Econometrists present 'less misleading' mountain classification for Tour de France
This means that if less good climbers have a clear lead after the flat part before the climb they can steal points away from the real climbing specialists. This creates a misleading picture, in the opinion of the econometrists Prof. Gerard Sierksma and Bertus Talsma of the Faculty.
Today’s digital technology makes it possible to register the exact times taken in the actual climbs. Sierksma and Talsma introduced a new mountain classification based on the actual climbing times. Their King of the Mountains will be the fastest cyclist to climb all the mountains.
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Current 'University of Groningen classification' after the Pyrenees: |
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Team |
Country |
Climbing time |
Time behind |
Overall Class. |
Mountain Class. |
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Leonardo Piepoli |
SDV |
ITA |
3:54:09 |
24 |
6 |
|
|
Fränk Schleck |
CSC |
LUX |
3:54:34 |
0:00:25 |
2 |
5 |
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Juan José Cobo |
SDV |
ESP |
3:54:34 |
0:00:25 |
8 |
7 |
|
Riccardo Riccò |
SDV |
ITA |
3:55:06 |
0:00:58 |
9 |
1 |
|
Bernhard Kohl |
GST |
AUT |
3:55:41 |
0:01:32 |
4 |
4 |
|
Cadel Evans |
SIL |
AUS |
3:56:20 |
0:02:11 |
1 |
9 |
|
Carlos Sastre |
CSC |
EPS |
3:56:26 |
0:02:17 |
6 |
17 |
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Denis Menchov |
RAB |
RUS |
3:56:27 |
0:02:18 |
5 |
13 |
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Vladimir Efimkine |
ALM |
RUS |
3:56:34 |
0:02:25 |
10 |
14 |
|
Moisés Dueñas |
BAR |
ESP |
3:56:36 |
0:02:27 |
19 |
- |
|
Christian Vande Velde |
TSL |
USA |
3:56:42 |
0:02:33 |
3 |
31 |
|
Tadej Valjavec |
ALM |
SVN |
3:57:48 |
0:03:39 |
15 |
- |
|
Alejandro Valverde |
GCE |
EPS |
3:57:51 |
0:03:42 |
14 |
21 |
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Mikel Astarloza |
EUS |
EPS |
3:58:10 |
0:04:01 |
11 |
27 |
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Damiano Cunego |
LAM |
ITA |
3:58:21 |
0:04:12 |
16 |
- |
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Kim Kirchen |
THR |
LUX |
3:58:25 |
0:04:16 |
7 |
26 |
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Stéphane Goubert |
ALM |
FRA |
3:58:27 |
0:04:18 |
34 |
- |
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Vincenzo Nibali |
LIQ |
ITA |
3:58:37 |
0:04:29 |
12 |
10 |
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Laurens ten Dam |
RAB |
NED |
3:58:43 |
0:04:34 |
23 |
- |
| Last modified: | 25 October 2019 10.41 a.m. |
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