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2008 Tour de France : Stage 4 Cholet 29 km Individual time trial Tuesday, July 8

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Old 09-07.-2008, 05:37 PM   #106
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They may have the same time but they still have a finishing order as they cross the line. So I'd say it's just an accumulative placings order.
ie:Rider A - finishes in 25 & 32nd,
Rider B finishes in 10th & 158th

Rider A has over all better finish positions.

Something like that I guess.
bbp in the TAN thread has agreed with you that they average out the placings over all previous stages to work out GC order of the guys on the same time.
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Old 09-07.-2008, 05:42 PM   #107
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are you talking about the same Ricco that placed 2nd in the Giro the 1st time out of the blocks? that's a pretty damn good 1st outing in a GT i'd say.

in spite of his relative sub standard TTing and as much of a loud mouth as he is, i think he did some pretty good talking with his legs in the Giro... he was also the most aggressive of the top tier guys... not at all afraid to go out on the attack... i think people are letting their personal view of him cloud his actual accomplishments on the road which have been pretty damn good... remember he was not even supposed to ride the tour he got thrown into it a few days before the start.


I agree.
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morelike hypocrisy.
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Old 09-07.-2008, 09:20 PM   #108
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(And Rogers will be fuming - sitting at home in Varese, ).
Nah, in Livigno smashing the bergs.
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Nah, in Livigno smashing the bergs.

he does not really have an objective. Tour of Germany perhaps.

He should focus on Beijing tt. Work on his power in the next month.
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he does not really have an objective. Tour of Germany perhaps.

He should focus on Beijing tt. Work on his power in the next month.

He's on the TT bike
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