mrs ck actually likes the scenery tooI know the TdF is a bike race, or at least the hell of a club ride out but to be honest I watch it for the scenery. I can only do engineering maths and physics so I'm not equipped to make sense of the points scoring....
My lord, now there's a question! Blast from the past or what!I once got asked by a barman in a pub if I was entering the TdF. He was serious. He knew I was a pretty 'serious' (where's Bonj?) cyclist, and he thought that was the main qualification. He also thought the entire race was circuits of Paris. I'm not making this up.
Maybe I don't understand your point but you do realise it's always a race on the final day. Maybe not for the GC, nor perhaps not even the green jersey, but to claim a stage win is prestige in itself - and particularly the final stage on the Champs-Élyséesas a tour nerd you can doubtless supply us with the tally of final race days over the entire history.
yep i do realise that - but it aint the big prize.Maybe I don't understand your point but you do realise it's always a race on the final day. Maybe not for the GC, nor perhaps not even the green jersey, but to claim a stage win is prestige in itself - and particularly the final stage on the Champs-Élysées
No one stage decides the big prize, it's a multi-stage race. If you want to see a race where the "big prize" is guaranteed to be decided on one specific day, you have to watch a one-day race. Or else you will find yourself disappointed that the "big prize" wasn't settled each time you watch a stage. (Mind you, I think the big prize looks like it may have been sorted on today's stage )yep i do realise that - but it aint the big prize.
.No one stage decides the big prize, it's a multi-stage race. If you want to see a race where the "big prize" is guaranteed to be decided on one specific day, you have to watch a one-day race. Or else you will find yourself disappointed that the "big prize" wasn't settled each time you watch a stage. (Mind you, I think the big prize looks like it may have been sorted on today's stage )
Damned fine question!Watching the riders going down the Mont Ventoux today, our daughter said: " Why don't the riders behind pedal faster and overtake the one in front?"
Damn fine questionWatching the riders going down the Mont Ventoux today, our daughter said: " Why don't the riders behind pedal faster and overtake the one in front?"