tour de france times

What is the time margin for a rider to be inside the elimination time in a Tour de France stage?
Robbie McKewen got eliminated in one of the mountain stage, How far was he from the elimination time?? He was a contender for the green jersey….
It is all done with calculatons depending on the type of stage.
Here is a website that gives a detailed breakdown of how they come up with the times. its a little old, but I’m sure it hasn’t appreciably changed.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/bicycles-faq/part1/section-24.html
1986 Tour de France Final Time Trial
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