Howard SANDS

9:59:25

Finish time

6,542 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	6,542	12,733
Men	6,284	12,071
M6	609	1,348

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+4:39:05	9:55:19+4:06
Men	5:20:20+4:39:05	9:53:09+6:16
M6	6:10:15+3:49:10	10:16:28−17:03

Winner and median are over classified finishers 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 2nd fastest Howard of 5. The quickest one did 9:48:46, the median Howard 10:01:43.

See the whole Howard ranking →

Among classified finishers only, ties sharing a place. Not an official classification — no timekeeper has ever scored this.

Room to improve: your biggest relative loss vs. the M6 median was on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire) — 7:54 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

You finished 6542th out of 12733 in category M6, right around the middle of the pack. Your clearest strength was Col du Galibier, where you took about 12 minutes out of the M6 median. Your biggest gap by far opened up on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire), where you lost about 8 minutes to the M6 median. Practising steadier pacing on flatter stretches such as Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire) is the clearest next step.

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Rider move along the real course profile, positions interpolated between the timing mats from their split times.

Howard SANDS moving along the real course at their own recorded splits. Between two timing mats the dot is interpolated, so it glides where the rider may well have been suffering.

Race position along the course

Climbs & segments

Segment	Time	Rank	Top %	vs median
Start → Pied de la Croix de FerFlat / valley	32:04	12,260	85%	+3:28
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	2:03:08	9,523	67%	+7:35
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:30:13	7,589	54%	+2:18
Col du TélégrapheClimb	1:09:53	7,336	53%	+1:06
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	22:10	11,652	86%	+8:44
Col du GalibierClimb	1:47:52	4,768	38%	−7:33
Descente du GalibierDescent	53:26	4,858	39%	−3:41
Col de SarenneClimb	1:19:16	4,613	37%	−5:24
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	21:23	5,855	47%	−0:18
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	5:00:53	6,447	52%	+2:03
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:14:49	4,742	38%	−4:43

“Top %” = segment rank as a share of riders timed on that segment. “vs median” = time ahead of (green) or behind (red) the median rider.

How you compare, climb by climb

Segment	You	Stage winner	M6 leader	GC avg / median	M6 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	32:04	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Lilian JEGOU 20:53	28:36 / 28:36	28:57 / 28:50
Col de la Croix de Fer	2:03:08	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Robert ALPEN 1:13:38	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	1:58:44 / 1:58:34
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	1:30:13	Antoine BERGER 52:00	David GAGNEPAIN 57:47	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:30:55 / 1:29:56
Col du Télégraphe	1:09:53	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Duncan ALEXANDER 40:38	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:13:04 / 1:11:19
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)	22:10	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Nicolas OUGIER 8:07	15:48 / 13:26	16:49 / 14:16
Col du Galibier	1:47:52	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Duncan ALEXANDER 1:02:59	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	2:00:46 / 1:59:45
Descente du Galibier	53:26	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Hervé GEBEL 38:13	58:21 / 57:07	59:08 / 57:50
Col de Sarenne	1:19:16	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Stephan HUMBLET 51:27	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:30:09 / 1:28:34
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	21:23	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Christophe RAUBER 13:19	22:12 / 21:41	22:47 / 22:30
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	5:00:53	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	Duncan ALEXANDER 2:57:24	4:57:35 / 4:58:50	5:07:43 / 5:08:18
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	1:14:49	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Hervé GEBEL 52:55	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:21:51 / 1:20:21

“Stage winner” = fastest rider on that segment, field-wide. “GC” = the whole classified field. Rows with no result for this rider (missed timing mat) are omitted here — see the table above for why.

Checkpoint splits

Checkpoint	Km	Time	Rank	vs median
START	0	0:00	—
Pied de Col de la Croix de Fer	14.8	32:04	11,905	+3:28
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:35:12	9,864	+10:57
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	4:05:25	8,533	+12:37
Col du Télégraphe	92	5:15:18	8,201	+13:20
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	5:37:28	8,342	+18:40
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	7:17:16	7,987	+12:10
Activation Canyon	115	7:18:26	7,279	+15:18
Col du Galibier	115.6	7:25:20	7,608	+16:30
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	8:18:46	7,001	+10:42
Col de Sarenne	161	9:38:02	6,407	+2:55
FINISH	170	9:59:25	6,542	+4:05

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