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To pick some pro cycling that isn't about the Giro or drugs cheats, does anyone understand the rules of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series?
It's a team competition, with the final team standings on the day being based on the cumulative time of all five riders in the team, which I understand, but any riders who have been lapped by the time there are three laps to go get pulled from the course, so how do they figure out times for those guys? I've checked the FAQ section on the website, but it doesn't say.
It's a team competition, with the final team standings on the day being based on the cumulative time of all five riders in the team, which I understand, but any riders who have been lapped by the time there are three laps to go get pulled from the course, so how do they figure out times for those guys? I've checked the FAQ section on the website, but it doesn't say.
Kermit power said:
To pick some pro cycling that isn't about the Giro or drugs cheats, does anyone understand the rules of the Pearl Izumi Tour Series?
It's a team competition, with the final team standings on the day being based on the cumulative time of all five riders in the team, which I understand, but any riders who have been lapped by the time there are three laps to go get pulled from the course, so how do they figure out times for those guys? I've checked the FAQ section on the website, but it doesn't say.
Non finishers get the final classified riders time plus 10 seconds for every lap they do not complete.It's a team competition, with the final team standings on the day being based on the cumulative time of all five riders in the team, which I understand, but any riders who have been lapped by the time there are three laps to go get pulled from the course, so how do they figure out times for those guys? I've checked the FAQ section on the website, but it doesn't say.
For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's worth watching the highlights of the Barrow round of the Tour Series (ITV 4) just for the celebrations of the guy who came second! You rarely see anyone that happy to win, never mind come second! 
It is nice to see a race series where a 36yr old part timer can get on the podium in a race against the likes of Ed Clancy and Kristian House.
It is nice to see a race series where a 36yr old part timer can get on the podium in a race against the likes of Ed Clancy and Kristian House.
el stovey said:
Nearly 20 miles in an hour on a chopper wearing flares! That is an awesome effort.
They're nearly all there - Froome, Nibali and Contador. The race should give us a fascinating insight as to where the form is going, we know Contador's already, be interesting to see what Nibali's form is like after apparently a huge block of training rides in Tenerife. Froome will definitely be looking to put in the big attacks in the mountains for sure, although you can still come into this race pretty much undercooked, and let's face it Froome and Nibali have done hardly any racing this year at all. A hell of a lot can happen between now and the Tour.
Edit - a quick shout out also to Tobyn Horton (local lad) who claimed a brilliant 3rd place in the Canary Wharf round of the Tour series the other day.
Edit - a quick shout out also to Tobyn Horton (local lad) who claimed a brilliant 3rd place in the Canary Wharf round of the Tour series the other day.
Edited by mcelliott on Saturday 6th June 19:57
spikeyhead said:
pablo said:
Any one going to guess Wiggo's distance then? I'll go with 54.091
54.220As its higher than average today, I'm going to knock him down to 54.850
Edited by el stovey on Sunday 7th June 11:55
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