VIRTUAL TOUR DE FRANCE (VTDF) PROCEDURE AND RULES

1. Race will start Friday April 25th and the last day will be May 17th.  There will be 2 days with no VTDF ride: May 1st and May 15th.

2. There will be at least one new ride every day, on some days there will be 2: a longer version and a shorter version. You can choose either one. 

3. You will get credit for any ride done on the day, but bonus points will only be available on the official Wheelhouse VTDF rides on TrainerRoad.

4. On days that riders don’t ride they won’t score VTDF points, but you certainly don’t have to ride every day! 

HOW POINTS ARE SCORED:

1. Each member of each team will score points for their team based on the hours they ride on a daily basis up to 4 hours per day. Points are awarded in half-hour increments only. 

2. Riders who complete one of the VTDF rides will also score bonus points as follows:

SHORT RIDE: 7 points

LONG RIDE: 14 points

The ‘short’ rides will be around 2 hours long, and the long rides will be 3.5-4 hours long. 

3. The team will the most points at the end of each day* will be awarded The Maillot Vert, and the individual with the most points will be awarded The Maillot Jaune. 

ABOUT THE RIDES

The rides are created from actual GPX files from riders on the 2016 Tour de France.