So who won the tour from 1999 to 2005

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SPR 8 Mar 11:37am, 8 Mar 2024 43,783 posts	0 SPR ...and any mitigation doesn't keep you in the results!
paulcook 8 Mar 11:57am, 8 Mar 2024 4,420 posts	0 paulcook Bit of a mockery also that you can not complete the course and still be in the results.
larkim 8 Mar 12:32pm, 8 Mar 2024 23,457 posts	0 larkim Yes, I am surprised she's not been removed, even if that might seem a trivially token gesture. A self declaration that you probably left and reentered the course at different points should be enough for that. There is another issue (let's not go there...) around placements in running events, and it does feel like there is an attitude that only the podium places count, everything else is just "also-ran" so gets less importance.
Derby Tup 18 Mar 9:04pm, 18 Mar 2024 65,060 posts	0 Derby Tup Fastest ever Milan - San Remo yesterday beating Giani Bugno’s long standing record. Bugno only got done for caffeine iirc so nothing to worry about here
Velo_Dirtbag 18 Mar 9:13pm, 18 Mar 2024 25 posts	0 Velo_Dirtbag Wasn't this years 6k shorter tho?
Derby Tup 18 Mar 9:15pm, 18 Mar 2024 65,061 posts	0 Derby Tup No idea. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story
Nellers 18 Mar 9:45pm, 18 Mar 2024 42,442 posts	0 Nellers Would 6k on that kind of distance make a significant change to the average speed?
Nellers 18 Mar 9:45pm, 18 Mar 2024 42,443 posts	0 Nellers There was a tailwind for the majority of the race but that must have happened before surely?
Velo_Dirtbag 18 Mar 9:57pm, 18 Mar 2024 26 posts	0 Velo_Dirtbag Would 6k on that kind of distance make a significant change to the average speed? It would to me 😂 I'm assuming not starting in the centre of Milan would make the route quicker as not a load of city twisty turny roads?
larkim 18 Mar 10:42pm, 18 Mar 2024 23,544 posts	0 larkim The persistent fatal flaw with using times to evaluate cycling doping. Wind, temperature, state of the race, etc. all confound a simple analysis.