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Who wins the 2015 Tour de France?
The 2015 Tour de France gets underway tomorrow, with a 14km prologue that is also the only opportunity for riders to race against the clock individually (there’s also a 28km team-trial in week 2)....
View ArticleLong live transparency – the data video controversy
The first rest day of the Tour de France produced, as usual, some off-the-bike stories, but in 6 years of covering the race, I can’t recall such a bizarre sequence of events as this one. About five...
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Day 1 in the mountains: One more pixel, context & mistrust
I can’t stress enough – today’s mountain finish, and the estimated 6.1 – 6.2 W/kg produced by Chris Froome for 41 minutes (even though the attack only really came in the second half) is not an...
View ArticleClose your eyes really tightly
I just did an interview with Off the Ball radio, always informed and excellent interviews (from their side, anyway), and it is embedded below. It’s difficult to deconstruct and then rebuild complex...
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Neanderthals, aliens, performance data & context
Below are some paragraphs I’ve written, on my website, the first is from this week, the second from a post-Tour wrap in 2013. Both discuss Chris Froome (by virtue of the fact that he won or is...
View ArticleSemi-transparency, smoke, mirrors and an illustrative case
Amidst all the talk of transparency in the Tour, Sky announced that they may publish “a few” outcomes, like average power output and average cadence from a stage. Some quick thoughts on this below:...
View ArticleComparative and longitudinal physiology
Let’s get right to it, because this is a longish post, on the concept of the measuring physiology and performance data for cycling. Many people have called for Chris Froome (as the race leader and,...
View ArticleGreat power, great responsibility. Less power, greater speeds
“With great power comes great responsibility”, the Spiderman quote invoked when Sky revealed Chris Froome’s power data from his victory in the Pyrenees last week. Only problem – according to the...
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