These are mostly just for fun, although I suppose some lessons might be drawn from them as well. First up is a graph showing how the field was reduced stage by stage in both 2010 and 2011: Overall there were fewer racers this year even from the start, which is interesting. In both cases there [...] Related posts:2011 Tour de Ski Preview Tour de Ski Rest Day Recap Tour de Ski: Comparison To 2010
Continuing on from my previous post, let’s move on to look at how different nations fared compared to last year’s Tour (click through for full versions): The German men struggled, but mainly that shows up here as skiers dropping out rather than performing poorly. In fact, the one German man who made it all the [...] Related posts:2011 Tour de Ski Preview Tour de Ski Rest Day Recap Tour de Ski Freestyle Sprint Recap
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. Eight races in ten days is a tough feat, even for the [...] Related posts:2011 Tour de Ski Preview Tour de Ski Rest Day Recap Tour de Ski: Comparison To 2010
Honestly, I’m too tired to comment much on this race. Enjoy the graphs while I get some posts together recapping the entire Tour de Ski for tomorrow… Related posts:Race Snapshot: IBU WC 1 Men/Women’s Pursuit Race Snapshot: IBU WC 2 Sprint Race Snapshot: IBU WC 3 Distance Race Related posts:
If there were a race on the WC circuit so unlike any other that meaningful comparisons to past performance are rendered moot, this would be it. But, you know, the skiers get FIS points for this race, so we might as well see what we can see. Due to the unusual nature of the race, [...] Related posts:Race Snapshot: Gällivare Race Snapshot: TdS Prologue Race Snapshot: TdS Pursuit
Spector-acular day for Laura? Ok, so maybe I’m not that funny. Still, looks like she had the race of her life (thus far)! Related posts:Race Snapshot: IBU World Cup 1 Women Race Snapshot: IBU WC 1 Women’s Sprint Race Snapshot: IBU WC 1 Men/Women’s Pursuit Related posts:
As we would expect, a late in the Tour mass start race with a reduced field results in some unusual FIS points. 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. Still, things shake out more as [...] Related posts:
This weekend will wrap up a busy 10 days of racing, both domestically and abroad. The Tour de Ski, more biathlon World Cups, US Nationals, some NorAms in Canada and some OPA Cup races this weekend as well. I try to stay on top of it as best I can, but I’m sometimes limited by [...] Related posts:Week In Review: Friday Nov 26th Week In Review: Friday Dec 3rd Week In Review: Friday Dec 10th
Biathlon World Cup action started up again today (well, the individual races anyway; there were relays the last two days). The results look a bit topsy-turvy, with a fair number of big names having a tough day at the office. Looks like several of the North Americans had some issues in the range. Related posts:Race [...] Related posts:
Like last time a look at the performance of skiers from different nations in this year’s TdS and last year’s. As always, click through for full versions, as these are somewhat large: Again, apologies if your favorite country isn’t shown. The Russian men actually seem to be doing about the same, with a handful of [...] Related posts:
As expected, Stage 6 saw quite a bit of movement (as well as skiers abandoning due to illness): A couple of the men are really quite a ways off the back; I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw some of them pack it in. Stage 6 created a lot more “clumpiness” with the men, although [...] Related posts:
I’ve opted not to adjust the points on these, despite their being a a bit abnormal. I think the performance comparisons are clear enough without making any alterations. But, as you can see, there was definitely some concerted skiing in groups today. Related posts:Race Snapshot: IBU WC 1 Men/Women’s Pursuit Race Snapshot: IBU WC 2 [...] Related posts:
Those Finns are Matti Heikkinen and Krista Lahteenmaki, of course, and I’m mostly referring to distance races: I actually made this graph prior to today’s race, so keep that in mind. Simply using finishing rank for each athlete paints an interesting picture. The first thing I want to note is that Heikkinen’s results this year [...] Related posts:
It was a banner day for North America, to be sure. Let’s take a look at how the heats played out, starting with the semifinalists: I’ve removed Roger Aa Djupvik from the men’s plot, as he ran into a spot of difficulty in the quarters and packed it in for a very slow time. It’ll [...] Related posts:
It was a banner day for North America, to be sure. Let’s take a look at how the heats played out, starting with the semifinalists: I’ve removed Roger Aa Djupvik from the men’s plot, as he ran into a spot of difficulty in the quarters and packed it in for a very slow time. It’ll [...] Related posts:
I’m squeaking this in just as the biathlon circuit gets going again. This will be a really quick post just recapping how the US has done on the WC circuit so far this season. I’m not even going to cover everyone that’s had a WC start, just the “major players” so far. First up a [...] Related posts:
For some reason, this song has been running through my head all morning. I wonder why? Too bad Randall got tangled up in the final, though. Related posts:Race Snapshots: Kuusamo Sprint Race Snapshots: Kuusamo 10/15km Freestyle Race Snapshots: IBU WC 1 Men’s Sprint Related posts:
Once again, not much commentary here, just some graphs showing some notable individuals progress through the tour. 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. [...] Related posts:
An excellent suggestion from the comments was to redo the graphs by nation, but overlay them on top of the same data from last year’s Tour for comparison. Easily done! I’ve pruned back the nations plotted even further to focus more heavily on the big guns, and it also enhances readability. Also, keep in mind [...] Related posts:
I’m not going to provide much analysis here, just the graphs. Feel free to pontificate in the comments. First up is the overall Tour rank after each stage: The two day pursuit created more chaos in the overall placings than I expected. Somewhat more significant movement in the sprint in Stage 3 with the men, [...] Related posts: