Most of the thunder from the US Ski Team these days comes from the women’s side, but I thought it worth pointing out that Andrew Newell is quietly on track for one of his best sprinting seasons ever: Granted, the season is only about half over, and I really, really don’t want to jinx him, […]
Tagged andrew newell, Sprint, USA, World CupI’ve gotten requests to do this in the past, and did again this year. Nothing super complicated, we just add up all the bonus seconds earned by all the Tour de Ski finishers and add them back onto each person’s time. Obviously, some bonus seconds were earned by folks who ended up not finishing the […]
Tagged bonus seconds, men, tour de ski, womenEven without the somewhat dramatic ending, it seemed to me that the Russian men had a fairly strong Tour showing, and a quick graph seems to confirm this: Legkov seemed to have sort of plateaued over the previous 2-3 seasons, but so far appears dramatically improved overall. Vylegzhanin had a generally off year (for him) […]
Tagged Distance, men, russia, stage race, tour de skiYou can read a brief explanation of these graphs here. One further note: these are based on the results for just today’s stage. Not the times reported on the FIS website (which are silly and meaningless), and not the times for just the hill climb portion of the course (which is interesting, but was sort […]
Tagged Distance, final climb, freestyle, men, race snapshot, tour de ski, womenYou can read a brief description of these graphs here. Men’s race: Women’s race:
Tagged classic, Distance, mass start, men, race snapshot, tour de ski, women, World Cup