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The tactic gets no more supported than any other that involves crossing the finish line first. Whether that's an attack from far out or from 1km. Every climber, ie everyone of the Big GC rider, wants to get time dropping their rivals, which, if no break is up the road, means crossing the line first.
What the bonus seconds do is punish those that get left behind when the road slopes up by even more than just the number of seconds they are dropped by. It rewards good climbing even more than the route already does.
Now, for the truly well rounded GC riders like Alejandro who are capable of winnign stages other than MTF, it's even better. Nawt wrong with that.
Gigs_98 said:The froome tactic is that he attacks 1-2 km´s before the finish because even if there is someone stronger than him he never looses much time with this tactic (look at the dauphine, where he did exactly this). The problem with the tactic is that you don't get so much time, normally only about half a minute which means that you can loose the tour with one bad day. With the bonus seconds this tactic gets supported because he gets 10 seconds more per stage victory.damian13ster said:Yeah, winning stages being a tactic? What is he thinking..... boooooorrrriiingg :/
The tactic gets no more supported than any other that involves crossing the finish line first. Whether that's an attack from far out or from 1km. Every climber, ie everyone of the Big GC rider, wants to get time dropping their rivals, which, if no break is up the road, means crossing the line first.
What the bonus seconds do is punish those that get left behind when the road slopes up by even more than just the number of seconds they are dropped by. It rewards good climbing even more than the route already does.
Now, for the truly well rounded GC riders like Alejandro who are capable of winnign stages other than MTF, it's even better. Nawt wrong with that.