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Race Snapshot: Lahti 15/30km

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2012 03 03 Joran Cross Country
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Race Snapshot: Rybinsk Pursuit

Yes, I refuse to call them ‘skiathlons’.

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2012 02 05 Joran Cross Country
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Race Snapshot: IBU WC Pursuit

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2012 01 15 Joran Biathlon
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How can we assess performances in stage race pursuits?

As with most stage races these days, the Tour de Ski included some handicap start pursuits. Generally, the athletes will start in a staggered fashion based upon their time back in the overall standings, and the first person to the finish line wins the stage. This creates some very unusual incentives for the athletes, depending […]

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2012 01 11 Joran Analysis
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Race Snapshots: Tour de Ski 10/20k Pursuit

As with the other pursuit, these Tour formats produce some unusual results patterns that aren’t really comparable to other races.

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2012 01 01 Joran Cross Country
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Race Snapshot: Tour de Ski Pursuit

I sort of hesitate to post these, since as I expected this race format produces performance measures that are extreme outliers pretty much no matter what you do. Regular duathlon pursuits you can correct for somewhat, but these stage race two day affairs just always produce wacky looking results.

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2011 12 30 Joran Cross Country
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Race Snapshot: IBU WC Pursuit

   

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2011 12 17 Joran Biathlon
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