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Predicting winning times for stages of the 2011 tour de france using an inclined-plane model

(Voraussage der Siegerzeiten für die Etappen der Tour de France 2011 mit Hilfe eines Modells der schiefen Ebene)

Using a modified version of the inclined-plane model I developed to predict winning times for each stage of the Tour de France in the years 2003-05, I present the results of my predicted winning stage times for the 2011 Tour de France. The model incorporates stage profiles, cyclist power input, air drag, and rolling friction. Each stage's predicted winning time was put on my blog the day before a given stage was run. Just one stage prediction was worse than 8% off the actual winning time. Six of the 21 stages were predicted to better than 1% of the actual winning times. The sum of predicted stage-winning times missed the actual sum by 0.5%.
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Notationen:Ausdauersportarten Naturwissenschaften und Technik Trainingswissenschaft
Veröffentlicht in:Procedia Engineering
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Online-Zugang:http://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.04.114
Jahrgang:34
Seiten:670-675
Dokumentenarten:Artikel
Level:hoch