Now that the entire Tour is in the books, here’s how it played out, at least the big picture: I have to say, good job to Fransesc Soulie (AND) and Callum Watson (AUS) for hanging in there, despite being way off the back. Â Eight races in ten days is a tough feat, even for the […]
Also tagged bump chart, dario cologna, marianna longa, martin jaks, recap, therese johaug, tour de ski, World CupCan you name a Polish men’s cross country ski racer? Â Hmmm. Â Poland has certainly been a one woman show of late, thanks to Justyna Kowalczyk. Which makes the following graph (a continuation of the graphs in this post) not terribly surprising: So here are some Polish men for you: Janusz Krezelok and Maciej Kreczmer. Â Who […]
Also tagged Age, Germany, PolandThis is the head to head matchup that was runner up in my recent reader poll. Â No reason not to keep everyone happy by tackling this pair next! Per usual, what I’m doing is taking races where Marit Bjoergen and Justyna Kowalczyk have both participated and plotting the difference of their FIS points (distance races) […]
Also tagged head to head, marit bjoergenEarlier 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 […]
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