My prediction of dropping back to 14th was spot on, a shame In general I can't be mad at Higuita with a decent hilly race and fifth in GC before the TT. But if this race is supposed to be for puncheurs/punchy sprinters I believe it would be better to work with the F1 bonus seconds system and/or have a prologue/epilogue that is rather short instead of 10 km+ Congratulations to those doing well, and thank you for seven great reports, Ulrich!
My prediction of dropping back to 14th was spot on, a shame In general I can't be mad at Higuita with a decent hilly race and fifth in GC before the TT. But if this race is supposed to be for puncheurs/punchy sprinters I believe it would be better to work with the F1 bonus seconds system and/or have a prologue/epilogue that is rather short instead of 10 km+ Congratulations to those doing well, and thank you for seven great reports, Ulrich!
I don't think we wanted this to be PRL race, so I am hesitant to go shorter than this on the IT. I do agree that the hilly one of the PN/TA should get the extended bonus seconds next year, if we like how that works on other races this year. Maybe we just do 1 more hilly stage and 1 less sprint to give the HI guys a bit more time.
11th is pretty poor from De Bie looking at some of the riders ahead, but unsurprising given his performances in similar races last year. Mansouri was surprisingly strong so will take the unexpected depth points there, even if Fernandes and Craddock may have underperformed by comparison.
Congrats roturn, great to see talent development paying off for quite a few teams this season!
In general I can't be mad at Higuita with a decent hilly race and fifth in GC before the TT. But if this race is supposed to be for puncheurs/punchy sprinters I believe it would be better to work with the F1 bonus seconds system and/or have a prologue/epilogue that is rather short instead of 10 km+ 
Congratulations to those doing well, and thank you for seven great reports, Ulrich!
