Graphing the Tour

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited July 2012 in Pro race
In my usual series, I have started.

Total Pages Per Stage

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And then, average pages per stage type

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More to come as I think of them.

Note, we seem to hold sprint stages and TT's in equal contempt
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Stages where a break wins?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Tom BB wrote:
    Stages where a break wins?

    Good one. I'll do it.

    Was also going to do on where crash impacted things
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    stages where minders were stronger than their leader? (TJV, Froome)
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    iainf72 wrote:
    In my usual series, I have started.

    Total Pages Per Stage

    tumblr_m7iy9d1M1o1qcn3m5o1_1280.jpg

    And then, average pages per stage type

    tumblr_m7iya53D5S1qcn3m5o1_1280.jpg

    More to come as I think of them.

    Note, we seem to hold sprint stages and TT's in equal contempt

    Is it contempt or is it just a lack of appreciation among some that cycling is about more than the ability to cycle up a mountain.
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    You're not a True Champion™ until you can persistently attack in the mountains and master a questionable celebration.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    smithy21 wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    In my usual series, I have started.

    Total Pages Per Stage

    tumblr_m7iy9d1M1o1qcn3m5o1_1280.jpg

    And then, average pages per stage type

    tumblr_m7iya53D5S1qcn3m5o1_1280.jpg

    More to come as I think of them.

    Note, we seem to hold sprint stages and TT's in equal contempt

    Is it contempt or is it just a lack of appreciation among some that cycling is about more than the ability to cycle up a mountain.

    I know Iain's graphs are good, but that's a pretty sweeping conclusion.
    Maybe you fail to appreciate that only the mountain stages were shown in their entirety, so twice as
    much time to post, during the action.

    It is handy to be able to pedal uphill fast, though, if you want to win something like the Tour.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Clearly I should have put some sort of smiley in that to show I wasn't being entirely serious.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I think an interesting graph would be the number of posts after the race has finished.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RichN95 wrote:
    I think an interesting graph would be the number of posts after the race has finished.

    Check
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    The Tour Ups and Downs:

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    Twitter: @RichN95
  • luckao
    luckao Posts: 632
    How about documenting the spooky side of the Tour. Claimed sightings of Haimar Zubeldia, dogs possessed, and the uncountable expressions of Thomas Voeckler.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Some great graphs and charts on here. Ian's remind me of the colours you get in colour sight tests.

    Rich's ups and downs tells a story, particularly the changing of the guard.

    I hate the rise of WAG-ism in cycling. Makes it all a bit Stamford Bridge.
    @JaunePeril

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  • pb21
    pb21 Posts: 2,171
    RichN95 wrote:
    The Tour Ups and Downs:

    Good stuff! :D
    Mañana
  • nweststeyn
    nweststeyn Posts: 1,574
    Luckao wrote:
    Claimed sightings of Haimar Zubeldia...

    I couldn't sleep last night cos I'm sure I saw him in the TT footage :(
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    nweststeyn wrote:
    Luckao wrote:
    Claimed sightings of Haimar Zubeldia...

    I couldn't sleep last night cos I'm sure I saw him in the TT footage :(

    He resorted to nearly crashing at a corner to try and get a bit of publicity.
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Could we have some analysis of the number of stages where in the closing stages Phil or Paul confidently predicted the winner, only for something completely different to happen?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    What is this graphic? Tour prize money?

    money.jpg
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Yup.

    Told ya Vaconsoleil had the worst Tour.
    _
  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    FF, yes thats right. Apparently Peter Sagan would be third on that list.
  • derbygrimpeur
    derbygrimpeur Posts: 822
    Luckao wrote:
    You're not a True Champion™ until you can persistently attack in the mountains and master a questionable celebration.

    You're not a True Champion™ until you can (almost) successfully mask your PEDs, attack in the mountains and master a questionable celebration
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Maybe you fail to appreciate that only the mountain stages were shown in their entirety, so twice as much time to post, during the action.

    that's not true. Tickers etc. were available full stage and Eurosport had TV coverage from very early. I think it's probably more due to the fact that there's generally less to talk about in a TT than a road stage. TT's only really get going when the GC contenders ride.
  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    I'd like to see a graph comparing the number of people who said that Wiggins had peaked too soon for the tour, and the number of those that came back later and said they got it totally wrong
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    What about adjusting for Friday stages where many people knock off early, weekend ones... and of course you can't tell anything anyway cos pages and pages come out of one or two daft comments here and there, something that the commentators said, links to other news that gets discussed, accidents on the road, where the standings sit on a particular day, people who've picked someone for PTP that relates to that, tacks on the road, I dunno....

    There's gotta be some correlation to the types of stage.... but take TT's being low, people can hardly regurgitate all the info off ticker feeds and get all over excited when a break goes 30seconds up the road, so with a TT there's bound to be less posts, there's no real dynamic happening on the road to watch to then talk about.

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