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Race Snapshot: TdS Classic Mass Start
As we would expect, a late in the Tour mass start race with a reduced field results in some unusual FIS points. Â I’ve adjusted them, as before, using Equivalent Percent Back but ultimately races like todays are simply a different animal so we should be cautious about making comparisons. Â Still, things shake out more as […]
Also tagged mass start, race snapshot, tour de ski, World CupTdS Classic Sprint: North Americans
Just 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, devon kershaw, kikkan randall, kris freeman, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupTdS Classic Sprint Recap
Once 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 Sprint, tour de ski, World CupRace Snapshot: TdS Classic Sprint
Great 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 race snapshot, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupDo The Japanese Prefer Classic Skiing?
In my race recap for the Davos distance race I noted the strong performance of Masako Ishida, and pointed out what an extreme classic specialist she is. Â A certain world famous XC skiing journalist wanted to know if the conventional wisdom he’d heard was correct, that Japan’s skiers typically do better in classic skiing overall. […]
Also tagged Analysis, japan, R, technicalDavos Recap: Distance
I’ll have a separate post covering some of the North Americans tomorrow. Â As usual, the choice of athletes to focus on is whatever strikes my fancy. Â If you have suggestions/requests after each race, let me know in the comments of the race snapshot posts. The first thing I want to note about Saturday’s distance races […]
Also tagged alexey poltaranin, Davos, Distance, krista lahteenmaki, masako ishida, recap, World Cup