It does seem silly to me
There's really only one thing that people are interested in: who's going to do the whole thing in the fastest time? If they want to know who's the fastest climber they should have a separate event called "Tour des Alps" or something, which was just about hill climbs. If they want to know who's the best sprinter, they should have a series of sprints. It feels faintly ridiculous (to me) to have Cavendish being lauded to the skies when every time it's a mountain stage he's puffing away at the very back. I understand that hills aren't his thing, but in that case, what's the point of making the sprinters do them? Just to tire them out before they get back to doing what they do? Silly.
Posted By: Old Git on July 16th 2009 at 17:50:08
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- and the winner of today's stage in the Tour of France is... (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 16:43:59
- So Cavendish not the greatest sprinter in the world after all then? (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 16, 17:22:53
- that's like saying football is crap because they have the FA cup and League cup (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 18:39:32
- Cavendish winning the sprint today doesn't really prove he's not the best sprinter (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 17:27:27
- Well it's not crap (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 16, 17:33:47
- genuiniely don't see why you think it's silly. It's the whole point (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 17:42:21
- It does seem silly to me (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 16, 17:50:08
- Not silly (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 17:59:52
- incidentally, it's definitely not true to say (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 18:04:21
- Not silly (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 17:59:52
- It does seem silly to me (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 16, 17:50:08
- genuiniely don't see why you think it's silly. It's the whole point (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 17:42:21
- Well it's not crap (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 16, 17:33:47
- how many points for 8th (and 9th...)? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 16:51:41
- 18 for 8th (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 16:54:55
- right. And was there any action between them on the intermediate sprints? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 16:56:07
- you assume correctly (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 16:58:11
- right. And was there any action between them on the intermediate sprints? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 16, 16:56:07
- 18 for 8th (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 16, 16:54:55
- So Cavendish not the greatest sprinter in the world after all then? (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 16, 17:22:53
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