A lot has been made on the forums and among some journalists and commentators about the rise of young cyclists evidenced by the Giro thus far this year. Are they really dominating their elders?
Here are the relative positions on GC (as of this writing) of the 41 youngest riders in the race, those being tracked for the Young Rider classification.
1 Quintana Nairo
3 Aru Fabio
6 Majka Rafal
8 Kelderman Wilco
21 Henao Gomez Sebastian
29 Preidler Georg
33 Landa Mikel
36 Goos Marc
39 Polanc Jan
51 Poljanski Pawel
52 Battaglin Enrico
55 Wellens Tim
56 Zardini Edoardo
64 Domont Axel
66 Bongiorno Francesco Manuel
69 Cattaneo Mattia
70 Monsalve Yonathan
76 Godoy Yonder
84 Le Bon Johan
89 Vermote Julien
91 McCarthy Jay
92 Colbrelli Sonny
94 Felline Fabio
95 Van der Sande Tosh
96 Puccio Salvatore
105 Haas Nathan
106 Juul-Jensen Christopher
119 Tulik Angelo
121 Moser Moreno
123 Barbin Enrico
124 Boem Nicola
125 Ratto Daniele
138 Bouhanni Nacer
140 Nizzolo Giacomo
143 Viviani Elia
148 Fedi Andrea
150 Romero Jeffry
151 Koch Michel
152 Alafaci Eugenio
154 Hepburn Michael
157 Bol Jetse
Now, here are the relative positions on GC (as of this writing) of the 41 oldest riders in the race.
5 Pozzovivo Domenico
7 Evans Cadel
9 Hesjedal Ryder
13 Basso Ivan
14 Pellizotti Franco
15 Monfort Maxime
16 Dupont Hubert
18 Cunego Damiano
20 Rogers Michael
24 Morabito Steve
25 Sánchez Samuel
32 Mourey Francis
35 Losada Alberto
41 Anton Igor
42 Moreno Daniel
46 Tiralongo Paolo
48 Niemiec Przemyslaw
49 Petrov Evgeni
53 Bak Lars Ytting
54 Vorganov Eduard
57 Gusev Vladimir
61 Sella Emanuele
74 Duque Leonardo
75 Hansen Adam
83 Beppu Fumiyuki
90 Longo Borghini Paolo
93 Tjallingii Maarten
99 Gasparotto Enrico
101 Veikkanen Jussi
113 Quinziato Manuel
114 Paolini Luca
115 Hondo Danilo
118 Mori Manuele
127 Ventoso Fran
129 Bozic Borut
135 Fischer Murilo Antonio
136 Eisel Bernhard
139 Keisse Iljo
141 Ferrari Roberto
147 Chavanel Sébastien
156 Tuft Svein
Any patterns jumping out at anyone? I suppose what I should do is assemble each group of 41 into a "team" and see where they are on time relative to one another, but that's on the far edge of my spreadsheet capabilities (I am a simple writer of stories). What would other interesting ways of looking at the data be? Average time of each group's members?
Here are the relative positions on GC (as of this writing) of the 41 youngest riders in the race, those being tracked for the Young Rider classification.
1 Quintana Nairo
3 Aru Fabio
6 Majka Rafal
8 Kelderman Wilco
21 Henao Gomez Sebastian
29 Preidler Georg
33 Landa Mikel
36 Goos Marc
39 Polanc Jan
51 Poljanski Pawel
52 Battaglin Enrico
55 Wellens Tim
56 Zardini Edoardo
64 Domont Axel
66 Bongiorno Francesco Manuel
69 Cattaneo Mattia
70 Monsalve Yonathan
76 Godoy Yonder
84 Le Bon Johan
89 Vermote Julien
91 McCarthy Jay
92 Colbrelli Sonny
94 Felline Fabio
95 Van der Sande Tosh
96 Puccio Salvatore
105 Haas Nathan
106 Juul-Jensen Christopher
119 Tulik Angelo
121 Moser Moreno
123 Barbin Enrico
124 Boem Nicola
125 Ratto Daniele
138 Bouhanni Nacer
140 Nizzolo Giacomo
143 Viviani Elia
148 Fedi Andrea
150 Romero Jeffry
151 Koch Michel
152 Alafaci Eugenio
154 Hepburn Michael
157 Bol Jetse
Now, here are the relative positions on GC (as of this writing) of the 41 oldest riders in the race.
5 Pozzovivo Domenico
7 Evans Cadel
9 Hesjedal Ryder
13 Basso Ivan
14 Pellizotti Franco
15 Monfort Maxime
16 Dupont Hubert
18 Cunego Damiano
20 Rogers Michael
24 Morabito Steve
25 Sánchez Samuel
32 Mourey Francis
35 Losada Alberto
41 Anton Igor
42 Moreno Daniel
46 Tiralongo Paolo
48 Niemiec Przemyslaw
49 Petrov Evgeni
53 Bak Lars Ytting
54 Vorganov Eduard
57 Gusev Vladimir
61 Sella Emanuele
74 Duque Leonardo
75 Hansen Adam
83 Beppu Fumiyuki
90 Longo Borghini Paolo
93 Tjallingii Maarten
99 Gasparotto Enrico
101 Veikkanen Jussi
113 Quinziato Manuel
114 Paolini Luca
115 Hondo Danilo
118 Mori Manuele
127 Ventoso Fran
129 Bozic Borut
135 Fischer Murilo Antonio
136 Eisel Bernhard
139 Keisse Iljo
141 Ferrari Roberto
147 Chavanel Sébastien
156 Tuft Svein
Any patterns jumping out at anyone? I suppose what I should do is assemble each group of 41 into a "team" and see where they are on time relative to one another, but that's on the far edge of my spreadsheet capabilities (I am a simple writer of stories). What would other interesting ways of looking at the data be? Average time of each group's members?