Didn´t Gert-Jan Theunisse ride to protect his 4th in 1989? Or Mottet his 6th against Rooks?...
What the heck complaining about points systems?... If stages get shorter and shorter you have bigger bunches riding together, thus making a lone attack by a rider very hard. That´s one reason for conservative riding, but certainly not the point system. Riders always rode to protect something... Its cycling. If its boring, there are hundreds of other sports out there to watch...
What the heck complaining about points systems?... If stages get shorter and shorter you have bigger bunches riding together, thus making a lone attack by a rider very hard. That´s one reason for conservative riding, but certainly not the point system. Riders always rode to protect something... Its cycling. If its boring, there are hundreds of other sports out there to watch...