Since a LOT of you went to the TriFantasy site...I thought I'd give the scoring updates from this weekend's races (Wanaka + Geelong 70.3).

For the Feb. 2018 Competition the final tally was: https://trifantasy.wordpress.com/...sy-season-standings/

• Jason H - 12 points
• Jenny B - 4 points

Even though a lot of you surfed around on the site, no one else actually made picks. It only takes literally 1 minute to make picks!!! You can get to the site here:


https://trifantasy.wordpress.com/

I'll reply back on this thread when it gets closer, but the March competition will kick off the first weekend of the month with Ironman New Zealand and WTS Abu Dhabi. WTS Abu Dhabi is going to have a packed field (Mola, Murray, the Brownlees, Vincent Luis, Schoeman, Birtwhistle, etc.) for men and (Gentle, Duffy, Routier, Holland, Stanford, Learmonth, Hewitt, Kasper, Zafaeres, etc).women. Ironman NZ is shaping up well too with Currie, Cam Brown, Bozzone, Viennot, Dougal Allan, McNiece, Cal Millward and more for the guys and McCauley, Siddall leading the women.

Newest event is live to start making picks!

2018 WTS Abu Dhabi - Men's Race

This is a great time to get involved in TriFantasy - fantasy standings will reset for the month of March - and this is also the first WTS event of the year! Expect to see more races go live this week to make picks for the Women's Race and Ironman New Zealand.

Remember - to make picks - just post it in the comments of the website page...I'll take care of the rest.

Just put up the other 2 races for the weekend! Here they are:

WTS Abu Dhabi - Women's Race

Ironman New Zealand - Men's Race

Should be a really fun weekend for pro racing! Make sure to get your picks in on time (WTS by noon Thur EST and Ironman NZ by noon Fri EST).

Thanks for setting this up - especially now that TriathlonLive has abandoned the fans at the last minute with their tri race predictions game.

My picks for the women's in Abu:

Duffy
Zafares
Stanford
Holland
Learmonth

For the men:

Birtwhistle
Mola
Blumenfelt
Murray
J. Brownlee

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Awesome! Got it.

One thing for those making picks - I'll post the scores, but maybe a day late...I usually watch them while I'm doing a longer trainer ride on the weekend but since the races are Friday for WTS...I won't watch them until Sat.

Great stuff. Am in.

Wow! Those were some crazy races this weekend....especially the ladies WTS race (with Duffy, Zaferes, Brown, Cook, etc. all crashing out).

Anyway - here are the updated Fantasy Standings - As of now - Jenny B is leading for March w/ 7 points!

This upcoming weekend is Ironman 70.3 Bariloche, the men's field is weak but the women's side is pretty strong led by Sarah Piampiano and Alicia Kaye. I'll work to get a fantasy pick page up for it sometime in the next day and update here when it's up.

This weekend's race is up to make picks!


Ironman 70.3 Bariloche Women's Race - TriFantasy

Led by female racers Sarah Piampiano, Alicia Kaye, and former ITU racer Pam Oliveira among others- Make sure to make picks before the race starts Sunday morning :)

Also - since Sarah Piampiano is now withdrawing (per her Twitter a couple hours ago) - it's just going to be pick the top 2 lady finishers...I don't think this race should be worth too many points since the race field is now suddenly a lot less deep.

Just a reminder - if you wanna get involved; need to get your picks in for Ironman 70.3 Bariloche by tomorrow night (EST)!

No Mooloolaba World Cup Prognostication? some big horses in that race...

Ehh... i was just gonna do the WTS races for ITU (Commonwealth Games notwithstanding).

You can never really tell if the top dogs are using World Cup races as a hard training session or showing up to win....whereas you can assume everyone is bringing their A game to the WTS. The other piece is that start lists are always so top heavy in World Cup races (Murray, a couple Aussies and Hernandez then a bunch of young untested kids). Guessing the podium or top 5 with that start list doesn't give a lot of variety.

I can start adding in the World Cup races next round (New Plymouth on 3/25) though if people want? Just a bit last minute for me w/ Mooloolaba.

Fair enough... The WCs tend to have a few of the big dogs, and then a lot of the up & comers going for a result but you're right, they do tend to be top heavy... But Mooloolaba and New Plymouth stand to have pretty stacked fields, since many of the stars from Commonwealth countries are already Down Under ahead of the games to train/acclimatize...

Scores are up from this weekend! Congrats to Adame - scored all possible points by naming the top 2 female finishers in Bariloche in order!

Expect to see this weekend's races posted sometime in the next day or so. We have both 70.3 Campeche (Bozzone, Hanson, Wurtele, Weiss, etc. for the men and Wurtele, Corin, Naeth, etc. for the women), and 70.3 Taiwan (T. Van Berkel, Potts, Beals, etc for the men).

I'll post an update here once they're live.

This Weekend's Picks Are Up!


Ironman 70.3 Campeche


Ironman 70.3 Taiwan

Campeche is a deeper field (Bozzone, Hanson, Wurteles, Weiss, Wurf, Corbin, Brandon) so picks are for the men's and women's podium.

Taiwan has a shallower field (Potts, T. Van Berkel, Beals, Dennis, Jerzyk) especially for the ladies so picks are for the men's podium and the women's winner.

Races are Sunday, so picks in by Saturday afternoon (EST) please. Thanks everyone!

Just a reminder that picks are needed by Saturday afternoon. It looks like most ppl who've been playing the last few weeks are back - but if you want to try for a first time, it's super easy!

Also - if you're not super familiar with the pro fields - check out Emily Cocks and Zach Miller on the triathlon preview show podcast - they just released an overview of this weekend's races

Triathlon Preview Show

I've posted scores for this weekend's 70.3 Taiwan and 70.3 Campeche. Adame and Nick C. had really strong weeks again and have pulled into 1st and 2nd overall for the month. Here are the standings:

Fantasy Standings

I'll get this upcoming weekend's race online in the next day or 2. It's 70.3 Davao headlined on the men's side w/ Tim Reed, Mauricio Mendez, T. Van Berkel, Crowie, Brent McMahon; and on the ladies wit Eberhardt, Duke, Bevilaqua.

This weekend's race is live to make picks! See my link below - looking for the top 3 male and top 2 female finishers. There are some pretty good names racing this weekend. Make sure to get picks in my 3/24 in the afternoon.

Ironman 70.3 Davao Fantasy Picks

This will be the last race for the March competition - and with 20+ points up for grabs and only 5 points separating 1st from 3rd...it'll be interesting to see who ends up winning the month.

April is going to be a big month - Commonwealth Games and Ironman just released the start lists for 70.3 Oceanside and 70.3 Texas - tons of big names!

Just a reminder...need to get picks in for 70.3 Davao in the next 24 hours!

It took a couple days longer than I would have liked but Davao 70.3 results are up. Jason won the race with 8 points. The overall March winner was 'Adame' with 24 points!!

Now we're going to be starting April so a great time to get started if anyone new wants to...a bunch of big races this upcoming month including

• 70.3 Oceanside in 2 weeks - huge startlist with Lionel, Frodeno, Timbo Reed, Sam Appleton, Holly Lawrence, Heather Jackson, Jeanni Seymour, Sarah True
• 70.3 Texas in 2 weeks - another huge startlist - Kienle, TO, Starykowicz, Ben Kanute, Rinny, Mel Hauschildt, Helle Frederiksen
• Ironman African and North American Championships
• The Commonwealth Games
• WTS Bermuda
• St. Anthony's Tri
• Challenge Gran Canaria - Ali Brownlee, Ryf, Lucy Charles
• A bunch of other Challenge Races (haven't found starting lists yet)

If you aren't familiar with the site - take a look around here. I'll post a reminder for picks once I put the first race up live.

Pages are up for the Commonwealth Games! Races are during the day in Australia on Thursday so make sure picks are in by 8 pm on Wednesday EST. Picks are for the podium in each, and it is a Sprint distance race. Remember that this is the first race for April - so get started now if you haven't before to try and win the month's ranking!

Here they are:

Commonwealth Games Men's Race


Commonwealth Games Women's Race

Look out for this weekend's 70.3 Oceanside and Texas in the next day or 2 - I'll post when they are up.

Oceanside 70.3 is live to make picks! The men's and women's side are both super deep, so we're picking the Top 5 for both races.

Make Picks Here!!!

The race is Saturday morning, so need picks in by 11:59 PM on Friday EST. Good luck!

Also - I've tried to keep an eye on racers' social media in case they might be a DNS...

Sarah Piampiano is out and off the start list
Sam Appleton is out from his Instagram but still listed
Jesse Thomas is questionable from his Instagram due to an ab strain

Keep an eye out tomorrow for 70.3 Texas (aka the race of the uber bikers...Kienle vs. Starykowicz vs. Weiss vs. Kanute)

Finally...70.3 Texas is up and ready to make picks. Strong fields for both the men and women...and looking at the men's field - it'll be interesting to see who (if anyone) can hang on with Sebi, Starky, Kanute, and Weiss on the bike.

Pick the Top 5 Men and Top 5 Women - need picks by Saturday night EST...race starts Sunday morning!

Make Picks Here

Scores are up for the Commonwealth Games, 70.3 Oceanside, and 70.3 Texas. Overall...there were some really good picks; especially for the 70.3 races. Jenny B kinda dominated fantasy this weekend and is now 1st for the month, 1st for Long Distance, and 1st for 2018 overall. Also - Nick C. with 21 points in Oceanside....I think that's the highest point total anyone's gotten in a single race this year.

Trifantasy Scores

I'll update the individual racers profiles over the next day or 2.

This weekend we have 70.3 Liuzhou and the Ironman African Championships. I'll try to get them up ASAP.

Start List Highlights:

Liuzhou - Crowie, A. Brownlee (who knows if he shows after his crap showing at the CGs, Metzler, Bevilaqua, Withrow, Jerzyk, Piampiano)

African Championships - Hoffman, Amberger, Cunnama, Wurf, Llanos, Maelert, Schildknect, Clavel, Cheetham, L. Charles, Pallant, Corbin, Vesterby

70.3 Liuzhou is up to make picks....the race is Saturday morning in China so need picks in by 6 pm EST on Friday!

Make Picks Here

Here it is....The Ironman African Championships in South Africa. This is a big one - the first Regional Championship race...winners get auto-qualification to Kona. Pick the top 5 men and women finishers...need picks in by 6 pm Saturday night. Good luck everyone!

Make Picks Here

FYI - I probably won't get scores up for another day or 2...the wife is running Boston tomorrow so we're getting ready for that.

Ok everyone - I have scores up for 70.3 Liuzhou and Ironman South Africa from the weekend. I won 70.3 Liuzhou in big part because I got the ladies podium perfect. The Ironman African Championships were closer...thanks to a bad showing by Ben Hoffman. Jenny B is still leading for April with 55 points (a 6 point lead). You can see the scores here:

Scores

These are the races for this weekend - If I can't get them all up in time, I'm going to prioritize them based on field strength.

Challenge Gran Canaria
St Anthony's Tri
Ironman 70.3 Peru
Ironman 70.3 Florianopolis

Sorry guys - got a bit too busy last week but luckily those were all smaller 70.3s and such. This week is a different story...

Here are the WTS Bermuda Men's and Women's Races to pick - looking for the top 5 by Saturday morning...same scoring as WTS Abu Dhabi.

WTS Bermuda Men's Race

WTS Bermuda Women's Race

I'll have IM Texas up soon!

Ironman North American Championships in Texas is up to make picks!

Ironman NA Champs in Texas Picks

Big questions here...will Matt Hanson repeat? Will Starky go sub-4 on the bike? How will Matt Russell look back in a full IM post-crash? Will Van Lierde be attacked by hooligans again?

On the ladies side...How will Meredith Kessler be post-baby? Can Lauren Brandon put together a bike & run split to match her swim?

I just realized for the WTS events this weekend, although I had the correct distances (1500 m,40 k, 10 k), I accidentally listed them as Sprint and not Olympic. I fixed it but if you need to make changes to you picks, just make sure you do before the race starts.

IM TEXAS:

1. Matt Hanson
2. Brent McMahon
3. Time Van Berkel
4. Andrew Starykowicz
5. Ivan Tutukin

1. Jodie Robertson
2. Jocelyn McCauley
3. Meredith Kessler
4. Lauren Brandon
5. Melissa Hauschildt

Updated per Joe Skipper being out

IM Texas:

Men:

1.McMahon
2.Hanson
3.Van Lierde
4.Tim Van Berkel
5.Russel

Women:

1.Hauschild
2.Kerssler
3.Annett
4.Vesterby
5.Deckers

FYI...the hosts over at The Triathlon Preview Show podcast are saying that Joe Skipper is not starting this weekend at Texas, and that he announced that on social media. I'm not seeing it on his twitter or instagram, but take it how you will - it looks like he was in the UK 9 hours ago. Make any pick changes you need!

 
Scores are up for WTS Bermuda and IM Texas...Scores are Here

WTS Bermuda Men's Winners were Jason Hitch and Nick C. with 3 points
WTS Bermuda Women's Winners were Jenny B and Nick C. with 7 points
Ironman Texas winner was Jenny B w/ 11 points

Jenny B...congrats - you won the month of April competition!

We start a new monthly competition this weekend with the following

70.3 St. George (Lionel, Sebi, Timbo Reed, Michael Raelert, Appleton, Hanson, H. Wurtele, Kessler, Jeanni Seymour, Sarah True, etc.)

Ironman Australia (Laura Siddall, Annabel Luxford, David Dellow, Luke McKenzio, Marino, Dougal Allan)

70.3 Busselton (Bozzone, Crowie, Jake Montgomery, Mollward, Sarah Crowley, K. Bevilaqua, Laura Dennis)

Wildflower...maybe? Can't find a start list yet.

Other races to look forward to for May include 70.3 Pays d'Aix, 70.3 Monterrey, WTS Yokohama, IM Lanzarote, 70.3 St. Polten, IM Brazil)

Jason Hitch and Jenny B are now tied for the season lead with 98 points.

70.3 St. George is live! Make picks here!

Looking for Top 5 Men and Top 3 Women. The Men's side is a bit more stacked then the women's. Make sure to get picks in before the race starts on Saturday morning.

We're going to stick w/ just 70.3 St. George this weekend. It is the big race for sure, and I just didn't have time to set any of the smaller races up with work this week. Best of luck to everyone!!

Scores for St. George 70.3 are up and Jenny B continued her winning ways with 17 points. She is now leading the overall 2018 standings, along with having won April and leading May; she first in WTS races and Long Distance races for the year. Someone needs to beat her!

WTS Yokohama is up to make picks. The race is Saturday and it's in Japan so it'll be happening Friday night EST, so don't forget! We're looking for the Top 5 like usual in a WTS race...no Jonny Brownlee, Vicky Holland, or Jessica Learmonth...but most everyone else is there!


Men's Picks for WTS Yokohama


Women's Picks for WTS Yokohama

2018 WTS YOKOHAMA – MEN’S RACE

1. Mario Mola
2. Henri Schoeman
3. Kristian Blummenfelt
4. Vincent Luis
5. Richard Murray

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2018 WTS YOKOHAMA – WOMEN’S RACE

1. Flora Duffy
2. Kirsten Kasper
3. Rachel Klamer
4. Katie Zafares
5. Summer Cook

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