Can someone 'splain this?



On Jun 19, 10:19 pm, jean-yves hervé <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article
> <46d30368-277c-4cc5-975d-4b388e696...@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
>
>  DirtRoadie <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Results Stage 1 :
> >http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/jun08/routedusud08/r....
> > 081

>
> > No prologue that I am aware of.
> > It appears there are time bonuses.  Fine.
> > But place 4 in the stage becomes place 5 on GC and vice versa.

>
> Ever heard of intermediary sprints giving time bonuses?  This happens in
> some stage races.
>
> jyh.


Bingo! That appears to be it. Strange how no other places were
affected.

Sprints
Nérac
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1

Valence Sur Baisse
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3
3 Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 1

Boulogne Sur Gesse
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
pts
2 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
>>>3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1 <<<


DR