A little no-spoiler mention that the Giro did some classic Giro-ing again today
Yep, what a stage!
It's Team Time Trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but I've missed something as every team seems to have one rider sprinting off the front - is that for the final finish time for the stage result, or for GC purposes or have I missed something? It used to be that the time was taken for the 4th rider over the line for the stage result?
Its Paris-Nice format - first rider home counts for the stage, individual times for GC.
first rider home counts for the stage
Wow. So it's actually an ITT, but the whole team sets off at once and can work together for drafting and so on.
I really like this TT format as you really get to see the differences in how each team approaches it.
The GC at the Dauphine looks promising at the moment. Seixas, Del toro and Ayuso are all down on time so they’re going to need to race aggressively to overcome the Visma and Ineos guys who did well today. All 3 have shown that they’re up for a bike race so we could well be in for some entertainment.
