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Dimension Data publishes data analytics for the first nine stages of Tour de France

· By Press Office · 6 comments

Dimension Data, the global ICT organisation processing and analysing the data coming from the next-generation tracking devices under the Tour de France rider’s saddles has released a summary of the data the company processed and analysed for the first nine stages.

In the first nine stages, Dimension Data’s technical team in the mobile big data truck travelling at Le Tour have processed data of 59.70 million records, and have rolled out 5,400 metres of cabling to date.

During the first nine stages there were four sprint finishes. While Mark Cavendish of Team Dimension Data won three of them, that didn’t make him the fastest man on the road. Marcel Kittel (EQS)
recorded the high speed of 74.27 km/h on stage 6.

The longest time that the riders were in the saddle was 05h 59’ 54’’ on stage 3. During stages 7, 8, and 9 in the Pyrenees, the riders climbed 9,000 metres which is higher than Mount Everest, with the slowest average speed on a single climb ranging from 13.6 km/h to 15.8 km/h.

Other statistics include:

162.5 km (stage 7) – shortest distance travelled in one day
237.5 km (stage 4) – longest distance travelled in one day
196.6 km – average distance travelled each day
44.35 km/h – highest average speed on a stage (stage 1)
Race leader, Chris Froome, had an average speed of 39.67 km/h during the first nine stages

Dimension Data said the rider data processed in its hybrid cloud solution is using over 100 virtual servers leveraging 300 unique cloud services that are delivered at 99.999% availability. Another technology highlight is 198 rider in 22 teams generate 42,000 spatial points and 75 million geospatial points.

Adam Foster, Dimension Data’s Group Executive, Sports Practice said, “The new next-generation tracking devices under the rider’s saddles have increased the data capture coverage range ten-fold: from 100 metres in 2015 to 1,000 metres this year. This means we can tell richer and more enhanced stories as they happen, giving viewers, the media, cycling fans and race commentators deeper insights into some aspects of the sport that weren’t available until now.”

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Comments

Bateleur1

Jul 12, 2016, 11:33 AM

Pretty impressive High speed in that spring Mr Kittel.

xcd

Jul 12, 2016, 11:47 AM

Do they not show the Watts ? Or am i just not looking in the correct place. 

V12man

Jul 12, 2016, 11:55 AM

All that data and not a chart of climbs....

 

They could easily to that - total climb by day, include distance at inclines by % - this could also show average speeds and descent in the same graphic.... then we would have a decent picture...

karma

Jul 13, 2016, 5:18 PM

Do they not show the Watts ? Or am i just not looking in the correct place. 

 

not all riders/teams are willing to give that info...

'Dale

Jul 13, 2016, 6:36 PM

Interesting that Cavendish has not registered the highest speed in the top 5, even though he's the top sprinter with 3 wins in all-out flat finalès

 

Just shows timing, positioning

and tactics is crucial to winning a fast finish

Frosty

Jul 13, 2016, 6:41 PM

Pretty impressive High speed in that spring Mr Kittel.

Have a look at the speeds of Cavendish, Kittel and McLay (stage 6).

 

Little was fastest, but faded over the final metres. Cavendish kept the speed constant up to the finish line, while McLay left it too late to catch Cav.

 

Cav's top speed was just before the finish line. Perfect timing

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