07-12-2005, 04:09 PM
JohnC Wrote:Someone explain the scoring to me. Here's my basic understanding: Riders in the same group (what makes a group, exactly?) get the same time,yes, to prevent riders at the back of the group from trying to push through to the front, creating a clusterfuck and wrecks.
(btw the main group is called the peloton)
Quote:But why do people always sprint at the finish, regardless of whether they are in a group or not? Some sort of super bonus points for being the line leader? The OLN coverage (at least the couple of hours I've glanced at) just assumes that the viewer knows how it works...To get a stage win, and/or points for the various other jerseys like sprinters jersey and king of the mountain. The guys who are sprinting arent generally in the hunt for the GC (general classification) overall lead.
OLN does do a decent job explaining it, the info is just thinly interspersed in coverage, so if you only watch it once or twice you wont pick it up.