Just a few short notes focusing on the North Americans in the classic sprint yesterday. Â First the men: One thing that stands out to me is that Harvey was actually skiing slightly faster than Kershaw all day. Â Of course, the differences are very small (~1 second), but it highlights how large an impact the make-up […]
Tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, classic, devon kershaw, kikkan randall, kris freeman, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupIf you’ve ever wondered why I haven’t attempted more statistical machinations to predict race results, today’s races are an example of why I haven’t. Â Actually, I’ve spent a fair bit of time trying to build some models that will predict performance, but what I’ve learned is that skiers are too variable for reasonably simple models […]
Tagged eqpb, mass start, pursuit, race snapshot, tour de ski, World CupOnce again thanks to my data connection over at WorldofXC.com for the sprint splits data. Â The overall picture for the women’s race is about what you’d expect: Petra Majdic basically crushed everyone in sight, and in fact the closest anyone really came to her was in qualification. Â After a rough start to her season, this […]
Tagged classic, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupGreat day for North America, overall. Â Fantastic races by Kershaw and Harvey and strong efforts by Freeman and Randall (for a classic sprint, not her specialty, certainly not Freeman’s). Â Newell probably isn’t thrilled with his 12th place, given how much stumbling around it sounded like he did during the semis, but it’s not a terrible […]
Tagged classic, race snapshot, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupThese race snapshot graphs are quite a bit different from usual. Â First, today’s pursuit is essentially an old style two day pursuit with the techniques reversed (skating yesterday, classic today). Â So the stage results from today include yesterday’s time (minus the bonus seconds from yesterday). Â Hence, my race snapshot graphs won’t compare today’s stage to […]
Tagged race snapshot, tour de ski, World Cup