On 08/07/2009, at 2:41 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Well, IMHO, today was pretty exciting. Do you remember when a rider
had
the best time on tour without wearing the yellow jersey before?
Um... he doesn't. It's 22/100s gap to Cancellara. They just round the
score to the nearest second 'cause nearly all the time seconds are
good enough to measure gaps in stage races, but they do measure the
time a bit more precisely.
I'm not
complaining as an American, it seems to me that having only 1 yellow
jeresey wearer is reasonable, and going to the hundreths of a second
to
determine which of the two who are tied for the yellow actually
wears it is
the most logical thing to do.
It's not just the logical thing, it's what they do.
But, it's unique in my experience for this
to happen...
Not in mine. I've seen riders tied on time to the second before. OK,
not 1 and 2 in Le Tour, in memory, but in other positions and races,
and I've certainly seen individual time trials going to 10ths of a
second. It's just the way it goes. But then, this is my 23nd Tour de
France (that I've watched properly), so I've seen a fair bit of
cycling if you just include Le Tour, and I've seen the other Grand
Tours quite a few times and a lot of the classics (Paris-Roubaix being
my fave) over the years too. Plus been to the Tour Down Under 3 times
since I've been in Australia... so I think it's fair to say I've seen
most of what can happen, happen.
That said, you couldn't make up the script this year. Amazing stuff.
.and it is expected to last for several days because, IIRC, all
riders who finish in a bunch finish get the same time, so it will be
mountain time before we get a new yellow. All in all, I enjoyed
today's
coverage.
Presumably your coverage has the ubiquitous Phil Liggett and Paul
Sherwen doing the commentary?
Anyway - high points so far - Lance still has what it takes so it's
going to be very interesting, Cavo is *astonishing*, and it's shaping
up to be a great Tour. Low points - what the hell is up with Silence
Lotto??? It's such a shame to see Cadel's team acting like clowns.
They've had two people fall in today's stage alone.
Bring on Andorra.
Charlie.
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