Giro d'Italia, stage 19 summary

I remember having this discussion before, but should a race leader's "time" be the gap to 2nd? Otherwise, it looks like a race leader is making no race progress between the time they take the lead and the time they lose it (or win).

For all other racers, leave the benchmark (relative to leader) as is, but for a current race leader, gain loss should be relative to their previous lead over 2nd, even if the second place rider changes. Similarly, a rider who newly attains 1st can be credited with their old time gap PLUS their new time gap to 2nd.

This reflects the idea that all riders chase the leader, but the leader tries to escape the runer-up.

On May 29, 5:13*pm, Ryan Cousineau wrote:

I remember having this discussion before, but should a race leader's "time" be the gap to 2nd? Otherwise, it looks like a race leader is making no race progress between the time they take the lead and the time they lose it (or win).

How much 'progress' is possible from first place? 1st +....?

For all other racers, leave the benchmark (relative to leader) as is, but for a current race leader, gain loss should be
relative to their previous lead over 2nd, even if the second place rider changes. Similarly, a rider who newly attains
1st can be credited with their old time gap PLUS their new time gap to 2nd.

But the podium places are only concerned with the relative times
between the first three places. If the people change, so what? I'm
not sure I understand your thoughts on this one, but it almost sounds
like you want to create a new category akin to a King of The Mountains
or Points. But I'm not sure if what you're suggesting would turn into
a Consistency or Combativeness or Win Some Lose Some But I Sure Do
Take Chances category.

This reflects the idea that all riders chase the leader, but the leader tries to escape the runer-up.

I'm pretty sure that's already the idea.

R