Africa / 6 points
255. Joe Sciarini - couvignone - USA / 6 points
256. Jeff Sloop - Mayo-nnaise - USA / 6 points
257. Giovanni Tassara - Tassa Giortolo - Italy / 6 points
258. Thomas Zimmermann - Revolancion - Germany / 6 points
259. John Danek - The Espresso Drinkers - USA / 6 points
260. Stephen Jones - The Rolling Freakshow - USA / 6 points
261. Norm Simmonds - Heuristics - USA / 6 points
262. Michael Hayes - The Brown Rocks - Canada / 6 points
263. Michael Paige - Michael Paige - USA / 6 points
264. Mark Vandenbergh - Belgian cycling services presented by Mark VdB - Belgium / 6 points
265. Al Tejeda - Solo Rides - USA / 6 points
266. Janna Trevisanut - Velo Escargot - USA / 6 points
267. Leonard Trolio - TSWheels - USA / 6 points
268. Russ Jones - VeloScore - USA / 6 points
269. Michael T. Meehan - Lemond's Domestique - USA / 6 points
270. Benjamin Mauceri - Velo Brentwood - USA / 6 points
271. Scott Manning - Team Redlands - USA / 6 points
272. Jan Pankuweit - Team Yellow Babes - Germany / 6 points
273. Martin Kristensen - Lance Armstrong and the Order of the Grand Boucle - Denmark / 6 points
274. Gil Wilson - lion king-less - USA / 6 points
275. Malcolm Irving - Kilts on the crossbar - UK / 6 points
276. Johannes Heuser - Is it again the commander? (Armstrong) - Germany / 6 points
277. Steven Johnson - The Blues - Australia / 6 points
278. Steve Swindall - ss - USA / 6 points
279. Ben Hackenwerth - Eurozark - USA / 6 points
280. Tony Lippert - The drive for five - USA / 6 points
281. Becky Leidy - Venga! Allez! GO! - USA / 6 points
282. M. McEwen - Hounds - Canada / 6 points
283. Hans Tveitereid - Styltz - Norway / 6 points
284. Todd Duso - Team Klein - USA / 6 points
285. Iain Reynolds - rendo - Scotland / 5 points
286. Ehud Tal - The devious diesel - Israel / 4 points
287. Andrew Hughes - cycling centurions - England / 4 points
288. Arie Guijt - QBdynamite - Holland / 4 points
289. Martin Tetreault - Smithfield Hams - USA / 2 points
290. Dave Baronowski - Pole Pedallers - England / 2 points
291. Anna Martsiseuska - Belarus - Belarus / 2 points
292. Kees De Vreugd - Grendel - The Netherlands / 1 points
293. William R. Driessen - Willowüs World - The Netherlands / 1 points
294. Leo Ploner - Hi up there - Austria / 0 points
295. Henry Rinne - arkie-jazztel - USA / 0 points
296. Thomas Bütow - German Goats - Germany / 0 points
297. Matt Guse - The Flying Dogs - Canada / 0 points
298. Russ MacDonald - Northern Lights and Bug Bites - Canada / 0 points
299. Melissa Cotterill - Sprinters Supreme - Australia / 0 points
300. Heidi Ryan - Team Ragnarok - USA / 0 points
Congratulations to the 192 players that went through, and best wishes for the other game to the ones who didn't.
The 192 Virtual Teams will be divided into 24 groups of 8, with each participant playing a one-on-one match against a different rival in the next seven stages. Division will be made according to a draw, without any link to the Preliminary Round scores and rankings. Results of the draw will be online soon. |