Bib #5382 · M9 · PAC 44

Philippe MERLET

9:37:31

Finish time

5,569 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	5,569	12,733
Men	5,373	12,071
M9	42	210

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+4:17:11	9:55:19−17:48
Men	5:20:20+4:17:11	9:53:09−15:38
M9	7:26:22+2:11:09	10:52:08−1:14:37

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 37th fastest Philippe of 93. The quickest one did 7:04:50, the median Philippe 10:06:44.

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

Club ranking

The only PAC 44 finisher to be classified.

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Among classified finishers from this club only, ties sharing a place. This is not the club classification, which scores each club on its 3 best times.

Also rode L'Étape du Tour Femmes 2026name match

5:11:14 · 1,768th overall

One of the 1,586 riders who entered both Étapes this year — see the doublé analysis.

Strong across the board: you beat the M9 median on every climb and descent — closest margin on Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer.

Your AI ride analysis

There's no weak segment to point to here — you beat the M9 median on every single split of the route. Col du Galibier is where the gap is largest, about 17 minutes clear of the M9 median. The next step is simply doing this again on a tougher profile and seeing how it holds up.

Generated once from the numbers on this page — not reviewed by a human, may be imperfect.

Race position along the course

Climbs & segments

Segment	Time	Rank	Top %	vs median
Start → Pied de la Croix de FerFlat / valley	26:56	4,861	34%	−1:40
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	1:57:16	7,671	54%	+1:43
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:26:21	6,587	47%	−1:34
Col du TélégrapheClimb	1:07:05	6,206	45%	−1:42
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	11:11	3,550	26%	−2:15
Col du GalibierClimb	1:52:38	5,732	46%	−2:47
Descente du GalibierDescent	48:16	2,839	23%	−8:51
Col de SarenneClimb	1:28:12	7,274	58%	+3:32
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	19:36	3,655	29%	−2:05
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	4:56:59	6,064	49%	−1:51
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:07:52	2,707	22%	−11:40

“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	M9 leader	GC avg / median	M9 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	26:56	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Jean-marie LEMOINE 23:06	28:36 / 28:36	30:30 / 30:12
Col de la Croix de Fer	1:57:16	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Thierry COUDERETTE 1:29:08	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	2:08:28 / 2:06:50
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	1:26:21	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Thierry COUDERETTE 1:01:40	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:35:10 / 1:35:52
Col du Télégraphe	1:07:05	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Didier BOUSCARY 50:58	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:18:55 / 1:17:14
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)	11:11	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Eric PARADON 9:16	15:48 / 13:26	17:43 / 15:38
Col du Galibier	1:52:38	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Eric PARADON 1:23:10	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	2:09:42 / 2:10:06
Descente du Galibier	48:16	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Eric PARADON 40:00	58:21 / 57:07	1:00:52 / 59:44
Col de Sarenne	1:28:12	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Patrick BERTHOU 1:06:59	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:36:22 / 1:36:33
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	19:36	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Eric PARADON 16:36	22:12 / 21:41	23:53 / 23:43
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	4:56:59	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	Eric PARADON 3:44:30	4:57:35 / 4:58:50	5:26:39 / 5:30:01
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	1:07:52	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Eric PARADON 56:36	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:24:38 / 1:23:36

“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	26:56	4,810	−1:40
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:24:12	7,039	−0:03
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	3:50:33	6,615	−2:15
Col du Télégraphe	92	4:57:38	6,463	−4:20
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	5:08:49	5,873	−9:59
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	6:53:51	6,344	−11:15
Activation Canyon	115	6:55:01	5,815	−8:07
Col du Galibier	115.6	7:01:27	6,044	−7:23
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	7:49:43	5,454	−18:21
Col de Sarenne	161	9:17:55	5,488	−17:12
FINISH	170	9:37:31	5,569	−17:49

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