Bib #6496 · M5

Francois BLACHE

10:09:46

Finish time

7,015 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	7,015	12,733
Men	6,730	12,071
M5	619	1,255

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+4:49:26	9:55:19+14:27
Men	5:20:20+4:49:26	9:53:09+16:37
M5	6:04:50+4:04:56	10:12:13−2:27

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 François of 78 (all spellings of François, including Francois). The quickest one did 7:04:29, the median François 10:14:10.

See the whole François 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 M5 median was on Col du Galibier — 12:15 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

Reading through the segments, one gap stands out against an otherwise strong day. You banked about 8 minutes on the descent and valley run through the Maurienne versus the M5 median. That was offset by the Col du Galibier climb, where you dropped about 12 minutes against the M5 median. Added up across the three big climbs, you finished about 27 seconds ahead of the M5 climbing median. That's the segment to attack with hill-repeat sessions over the off-season.

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

Francois BLACHE 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	29:15	8,223	57%	+39s
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	1:51:51	5,973	42%	−3:42
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:21:48	5,370	39%	−6:07
Col du TélégrapheClimb	1:03:47	4,905	36%	−5:00
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	10:54	3,035	22%	−2:32
Col du GalibierClimb	2:11:07	9,140	73%	+15:42
Descente du GalibierDescent	1:08:58	10,223	82%	+11:51
Col de SarenneClimb	1:26:22	6,787	54%	+1:42
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	25:44	10,299	82%	+4:03
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	5:06:45	6,987	56%	+7:55
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:34:42	10,206	83%	+15:10

“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	M5 leader	GC avg / median	M5 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	29:15	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Steve BULOT 20:53	28:36 / 28:36	29:01 / 28:54
Col de la Croix de Fer	1:51:51	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Steve BULOT 1:13:55	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	1:58:03 / 1:57:38
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	1:21:48	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Antoine MAISONHAUTE 57:35	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:30:51 / 1:30:08
Col du Télégraphe	1:03:47	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Antoine MAISONHAUTE 38:08	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:12:10 / 1:10:46
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)	10:54	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Antoine MAISONHAUTE 7:59	15:48 / 13:26	16:30 / 14:08
Col du Galibier	2:11:07	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Antoine MAISONHAUTE 57:02	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	2:00:05 / 1:58:52
Descente du Galibier	1:08:58	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Steve BULOT 37:52	58:21 / 57:07	59:03 / 58:10
Col de Sarenne	1:26:22	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Flip JANSEN 53:18	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:29:22 / 1:27:55
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	25:44	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	?ukasz PODOLSKI 11:10	22:12 / 21:41	22:41 / 22:16
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	5:06:45	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	Antoine MAISONHAUTE 2:49:13	4:57:35 / 4:58:50	5:05:39 / 5:07:12
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	1:34:42	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Lionel POLETTI 52:42	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:21:39 / 1:20:37

“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	29:15	8,064	+39s
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:21:06	6,219	−3:09
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	3:42:54	5,647	−9:54
Col du Télégraphe	92	4:46:41	5,399	−15:17
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	4:57:35	4,889	−21:13
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	6:57:24	6,602	−7:42
Activation Canyon	115	7:01:24	6,211	−1:44
Col du Galibier	115.6	7:08:42	6,513	−0:08
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	8:17:40	6,942	+9:36
Col de Sarenne	161	9:44:02	6,674	+8:55
FINISH	170	10:09:46	7,015	+14:26

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