Eldron Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Anyone else watching this? It's a little strange to win the stage and not get yellow: https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/road/sa-road-cycling/basson-clinches-limpopos-opening-stage-hendricks-in-yellow-r7274?source=sidebar Bonus seconds/points are bonus seconds/points I guess!
Skubarra Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Anyone else watching this? It's a little strange to win the stage and not get yellow: https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/road/sa-road-cycling/basson-clinches-limpopos-opening-stage-hendricks-in-yellow-r7274?source=sidebar Bonus seconds/points are bonus seconds/points I guess! So Clint won the yellow jersey and AGAIN nobody is talking about this
Eldron Posted April 24, 2018 Author Posted April 24, 2018 So Clint won the yellow jersey and AGAIN nobody is talking about this It certainly makes you wonder!
Nick Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 So Clint won the yellow jersey and AGAIN nobody is talking about this It certainly makes you wonder!At least Bike Hub received a report this time. It's a start There has been live streaming of the stages, which is great to see. Anyone else watching this? It's a little strange to win the stage and not get yellow: https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/road/sa-road-cycling/basson-clinches-limpopos-opening-stage-hendricks-in-yellow-r7274?source=sidebar Bonus seconds/points are bonus seconds/points I guess!I haven't looked too deeply into it but the stage winner is in the U23 category, not the elite race. Does that make a difference?
milky4130 Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 I haven't looked too deeply into it but the stage winner is in the U23 category, not the elite race. Does that make a difference?Nope no difference, if he is leading the GC by the end he will take overall. I guess same as the Louis Meintjies situation a couple of years ago where he won the SA Road Title or where Heidi Dalton won the Elite & U23 SA Road Champ title last year.
milky4130 Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Anyone else watching this? It's a little strange to win the stage and not get yellow: https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/road/sa-road-cycling/basson-clinches-limpopos-opening-stage-hendricks-in-yellow-r7274?source=sidebar Bonus seconds/points are bonus seconds/points I guess!I was watching & following, a pity i only discovered late yesterday that there was live streaming, was super impressed with the live coverage, twitter could do with more regular updates though. The chick giving those tourism updates of the area in between is a bit weak. I reckon they need to watch a bit more of the Phil Liggett & Paul Sherwin shows to see how its done.
Nick Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Nope no difference, if he is leading the GC by the end he will take overall. I guess same as the Louis Meintjies situation a couple of years ago where he won the SA Road Title or where Heidi Dalton won the Elite & U23 SA Road Champ title last year. Time bonuses then? Any idea where he picked them up? Looks like he won the sprint on the stage. The results I looked at weren't really clear on the matter extra seconds he seems to have claimed. SOLVED: Opening paragraph of the press release "Due to points accumulated during the stage, 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Clint Hendricks (Team BCX) donned the yellow jersey and holds the top spot in the General Classification going into tomorrow’s stage two."
Eldron Posted April 24, 2018 Author Posted April 24, 2018 Time bonuses then? Any idea where he picked them up? Looks like he won the sprint on the stage. The results I looked at weren't really clear on the matter extra seconds he seems to have claimed. SOLVED: Opening paragraph of the press release "Due to points accumulated during the stage, 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Clint Hendricks (Team BCX) donned the yellow jersey and holds the top spot in the General Classification going into tomorrow’s stage two." It's still a little confusing - GC is on time but they're saying "points" - my guess was that they meant bonus seconds...unless this race is based on some kind of point scheme? The answer should be in the results link - but it isn't working!
Nick Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 It's still a little confusing - GC is on time but they're saying "points" - my guess was that they meant bonus seconds...unless this race is based on some kind of point scheme? The answer should be in the results link - but it isn't working! I looked at the results here: https://www.tourdelimpopo.co.za/results/ It seems he does have a 5 second GC lead. Must be a time bonus somewhere.
Eldron Posted April 24, 2018 Author Posted April 24, 2018 I looked at the results here: https://www.tourdelimpopo.co.za/results/ It seems he does have a 5 second GC lead. Must be a time bonus somewhere. Thanks for the link - mystery solved :-)
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