Until now there were few intermediate sprints, the green jersey, has been decided on points allotted according to the riders placings at the finish of each stage, with three intermediate sprints during the stage carrying few points.
This year, there is only 1 intermediate sprint for each stage.
The new "super" sprints are worth 20 points for the winner, 17 for the runner-up and so on down to 15th. Stage finishes – on flat stages – will be worth 45, 35, 30 and 26 for first to fourth, with points awarded down to 20th place.
Each day the winner of the intermediate sprint get 1,500 Euro. (Race is 3 weeks)
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