Very new

Late 1980s, IIRC.

And always applies unless the finish is at the top of a climb. Unless the climb is less than 3 km long in which case, crashes before the start of the climb are subject to the rule but those on the climb are not.

Posted By: Johnny Comecardiff on July 5th 2010 at 12:46:58

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that there big pile up from yesterday's stage in Le Tour (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 11:56:37
- Was the lad that caused that so bent up on drugs that he fell off? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Arizona Bay, Jul 5, 12:21:13
  - oh dear... (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 12:24:28
  - The truth revealed: AB is SCC (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 12:23:56
- Was that the one that was Cav's fault or the one that was the dog's fault? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 5, 12:00:48
  - neither. (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 12:02:14
    - Given that the margins are usually reasonably fine in the Tour (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 5, 12:06:55
      - if a rider is caught up in a crash within the last 3km of a race they are given the same (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 12:10:58
        
        have there been any repurcussions from the Cav crash, Ralf? (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 12:14:17
        
        not seen anything mentioned on any of the Twitters i follow (including Mark Renshaw's) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 12:22:06
        
        and the answer: (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 12:22:36
      - yes, but no-one will have lost any time (Other Sports) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 5, 12:10:56
        
        OIC (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 5, 12:27:01
        
        dunno, i think it's a fairly new rule though (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 12:38:00
        
        Very new (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 5, 12:46:58
        
        ah, thanks for the clarification (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 5, 12:52:45
        
        Arbitrary cut off point (Other Sports) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jul 5, 12:33:51
- that is mental footage! (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 5, 11:57:59

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