As expected, Stage 6 saw quite a bit of movement (as well as skiers abandoning due to illness): A couple of the men are really quite a ways off the back; I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw some of them pack it in. Â Stage 6 created a lot more “clumpiness” with the men, although […]
Also tagged bump chart, Distance, men, stage, tour de ski, womenI’ve opted not to adjust the points on these, despite their being a a bit abnormal. Â I think the performance comparisons are clear enough without making any alterations. Â But, as you can see, there was definitely some concerted skiing in groups today.
Also tagged freestyle, handicap, pursuit, race snapshot, tour de skiI’m squeaking this in just as the biathlon circuit gets going again. Â This will be a really quick post just recapping how the US has done on the WC circuit so far this season. Â I’m not even going to cover everyone that’s had a WC start, just the “major players” so far. First up a […]
Also tagged biathlon, jeremy teela, laura spector, leif nordgren, lowell bailey, midseason, review, sara studebaker, tim burke, USAJust 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 […]
Also tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, classic, devon kershaw, kikkan randall, kris freeman, Sprint, tour de skiIf 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 […]
Also tagged eqpb, mass start, pursuit, race snapshot, tour de skiOnce 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 […]
Also tagged classic, Sprint, tour de skiGreat 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 […]
Also tagged classic, race snapshot, Sprint, tour de ski