Tour de France rules ??
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jarlrmai
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http://www.freewheelingfrance.com/tour-de-france/tour-de-france-beginners-guide.html
There are plenty of beginners guides online, any specific questions ask em here.
There are plenty of beginners guides online, any specific questions ask em here.
Globalti
Legendary Member
It's too late to explain now as Uncle Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin always made things clear:
"The Heras train is about to dock...."
"And he's probably saying: 'You get up here mate and help me take the strain... we've got a chance today....' "
"The Manx missile has launched and when that happens, there's no catching him.... and Kittel wins...."
"The fact that the lab knew whose sample it was testing is just one of the anomalies"
"He's blown the Peloton to pieces!"
"He's got the elastic at full stretch!"
"Armstrong is coming down the straight like a Grand Prix motorcar!"
"The Heras train is about to dock...."
"And he's probably saying: 'You get up here mate and help me take the strain... we've got a chance today....' "
"The Manx missile has launched and when that happens, there's no catching him.... and Kittel wins...."
"The fact that the lab knew whose sample it was testing is just one of the anomalies"
"He's blown the Peloton to pieces!"
"He's got the elastic at full stretch!"
"Armstrong is coming down the straight like a Grand Prix motorcar!"
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
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- On the edge of reality
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
.... And it's curtains for Karpets ....
Big Dave laaa
Biking Ninja
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- Flintshire
.......If Lance is guilty I'll eat my helmet ......
Jody
Stubborn git
I don't follow road racing but its pretty much this ^ with the odd race to see who can get up a mountain first.
1) Cavendish won 2 stages (not seen today's).........does that help him in the overall ratings & finish positions ?
2) How is the overall winner decided i.e. is it possible to not win any stages but win the overall race ?
3) How does a rider get KoM ?...........can someone in the peloton win it ? (surely they don't time every single rider on the hills).
4) I understand that all riders in the Peloton are given the same finish time (to avoid crazy behaviour near the end). So.......yesterday, at the end, there were no break-away riders but a mad dash at the end. Do 2nd/3rd/4th place etc. etc. get anything for the effort ?
Lots more questions keep coming to me as I'm watching e.g. where/when do they pee but the above will suffice for now
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Another pump or two of the pump and it'd have been a dead-heat.
Three pumps would have exploded the tyre.
Two of the narrowest margins of victory EVER in the space of three days.
Firestorm
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Its the least time taken when all the times from the stages ate added up.
There are, usually only in the opening week, bonus , or bonification according to Sean Kelly, seconds for the first few at the end of the stage.
The green jersey is for points. These are awarded at the end of the race and at the intermediate sprints.
The king of the mountain is also points, awarded to the first , and places, over the top of each classified climb, the harder the climb, the Lower the classification number and the more points awarded.
You may here the commentators referring to comfort breaks, usually riders stop in groups and pee in the hedge , then work as a group to get back on the peleton. Largely taken at a point in the race where there isn't a lot happening
There are, usually only in the opening week, bonus , or bonification according to Sean Kelly, seconds for the first few at the end of the stage.
The green jersey is for points. These are awarded at the end of the race and at the intermediate sprints.
The king of the mountain is also points, awarded to the first , and places, over the top of each classified climb, the harder the climb, the Lower the classification number and the more points awarded.
You may here the commentators referring to comfort breaks, usually riders stop in groups and pee in the hedge , then work as a group to get back on the peleton. Largely taken at a point in the race where there isn't a lot happening
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
And I just remembered this:
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/is-there-an-idiots-guide-to-the-tour-de-france.105271/
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/is-there-an-idiots-guide-to-the-tour-de-france.105271/
When you say " awarded to the first , and places, over the top of each classified climb"...........what if the FASTEST over a designated section of mountain is actually one of the last riders............does that count ? i.e. is everyone timed over a given climb or do you mean it is literally the first rider over a certain point ?
