Originally Posted by
jdms mvp
where i come from, a distant land on the east coast, they are scored by finishing place. 1st = 1 point, 54th = 54 points. After the end of 3 stages, winner is the one with lowest total score. TT Sat morning , Crit Sat Afternoon, and RR Sunday morning. Imho it rewards consistency and encourages racing. Not sure how you can tail gun a TT in omnium (im actually not sure what you mean here)
I think he meant that they're done on *time* so the TT winner just has to finish with the pack in the crit to maintain the time lead for the win. But all the omniums I see are place-based, not time-based. So that wouldn't work.