What is the closest finish to a UCI Stage race

[Red Ace]

Could the weekend’s amazing finish to the Tour De Taiwan be one of the closest Tour finishes ever.

With Merida sprinter Jezowski Krsysztof jumping from the peloton to catch 6 of the 7 man breakaway group on the finish line of the final stage to get the 6 seconds time bonus for 2nd in the stage, and move him to the exact same finish time as Australian Champion and Yellow jersey wearer Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) after more than 800kms of racing up the west coast of Taiwan.

Krsysztof then taking the yellow jersey on a count back of each stages finishing positions.

 

[Bluebeard]

I recall the Tour of Britain in 2007 was decided by less than half a second. A quick gawk into the archives here says that was the case: 2007 TOB, stage 6.

 

[rodanafrenteguigs]

thinking of this found this thread, now the question is, what is the closest margin of a photo phinish?

 

[Izzyeviel]

Ask Pidcock...

 

[Wyndbrook]

Ask Pidcock...

Close, but Tom just won.

 

[hayneplane]

Wasn’t there a Tirreno Adriatico in the mid 2000s decided ultimately by stage placings.

 

[SafeBet]

Wasn’t there a Tirreno Adriatico in the mid 2000s decided ultimately by stage placings.

2010 Tirreno-Adriatico

The 2010 Tirreno - Adriatico was won by Stefano Garzelli of Acqua e Sapone.

firstcycling.com

 

[Dazed and Confused]

From a previous thread on the subject:

Has a tie ever occurred in a race?

I recently thought about the possibility of a tie and recall a sprint photo finish within the last couple of years where the difference was the width of the tire on the wheel. If we count track where margins tend to be smaller than on the road, I believe that the possibility for an...

forum.cyclingnews.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

thinking of this found this thread, now the question is, what is the closest margin of a photo phinish?

Edvald Boasson Hagen suddenly became a top level sprinter again in the 2017 Tour: he had two second places, one of which was so close that I never understood how they split them on the photo (either stage 7 against Kittel or 16 vs Matthews); I think there was universal joy that he won stage 19.

 

[andrew_s]

The closest I've seen on an official photo finish photo was perhaps 1 mm.

You couldn't tell trying to spot the difference in the direction of travel, but the winner's front wheel merged with the finish line cursor over a slightly greater vertical range.

Unfortunately I don't remember which race.

 

[yaco]

Roglic beat A.Yates by 0.4s in TA which was rounded up to one second.

 

[will-10]