On May 28, 3:06 pm, "A. Dumas" <alexan...@dumas.fr.invalid> wrote:
> On 28/05/2012 15:28, Fred Flintstein wrote:
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> > On 5/27/2012 7:48 AM, steve wrote:
> >> On May 26, 8:45 pm, Bob Schwartz wrote:
> >>> The Giro points jersey only awards points at stage finishes.
> >>> It isn't a sprint jersey, it recognizes riders that are
> >>> always in the hunt for stage wins.
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> >>> There are more competitions than I can keep track of. But
> >>> the Giro does have a competition consisting of mid-race
> >>> sprints. So it's like they have a sprint competition similar
> >>> to the Tour's but they separated it into the component parts.
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> >> I believe that there are intermediate points given at the Giro for the
> >> points Jersey.
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> > Well, looks like Wikipedia knows. And knows the relationship
> > to the Traguardo Volante (TV) sprints.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro_d%27Italia#Points_classification
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> There are rules, man. See 'Regulation' link at the bottom ofhttp://
www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/en/or directly:
http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/en/Regula...
> and of course the source in Italian:
http://images2.gazzettaobjects.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2012/it/Regola...
What is interesting to me is that because of the way the points are
given out in the Giro it is a significantly different competition than
in the Tour. The tour is point jersey is really a sprint jersey while
the Giro is more about consistently placing high. It's probably true
that a great sprinter has the chance to win more stages but as this
year showed it is possible for a non sprinter to win. I haven't added
anything up but I suspect if The Tour de France points were points
jersey were scored this way lance (sorry LANCE) and probably other
champions would have won both Jerseys.
Steve G