This was just too cool for me not to put up on the site, even though I’m not completely happy with it. The data are fairly simple: add up the sprint and mountain points across all riders on a Tour de France team for each stage. So for each stage, each team gets the ordered […]
Tagged animation, climbing, cycling, Sprint, tour de franceThis is type of graphic that I hope to do on a semi-regular basis once the World Cup season gets rolling. Â These easily fall into the “fun” rather than “serious” category. Â If you hadn’t already guessed, I like making graphs. Â So these entries will be race summaries, but in graph form. Â They are fairly labor […]
Tagged Distance, Fun Stuff, olympics, race summary, relayI see on FasterSkier the news that there is already some angst regarding the FIS World Cup race calendar for next season. I have two things say on this topic that takes the form of two graphs…
Tagged editorial, irritated, race schedules, rantThis whole victims and nemeses thing is entertaining up to a point, but the most interesting about it is that it sometimes leads me to comparisons and graphs that I wouldn’t have thought of looking at otherwise. Â That’s what happened when I sat down today intending to dash off something quick about Kris Freeman’s victims […]
Tagged Analysis, Distance, jiri magal, kris freeman, mathias fredricksson, nemeses, pietro piller cottrer, victimsSince it’s Friday, here’s something kind of silly… Last week, I introduced the concept of victims and nemeses, for distance races. Â A nemesis is a skier who has beaten you on multiple occasions by a small margin (fewer than ten seconds). Â Victims are just the reverse: people you have beaten on multiple occasions by fewer […]
Tagged gadflies, nemeses, punching bags, victimsEarlier this week I described the notion of victims and nemeses, and showed you who Petter Northug’s were for the 2009-2010 season. Â You can check back at that link for a description of victims/nemeses. Â The basic idea is to count up the number of times you beat someone by a narrow margin (they become a […]
Tagged justyna kowalczyk, marit bjoergen, nemeses, victimsThis concept is shamelessly stolen from these guys (Thanks, Colin!)Â and is decidedly in the “less serious” end of the spectrum. Â A potential victim is awarded one point every time you defeat them by fewer than ten seconds, two points if the race happens to be an Olympic or World Championship event. Â The same goes for […]
Tagged nemeses, petter northug, victims