How poor a stage time do you need to be dropped from the Tour De France for taking too long in a stage?

Question

The Tour De France sometimes drops riders for not making it across the finish line in enough time. This normally doesn't happen until the mountains. What is the criteria for dropping riders? Is it so many minutes behind the winner of the race? Is it so many minutes behind the pelaton? Is it based on some set time for the tour stage?

Answer 1

you are eliminated if you finish more then 10% of the winners time of that stage!
(ONLY) next day same thing . that's also why you may see guys who are more the a hour behind the yellow jersey.

Answer 2

Slow flat stages (average speed less than 34 km/h): 4% of the winner's time
Average flat stages: between 5% and 11% of the winner's time (depending on the average speed)
Fast flat stages (average speed more than 48 km/h): 12% of the winner's time
Mountain stages: 18% of the winner's time
Time trials: 25% of the winner's time
In some cases, the organisers have "bent" the rules when they had to send home almost all the peloton (I remember a case in 2002 or 2003 when only 14 riders finished in a space of around 8 minutes and the peloton came 35 minutes after the winner, meaning that it had to be eliminated; it was a flat stage, but very rainy)

Answer 3

I've been watching the tour since the 80's and I have never heard of that before. Usually all the riders stay in unless they get hurt during and stage and can't finish it (unless it's close to the finish line) and they withdraw because of sickness or injury.

Answer 4

Yes it is pretty much an evaulation of best time offset by the course that day, some years a large group have been "lost" and reinstated (french flexibility), and some sporting heroes given a reprieve.

Answer 5

i dont care about the tour de france cause after lance armstrong left its just not interesting

Answer 6

10m