View Full Version : Cut off?


gebbyfish
07-28-2007, 03:55 PM
With the ITT today, did anyone not make the cut and thus be unable to finish tomorrow. What is the percentage of the winner's time that a rider needs to be under for any stage, so as to make the cut? Is it the same for all stages?? Could you imagine not making it to the last day after all those days of suffering!

magnolialover
07-28-2007, 05:19 PM
With the ITT today, did anyone not make the cut and thus be unable to finish tomorrow. What is the percentage of the winner's time that a rider needs to be under for any stage, so as to make the cut? Is it the same for all stages?? Could you imagine not making it to the last day after all those days of suffering!

Everyone made it in under the time cut, as is what happens in most TTs during grand tours.

The time cut off is not the same for all stages, it is a certain percentage of what the winner's time is at the end of the day.

JohnnyChance
07-28-2007, 07:25 PM
i think someone on phonak last year missed the time cut on the final itt. sucks to work for 3 weeks to help your man win the yellow jersey, have a bad day, miss the time cut, and not be able to ride into paris with him. they bend the rules on those time cuts every now and then, i thought that would have been one of them.