Originally Posted by
gsteinb
With a straight up TT bike race it points the GC to a more usual cast of characters, though it is an omnium.
I really like that it's a points stage race. 2nd place on GC in the masters last year was 12th after the TT, over 3 minutes back, and he could have won if he had a teammate to sit on Roger in the RR. I wouldn't bother doing it against these guys if GC was based on total time.