Tour de France 2018 **SPOILERS**

[smutchin]

Aha! I've found the rules, buried deep in the Tour website...

Today's stage was Coefficient 5 ("short and very difficult") and the average speed of the stage winner (31.06kmh) means a delay of 13%, which puts the cut-off at 27.14 - which means Boardman got it spot on.

 

[smutchin]

I have been looking for those too. To no avail.

http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cycling_tdf/tdf2018-reglement.pdf

Time-cuts and stage coefficients are on pages 9-11

 

[Bollo]

I'll stand by my comment earlier - I think Froome is quite happy with the status quo and will let Thomas have his time in yellow, knowing he is fully capable of overtaking him later on. Don't think this is a Wiggo / Froome repeat - although am sure the media will try to stir it up like it is.

I think you’re right. The only way Sky’ll let Thomas ride for the Tour is if Froome blows spectacularly, crashes or is caught live on TV chugging an inhaler the size of an oil drum.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have been looking for those too. To no avail.


(Quoted using my new found mastery of the selective quote function)

http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cycling_tdf/tdf2018-reglement.pdf

Time-cuts and stage coefficients are on pages 9-11

Here you go, to save trying to work it out - all stages calculated for you, just enter the winning time

http://www.velofacts.com/cx-laps/tour-de-france-2018-time-limit-calculator.html

 

[smutchin]

Here you go, to save trying to work it out - all stages calculated for you, just enter the winning time

http://www.velofacts.com/cx-laps/tour-de-france-2018-time-limit-calculator.html

As Roy Walker would say, it's good but it's not right - they've got the delay as 15%, which is at odds with the 13% quoted in the official rules.

 

[smutchin]

Stage 17 gets the same coefficient as the ITT (stage 20), which is a fixed 25% regardless of speed.

 

[smutchin]

they've got the delay as 15%, which is at odds with the 13% quoted in the official rules

...although it looks like the commissaires have gone with the more generous interpretation of the rules:

 

[Adam4868]

Strangely the only sky supporter in the bar in Brittany today...... different yesterday wasn't it !
Great win by Thomas,but it's still Froomes race I think.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

As Roy Walker would say, it's good but it's not right - they've got the delay as 15%, which is at odds with the 13% quoted in the official rules.

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...although it looks like the commissaires have gone with the more generous interpretation of the rules:

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Yeh, the "powers that be" made an announcement after yesterday's stage that there would be an amended limit

 

[smutchin]

Yeh, the "powers that be" made an announcement after yesterday's stage that there would be an amended limit

Well, they could have thought to let me know that, the inconsiderate sods.

 

[mjr]

Do any of you experts mining letour.fr know what time the final stage finish is predicted to be, please? I just looked on one preview that contained no information useful to work out whether I can be near a TV at the right time!

 

[smutchin]

Do any of you experts mining letour.fr know what time the final stage finish is predicted to be, please? I just looked on one preview that contained no information useful to work out whether I can be near a TV at the right time!

Time schedules are listed on the page for each stage. For stage 21 it says between 19.01 and 19.19.
https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-21

 

[smutchin]

Yeh, the "powers that be" made an announcement after yesterday's stage that there would be an amended limit

Well, they could have thought to let me know that, the inconsiderate sods.

I feel some consolation in the fact that Boardman obviously didn't get the memo either.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Do any of you experts mining letour.fr know what time the final stage finish is predicted to be, please? I just looked on one preview that contained no information useful to work out whether I can be near a TV at the right time!

Between 19.01 and 19.19 local time according to the usual time/3 option kph speeds

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Looks like the "powers that be" are in a very generous mood, seems as if they have permitted Rick Zabel to start tomorrow's stage after missing the cut by 5 seconds