Timeline for Why is the last stage of Le Tour de France "friendly"?
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| Aug 31, 2021 at 19:42 | comment | added | user2414208 | In 2005 Alexandre Vinokurov was only 2 seconds off fifth place, so he attacked a few kilometres from the finish, won the stage and collected the 20 bonus seconds that put him into fifth place. The peloton was on his heels, so didn't actually gain time on them. So if less than 20 seconds separate riders, it might make sense to attack - it's unrealistic to gain much more time, but "only" highly unlikely to gain this much. | |
| Jul 25, 2017 at 7:51 | vote | accept | Bebs | ||
| Jul 22, 2017 at 21:37 | history | answered | Niall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |