Paris - Nice 2016 **spoilers**

[rich p]

It's hard not admire the way Dirty Bertie rides, (and ValvPiti for that matter). Thomas did well to claw it back thanks largely to Henao. Sterling, stirring effort.

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Anyone au fait with the rules of P-N? If Dirty Bertie had won today's stage he'd have taken 10 bonus seconds on the line and been tied on time with Thomas, in which case who would've won GC?

 

[Crackle]

Anyone au fait with the rules of P-N? If Dirty Bertie had won today's stage he'd have taken 10 bonus seconds on the line and been tied on time with Thomas, in which case who would've won GC?

Dunno but Thomas was faster in the prologue if they used that as a tie breaker.

 

[Asa Post]

Anyone au fait with the rules of P-N? If Dirty Bertie had won today's stage he'd have taken 10 bonus seconds on the line and been tied on time with Thomas, in which case who would've won GC?

Dunno but Thomas was faster in the prologue if they used that as a tie breaker.

@Crackle is right (as usual ).

From the official website
ARTICLE 6. General individual time Classification
In accordance with article 2.6.015 of the UCI regulations, in the event where two or more riders achieve the same time in the general individual time classification, the fractions of a second registered during the prologue will be added to the total time to separate the riders that are tied.

 

[Apollonius]

Magnificent race. Contador gave it everything and almost got it. Thomas came back from the dead at least twice. Henao was astonishing and buried himself for Thomas. Just brilliant.

 

[mjr]

Just watched the highlights on s4c (so didn't follow much of the commentary but I did hear them mention Tinko- Saxoff) and wow, what a finish. Dirty Bertie is much more fun to watch than ValvPiti but it's still good he didn't win.

What were the recriminations between Bertie and Porte as they finished?

 

[mjr]

One rider much less smiley than the rest. What did the photographer say? Say "beefsteak"?

 

[ColinJ]

Well, that was an exciting finish to a stage race!

Anyone au fait with the rules of P-N? If Dirty Bertie had won today's stage he'd have taken 10 bonus seconds on the line and been tied on time with Thomas, in which case who would've won GC?

There was a gap back to Contador at the finish which l thought looked >= 1 second, though the officials obviously thought otherwise.

 

[Elybazza61]

Thought G was gone there but nice work by Henau with help from Gallopin too,plus a bit of pursuiting to claw Bertie back.

Nice stage win for Wellens as well,helped by Bertie and Ritchie towing him along but he had made the effort at the front for a long while.

 

[smutchin]

Anyone au fait with the rules of P-N? If Dirty Bertie had won today's stage he'd have taken 10 bonus seconds on the line and been tied on time with Thomas, in which case who would've won GC?

If, if, if...

If stage 3 hadn't been cancelled, Bertie would quite likely have won outrigtht. C'est la vie. #schadenfreude

 

[oldroadman]

Post-race interview:
GT - "I'm going to have a nice drink tonight."
French journo: "What do you mean by that?"
GT - "Gonna get hammered."

With his level of fitness, and lack of body fat, that will take about 3 glasses of red! Which he absolutely deserves.

 

[Apollonius]

I would imagine that a deal was done between Contador, Porte and Wellens to give Wellens the stage if he kept riding. Otherwise he could have just sat on the wheels of Contador and Porte as they had to ride. Bertie was banking on the three of them getting more than 9 seconds ahead of Thomas, and they almost did.

 

[Hont]

@Crackle is right (as usual ).

From the official website
ARTICLE 6. General individual time Classification
In accordance with article 2.6.015 of the UCI regulations, in the event where two or more riders achieve the same time in the general individual time classification, the fractions of a second registered during the prologue will be added to the total time to separate the riders that are tied.

Crackle is half right. What the rule is saying is that if, for example, Thomas' prologue time was 7:46:01 and Contador's was 7:55:00 (and their overall time had been equal) Contador would have won, as Thomas's overall time would have been 0.01 longer.

 

[Asa Post]

Crackle is half right. What the rule is saying is that if, for example, Thomas' prologue time was 7:46:01 and Contador's was 7:55:00 (and their overall time had been equal) Contador would have won, as Thomas's overall time would have been 0.01 longer.

I think it made more sense in the original French.

"Conformément à l’article 2.6.015, en cas d’égalité au classement général individuel au temps, les fractions de seconde enregistrées lors du prologue sont réincorporées dans le temps total pour départager les coureurs ex aequo."

 

[mjr]

I think it made more sense in the original French.

Which seems to say what @Hont explains ("According to article 2.6.015, in case of equality of individual GC times, the fractions of a second recorded from the prologue will be reincorporated in the total time to separate the racers ..."), except I don't recognise "ex aequo" as French.