I’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, given the pure sprint specialists there.
The following two graphs split the men’s and women’s fields by nation (except for Andorra and Australia, for space reasons; sorry!). Â Instead of rank, they display the seconds from the median skier after each stage. Â They are somewhat large, so click through for the full versions:
Tour de Ski Men After Stage 4
Tour de Ski Women After Stage 4
Some things I learned from these graphs:
- I didn’t realize how many skiers France had at the Tour, especially the men;
- the Italian men have relatively few skiers off the back;
- the Russian women aren’t having a great Tour so far;
- the Germans…what can you say?
More graphs focusing on individual skiers to come…
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