Comments on: Is the Tour de France Getting Easier? http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/ charts you just gotta love Thu, 24 May 2012 04:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Clayton http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 Clayton Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:27:40 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/#comment-1823 The dip around 2005 corresponding to the crackdowon on doping is significant. Most of the rest of the speed increase can be attributed to improvements in design, technology and training. The dip around 2005 corresponding to the crackdowon on doping is significant. Most of the rest of the speed increase can be attributed to improvements in design, technology and training.

]]> By: Jeff http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Jeff Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:55:02 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/#comment-1804 Ken Relax Look at the chart Relax Ken

Relax

Look at the chart

Relax

]]> By: Ken http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Ken Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:48:04 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/20/is-the-tour-de-france-getting-easier/#comment-1800 From Wikipedia: "A succession of doping scandals in the 1960s, culminating in the death of Tom Simpson in 1967, led the Union Cycliste Internationale to limit daily and overall distances and to impose rest days." Meanwhile, wow, average speeds increased between 1903 to the present? You don't say! The Tour must be getting easier! What about race cars, have those gotten faster too? If so, it can only be due to the tracks getting easier. Interesting infographic, stupid label. From Wikipedia: “A succession of doping scandals in the 1960s, culminating in the death of Tom Simpson in 1967, led the Union Cycliste Internationale to limit daily and overall distances and to impose rest days.”

Meanwhile, wow, average speeds increased between 1903 to the present? You don’t say! The Tour must be getting easier! What about race cars, have those gotten faster too? If so, it can only be due to the tracks getting easier.

Interesting infographic, stupid label.

]]>