
Velogames was formed in 1997 by George Chapman. Over the years the website has evolved to include most major races of the road cycling season, including Grand Tours, the spring and autumn classics along with the other major one day and stages races.
From a club perspective, the V-Sprint mini league, on velogames.com, is now in its fifth year and fourth with a dedicated trophy, awarded to the winner at the annual club Christmas party / awards ceremony.
The game is simple, but it takes commitment if you want to play for the full season, about 60 races. In 2024 in a bid to get more people involved. It was decided the highly prestigious trophy would be awarded based on the combined score of 3 grand tours and 5 monuments, although the full season league ran alongside this for those who want to play the full season.
2025 Season is underway
For 2025 there will again be two leagues running side by side. The club trophy for 2025 will be extended to include the elite men’s world champ’s road race.
The 2025 season will start on 21st Jan, with the tour down under. This will be followed by 7 more ‘warm up’ races. Alerts for when each race is open for entry will be on the club WhatsApp channel as well as alerts on social media from @velogames on twitter. The club website will be updated with the leagues as the season progresses.
How to play
It’s simple and free to play, you’ll need to create an account on velogames.com if you don’t already have one. You enter each stage race individually selecting a team of nine riders for stage races. For the one-day races, including the monuments and worlds road race you enter once, selecting a team of six riders, which you change for each race. These races form part of the wider season long superclasico series. The aim is to pick a balanced team. This is most important for a stage race, especially a grand tour. Points are awarded based on finish position, assists and breakaways along with leader jerseys, team performance and end of tour points in stage races.
Players select riders based on a budget of 100 credits. Select 6 riders for one day races, where unlimited team changes are allowed in between each race to allow each team to field a completely new selection for each race. Select 9 riders for each stage race. Once you have selected a team of 9 riders and they have started the first stage of the race, your team is set for the duration of the tour.
Rules
https://www.velogames.com/velogame/2024/rules.php
Stage Race Scoring
https://www.velogames.com/velogame/2024/scores.php
One Day Race Scoring
https://www.velogames.com/sixes-superclasico/2024/scores.php
Useful resources for picking a team
https://www.procyclingstats.com/races.php
https://thepelotonian.com/
http://ww.youtube.com/@OwDoCycling