No time bonuses at this years TDF is it a good or bad idea

FullFrameRob
FullFrameRob Posts: 188
edited July 2008 in Pro race
Personally i think its a good idea, id like to see the winning time in Paris be the actual
time it took the rider to finish the tour.

If its a close tour it would be intresting to do a count back and see if the time bonuses would have made any difference to the overall GC.

As long as they had put time on their rivals, would it make a rider less inclined to battle it out for the stage win as seen as the 20 sec bonus isnt up for grabs.

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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    good point - I like the idea of no time bonus's -
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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    bonuses. FFS.
    -- Dirk Hofman Motorhomes --
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    lol @ your mid life crisis over my spelling :)
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  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,138
    nypd wrote:
    As long as they had put time on their rivals, would it make a rider less inclined to battle it out for the stage win as seen as the 20 sec bonus isnt up for grabs.

    That bit is my main misgiving on the idea. I like to see a GC winner bag a stage or two. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing what effect it might have on the tactics.
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    anyone know when time bonus's were introduced into the tour?
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    1923. And the winner of each stage got a two minute bonus.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,259
    phil s wrote:
    bonuses. FFS.

    In fact it should be Boni

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boni
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Keep the bonifications - first across the line should be worth something.
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    It takes away another piece of strategy in winning the race. I think it makes it more boring. And yes, it takes away the incentive for GC guys to try and win a stage. Why waste the energy making the extra push when you can all just cruise across the finish line in the same time?
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,573
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Keep the bonifications - first across the line should be worth something.
    It already is - more opportunities to ride post-Tour criteriums and an improved contract for the following season.

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