MapMyRide Community - Tour de France

TDF 2010 and Etape du Tour 2010...

steviec55 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:40:42 -0500

One of these two stages is likely to be the Etape next year...

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/france/-luchon/464125491826020324

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/france/pau/886125491934485821

Here is the likely route for the TDF, with the actual route being announced on 14th October:-

Predicted Tour de France Route for 2010

July 3 Stage 1 Rotterdam TT 9

July 4 Stage 2 Rotterdam—Brussels 220

July5 Stage 3 Brussels—Spa 160

July 6 Stage 4 Wanze—St Amand-les-Eaux 180

July 7 Stage 5 Cambrai—Reims 165

July 8 Stage 6 Epernay—Montargis 185

July 9 Stage 7 Montargis— Gueugnon 225

July 10 Stage 8 Tournus—Lamoura /Les Rousses 160

July 11 Stage 9 Bois d’Amont —Morzine-Avoriaz 175

July 12 Rest day at Morzine

July 13 Stage 10 Morzine-Avoriaz—La Toussuire 210

July 14 Stage 11 St Jean-de-Maurienne—Gap 175

July 15 Stage 12 Sisteron—Valence 190

July 16 Stage 13 Valence—Mende 190

July 17 Stage 14 Rodez—Revel 195

July 18 Stage 15 Revel—Ax/Les 3 Domaines 170

July 19 Stage 16 Pamiers—Luchon 150

July 20 Rest day in Luchon

July 21 Stage 17 Luchon—Pau 200

July 22 Stage 18 Pau—Col du Tourmalet 165

July 23 Stage 19 Salies-de-Béarn—Bordeaux 175

July 24 Stage 20 Bordeaux—Pauillac TT 50

July 25 Stage 21 Rambouillet—Paris 140

Approx. distance: 3450km

GPS Elevation Data Error - will it be fixed?

holocron — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:00:09 -0500

MMR TDF Challenge Staff:

It has been stated that there is a flaw in your interpretation of GPS elevation data. This appears to specifically effect short steep climbs.

This significantly effects those of us who live in locations that only provide short climbs that we must repeat to gain any ascent credit.

1. Are you going to correct this error, so that our ascents are correct?

2. Are you going to correct this error and reevaluate previous stages that have been effected by the error?

Regards.

TdF Challenge prizes

tsull — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:09:27 -0500

Received the 'autographed' jersey today and guess what? Woman's size not men's and the worst part: it is not signed!

Anyone else get an advertised autograph on the item you won that was supposed to be?

What happened to Garmin GPS imports? (Now it's not working)

donlance — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:02:11 -0500

In the last 2 days, the site has changed its support for import of ride data from Garmin devices. I now find that I'm unable to upload directly from my Garmin at all.

In using the method I've been using for the last 2 weeks, there's a message now that says that Garmin imports are now being worked on, and use a different method. The link takes you to a different page, and the Garmin Communicator Plug-in finds my device with no issues. The site reports that it has found my device and data. However, the "data" field is blank, the progress bar is 100%, and there is no way to upload my data using it.

Looks like the only option is now to upload using a file you've created from the Garmin. However, these are not easy to produce from track logs, as Garmin makes it very difficult to create these files. In fact, the latest version of their MapSource program crashes if you attempt to save track data as a GPX.

So this sudden change, right at the end of the virtual Tour de France, has blown me out of the water. I'm going to be spending extra time this afternoon trying to find a way around this mess just to upload my data to the site.

My main point: Never, NEVER make any major changes in how an application works during a period of heavy use by users, such as the virtual Tour de France! It will bite you every time.

Bee stings and flat tires

Rougerider — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:32:14 -0500

Certainly we've all worked extremely hard to cover lots of miles over the past three weeks, but who sustained the most bee/wasp stings and flat tires?

Personally, three stings from the same wasp down my jersey on the last day. And one flat time sometime during week one.

Us permenant residence

Rougerider — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:20:44 -0500

What I'm wondering is this. I have a permanent residence in the US, but I've been in Italy for the whole challenge. Does that disqualify me for any prizes?

Doping scandal in this contest

hobochangbao — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:03:31 -0500

I am appalled at the TDF Challenge principals' lax oversight of riders doping habits. NO random urines have been collected on ANY virtual challenge participant. How likely is it that riders such as "epoismypal" and "madridmedicine" are competing clean?

Yesterday, while riding fueled by nothing more potent than espresso and granola bars, I fumed over the futility of ever catching up with such pharmakocyclistas. Shame on the TDF challenge team for allowing this drug crazed field to compete under the name of fair sport.

Time zone gripe!!! Aaargh

drossow — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:18:02 -0500

It would be nice if west coast riders had a level playing field with respect to riding hours. Twice now I've raced home after a long ride only to miss the upload cutoff by minutes! East cost riders don't have this problem, but for us out west... if we ride until it gets dark in order to get in as many miles as possible, we are penalized by not having time to get to a computer to upload our effort. I missed uploading an massive effort over 4.5 hours because I could not get my computer booted up until 9:02pm PST. Please consider leveling the playing field with respect to time zones prior to the next challenge. :-|

Time zone gripe!!! Aaargh

drossow — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:18:02 -0500

No Stage 21 Virtual Time

asdtaylor — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:04:20 -0500

I uploaded my ride today and it was verified, but I was not given a virtual time. Anybody else notice this?

MMR TDF Challenge

MiscDebris — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:56:03 -0500

Looks like somebody blew up the MMR TDF Challenge Page

An Unexpected Error has Occured

If you have reached this page then a critical system error has just occured.
Our technical team has been notified and will address this issue immediately.

We apologize for this inconvenience. Please use your back button on your browser and try again.

Why do I not have any points in the TDF Challenge?

philiciousness — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:44:27 -0500

I have uploaded 3 rides so far where I have accrued over 100 miles. I still don't have any points and none of my maps have been "verified." What am I doing wrong? I have used either my Garmin GPS or my iPhone to upload all of my data. I even planned my workout today to match the route for stage 4 but it seems to be no use.

With no points and no verification just have to go out and ride...

unclemaui — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:43:01 -0500

The rules state just go out and ride right? then enter for a prize SO for whatever reason I have no points, Nor a gramin blackberry or iphone so I enter manually. I am still eligible for the prizes water bottle and bicycles correct? Because I enter every day that I exercise correct

no points

treky5 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:08:43 -0500

no points, no verified rides, with a garmin 305 800 plus miles bla bla bla this game is not right but still riding thats all that matters

Seems to be problems with rides on Tour "rest days"

donlance — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:32:34 -0500

I've noticed that there seems to be something quirky with personal site stats when it comes to rest days for the Tour.

For example, I've uploaded 16 rides so far, and early each day in time to be counted. Yet my stats say I've only uploaded 14 rides. I noticed the discrepancy occurs immediately after Tour rest days.

Also, after completing today's ride (Tuesday), I logged on and the site reported "congrats for submitting your ride for today's stage, Monday, July 20th". Strange, usually I get a "you haven't submitted a ride today" message first. I uploaded my trip today anyway, but it didn't change a thing... it still thinks it's Monday, July 20th, and my trip today (July 21st) doesn't count.

And, as reported elsewhere, none of my rides are ever verified although I can certainly tell you they are bonified rides. There's definitely some serious bug here.

Anyone else having problems like this?

All my rides should be verified!

Tom325 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:12:46 -0500

Seems there is one ride (JULY 14?) that is not a verified ride - all rides I have submitted for TDF are .gpx uploads (except the first - a .tcx). Can this be fixed so that I get all my credits Tom325

Garmin Edge-series prob. w/training data uploading/no training data

johnalien — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:25:01 -0500

I am having problems w/my Garmin Edge 305 data uploads to MapMyRide.com. I am uploading directly from my device & it appears that none of my training data is being pulled across, even when I select the option in the pull-down box "Map/Training Data".

The map shows route w/mileage, but No training data. My route appears in the TDF Challenge w/0:00 time. I shouldn't have to manually enter the data, when saving the route. It doesn't appear to extract this data, even if I uploaded a specific alternate file type when uploading to MotionBased, prior to uploading the file to MMR...

Does MapMyRide Technical Support have a solution for this? I really like this site, but am considering locating an alternate means of tracking my training data.

Repeat Prize Winners

schnitziusm — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:12:01 -0500

I've noticed several repeat 'winners' on the prize list lists. What gives? "THOUSANDS" of prizes going to a few doesn't seem as random as the official rules suggest.

Do I Need To Buy My Tickets Yet?

Bigger_Al — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:04:08 -0500

When will we know who won the trip to the last stage? Airline tickets get expensive less than 2 weeks out!

What's everyones take on the Contador/Armstrong Astana struggle?

steamroller67 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:44:32 -0500

I am a huge lance Armstrong fan. I needed to throw that out there beforehand. I'm struggling with the move Contador made on stage 7 on Arcalis. I'm torn between thinking of AC as a selfish glory hound or an overzealous young rider desperate to win. The first scenario sickens me, but I can appreciate how bad he wants it. All I know is I can not wait for stages 16-20.....3 mountain rides and a TT! Great stuff. I'll be home on vacation watching every morning on Versus HD.... Make it 8 Lance.....

Virtual times being altered overnight in TdF Challenge?

drossow — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:48:56 -0500

When I posted my ride for Stage 9 on 7/12 I was given a virtual time of about 5:30 but when I checked my ranking today my time was changed to over 7 hours?!?! What is up with that? Is there some sort of overnight recalculation process we are unaware of, or was I reassigned somebody else's time? I did more climbing at with an overall faster pace for roughly the same distance as many of the top ten for the stage but still finished over 100 places further down? Very frustrating...

Ranking on Leaderboard

rwagner245 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:11:39 -0500

I don't quite understand how the ranking works or if I am having a problem. If I choose "Show Both" on the Leaderboard, my rank is 1658 with 13 overall points and a check mark in the Verified column. If I choose "Show Verified", my rank is 10611 with no points and no check mark in the Verified column. All of my rides were mapped with GPS and uploaded from a gpx file so they should all be verified. Also, when it shows my rank as 1658, there are many unverified riders ahead of me which makes sense since I chose "Show both" but my verified rank should be higher than my unverified or Show Both rank. This does not seem to be correct.

Rest day for the game as well?

andresoca — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:29:46 -0500

I just got an email reminding me that no time has been posted for today's stage... but it's a rest day. Is it worth it to post a time today? will it increase the odds for winning prizes?

Rest Day - do you get points

romanart — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:00:16 -0500

Question;

I have only completed 2 stages out of 8 (started late).

Today is July 13 and it's rest day for the tour.

If I ride today and upload my ride will I get points, miles, additional stage completion?

Rides wont upload to the TDF Challenge now.....

johnd11 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:26:16 -0500

First five times I did it, was extremely easy. Now I'm getting error message indicating some sort of file error. I'm taking the ride directly off my 705 history to the MapMy Ride site but its just not working. any help is appreciated.

downloading my rides to mapmyride....

LightCycles — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:50:18 -0500

Should I be downloading my GPS (Garmin) rides directly to the challenge? I have been downloading them to mapmyride then go to the TDF challenge and select the ride that I did that day. Any advise?? Thanks Lightcycles

AHHH THIS CONTEST IS BOGUS!!!

w1zard9 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:09:54 -0500

SIKE! who cares? you shouldn't. so maybe a few dudes are possibly posting bogus rides/times and gotten a jersey or something but F it, it cost them integrity. those who are being honest about their rides are the true winners, we are out on our bikes getting better every day. this contest should be FUN, i think it is. forget the cheaters GET OUT RIDE AND HAVE FUN!

TDF Challenge Prizing

xyzthom — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:16:38 -0500

With such a huge contingent of non US riders taking part in the Tour Challenge, why can't prizes be awarded awarded outside of the US?

I am having fun because of the MMR contest

juanhenry — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:14:08 -0500

It's not mountainous in Missouri, but it sure is hilly.

up/down. up/down...rinse. repeat.

I used to train with Carmichael (CTS) about 5 years ago and was in incredible shape. This contest has held up a big fat mirror to my face. I have been living in an illusion of, "I ride a bike. I am in shape."

I am not logging crazy miles right now, 180 in the last 8 days. But I hope my old legs start coming back soon. The contest is bringing back my motivation. Hopefully, I will get 20 in tonight.

Prizes

brendanlarkin90 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:26:01 -0500

How are the Grand Prizes awarded, based on the competition? Or based on the drawing?