Gareth THOMAS

9:56:42

Finish time

6,423 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	6,423	12,733
Men	6,175	12,071
M8	200	617

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+4:36:22	9:55:19+1:23
Men	5:20:20+4:36:22	9:53:09+3:33
M8	7:06:21+2:50:21	10:47:19−50:37

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 1st fastest Gareth of 4. The quickest one did 9:56:42, the median Gareth 10:27:58.

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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 M8 median was on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire) — 17:05 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

Take Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire) out of the equation and this is a strong ride; as it stands you gave up about 17 minutes there against the M8 median. It's worth noting Col du Galibier went the other way, about 20 minutes ahead of the M8 median. There's a clean, specific fix here — work on Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire) and revisit this result.

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

Gareth THOMAS 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	27:35	5,712	40%	−1:01
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	1:47:41	4,742	33%	−7:52
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:21:05	5,174	37%	−6:50
Col du TélégrapheClimb	1:06:31	6,001	43%	−2:16
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	32:30	12,949	96%	+19:04
Col du GalibierClimb	1:47:11	4,630	37%	−8:14
Descente du GalibierDescent	1:05:10	9,182	73%	+8:03
Col de SarenneClimb	1:26:18	6,763	54%	+1:38
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	22:41	7,417	59%	+1:00
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	4:41:23	4,644	37%	−17:27
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:27:51	8,556	69%	+8:19

“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	M8 leader	GC avg / median	M8 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	27:35	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Philippe ROCHEDY 21:08	28:36 / 28:36	29:57 / 30:00
Col de la Croix de Fer	1:47:41	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Xavier REDOIS 1:22:15	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	2:05:20 / 2:04:23
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	1:21:05	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Philippe ROCHEDY 1:00:19	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:35:28 / 1:35:20
Col du Télégraphe	1:06:31	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Xavier REDOIS 42:54	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:18:15 / 1:17:04
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)	32:30	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Grégoire BRINDEL 8:56	15:48 / 13:26	17:36 / 15:25
Col du Galibier	1:47:11	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Grégoire BRINDEL 1:15:34	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	2:07:52 / 2:06:48
Descente du Galibier	1:05:10	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Serge DE PREKER 38:31	58:21 / 57:07	59:44 / 59:27
Col de Sarenne	1:26:18	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Xavier REDOIS 52:25	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:34:41 / 1:33:03
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	22:41	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Christian LAVIEILLE 15:23	22:12 / 21:41	23:50 / 23:31
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	4:41:23	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	Xavier REDOIS 3:22:09	4:57:35 / 4:58:50	5:23:24 / 5:24:21
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	1:27:51	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Serge DE PREKER 54:37	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:23:28 / 1:23:16

“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	27:35	5,625	−1:01
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:15:16	4,806	−8:59
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	3:36:21	4,855	−16:27
Col du Télégraphe	92	4:42:52	5,012	−19:06
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	5:15:22	6,412	−3:26
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	6:54:07	6,367	−10:59
Activation Canyon	115	6:55:21	5,843	−7:47
Col du Galibier	115.6	7:02:33	6,112	−6:17
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	8:07:43	6,417	−0:21
Col de Sarenne	161	9:34:01	6,225	−1:06
FINISH	170	9:56:42	6,423	+1:22

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