a) General individual time ranking
(art. 2.6.014 to 2.6.015)
The general individual time ranking is established by adding together the times achieved
by each rider in the 21 stages including bonuses and time penalties.
In the event of a tie in the general ranking, the hundredth of a second recorded by the
timekeepers during the individual time trial stages will be included in the total times in
order to decide the overall winner and who takes the yellow jersey. If a tie should still result
from this, then the places achieved for each stage are added up and, as a last resort, the
place obtained in the final stage is counted.