Originally Posted by
gpsblake
because it's impossible for a GC contender to make up that kind of time even with his entire team backing him on a flat stage.
What if 1 second separates them?
Originally Posted by
gpsblake
Peloton with the yellow would never allow it and 150 riders vs a team of 8 is no contest.
By peloton you mean everybody else? Is teaming up legal?
Originally Posted by
gpsblake
If something horrible happened to the yellow jersey in stage 21, then who is in 2nd would win the race for the same reason but I don't know a single rider who would want to win it that way.
I hadn't imputed a desire on anyone. Bad things happen occasionally no matter everyone's good intentions.
Originally Posted by
gpsblake
Years ago, there was a rider who clinched the green jersey but wrecked horribly racing for the stage win in Paris and they literally picked his body off the ground, flung him across his bike, and pushed him across the finish line to take the green jersey.
In an early Olympics marathon, a runner got confused, ran the wrong direction, some spectators helped him, which resulted in disqualification.
Originally Posted by
gpsblake
(3km rule now in place because of that incident).
What's the 3km rule? What's the green jersey?