Can someone 'splain this?

Results Stage 1 :
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?.../routedusud081

No prologue that I am aware of.
It appears there are time bonuses. Fine.
But place 4 in the stage becomes place 5 on GC and vice versa.

How?

DR

In article
,
DirtRoadie wrote:

Results Stage 1 :
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?...d08/routedusud
081

No prologue that I am aware of.
It appears there are time bonuses. Fine.
But place 4 in the stage becomes place 5 on GC and vice versa.

Ever heard of intermediary sprints giving time bonuses? This happens in
some stage races.


jyh.

On Jun 19, 10:19*pm, jean-yves hervé wrote:
In article
,

*DirtRoadie wrote:
Results Stage 1 :
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?...routedusud08/r....
081

No prologue that I am aware of.
It appears there are time bonuses. *Fine.
But place 4 in the stage becomes place 5 on GC and vice versa.

Ever heard of intermediary sprints giving time bonuses? *This happens in
some stage races.

jyh.

Bingo! That appears to be it. Strange how no other places were
affected.

Sprints
Nérac
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3
3 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1

Valence Sur Baisse
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 3
3 Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 1

Boulogne Sur Gesse
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6
pts
2 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1

DR