The fun ranking · La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes 2022

The first-name championship

Forget categories. Which first name brought the most riders round the 174.6 km and over the line — and which one got there quickest? It is the one classification of 2022 you could improve by deed poll. With 52 nationalities in the results, it is as much a map of Europe as a leaderboard.

Four of the eight timing points recorded a rider; the Télégraphe, Valloire, Galibier and Bourg mats are empty for the whole field.

Every first name in the field has a page, not just the 150 below. Accent variants are merged, so “frederic” finds the Frédérics too.

Fastest names (median, ≥10 finishers)

1	Sander	8:07:48	14
2	Michiel	8:18:48	12
3	Christian	8:30:11	17
4	Tim	8:38:05	19
5	Romain	8:39:22	15

Most leisurely names (median, ≥10 finishers)

1	Christopher	10:46:38	10
2	Andrew	10:46:06	26
3	Ian	10:40:44	11
4	James	10:26:32	14
5	Patrick	10:19:24	14

#	First name	Finishers	Best time	Best overall rank	Median
🥇	David	48	5:58:32	22	9:38:01
🥈	Thomas	43	6:02:57	28	9:21:04
🥉	Michael	41	6:53:28	153	9:18:30
4	Peter	35	6:59:39	182	9:27:08
5	Paul	34	5:47:03	12	9:33:10
6	Simon	29	6:54:27	159	9:13:32
7	Nicolas	27	7:14:42	274	9:08:17
7	Tom	27	6:53:59	156	9:25:33
7	Vincent	27	6:44:23	117	9:16:55
10	Andrew	26	6:42:09	109	10:46:06
11	Richard	25	6:44:28	118	9:42:50
12	Bart	24	6:16:05	43	9:28:10
12	John	24	6:34:30	86	9:54:22
12	Martin	24	7:15:33	286	9:47:30
15	Mark	23	6:51:13	143	10:05:46
16	Daniel	22	6:42:01	108	9:20:35
16	Jan	22	6:53:54	155	9:43:16
16	Robert	22	7:50:14	591	9:52:49
19	Chris	21	7:26:51	389	9:57:58
20	Alexandre	20	7:02:05	198	9:13:20
20	Eric	20	7:20:10	326	9:52:32
20	Jeroen	20	7:07:27	223	9:58:40
20	Olivier	20	5:26:36	3	8:55:28
20	Pierre	20	5:54:18	17	9:26:14
25	Guillaume	19	5:55:23	19	9:09:06
25	Pascal	19	6:25:56	61	9:23:32
25	Sebastienincl. Sébastien	19	6:40:31	103	9:43:18
25	Tim	19	5:32:08	8	8:38:05
29	Antoine	18	6:47:15	125	9:08:47
29	Christophe	18	7:07:28	225	9:34:16
29	Koen	18	6:57:43	172	8:58:13
29	Stefan	18	5:20:33	1	9:06:47
29	Stephaneincl. Stéphane	18	7:54:31	635	10:07:16
34	Christian	17	6:41:09	106	8:30:11
34	Julien	17	5:26:40	4	9:12:57
36	Jérômeincl. Jerome, Jérome	16	7:07:24	222	8:45:24
36	Jonathan	16	6:28:05	68	9:52:52
36	Maarten	16	7:07:11	221	9:17:10
36	Marc	16	7:01:51	196	9:29:41
36	Philippe	16	8:43:24	1,312	9:53:14
36	Rob	16	8:02:42	740	9:31:23
42	Ben	15	7:14:55	278	9:17:24
42	Françoisincl. Francois	15	7:46:51	561	10:10:44
42	Pieter	15	7:17:11	300	9:06:24
42	Romain	15	7:04:53	209	8:39:22
42	Steven	15	6:15:49	42	9:26:34
47	Benoitincl. Benoît	14	7:06:26	218	9:03:00
47	Cedricincl. Cédric	14	6:51:02	140	9:04:02
47	Fredericincl. Frédéric	14	7:13:24	267	8:43:57
47	James	14	8:51:31	1,425	10:26:32
47	Laurent	14	8:55:51	1,483	9:51:54
47	Maxime	14	7:58:11	675	9:11:40
47	Patrick	14	6:29:05	73	10:19:24
47	Sander	14	6:40:28	102	8:07:48
55	Frank	13	6:21:53	56	9:28:51
55	Jonas	13	5:55:42	20	9:28:01
57	Alexander	12	7:14:30	273	9:29:33
57	Joris	12	6:30:07	78	8:52:38
57	Michiel	12	5:34:28	9	8:18:48
57	Niels	12	7:34:16	438	9:04:31
61	Ian	11	6:50:55	139	10:40:44
61	Johan	11	7:54:47	638	9:13:18
61	Lars	11	6:46:49	122	8:39:50
61	Manuel	11	7:40:58	496	8:44:15
61	Nick	11	7:53:32	623	10:00:49
61	Robin	11	7:42:15	511	9:38:45
61	Stephen	11	7:45:17	538	10:02:09
61	Sylvain	11	7:10:20	248	9:09:49
61	Wim	11	7:34:13	437	10:13:20
70	Alain	10	7:47:57	571	9:57:56
70	Benjamin	10	6:58:54	179	9:47:19
70	Christopher	10	9:02:17	1,572	10:46:38
70	Jasper	10	6:54:13	158	9:21:54
70	Joost	10	7:27:45	394	9:58:12
70	Luc	10	8:42:12	1,289	9:21:53
70	Sam	10	5:49:00	13	9:30:31
77	Alberto	9	6:53:06	151	8:18:18
77	Arnaud	9	8:00:07	701	9:31:38
77	Bram	9	7:31:00	414	9:19:38
77	Brian	9	7:34:35	440	10:09:40
77	Bruno	9	7:21:10	336	8:44:52
77	Dirk	9	7:03:53	203	9:21:40
77	Dries	9	7:18:10	309	8:05:59
77	Louis	9	6:32:55	82	10:35:14
77	Ludovic	9	7:53:55	628	10:20:56
77	Marco	9	7:00:48	190	8:17:20
77	Michel	9	7:17:20	302	8:35:07
77	Quentin	9	7:20:55	334	8:26:00
77	Ruben	9	7:30:19	409	8:49:14
77	Stijn	9	6:19:57	52	8:47:24
77	Thierry	9	7:05:02	211	9:53:32
77	Wouter	9	7:14:14	272	10:19:15
93	Andréincl. Andre	8	7:39:30	480	11:05:38
93	Arjan	8	6:52:27	149	9:39:25
93	Bertrand	8	8:39:43	1,260	10:20:50
93	Emmanuel	8	7:40:45	495	8:44:06
93	Erik	8	7:23:06	356	9:05:06
93	Fabio	8	5:51:37	15	8:47:50
93	Florian	8	7:23:06	355	9:21:28
93	Frederik	8	6:30:08	79	8:46:42
93	Jens	8	6:56:21	167	8:45:53
93	Juan	8	7:39:17	478	9:53:50
93	Kevin	8	6:43:46	115	10:37:04
93	Marcel	8	5:49:35	14	8:31:50
93	Rafael	8	6:48:19	132	9:16:36
93	Samuel	8	7:08:48	232	10:33:07
93	Stuart	8	7:53:27	619	10:04:20
93	Willem	8	6:34:01	83	9:45:44
93	Yannick	8	6:59:47	184	9:59:16
110	Alexis	7	7:02:24	199	9:03:57
110	Andrea	7	8:21:06	994	9:28:49
110	Anthony	7	6:26:57	64	9:20:28
110	Bert	7	7:11:48	256	8:47:00
110	Bob	7	5:52:57	16	8:56:08
110	Clémentincl. Clement	7	6:21:02	53	9:06:31
110	Daan	7	7:28:19	401	9:29:55
110	Didier	7	7:03:00	201	10:07:23
110	Fabien	7	7:39:28	479	9:16:50
110	Gilles	7	8:23:16	1,035	10:34:19
110	Joseincl. José	7	8:16:20	919	9:15:49
110	Kris	7	8:19:01	965	8:50:27
110	Kristof	7	7:08:02	229	9:03:36
110	Philip	7	7:05:38	212	9:32:29
110	Sven	7	7:11:38	254	8:58:10
110	Tony	7	7:15:26	283	9:21:32
126	Alex	6	6:34:20	84	9:08:22
126	Bas	6	7:55:51	647	9:27:02
126	Bernard	6	7:34:04	436	8:58:24
126	Claus	6	7:44:25	528	9:32:56
126	Damien	6	6:16:24	44	9:41:32
126	Denis	6	9:51:57	2,427	10:04:53
126	Dennis	6	6:36:52	95	7:55:31
126	Diego	6	8:24:40	1,054	10:02:50
126	Dimitri	6	8:17:53	950	8:51:20
126	Dominique	6	9:53:30	2,450	10:49:48
126	Filip	6	7:19:19	315	8:52:32
126	Gregoryincl. Grégory	6	7:09:31	240	9:17:49
126	Jesper	6	7:22:08	342	9:21:03
126	Kim	6	7:41:36	502	8:32:48
126	Lee	6	7:03:16	202	9:18:26
126	Luca	6	7:20:02	324	8:49:34
126	Lucas	6	7:06:18	217	8:52:30
126	Martijn	6	8:06:37	794	8:47:56
126	Matthew	6	7:15:31	284	10:11:15
126	Matthieu	6	6:14:14	36	9:34:01
126	Mike	6	6:54:09	157	8:56:58
126	Sergio	6	6:36:47	93	8:47:06
126	Sjoerd	6	6:43:35	114	10:12:36
126	Xavier	6	7:17:10	299	9:44:31
150	Adam	5	8:46:50	1,355	9:47:06

Top 150 first names among the 3,988 classified finishers of La Marmotte Granfondo Alpes 2022, as spelled at registration — accent variants (Frédéric, Frederic…) are grouped under the most common spelling. Times are net: the neutralisation credits are already subtracted, exactly as the classification scored them.

Names on the same number of finishers share a place, so a run of 62nds is a tie and not a rendering fault. Only classified finishers count towards a name: riders who started and did not finish score nothing for theirs. This is a bit of fun rather than a classification the timekeeper would recognise — nobody was ranked by their parents on the day.