Everyone wants to nab podiums at the World Cup level, which means everyone can be pretty fascinated with the development characteristics of those skiers who end up on the podium. Here’s yet another way to slice that. If we take the skiers who’ve attained at least one podium result at the WC level between 2006-2007 […]
Tagged Age, development, Distance, men, Sprint, women, World CupOn final note about the Giro. It’s only three years worth, but I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how Canadians have fared in the Giro (again, only since 2010):
Tagged cycling, giro d'italiaOne last set of graphs for this year’s Giro, first comparing it to the previous two years: And another comparing each team from this year’s Giro:
Tagged cycling, giro d'italiaHere’s the state of things, team-by-team after yesterday’s Stage 18: One thing to note (that you can’t quite see in this graph) is that this year’s course has caused slightly more of a spread in the field than the previous two.
Tagged cycling, giro d'italiaAnother overall comparison of the GC standings to the previous two years:
Tagged cycling, giro d'italiaBack to the team by team view, after Stage 15 (yesterday): Compare Movistar with Orica GreenEdge. Also, note the damage that yesterday’s stage did to several team’s top riders, e.g. Rabobank, Omega Pharma, BMC, RadioShack.
Tagged cycling, giro d'italiaAnother update on the overl GC standings: Things are clearly more tightly packed at the front this year, certainly compared to 2010. That said, the folks at the back are losing time at a faster rate than last year, it seems.
Tagged cycling, giro d'italia