Originally Posted by
hueyhoolihan
anybody know how far back the typical fourth place GC rider finishes behind the TDF winner?
I'd say about 10 minutes is typical. depends a lot on how the winner plays things.
It varies widly occasionally in a single year in 1968 it was 3'17" a year later it was 29'24".
BTW Nibili's performance is not Merckx like as teh announcers said. It would have been a seriously off year for Eddy. His 7 minutes also is NOT something that has not been done for over 20 years, unless 1997 is over 20 years ago.
That said his number of days in Yellow is very impressive.