Bib #1628 · BEL · Men 18–29
Neel MERTENS
Compare with other riders| Pool | Place | Of |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1,674 | 4,585 |
| Men | 1,620 | 4,338 |
| Men 18–29 | 274 | 505 |
| Pool | Winner | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4:50:09+3:52:43 | 9:18:34−35:42 |
| Men | 4:50:09+3:52:43 | 9:17:08−34:16 |
| Men 18–29 | 5:23:16+3:19:36 | 8:30:44+12:08 |
Winner and median are over classified riders only. The gap is what you add to their time to get yours: + means you were that much slower, − that much faster.
The fun ranking
The only Neel to finish. Undefeated, unchallenged.
See the whole Neel ranking →Among classified riders only, ties sharing a place. Not an official classification — no timekeeper has ever scored this.
Neel is missing a mat read at one end of la grave (entrée) descent, and the credit needs both ends. So the time above includes minutes the rest of the field had subtracted — a median of for la grave (entrée) descent.
The credit requires both mats bounding a neutralised section, and the timekeeper does not compensate when one is missed. This rider is therefore charged for a stretch the rest of the field rode for free — in their own official time, and so in their rank. We publish the time exactly as the timekeeper does, and we say when it applies.
The two clocks
The arithmetic is exact: 9:23:06 gross minus 40:14 of credits is 8:42:52, the time this ride is ranked on.
Every rank on this page is on the official time — gross minus the neutralisation credits. The gross chip time is what the rider’s own computer showed; it ranks nothing here.
Official links
Heads-up on the diploma: the position baked into that PDF is generated from the gross chip time on this timekeeper’s templates, and on a race with neutralised sections that is not the official ranking. The rank on this page is the official one.
Cols & sections
| Section | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Bourg d'Oisans → Col du GlandonClimb | 2:15:52 | 3,172 |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines → Col du TélégrapheCombined | 2:05:57 | 1,773 |
| Col du Télégraphe → ValloireDescent | 10:31 | 2,391 |
| Valloire → Col du GalibierClimb | 1:40:48 | 1,384 |
| Col du Galibier → La GraveDescent | mat missed at CT6 — La Grave (entrée) | — |
| La Grave → Pied de l'AlpeDescent | 42:40 | 1,133 |
| Montée de l'Alpe d'HuezClimb | 1:20:19 | 1,392 |
“Top %” is the section rank as a share of the riders timed on that section.
Splits at every mat
| Mat | Elapsed (net) | Since previous | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Départ — Bourg d'Oisans | 0:00 | — | — |
| CT1 — Col du Glandon | 2:15:52 | 2:15:52 | — |
| CT2 — Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines | 2:15:53 | neutralised | — |
| CT3 — Col du Télégraphe | 4:21:50 | 2:05:57 | — |
| CT4 — Valloire | 4:32:21 | 10:31 | — |
| CT5 — Col du Galibier | 6:13:09 | 1:40:48 | — |
| CT6 — La Grave (entrée) | mat missed | — | — |
| CT7 — La Grave (sortie) | 6:39:53 | 26:44* | — |
| CT8 — Bourg d'Oisans (Marmotton) | 7:21:05 | 41:12 | — |
| CT9 — Pied de l'Alpe | 7:22:33 | 1:28 | — |
| Arrivée — Alpe d'Huez | 8:42:52 | 1:20:19 | — |
“Since previous” is the time between consecutive reads on the official clock, so the neutralised stretches read neutralised rather than 0:00 — and no km/h is computed across them, because dividing a real distance by zero seconds has no answer.
* This leg spans more than one mat interval: a mat in between had no read for this rider, so the time covers both.
Times as published by the official timekeeping, ranked on the neutralisation-adjusted (net) time. Captured from ChronoRace, the official timekeeper of the event. Search another rider · Every edition.