Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Professional Cycling For the Fans
Reload this Page >

Question about crash during TDF

Notices
Professional Cycling For the Fans Follow the Tour de France,the Giro de Italia, the Spring Classics, or other professional cycling races? Here's your home...

Question about crash during TDF

Old 07-08-05, 05:15 PM
  #1  
High Desert of California
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: In a cycling unfriendly area
Posts: 125
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Question about crash during TDF

Today at the end of stage 5 two riders went down just before the finish line. Instead of getting up and hurrying to the line, they just stayed on the ground. Later they can be seen talking to each other. Doesn't their time still count against them? Or because they are so close to the end do they not have to finish? Does anyone know?
Bike nut is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 05:19 PM
  #2  
Nonsense
 
TheKillerPenguin's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Vagabond
Posts: 13,918

Bikes: Affirmative

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 880 Post(s)
Liked 541 Times in 237 Posts
I believe that within a certain distance of the finish line (3km maybe?), if you're in the front pack and crash you still get the same time as pack you were in.
TheKillerPenguin is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 05:19 PM
  #3  
Meow!
 
my58vw's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Riverside, California
Posts: 6,019

Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
1k rule.

If a ride crashes in the last kilometer of the race, as long as they cross the line eventually they get the same time as the main peloton.
__________________
Just your average club rider... :)
my58vw is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 05:43 PM
  #4  
Senior Member
 
Keith99's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 5,866
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 3 Times in 2 Posts
Unless a lot of people are lying the 1k rule has been extended out to 3 ks.

It saves a lot of grief. Imagine a fall near teh finish where riders are frantically hurrying to get back on their bikes as the next group comes arround the corner.
Keith99 is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 05:44 PM
  #5  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: The Land of Oversized Mice and Anteaters
Posts: 535
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
I'm pretty sure it's still 1K. Zabriskie's crash happened ~1.5K from the finish of the TTT - thus his finishing time was not the same as the team's.
Hawkear is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 05:49 PM
  #6  
Senior Member
 
ReedZ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Hudson Valley, NY
Posts: 259

Bikes: 2006 BMC Pro Machine - SLC01 (07 Record), 2007 BMC Team Machine -SLT01 (07 Chorus), Reynolds Tubular Wheelsets

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
TTs have different timing rules.
ReedZ is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 05:52 PM
  #7  
Guest
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Mentioned: Post(s)
Tagged: Thread(s)
Quoted: Post(s)
The TTT was different. They changed the rules this year for the TTT to 1 km. They also changed the rules for the other stages to 3km for safety reasons.

Article 20 - Stage finishes
General provisions
Stage finishes are signalled by a ”red flame” hanging from the inflatable arch located one kilometre from the finishing line. In the event that the finishing portal is absent, the finish is signalled by a black and white chequered flag waved by a race official.
In the event a rider or riders suffer a fall, puncture or mechanical incident after passing the “red flame,” and such an incident is duly recognised, in the last 3 kilometres, the rider or riders involved are credited with the same finishing time of the rider or riders they were with at the time of the incident. They are attributed this ranking only upon crossing the finish line.
Koffee
 
Old 07-08-05, 07:03 PM
  #8  
Lance Hater
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 4,403
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
3k for road stages. 1k for TT.
Laggard is offline  
Old 07-08-05, 10:37 PM
  #9  
Elitist Jackass
 
Smoothie104's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Georgia
Posts: 3,262

Bikes: Cannondale 2.8, Specialized S-works E5 road, GT Talera

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts
500m if you're Spanish
Smoothie104 is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.