The weekend after the Tour finishes will have smaller fields, and this was no different. Still, The Americans will take the results regardless of who else shows up. Here’s how the women’s finalists progressed during the day: Flat courses will tend to produce times like this, where the qualification round is quite fast, and then […]
Also tagged city sprint, freestyle, men, race recap, Sprint, womenNice race from Russell Currier, I’d say…!
Also tagged biathlon, men, race snapshot, Sprint, womenAs with most stage races these days, the Tour de Ski included some handicap start pursuits. Generally, the athletes will start in a staggered fashion based upon their time back in the overall standings, and the first person to the finish line wins the stage. This creates some very unusual incentives for the athletes, depending […]
Also tagged handicap, kris freeman, liz stephen, pursuit, tour de skiI didn’t do nearly as much writing about the Tour as I would have liked, but here are some graphs summarizing the way things shook out. Men Here’s a bird’s eye view of the men’s Tour, measured using seconds behind the median skier: These sorts of bump charts are nice, as they can allow you […]
Also tagged bump chart, recap, tour de ski