It does not matter how you score the points as long as you claim them, which is what Nadav Raisberg proved at the Tour Auvergne – Rhone-Alpes on Friday.
Raisberg extended his lead in the points classification to 16 with two stages remaining after winning the intermediate sprint on stage six from a 60-rider breakaway.
This was the fourth time in five road stages this week that he took maximum points at the day’s prime.
“I was super focused at the beginning of the stage,” he says. “There was a big split in the peloton, almost from KM0, and I was at the front so I found myself in it.
“It was a good day for me to win the intermediate sprint.”
The Israeli sits on 62 points, with nearest rival – Raúl García Pierna (MOV) – on 46. With two category one climbs lying between the sprint and today’s finish line at Crest-Voland, Raisberg sensibly dropped out of the breakaway for the final 105 kilometers of stage six.
A maximum of 50 points remain on offer in the race’s final two stages.