A cycling Question

[footycool]

In realation to the TDF


How many seconds of breakaway do you need to make up seconds on the leaders. Because as far as im concerned in theory if all the peleton comes at the finish as once, then all get the same time.

Thanks in Advance

 

[Eggman]

If you finish in Peloton, you get the time as the first rider to cross. If you crash with in the last 3km of the race you get the same time as the Peloton (as seen today).

As far as the time gap the rules state:

Article 14: Timekeeping

At a finish, all riders in the same peloton are credited with the same finish time. At each real break, the timekeeper records a new time.

So i guess it can vary then.

 

[ObaMartins]

It's something like 1-3 secs from the rider in front of you.

 

[Vader]

If you're involved in a crash within the last 3km then you get the same time as the other members of the group you were in. Not quite the same as "getting the same time as the Peloton", but there's no difference when you have a situation like last night's.

The big question is what constitutes a "real break". It's usually only a 1-2 second gap between riders.

There used to be time bonuses on offer for the sprints and the first few riders across the line. The TDF did away with them a couple of years ago (Evans would have beaten Contador in 2007 without Contador's time bonuses). Time bonuses still apply in the Giro, not sure about the Vuelta.

 

[Eggman]

If you're involved in a crash within the last 3km then you get the same time as the other members of the group you were in. Not quite the same as "getting the same time as the Peloton", but there's no difference when you have a situation like last night's.

The big question is what constitutes a "real break". It's usually only a 1-2 second gap between riders.

There used to be time bonuses on offer for the sprints and the first few riders across the line. The TDF did away with them a couple of years ago (Evans would have beaten Contador in 2007 without Contador's time bonuses). Time bonuses still apply in the Giro, not sure about the Vuelta.

Yeah, would have to be a significant enough to determine a new "group"

 

[Vader]

It's not unusual for the sprinters to be given one time and the rest of the peloton another time, if the sprinters manage to open a gap on the rest of the field in their mad dash to the line.