Times: 10-14-19-21-23 ? To mix it up after overall good participation in Giro? 22h was fantastic, but feels like 19-21-23 could make it more equally distributed. Maybe we can reach participation of 13-13-13 instead of 10-10-19 then... Anyway can have that discussion in calendar thread if you prefer.
Points Classification: Numbers for the stages and IS easy to find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Points_cl ... _de_France. Please do it, luques!
flat 50 30 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
medium 30 25 22 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2
mountain 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
individual time trial 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
intermediate sprint 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Mountain Classification:
Would be nice to have the official points as well (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountains ... _of_points).
Point distribution grid
HC 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1
1C 10-8-6-4-2-1
2C 5-3-2-1
3C 2-1
4C 1
Points for stage finishes (simply 2x normal points)
HC 40-30-24-20-16-12-8-4-2
1C 20-16-12-8-4-2
2C 10-6-4-2
Bonus Seconds: Ok, now comes the really tricky part:
Luques, if you can introduce that as well, would be more than fantastic.It was an innovation on the last Tour de France: bonus-point sprints will be reintroduced in 2019. Bonus seconds will be awarded at the top of the 8 following hills or mountains at key places of the course:
Stage 3: côte de Mutigny
Stage 6: col des Chevrères
Stage 8: côte de la Jaillière
Stage 9: côte de Saint-Just
Stage 12: Hourquette d’Ancizan
Stage 15: Mur de Péguère
Stage 18: col du Galibier
Stage 19: col de l’Iseran
It will have no influence on the points classification. The winner of each bonus sprint will now receive eight seconds, the runner-up five seconds, and the third-place finisher two seconds, instead of three, two, and one second, respectively, in place last year.
Oh, and no matter, how much you can do before Le Tour, would be helpful to have a news announcement on RSF official points before the start.