Anyone have a read on how I should be reading these stage results?
Fine TTT but the randomness of the other stages made it a bit of a nothingburger. Thanks for the report.
I think s.t. means the rider lost the same time as the entire team (see first table) and riders with an actual time loss in the results obviously lost tht. Order doesnt matter so a s.t. rider behind a big time loss refers to the team's best finisher.
Goal was to win the TTT, but I can't complain when our 2nd place resulted in wearing the yellow jersey as a pleasant surprise.
Really nice gesture of Sivakov losing 1 extra second so his buddy Rikunov can take yellow, hopefully it won't backfire; meaning Rikunov will still have to protect Sivakov - and not the other way around - in the coming 3 stages during for example potential echelons... May the winds bless our travels!
Solid first few stages getting two stages early always helps, especially since things will get quiet quick for us in the second and third weeks. Big chance to grab even more success in the next few stages, will be big for Cullaigh in particular, hope it won't be too difficult with the potential crosswinds tomorrow and he can grab a good chunk of points towards the green Jersey.
John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25
Curious to see where this leaves when we get to the mountains. Hopefully we're in a position recognized by the AI to be allowed to go into breakaways on the early mountain stages with JP Lopez and Williams. That was the strategy in the planning, obviously with no guarantees for results, but at least that's what we hope for to be part of some fun and exciting racing.
Would be super cool to see some action in the wind now! As more of a follower of the race, I definitely hope for it
