michele Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Why are they doing one today ? On the Tour de france Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 michele - 2008-07-26 4:06 PM Why are they doing one today ? On the Tour de france Normally time trials are when riders race against the clock and not against each other. I understand that they have one in the Tour de France some years to add a bit of variety. ( But I don't claim to know much about the Tour!) ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twooks Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 adds variety and increases the depth of the tour test, thus the winner isn't just a sprinter or a mountain specialist or whatever - but is someone who is pretty good at all types of the discipline. It's also a team event - and in some years have had a team time trial - it's about trying to keep it relatively open. They've reduced the time trials this year - but - if you can't win in the mountains - you're not likely to win overall, and something like Alpe d'Huez is the deciding factor or something like that B-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 thanks makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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