[Bill]

somebody explain to me how this shit works? every day i hear how armstong comes in like 17th or 2nd or something other that 1st for the day...but still wears the leader jersey? I don't get it.

[WoolyGoat]

He has the best overall time.

[SanDog]

The leader finishes first and his time is what it is. He gets bonuses for winning. Each person after that that finishes by themselves get that time. If you are in a large group of people you all get the same time regardless of your position of the group. So if one guys runs off and separates by more than 50 meters, and all the other finish in the next group (peleton if it is the bulk of the riders) they all get the same time. You could be second and have the same time as the they guy in 50th.

[Bill]

He has the best overall time.

? I thought it was based on daily wins? But your saying it's like a marathon where they time your start-end time individually and determin the winner from that?

[ntype]

been 7 years that he's winning in a row; it's starting to get less interesting (it's not really interesting to start with)

edit : check their website (english version)

[SanDog]

? I thought it was based on daily wins? But your saying it's like a marathon where they time your start-end time individually and determin the winner from that?

It is based on the composite riding time of all the stages.

[Devious]

He is retiring after this race...

[SanDog]

been 7 years that he's winning in a row; it's starting to get less interesting (it's not really interesting to start with)

It is his last year this year.
You hear that the French are actually starting to spread rumors that he never even had cancer? That it was just a ruse to get people interested in him. What a bunch of fuckwits.

[WoolyGoat]

? I thought it was based on daily wins? But your saying it's like a marathon where they time your start-end time individually and determin the winner from that?

Basically...but like SanDog said...each rider in a large group gets teh same time. There are different colored jersey's for various achievements. The yellow (overall leader) is the most well known.

[WoolyGoat]

YELLOW Jersey -- Overall leader, first awarded during the 1919 race (TdF started in 1903); yellow to match the paper used to print L'Auto (Automobile Cyclisme), a French newspaper about bike racing.

POLKADOT Jersey (White w/red dots) -- Best climber, determined by points scored by the first 3 to 15 riders finishing selected mountain stages (number of riders awarded points varies with the difficulty of the stage). First awarded 1933.

GREEN Jersey -- Points jersey, usually won by sprinter-types, with points given to the first 25 riders to finish each stage. First awarded 1953.

YELLOW Hats -- First place team, determined by combined elapsed times of the team's top 3 riders.

[Bill]

thanx folks....I learned something today.

[VitaminE]

Wgaf

[Bill]

Wgaf

I do.
I find it funny that a whole country cann't beat a cancer survivor on a bike.

[SanDog]

I do.
I find it funny that a whole country cann't beat a cancer survivor on a bike.

Dood, the guys in the race are from all over the world. It ain't Lance agaist France. They just hate him because he owns their course.

It is really kinda a team sport.

[Bill]

Dood, the guys in the race are from all over the world. It ain't Lance agaist France. They just hate him because he owns their course.

It is really kinda a team sport.

is what I ment....I figured somebody'd be in a bell tower with a rifle after last year.