Statistical Graphics and more

After the first 4 stages passed, I will start to log the results in the usual way as in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 now:

Stage Results	cumulative Time	Ranks
(click on the images to enlarge) – each line corresponds to a rider – smaller numbers are shorter times, i.e. better ranks – all stages are on a common scale, – stage-results and cum-times are aligned at the median, which corresponds to the peloton

STAGE 4: KITTEL to win his third stage, but still only rank 147
STAGE 5: Two ASTANA riders take the lead
STAGE 6: Yet another german victory, but NIBALI and FUGLSANG still in the lead
STAGE 7: A group of 42 already set apart 3 min, but the mountains are still to come
STAGE 8: After the first hills, KADRI wins and NIBALI can double his lead
STAGE 9: GERMANY got the 4th soccer world cup title  – congratulations!
STAGE 10: NIBALI back in the lead with now almost 2:30
STAGE 11: As the classement does not change too much, let’s look at the dropouts
STAGE 12: GALLOPIN is the looser of the day – first mountains to come next stage
STAGE 13: After the first stage in the Alps, the top 16 spread 11’11”
STAGE 14: Anyone to stop NIBALI? Now 4’37” in the lead
STAGE 15: After a transfer stage, we may look at JI’s Chinese contribution …
STAGE 16: A group of 14 set apart, but can not endanger NIBALI’s lead
STAGE 17: MAJKA’s great second half of the tour is pushing him >100 ranks
STAGE 18: And yes, NIBALI wins again …
STAGE 19: NIBALI and JI are the “envelope” of the tour
STAGE 20: MARTIN flies to win the time trial – far from a podium finish in Paris
STAGE 21: Another victory for KITTEL, but we close with the trace of the winner!

Don’t miss the data 🙂