Race Snapshots: TdS Freestyle Sprint
For some reason, this song has been running through my head all morning. Â I wonder why? Â Too bad Randall got tangled up in the final, though.
Tagged devon kershaw, race snapshotFor some reason, this song has been running through my head all morning. Â I wonder why? Â Too bad Randall got tangled up in the final, though.
Tagged devon kershaw, race snapshotOnce again, not much commentary here, just some graphs showing some notable individuals progress through the tour. Â I haven’t highlighted all the leaders, per se, just some of the top people and some other interesting ones. No one’s likely to touch Kowalczyk for the overall, although there’s a lot of racing left to be done. […]
Tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, bump chart, canada, ivan babikov, kikkan randall, kris freeman, recap, tour de ski, USAAn excellent suggestion from the comments was to redo the graphs by nation, but overlay them on top of the same data from last year’s Tour for comparison. Easily done! Â I’ve pruned back the nations plotted even further to focus more heavily on the big guns, and it also enhances readability. Â Also, keep in mind […]
Tagged bump chart, tour de skiI’m not going to provide much analysis here, just the graphs. Â Feel free to pontificate in the comments. Â First up is the overall Tour rank after each stage: The two day pursuit created more chaos in the overall placings than I expected. Â Somewhat more significant movement in the sprint in Stage 3 with the men, […]
Tagged bump chart, recap, tour de skiJust 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 Cup