Tour De France timing?

[Toasthead]

Ok so Lance is still leading by 38 seconds for like the 5th day in a row? DO he and the second place guy SERIOUSLY just ride side by side the whole time? how can they be EXACTLY 38 seconds apart day after day??

Am I not getting something about how these times are kept?

 

[junkerman123]

dude nobody understands...it's like the world golf ranking, you just accept it and move on.

 

[OrByte]

I dont think it usually is that way...I asked the same thing to myself earlier.

 

[astralusion]

yeah...if you finish within a certain amount of time everyone gets the same time, there are just time bonuses for certain places

edit: to make more clear, the first and last man in the peloton all get the same time, they may even get the same time as those who sprint out in front of them if it's real close, don't know how close it has to be

 

[PawNtheSandman]

There should be 300 people with 300 stopwatches to accurately time each competitor.

Either that or do it by computer. Give each rider a little magnetic bracelet with a unique #. When they cross the finish it gets scanned with the time.

Easy !

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
There should be 300 people with 300 stopwatches to accurately time each competitor.

Either that or do it by computer. Give each rider a little magnetic bracelet with a unique #. When they cross the finish it gets scanned with the time.

Easy !

seriously...they do that for running races...why not bike races ( im talking about the chip timer, NOT the mass stopwatches!)

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: astralusion
yeah...if you finish within a certain amount of time everyone gets the same time, there are just time bonuses for certain places

edit: to make more clear, the first and last man in the peloton all get the same time, they may even get the same time as those who sprint out in front of them if it's real close, don't know how close it has to be

This is correct.

 

[aplefka]

I wondered about this back when I watched most of the 3rd time he won it.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Toasthead
Ok so Lance is still leading by 38 seconds for like the 5th day in a row? DO he and the second place guy SERIOUSLY just ride side by side the whole time? how can they be EXACTLY 38 seconds apart day after day??

Am I not getting something about how these times are kept?

Hmm...too bad our resident spandex clad, ass-less chap wearing cyclist is nowhere to be found these days.

I miss you Fausto.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: Toasthead
Ok so Lance is still leading by 38 seconds for like the 5th day in a row? DO he and the second place guy SERIOUSLY just ride side by side the whole time? how can they be EXACTLY 38 seconds apart day after day??

Am I not getting something about how these times are kept?

Hmm...too bad our resident spandex clad, ass-less chap wearing cyclist is nowhere to be found these days.

I miss you Fausto.

Indeed...

 

[JulesMaximus]

Lance built up a lead in the first mountainous stage with big climbs over his closest competition. The sprinters are winning stages now but they are so far behind Lance he doesn't consider them a threat.

His competitors are finishing with the peloton, as is Lance. Anyone considered in the Peloton is given the same time as the first rider in the peloton to cross the finish line.

 

[Blieb]

Wait!? Where'd fausto go!?!?!

 

[GTJoe]

They have transponders on every bike to measure the time, that would not be a problem. However, when you have 190 people all trying to get to the line first, there would be some massive problems. For the safety of the riders, as long as there is not a gap in the group, you are given the same time as the first person in the group. A official desides if there is a gap or not.

Joe

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: Blieb
Wait!? Where'd fausto go!?!?!

He just left.

 

[Blieb]

what a mother fvcker!!!

 

[skimple]

There is a rule that everyone in the peloton the same time. The reason for this is to avoid 180 guys all trying to squeeze past each other at 35mph, which inevitably leads to crashes. After you've road 120 miles, the fact that you are 2 meters behind another guy is no big deal.

The winner is the guy that can stay in the lead group for every stage of the race.

 

[glen]

Did he get banned?
Did he anounce puublicaly or privately that he was leaving?
Or, is it that no one has heard from him lately?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Toasthead

Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
There should be 300 people with 300 stopwatches to accurately time each competitor.

Either that or do it by computer. Give each rider a little magnetic bracelet with a unique #. When they cross the finish it gets scanned with the time.

Easy !

seriously...they do that for running races...why not bike races ( im talking about the chip timer, NOT the mass stopwatches!)

It's not that they can't, it's that they don't want to I think. Think about it, if you ride a bike 100 miles and end up finishing within 2 seconds of someone else, you had pretty much the same average speed. Especially since they can't all start at the exact same time, it wouldn't really be fair to get too precise with the timekeeping (yeah, I know they do it with marathons, but they let the people who "matter" start first).

Time trials are where they take the exact time.

 

[YetioDoom]

How do you pronounce "peloton"?

 

[skimple]

Originally posted by: YetioDoom
How do you pronounce "peloton"?

With a snotty French accent...

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: glen
Did he get banned?
Did he anounce puublicaly or privately that he was leaving?
Or, is it that no one has heard from him lately?

I have heard from him, not long ago.

He said he was tired of e-arguing with the mods while they protected people he thought were morons, so he left.

 

[astralusion]

pell - uh - tawn i think

 

[stan394]

Good thread. I learned something today.

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: junkerman123
dude nobody understands...it's like the world golf ranking, you just accept it and move on.

WTF a funny, witty, and well written from a n00b!

:thumbsup: to you!

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt

Originally posted by: junkerman123
dude nobody understands...it's like the world golf ranking, you just accept it and move on.

WTF a funny, witty, and well written from a n00b!

:thumbsup: to you!

Well the noob has been here for 2 years already, just seems to never post.