BikeFantasy

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Quickstart

You don't know how to play? Check our quick guide and learn how to start playing BikeFantasy.

Privacy

Here you can find everything about the privacy of data collected by BikeFantasy.

Rules

Check our regulations and learn all the game's rules.

Frequenty Asked Questions

How much does it cost to play BikeFantasy?

Nothing. The game is completely free.

Is there a limit of races each player can participate in?

Players can participate in all races available in the BikeFantasy calendar.

Is it possible to play with more than one user?

Each registered email gives one user the opportunity to play.

What kind of races can I play in BikeFantasy?

There are stage races (Tour of Portugal, Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta, etc.), there are race packs (unrelated one-day races during parts of the season) and packs of classics or special events (5 Monuments, World Championships, etc). The more races you play, the more chances you have of winning the Annual Ranking. It is possible to check all the available races in the 'Calendar' area

Is it possible to rely on the Joker in all races?

The Joker is only available in stage races with 7 or more stages.

Are all kinds of stage playable?

Team Time Trials (TTTs) are not playable yet in BikeFantasy.

How many times can I use the Joker in a race?

In races in which there is a Joker, it is possible to play it only once during the race.

How many riders do I have to pick in each stage?

In each stage, players have to pick 2 riders. The exception is individual time trials (ITTs), in which only 1 rider can be picked.

Which rider is considered for the rankings?

The rider considered for each stage is the best placed rider on the day. That is the rider used to calculate all the rankings each day.

What happens when a picked rider doesn't finish the stage?

The rider that ranked immediately after the worse pick out of all the other players's picks will be considered.

Can the considered rider be picked in the following stages?

The considered rider becomes unavailable for the following stages, as he/she is used for the daily rankings. The considered rider can only be used once. The picked rider that wasn't considered (i.e. the worse of the two picks) can be used in the following stages.

Quicksart

Unlike other fantasy games, BikeFantasy was designed to allow those with little time to play.

All you need to do is login using your Google account and wait for new races to become available.

Once they do, you will get a notification and can start to pick the winners of each stage.

Generally until 13:00 CET of a stage day – depending on the race schedule – you have to pick one or two riders who you think can win the stage. At the end of the day, the best placed rider out of the two is considered for the General Classification and the Points Classification (continue reading for an explanation of the several classifications).

On Individual Time Trial days it is only possible to pick one rider. On Team Time Trial days BikeFantasy is not played.

The best placed rider is automatically excluded from future picks, you will not be able to pick him again until the end of the race.

BikeFantasy, through the bikefantasy.com site, commits to guarantee the privacy of the collected personal data. The security and privacy of the website data are crucially important aspects.

Please, read the following text, to understand and learn how the information will be treated by BikeFantasy. BikeFantasy reserves the right to change the privacy policy, therefore its periodic reading is recommended. These texts faithfully reproduce the privacy policy followed by BikeFantasy.

Which information is collected about registered users?

So that you can become a BikeFantasy user, it is necessary to register through your Google account. By doing that, at that moment, you pass the following personal data: Name, Surname, Email.

The personal data collection is done at registration time and is required for the creation of a user account with the necessary characteristics to play the game.

Subsequently, a user can submit a new profile picture through upload. This picture will be stored by BikeFantasy and replaced/erased when the user changes it again.

BikeFantasy collects information about your browser, for language localisation purposes, and determines your location based on your IP, in order to show/hide the TV channel that broadcasts the race, in case you are located in Portugal. This information is not stored.

Besides what is described above, only data required for the game itself (picks, jokers, etc) is collected.

Who has access to the collected information?

All collected information is used only for the purpose of the BikeFantasy game, there being no relationships with third-parties for analysing, collecting or treating data.

Your Email is only used for BikeFantasy for sending notifications, not being visble for other users. Your Name, Surname and Profile picture are shared with all BikeFantasy users unless you expressly hide them in your profile area.

The remaining data is shared with all BikeFantasy users.

How can I change or delete my data?

You can change your data in the profile area. The data collected through your Google account - Email, Name and Surname - cannot be changed but can be hidden through the existing options.

You can delete your account temporarily or permanently.

By suspending your account your data will be hidden, your name will be replaced in classifications by your initials and your foto will disappear. Access to your personal page and trophy case will be forbidden and you will not receive notifications. You can reactivate your account at any time without losing your trophy case and previous results.

By permanently deleting your account, your data will be deleted, your name will be replaced in classifications by your initials and your foto will disappear. Access to your personal page and trophy case will be forbidden and you will not receive notifications. All your personal data (name, email, etc) will be completely deleted and it will not be possible to reactivate your account.

Hosting

The bikefantasy.com website is hosted on a server owned by the Dominios.PT company. BikeFantasy is completely extraneous to any information collected by that company as part of the contracted hosting service agreement between itself and BikeFantasy.

If you have any doubts about some of the topics herewith presented, we appreciate that you communicate them to us by email at geral@bikefantasy.com.