Bib #7884 · M8

Philippe MERCADIER

10:20:47

Finish time

7,474 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	7,474	12,733
Men	7,160	12,071
M8	252	617

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+5:00:27	9:55:19+25:28
Men	5:20:20+5:00:27	9:53:09+27:38
M8	7:06:21+3:14:26	10:47:19−26:32

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 51st fastest Philippe of 93. The quickest one did 7:04:50, the median Philippe 10:06:44.

See the whole Philippe 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 M8 median was on Descente du Galibier — 2:51 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

A quick pass through your segment data shows where the day was won and lost. It was on the Descente du Galibier that the M8 field pulled away from you, by about 3 minutes. It wasn't all lost ground, though — the Col du Galibier saw you about 11 minutes ahead of the M8 median. Building confidence on fast, technical descents like the Descente du Galibier is the clearest fix here.

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

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

Philippe MERCADIER 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	30:11	9,732	68%	+1:35
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	2:00:13	8,621	61%	+4:40
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:32:50	8,275	59%	+4:55
Col du TélégrapheClimb	1:15:31	9,431	68%	+6:44
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	15:33	8,819	65%	+2:07
Col du GalibierClimb	1:56:12	6,407	51%	+47s
Descente du GalibierDescent	1:02:18	8,215	66%	+5:11
Col de SarenneClimb	1:25:39	6,561	52%	+59s
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	22:20	7,012	56%	+39s
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	5:11:56	7,523	60%	+13:06
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:24:38	7,645	62%	+5:06

“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	30:11	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Philippe ROCHEDY 21:08	28:36 / 28:36	29:57 / 30:00
Col de la Croix de Fer	2:00:13	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	1:32:50	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Philippe ROCHEDY 1:00:19	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:35:28 / 1:35:20
Col du Télégraphe	1:15:31	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)	15:33	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Grégoire BRINDEL 8:56	15:48 / 13:26	17:36 / 15:25
Col du Galibier	1:56:12	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Grégoire BRINDEL 1:15:34	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	2:07:52 / 2:06:48
Descente du Galibier	1:02:18	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Serge DE PREKER 38:31	58:21 / 57:07	59:44 / 59:27
Col de Sarenne	1:25:39	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	22:20	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Christian LAVIEILLE 15:23	22:12 / 21:41	23:50 / 23:31
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	5:11:56	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)	1:24:38	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	30:11	9,522	+1:35
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:30:24	8,650	+6:09
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	4:03:14	8,262	+10:26
Col du Télégraphe	92	5:18:45	8,557	+16:47
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	5:34:18	8,045	+15:30
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	7:22:19	8,297	+17:13
Activation Canyon	115	7:23:31	7,566	+20:23
Col du Galibier	115.6	7:30:30	7,922	+21:40
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	8:32:48	7,745	+24:44
Col de Sarenne	161	9:58:27	7,330	+23:20
FINISH	170	10:20:47	7,474	+25:27

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