Five Days of Hell Everything Thread

[Virabia]

First, I know your thinking, hey wait.... QoD's doing a tour... Well think of this as a Tour of California to his Giro... Except much harder than the Giro could ever be because it's organised by sadists. Of the Super Sadist Variety.

Anyway with out further ado: Five Days of Hell...

What is It?: Five Days of Hell is a cycling race held every year in Virabia and aside from the 26 day Vuelta Virabia is potentially the hardest cycling event on the domestic circuit. Despite only being five days it is infamous for being organised in a way where as the race organiser Mark Evans puts it "If one man finishes, we've done our job." To do this no punches are spared. Each day riders go over some of the toughest climbs imaginable as they struggle to not only survive but for a few wear the coveted Red Jersey as the overall leader of the tour, a prize reserved for the few who can conquer the high peaks of The Arch.

Sweet So What's the Red Jersey: The Red Jersey is one of the five jerseys given out in the tour. An explanation of the three is below.

Red Jersey (General Classification): The Red Jersey goes to the leader of the General Classification and unlike the rest of the world, GC works a bit differently in Virabia. Instead of racing for the lowest time, at the end of each stage and at mountain peaks (other races include sprint points) riders are given points based upon which position they come in. The goal is to amass the most points at the end of the tour so you can stand atop the podium. Exactly how many points are to be given out on each stage and on each climb will be given out later. Also note that Points are given out to riders in a rather unique fashion. While the top five riders gain more points, riders beyond that are given points based upon the group in which they finish and how far said group is behind the leader. (Trust me it will make sense).

Rainbow Jersey (Mountains Classification): The Rainbow Jersey is given to the person who has the most points ammassed only from climbs. Often times one is competitive in both the rainbow and the red jersey.

Tan Jersey (Intermediate Sprints Classification): While there are few sprints in this race, there is still recognition for the rider who is best in intermediate sprints. Like other competitions this is a point based system and the one with the highest number of points wins.

White Jersey (Young Riders): The white jersey is given to the best rider in the GC who is under 25.

Technical Details of the Race

It will be scorinated by Liventia's cycling scoranator and the following information will need to be provided.

Team name/National team name and attributes (see below)
Rider names (six or less) and attributes (see below)

Attributes: Flats, Climbs, Sprints
There are two sets: one overall for the team, and one for each individual rider.
TEAM attributes: maximum in any category is 5, minimum is 0.1; sum of all three must not exceed 10
RIDER attributes: maximum in any category is 4, minimum is 0.1; sum of all three should not exceed 8
(Trust me, you will want some flat abillity and definately some sprinting abillity)
The team's attributes will be added to each individual rider's attributes for scorination.

Now your probably wondering which kind of rider should I enter: A climber. Preferably one who is insane.

Note that at this point there is no set date so I will run once I get numbers (or know that I won't be getting numbers). The aim is for around 20-22 teams. Like with the Southham - Vonghurst, Virabi teams will be added in to make up the numbers.

Teams 22/22: (132 Riders in the Starting Peloton)

CycleMark Test Team - Virabia
Tom Shedlock
Zachariah Wayne
Elenor Hernandes (U25)
Edna Keller
Marlon Nava (U25)
Logan Diesendo

Team Type 1093 - Virabia
Indiana Solo (U25)
Luke Jones (U25)
Hermione Saldivar
Brook Adaams
Fabricio Verdugo
Cédric Fallón

Eropeos Cycling XXV - Virabia
Riley Brifman
Elana Solly
Madeline Bourchier (U25)
Aidan Walch (U25)
Arnaldo Zavala (U25)
Alucio Zaragoza

Anglaia Cycling XXV - Virabia
Bartolo Ordóñez
Malaquías Tórres
Andrea Angélo (U25)
Sam Blackburn (U25)
Kiera Cooper (U25)
Paul Gregory (U25)

Thrice - Adü - Malak Free State
Slobodan Jandrlić
Velemir Makić
Vitjan Protič
Michal Šíma (U25)
Mojmir Hrvat
Milenko Duvnjak

Google Darmen - Darmen
Greg Harris
Kevin Lerrog
Michael Neville
Scott Benzel (U25)
Jeff Cochran (U25)
Chris Collins (U25)

Nautilus - Zwangug
Shenandoah Vante
Ezekiel Rossmer-Hampp
Ron Kachi
Winifred Witobey-Kemer
Daniel Laugh-Weiss (U25)
C. F. Aman (U25)

Team Cyborg Holland - Cyborg Holland
Eric Vandaler
David von Sherier
Karl Wjoona
Tim Ensen
Robert de Zeeal (U25)
Petr Nevinski (U25)

ST Cycling - Stuffed Taxadermists
Daniel Cranelli
Alvin McSweeney
Bob Smith
Riley Salton
Owain Mitchell (U25)

Pioneers Cycling - Mossulia
James Bloggs
Jillian De Cal (U25)
Carl Potch
Lucy Treen (U25)
Omar Yaxin
Lilly Garch

Comesby Cycling Club - Civil Citizenry
Janocevar Saxabern
Gulan Perkinoyu
Dosobold Wafermi
Osikogosu Zebaler
Kamekunam Kupofel (U25)
Abarno Lexin (U25)

The Bervnovinaian Bicycling Club - Bergnovinaia
Greg Landauer
Benjamin Lambart
Howard Jaggins
Garry Vandersalt
Jojo Pineretia (U25)
Ramon Velasco-Ortiz (U25)

The Bervnovinaian Bicycling Club (B) - Bergnovinaia
Tim Howell
Eadgar Hassant
Bajana Thata
Roberto Guitirez
Eli Selay (U25)
Daniel Patrick (U25)

The Bervnovinaian Bicycling Club (W) - Bergnovinaia
Eliza Begay
Cathy Croft
Penelope Rayz
Susan Bayer
Emile de Isunla (U25)
Janelle Thine (U25)

Spitfyred1 Biking Enthusiasts - Spitfyred1
John Hillary
Kyle Suarez
Jenny Marley
Sandra Hillary (U25)
Christiano Pele (U25)
Edson Pele (U25)

Channel One - Kazerjan
Sasha Bukovskin
Alexei Kozkov
Mikhail Okanitsk
Petr Demidov
Lev Parnovskov (U25)
Alexander Krivonosov (U25)

Carmadin National Cycling Team - Carmadin
Moytz Och'p
Z'b'chehf
Thoh m'jurt
Ong ohch of'ng eef
Shayn'f (U25)
Orcom Rachar'cho (U25)

Team Camwood Cycling - Camwood
Christopher Ung (U25)
Jeff Pappas
Donald Pinckney
Craig Hammons
Kenneth Koehn
Jack Charbonneau (U25)

Community Sports Association Cycling - ISC
Martin Meyer (U25)
Pindo Delange
Lancin Ell
Rili Salic
John Jennings (U25)
Moharamann Rafinks

Tae-Mart Express - Taeshan
Jackson Bodreau
Bradley Martindale
Harvey Isaacs
Tyler Walker
Warren van Buren (U25)
Klyde van der Viel (U25)


Asal éide spóirt – Sorthern Racing - Sorthern Northland
Koldobika Ibaiguren
Alesander Valrojo
Iñigo Lissón
Ixidor Orzaiz (U25)
Ruairí Mac Cailein (U25)
Manel Sala (U25)

McLafferty's Sorthern Stout - Sorthern Northland
Keshia Marler
Treasa Nic Chartaigh
Trìonag Nic Eòghainn
Lluis Pujol
Shane Connemara
Abbán Mac Caba


HAVE FUN...and Welcome to Hell!

[Virabia]

Stage One: Charleston -> Mt. Julich (99.15 km)

The first stage of this years race is one of the two races that lack any HC climbs but, do not be fooled into mistaking that this stage is any walk in the park. With six climbs that give points to the King of the Mountains classification (including four from Categories 1 and 2), it's safe to say that this stage will make riders who are not used to the sadism of Virabi Race Organisers begin to regret their decision to ride.

The stage itself starts right in the heart of downtown Charleston where a large crowd will be present to cheer the riders on as they make the Grand Departure on their route to Beaverbury. The initial few kilometeres of the course will zigzag through narrow city streets, which in theory should be the easiest part of the stage but, remember, The people who organise this event are sadists. This zig-zagging is done on narrow cobbled streets and with a forecast scheduled for rain, it will be slippery as well and riders will not want to risk going too fast into the corners lest they want to risk crashing and taking others down with them. There is not much cause for fear, this only lasts the first five kilometres. After that, the peloton will be thrust onto another narrow road, this time the road is paved and as the riders begin to exit the city they will be treated to the first climb of the race, Collins Hill.



The climb itself is nothing special and with the exception of a few daring souls who think they can go the course alone, the only attacks will be small ones by King of the Mountain favourites who want to establish somewhat of an ordinary lead.

1st: 3
2nd: 2
3rd: 1

After reaching the top of Collins Hill, the riders will descend back down into a valley and will turn left on to a valley road that will take them through the heart of a thick pine forest and further inland. This road is rather easy on the palette, it's mostly flat but the overall trajectory sees a ever so slight rise as the road nears the base of the first real climb of this years race, Hunt Hill.




While shorter than Collins Hill (it's not even 4 kilometres), this climb will present a significant challenge to riders. It averages at a gradient of just over 10% but at some sections it rises to around 17%. The road is difficult too. The riders have turned off the valley road, going back north bound and while the bottom is paved, near the top it changes into a loose dirt pass that will give riders justification to be worried of both the climb but more so the descent which has a couple steep sections on non paved road.

1st: 10
2nd: 6
3rd: 4
4th: 2
5th: 1

After the descent, riders will be put back onto another valley road. This one is paved, but like most roads riders will encounter on this race, narrow, only wide enough for one and a half cars. Never fear, they won't be on this road for all to long as they immediately veer back off, once again toward the north and onto the first of three ascents that make up the riders climb of Mt. Adams.



This represents the first of something rather common in Virabi cycling, the fragmented climb. (The best comparison i can think of IRL is the Col du Galibier which has the Col du Telegraph before it) These climbs are marked by ascents, followed by small or flat periods which are followed by further ascents and King of the Mountain points are given only at the top of the mountain.

Now as for the first section itself, if it stood alone, it would be given a Cat II rating. At only 4.64 km and a grade of just below seven percent, it will certainly be tough but not too demanding for the field. The numerous switchbacks and senic backdrop will make it a favourite for fans who want to see just a bit more than the two seconds when the riders go by. Once they reach the high point of 471 metres they will descend for a bit and resume climbing an ascent similar to the last one but, just a tad easier. Once again, expect a fair number of rowdy fans to be present. Waving flags, screaming, running aside riders in goose costumes. All the stuff that makes the sport the beautiful thing that it is. Once again, the riders will dip down before taking a short climb to the forested top of Mt. Evans.

1st: 20
2nd: 15
3rd: 10
4th: 5
5th: 3
6th: 1

Once they reach the top of Mt. Evans, the peloton will descend quite a ways down, to an elevation of 475 metres but aside from the long, twisty descent there will be little chance for the riders to recooperate as they will be thrust onto the second fragmented climb of the day. This time the riders will go up the rather tame slopes of Rodman Pass, which features two main sections. The first of which is a Category III climb which presents nothing special, a couple of turns and a gentle but steady slope will be in front of riders who make it to this point and while the climb itself is not difficult, those who are not elite climbers on top of their game may start to dip in to the red zone.



After that the riders will go up another small incline to the peak of Rodman Pass, which, at 824 metres is the high point of the stage.

1st: 8
2nd: 5
3rd: 3
4th: 1

Once riders scale Rodman pass, they will have a small descent followed by another small incline before making the long harrowing descent toward the small village of Gaxholme where at the 88 kilometre mark, riders will race through the only sprint point of the day. This will grant the following points to riders

1st: 10
2nd: 5
3rd: 3

The riders will then race along a valley road that will slightly slope upwards until it reaches the base of the day's final climb. Mt. Julich, where riders seeking the Red Jersey will seek to take out an early lead on what ever is left of the pack.




This final climb will be oh so difficult for riders. Tired from the days racing, they will have to dig deep with in themselves to make it up this climb and the ones with the most in the tank as well as the most mental fortitude will be the ones who are at the end of the day successful. However, let it be noted that as far as this race goes, Mt. Julich is by far not the most difficult climb the riders will face and with a tough stage the next day, riders will likely save quite a bit for the days ahead. As for the climb itself, it never gets too steep and maxes out at only 9% so it alone shouldn't devistate the field. At the top the riders will cross the finish line and at the end of a hard day's race be relieved that they are one fifth done with the race.

1st: 20
2nd: 15
3rd: 10
4th: 5
5th: 3
6th: 1

(Note: Points from 6th and beyond are determined by who is at the front of the group.
1st: 40
2nd: 30
3rd: 25
4th: 20
5th: 16
6th/Group with 6th: 14
7th/Group with 7th: 12
8th/Group with 8th: 10
9th/Group with 9th: 8
10th/Group with 10th: 6
11th/Group with 11th: 4
12th/Group with 12th: 2
13th/Group with 13th: 1

(Elimination cutoff is 10% of Winning Time)


Stage Two: Oscar -> Boarder Mountain (122.24 km)


Stage Three: Charlie Valley -> Ten Wolf Mountain (110.07 km)


Stage Four: Pleasant Valley -> Mt. Pleasant (28 km) (ITT)


Stage Five: Damst Hill -> Beaverbury (211.11 km)

(Detailed Stage info will be updated as I can do it)

[Greenjungle]

I'll join when is it on

[Wolfmanne]

I'll send over a team, although there will only be a small number of cyclists competing in the Olympics.

[Chenkorya]

Okay... We'll join.

[Virabia]

If'n y'all wanna join you need to list the teams/riders and their attributes

[Cyborg Holland]

Are White jerseys for young riders, or brown, it says both?

[Darmen]

Team Name:GoogleDarmen
Team Attributes: F-3 C-5 S-2

Riders
Greg Harris 4 3 1 All-Arounder
Kevin Lerrog 1 4 3 All-Arounder
Michael Neville 2 3 3 All-Arounder
Scott Benzel 3.9 0.1 4 Sprinter(Young Rider)
Jeff Cochran 3 4 1 Climber(Young Rider)
Chris Collins 2 2 4 Domestique/Lead-out(Young Rider)

[Virabia]

Signups updated through GoogleDarmen

[Zwangzug]

Nautilus 4-4-2

Shenandoah Vante 2-2-4
Ezekiel Rossmer-Hampp 3-4-1
Ron Kachi 3-2-3
Winifred Witobey-Kemer 3-3-2
Daniel Laugh-Weiss 2-3-3 (young rider)
C. F. Aman 3-1-4 (young rider)

[Virabia]

Signups through Nautilus

[Cyborg Holland]

Team Cyborg Holland 2-3-4

1. Eric Vandaler 3-2-3 Sprinter/All rounder
2. David von Sherier 3-2-3 All rounder
3. Karl Wjoona 2-2-4 Sprinter
4. Tim Ensen 2-3-3 Climber/Sprinter
5. Robert de Zeeal (U-25) 4-2-2 Flats specialist
6. Petr Nevinski (U-25) 3-3-2 Climber/Flats

[Stuffed Taxidermists]

Team Name: ST Cycling
Team Attributes: 3-5-2
1. Daniel Cranelli 3-2-2
2. Alvin McSweeney 2-3-2
3. Bob Smith 3-3-2
4. Riley Salton 2-4-2
5. Owain Mitchell 3-3-2 (Young Rider)

[Mossulia]

(FLATS-CLIMB-SPRINT)
Team: Pioneers Cycling (2-5-3)
Riders:
James Bloggs (2-2-4) Age: 26
Jillian De Cal (3-3-2) Age: 23
Carl Potch (1-4-3) Age: 28
Lucy Treen (2-3-3) Age: 22
Omar Yaxin (1-4-3) Age: 31
Lilly Garch (2-2-4) Age: 27

A team of climbers and a couple of sprinters thrown in too for good measure. Yep, well they are Mossulian (meaning that the finer details don't matter and muddling through with something to show for it at the end is good enough.)

[Virabia]

Updated through Pioneers Cycling

[Civil Citizenry]

Comesby Cycling Club - 2-5-3

Janocevar Saxabern - 1-4-3
Gulan Perkinoyu - 2-4-2
Dosobold Wafermil - 3-4-1
Osikogosu Zebaler - 1-4-3
Kamekunam Kupofel* - 1-3-4
Abarno Lexin* - 3-3-2

* denotes U25 rider

[Bergnovinaia]

The Bervnovinaian Bicylcling Club 3-4-3

Greg Landauer 5-1-4 (Flats/Sprinter)
Benjamin Lambart 3-5-2 (Climber)
Howard Jaggins 2-2-6 (Sprinter)
Garry Vandersalt 3-4-3 (All Areas)
Jojo Pineretia* 4-3-4 (All areas)
Ramon Velasco-Ortiz* 1-7-2 (Climber)

*Denotes an U-25 Rider

Manager: Justin Nacert

Personal Bio:

Age: 45
Area of Residence: Malon, Bergnovinaia
RP information: To come later...


Team Coordinator (Manages Breaks, Dieting, Excersie Routines, PR, etc.): Alyssa Contreun

Age: 23
Area of Residence: Horuk, Bergnovinaia
RP infomation: To come later...

[Kazerjan]

The Kazerjan National Cycling Federation is proud to announce our team for the Five Days of Hell

Channel One 4-2-4

Sasha Bukovskin 1-3-4
Alexei Kozkov 3-4-1
Mikhail Okanitsk 3-2-3
Petr Demidov 3-4-1
Lev Parnovskov 2-3-3 (young rider)
Alexander Krivonosov 3-1-4 (young rider)

[Virabia]

Because I found out recently that I'm going away next week and won't have much internet, the closure of signups has been delayed to the 22nd and the First Stage the 24th of august. I still very much intend to run this, just do not have the time ATM.

[Carmadin]

Carmadin National Cycling Team
5 days of hell Delegation
(flats-sprints-climbs)Ratings: 3-3-4

The Carmadin National Cycling team consists of 24-30 members at any given time, and is made up of the best of the best in carmadin. For each race, delegations are sent to compete. The Delegations will consist of the cyclists who will perform best in the specific race. As such, the 6 cyclists here are all "insane" climbers

1. Moytz Och'p 1-3-4
2. Z'b'chehf 3-1-3
3. Thoh m'jurt 2-2-4
4. Ong ohch of'ng eef 2-2-4
5. Shayn'f 3-1-4
6. Orcom Rachar'cho 3-3-2

[Virabia]

Sorry again. There will be one more delay to get as many signups as I can before I complete it with Virabi teams Deadline is Tuesday the 30th with Stage One being Thursday the First of September.

I promise this time. Stage info to come soon-ish. I'll update signups soon-ish as well

[Camwood]

Name - Team Camwood Cycling
TLA - CAM
(F S C) Team: 3 2 5

Camwood Riders:

1. CHRISTOPHER Ung - 3 4 1 [YOUNG RIDER/TRIME TRIALIST]
2. JEFF Pappas - 2 2 4 [CLIMBER]
3. DONALD Pinckney - 3 1 4 [CLIMBER]
4. CRAIG Hammons - 3 4 1 [SPRINTER]
5. KENNETH Koehn - 2 3 3 [GENERALIST]
6. JACK Charbonneau - 3 1 4 [YOUNG RIDER/GENERALIST]

[Independent Secular Communities]

Unfortunately, the quite young ISC haven't yet been able to test their best sportlers very much, so it's unclear if we have any insane cyclists at our disposal, but our community shall send a team to compete anyway.

Team name: Community Sports Association Cycling (CSAC)
Team stats: (flat - climb - sprint): 2.5 - 5 - 2.5 (OOC: as you said minimum is 0.1 I'm assuming decimals are okay, if not I'll provide numbers without decimals you can use instead in brackets (for riders as well), for team it would be 3 - 4 - 3)

Athletes:
Martin Meyer (U25): 2 - 4 - 2
Pindo Delange 3 - 3.5 - 1.5 (3 - 3 - 2)
Lancin Ell 1 - 3 - 4
Rili Salic 2 - 3 - 3
John Jennings (U25) 2.5 - 4 - 1.5 (3 - 4 - 1)
Moharamann Rafinks 2.5 - 3 - 2.5 (2 - 3 - 3)

[Virabia]

Thought It's time I sign up for this here biking race with the two teams from Virabia that will recieve RP bonus (NOTE: to make up numbers I add other Virabi teams but, they recieve no bonus)

CycleMark Test Team 2-5-3

Tom Shedlock 2-3-3
Zachariah Wayne 2-4-2
Elenor Hernandes (U25) 2-3-3
Edna Keller 1-4-3
Marlon Nava (U25) 2-4-2
Logan Diesendo 2-4-2

Team Type 1093 3-4-3

Indiana Solo (U25) 2-4-2
Luke Jones (U25) 3-3-2
Hermione Saldivar 3-3-2
Brook Adaams 2-2-4
Fabricio Verdugo 2-3-3
Cédric Fallón 3-2-3

Signups Updated once more. Note that if Camwoods entry is not made legal by the end of signups, the team will not start the race.

[Taeshan]

Taeshan Team


Name----Tae-Mart Express

Team Atrributes 2-5-3

Riders
Jackson Bodreau 3-2-3
Bradley Martindale 1-3-4
Harvey Isaacs 3-3-2
Tyler Walker 4-2-2
Warren van Buren 3-2-3
Klyde van der Viel 2-4-2


*Note final two riders are U25