Once again, not much commentary here, just some graphs showing some notable individuals progress through the tour. Â I haven’t highlighted all the leaders, per se, just some of the top people and some other interesting ones. No one’s likely to touch Kowalczyk for the overall, although there’s a lot of racing left to be done. […]
Also tagged alex harvey, andrew newell, bump chart, canada, ivan babikov, kris freeman, recap, tour de ski, USAJust 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, classic, devon kershaw, kris freeman, Sprint, tour de ski, World CupThis is a follow-up post to an earlier entry where I noted an off-hand comment by US coach Chris Grover that when Kikkan Randall qualifies in the top ten in a sprint race, that this is a good sign that she has a good chance of making it to the finals. I looked at some […]
Also tagged andrew newell, qualification, SprintSo US coach Chris Grover mentioned to FasterSkier.com that he thought that when Kikkan Randall qualifies in the top ten that’s a really good sign that she has a good chance to make the finals. I did this once before with an interesting quote of his, and I feel kind of bad. Â I’m not trying […]
Also tagged andrew newell, chris grover, quotes, SprintAs always, there’s lots of stuff I could focus on, but we can’t have everything. Â As is usually the case, the weekend was a bit of a mixed bag for the North Americans. Â Kris Freeman continued to look quite strong despite some bad luck with his poles. Â Alex Harvey and Devon Kershaw had much stronger […]
Also tagged kuusamo, liz stephen, morgan arritola, recap, World CupI’ll have a post up tomorrow running through some of the notable European results from the weekend. The short version of the weekend’s distance races goes something like this: Good: Kris Freeman, Kikkan Randall, Noah Hoffman, Liz Stephen Bad: Canadian men, Chris Cook Meh: Morgan Arritola, Andrey Newell Americans Here’s a closer look at the […]
Also tagged alex harvey, chris cook, devon kershaw, george grey, ivan babikov, kris freeman, liz stephen, morgan arritola, noah hoffman, recap, World CupSo on Monday I posted some graphs that were intended to provide some context for some of the distance race results over the weekend. Â Sprinting wasn’t left out in the cold because I dislike it (although, to be fair, I’m sort of a traditionalist in this respect; I will always love distance racing more, sorry!), […]
Also tagged ida sargent, recap, Sprint, torin koos