Earlier this week I introduced an idea I had for calculating a points-like measure for sprint racing that was applicable beyond the qualification round. Â You can go back and review the methodology here. In this post I’d like to revisit this idea and look at how these new points look when ranking athletes. Â First, I […]
Tagged Athlete Ranking, distributed sprint points, dsp, fis points, SprintJust recently the guys at FasterSkier and the Nordic Commentary Project got together for a podcast, where they discussed a range of topics in international ski racing. Â One topic that they touched upon was the fact that cross country skiing has an ever increasing number of race formats. I listened with interest to that section, […]
Tagged editorial, fis, race formatInspired by the slightly different charts found here, a chart of a different flavor today. Â At that link, Martin has wisely adjusted plots of time back for each stage by the median. Â I’ve taken that idea and plotted the time back in the GC category for each stage, but I’ve split it up by team […]
Tagged cycling, tour de franceJunkCharts was nice enough to feature the Tour de France charts I’ve been playing with as a break from skiing data. Â I learned via one of the commenters there that (unsurprisingly) I’m not alone in this game. Â See here for a handful of similar charts, including ones from previous years.
Tagged cycling, tour de franceAdam, over at NordicXplained, asks: “Everyone knows how well the Canadian men’s team did at the Olympics, but the question that I wanna know is how well they stacked up against other countries. Even though they didn’t win a medal, their average placing in many races surely could have been higher than traditional powerhouses like […]
Tagged canada, men, olympicsMy good friend, and general cycling expert, Cosmo recently tweeted about what he perceived as more GC (overall ranking) shakeups taking place in Tour de France stages with a downhill finish as opposed to uphill, mountaintop, finishes. Â He then followed that up with a comment to that effect, linking back to my bumps chart as […]
Tagged Analysis, cycling, technical, tour de franceAnother couple stages in the books, time for an update of the bumps charts. Â Contador’s still in yellow, Hushovd is back in green and Chartreau is still in polka-dots:
Tagged bump chart, cycling, svg, tour de france