We're heading into the fifth round of the Fantasy Downhill Presented by Trek. So far over 21,000 Pinkbike readers have picked their dream DH World Cup team to be in the running to walk home with a Trek Session 9.9 and other prizes!
@Bruccio won the last round with 1070 points and walks away with
Bontrager TLR Flash Charger Floor Pump & a Rapid Pack (value $180 USD). After 4 rounds,
@Anarhichas is leading the overall with 3155 points. The overall winner at the end of all 7 rounds of the 2018 UCI World Cup and the 2018 UCI World Championships will walk home with a Trek Session 9.9 with a limited edition exclusive paint job! More photos and detail on the spec
here.
Read on to refresh your memory about how the league works and increase your chances of taking home a prize.
If you didn't participate in the first rounds, now's the time to enter a team! You may not be able to win the Grand Prize, but there are prizes for each round, so it's worth spending the time to create a team.
Prizes
Grand PrizeSeason OverallAt the end of the season, the overall Fantasy Downhill Champion will win a
Trek Session 9.9 complete bike with Limited Edition exclusive paint scheme. You can see where you're currently sitting in the Global ranking
here.
Round 5 Prize
Andorra, July 14
Pick the best team for this round and you can walk away with Flatline Mountain Bike Shoes & Line Nylon Pedals (value $190 USD). Flat pedals win medals!
3-Day Blackout Period
In order to avoid players copying each other's teams, all rider selections will be hidden for 72 hours before each race. Start playing mind games with your friends that you
know are shoulder-hopping your choices.
Unlimited Trades
To make evolving your strategy between rounds easier, we've allowed unlimited trades after each round. Instead of only 2 changes allowed per round, you can now stick with what's working,
or change your whole team out after every race.
We've added an injury icon to show high profile athletes who are injured. This is not foolproof or exhaustive, so you'll still need to do your own research into your picks. If you know of riders who are injured, mention them in the comments and we’ll keep this updated.
Office Leagues
Employees at Race Face, Norco, SRAM, Trek, Chromag, Jenson, Specialized, and more are battling it out behind closed doors in their Office Leagues.
Offices can
set up private leagues in addition to playing the main public league. Let the trash talk begin and show Dave in accounting who's boss (sorry Dave).
The Fantasy Downhill League is Presented by Trek.
MENTIONS: @trek
Last week you corrected this but only after folks in Europe had a chance to make last minute changes from qualifying (i.e. due to injuries). Not really fair.
3-Day Blackout Period
In order to avoid players copying each other's teams, all rider selections will be hidden for 72 hours before each race. Start playing mind games with your friends that you know are shoulder-hopping your choices.
In order to avoid players copying each other's teams, all rider selections will be hidden for 72 hours before each race. Start playing mind games with your friends that you know are shoulder-hopping your choices."
Read that again. It says hidden. That's to stop people copying others' teams. PB never said they would do a 3-day lock on adjustments... that's different.
Mind you this time I do need the shoes, so please @Anarhichas step away
So, the value is actually $190.