VELOGAMES Fantasy Vuelta 2025 (now known as SPAIN 2025 for legal reasons) has launched.
Velogames is a free web site that runs fantasy cycling games on various cycle races including Grand Tours such as the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España.
Their tour games are perfect for those of you that don’t have much time but like to have a go, as the only time you need to spend on any of their classic games is at the beginning selecting a team before the start of the race (as there are no transfers at all in Velogames Grand Tour cycling classic games tables).
However, in a recent change for those that like a more in-depth challenge there are transfers available in Velogames new Stage Hunter games tables (but for my money leagues I do not pay attention to these tables).
So please click on this link to check their website out and familiarise yourself with the rules and how points are awarded:
The game is free and you can be in up to 10 private mini leagues.
Now to create some rivalry I have set up a private mini league which I am taking a fiver (£5) off anyone who comes in to it. This is just to make up a prize for the eventual winner of my mini-league. Now because Velogames keeps the same mini leagues for every game these days it will automatically put people in my existing league carried over from the Tour de France game who were in my WTA league for that game and as I cannot be sure everyone will want to play again for money and currently Velogames does not give me the option to remove people from my leagues I have removed myself from that league and set up a brand new one with the same name (WINNER TAKES ALL) but with a different joining code (see below) for the SPAIN 2025 game.
So, if you want to join my money league for the Vuelta you need to join the new league - to avoid confusion (as both leagues have the same name) it is easy to remove yourself from the existing league - just go into it and click leave league and then confirm and that’s it. Easy way to know if you’re in the correct league is do you see my team in their as I have already left the old league and joined the new one so if you don’t see this team in the league you’re in - you’re in the wrong one:
League Name: WINNER TAKES ALL
The leagues code is: 175421119
I think by the leagues name it’s self-explanatory how the money gets paid out - more teams in the league, more money for the winner.
So, click the link, pick a team, join my league and get a fiver to me ASAP (unless you have money on account with me - in which case contact me and tell me to take it out of that).
PAYMENT: Just PM me from here (TFP forum) for how to pay if you don’t see me in person and don’t know the SP (standard procedure).
To see how your fantasy team is doing compared to the others in the mini league just visit the Velogames website and log in every evening (after the stage has finished to see updated scores - though personally I don’t unless I am up to date with the highlights shows - kind of spoils the racing otherwise for me).
My best regards as always,
bluelionman / Noel Symonds
Fan Pub Founding Member
Television coverage:
UK
Fans in the UK can watch the Vuelta a España on TNT Sports and Discovery+.
All stages of the Vuelta are going out live on one of TNT Sports’ four TV channels (usually TNT Sports 1), while live streams are available at the Discovery+ streaming platform every day.
Also in the evenings at 7pm on Quest there is a 1hour highlights show.
ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD
You can watch the Vuelta a España for free in Australia and numerous European countries.
In Australia, SBS has the rights to the Vuelta a España, with all stages going out on SBS Viceland and the SBS On Demand free streaming platform.
In the host country of Spain, public broadcaster RTVE is showing the Vuelta a España for free on terrestrial television and its streaming platform, RTVE Play, where you’ll find multiple feeds for the action.
Additionally, fans in Belgium and the Netherlands can enjoy free Vuelta coverage thanks to public broadcasters VRT (live stream on Sporza website) and NOS (live stream on NPO Start) respectively.
See my fantasy cycling games all time winners history here:
Velogames / Cycle Racing Tours - WINNER TAKES ALL - League History
next to entries I have received payment for: