Bike Boy said:1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. Johnny Schleck (Uh! I meant Fränk)
4. Nibali
5. Armstrong
6. Kreuziger
7. Evans
8. Klöden
9. Wiggins
10. Gesink
Points Jersey = Cavendish
KOM = Soler
White Jersey = A. Schleck
Team classification = HTC Columbia (in a close contest with Saxo and the Shack)
Bike Boy said:1. Contador
2. A. Schleck
3. Johnny Schleck (Uh! I meant Fränk)
4. Nibali
5. Armstrong
6. Kreuziger
7. Evans
8. Klöden
9. Wiggins
10. Gesink
Points Jersey = Cavendish
KOM = Soler
White Jersey = A. Schleck
Team classification = HTC Columbia (in a close contest with Saxo and the Shack)
auscyclefan94 said:How could HTC win the team classification if two saxo riders are 2nd and 3rd?
mowie133 said:Nibali isn't rideing the tour mate..
Bike Boy said:No problem... Oh dear do I really have to educate you on how team classification works?![]()
Cerberus said:Sure it's possible, but is it really likely? 2nd and 3rd means they'd have to do well every mountain stage and with Fuglsang and the Sørensens the third man probably won't be to far behind. Columbia should loose a lot of time almost every mountain stage. Columbia has an advantage on the TT probably, but that's only one stage and Saxo bank aren't exactly bad in the TT department. That leaves breakaways for them to counter Saxo Bank's probably large advantage from the mountain stages, and I don't think Columbia are going to focus that much on breakaways.
ETA: Columbia wasn't even in the top 10 of the team competition last year.
Bike Boy said:No problem... Oh dear do I really have to educate you on how team classification works?![]()
auscyclefan94 said:Your the silly one, boy!
It goes by the top 3 of each of the team in the gc. Nearly impossible for HTC to be ahead in the teams classification with your top 10.
Francois the Postman said:GC is irrelevant. It is the times of the top 3 for each stage, totalled up.
EDIT: to be totally precise:
The team classification is currently calculated by adding the times of the three best riders of each team per stage; time bonuses and penalties are ignored. If a team has fewer than three cyclists remaining, it is removed from this classification.
Was out training with@schleckfrank hit a big bump in the road, went down pretty hard,lost quit lot of skin all over my body but I be okay
Francois the Postman said:GC is irrelevant. It is the times of the top 3 for each stage, totalled up.
EDIT: to be totally precise:
The team classification is currently calculated by adding the times of the three best riders of each team per stage; time bonuses and penalties are ignored. If a team has fewer than three cyclists remaining, it is removed from this classification.
brewerjeff said:might as well predict what the temperature, wind direction and speed, and relative humidity will be on July 14th....
I PREDICT: Paul and Phil and Bob will say 1) nearly every English speaking rider has a great chance of (something wonderful)
2) the "LA" phrase every few minutes to keep us Americans awake
and 3) nothing about that unfortunate doping business. you can count on it
Boleyn said:Having watched the Versus Tour Preview last night that's about the only thing worth predicting. I now know that the battle for the MJ is going to be between Contador and Armstrong because of their intense rivalry!
They did mention Wiggins, VdV, and Bottle as contenders and that the Sprint battle would be between Cavendish and Farrar.
Thanks to Paul and Phil's stage reviews, I now know everything that Armstrong did on similar stages 1999-2005. Whats that then?
auscyclefan94 said:Your the silly one, boy!
It goes by the top 3 of each of the team in the gc. Nearly impossible for HTC to be ahead in the teams classification with your top 10.
auscyclefan94 said:That is a Liggett pronunciation, along with Maaskrant
Bike Boy said:Not silly just a fact. Judged on the latest posts in this thread, it looks like this educational problem of yours, have been sorted out.
blaxland said:Saxo Bank will win the Team classification award this TDF,Theres now way that HTC will win it considering Cavendish and stage wins are the target...BMC will be better placed than HTC..