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I HATE the timed trials! I’m glad they did it today so I don’t feel like I missed out while enjoying our holiday.

So how does this impact the scoring? I know it used to determone the race early on before we even got to see endurance and determination in the long and mountainous stages.

Please tell me the points today are meaningless.

They aren't completely meaningless. Longer ones like this do provide a test of speed and and are used to set the GC early and put the winner's team in defense of the yellow jersey. That's what sets the strategy for the coming week of road stages.

The early road stages are usually long and have lots of sprint bonuses in addition to the final, so break always are almost never successful in these stages. Because the bunch is usually together for the final sprint, the rider that won the prologue can often stay in the yellow jersey for several days. Resulting from his prologue win he also has the green sprinter's jersey. That will be gone tomorrow.

He also has his name in the record books as a stage winner and holds the white jersey for most aggressive young rider (under 23). My guess is he'll be able to hold on to that one for a while and if he can climb he's likely to have it back in Paris.