Romain MICHAUD

8:32:54

Finish time

2,943 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	2,943	12,733
Men	2,870	12,071
M1	971	2,488

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+3:12:34	9:55:19−1:22:25
Men	5:20:20+3:12:34	9:53:09−1:20:15
M1	5:20:20+3:12:34	9:06:24−33:30

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 50th fastest Romain of 131. The quickest one did 6:08:58, the median Romain 9:14:58.

See the whole Romain ranking →

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

Club ranking

The only Pontarlier VCP finisher to be classified.

See the whole Pontarlier VCP club page →

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.

Room to improve: your biggest relative loss vs. the M1 median was on Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer — 0:39 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

Set against the M1 median, Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer is where the day got away from you, by about 39 seconds. On the flip side, Col du Galibier went the other way, about 8 minutes faster than the M1 median. The clearest path to a faster time next year runs straight through Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer.

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.

Romain MICHAUD 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	27:49	6,008	42%	−0:47
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	1:45:18	4,101	29%	−10:15
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:13:58	3,330	24%	−13:57
Col du TélégrapheClimb	59:46	3,425	25%	−9:01
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	9:54	1,443	11%	−3:32
Col du GalibierClimb	1:37:26	2,838	23%	−17:59
Descente du GalibierDescent	48:30	2,914	23%	−8:37
Col de SarenneClimb	1:11:33	2,441	20%	−13:07
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	18:40	2,601	21%	−3:01
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	4:22:30	3,079	25%	−36:20
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:07:10	2,522	20%	−12:22

“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	M1 leader	GC avg / median	M1 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	27:49	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	28:36 / 28:36	27:14 / 27:10
Col de la Croix de Fer	1:45:18	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	1:46:44 / 1:46:38
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	1:13:58	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Antoine BERGER 52:00	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:23:07 / 1:20:20
Col du Télégraphe	59:46	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:04:08 / 1:02:33
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)	9:54	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	15:48 / 13:26	14:07 / 11:51
Col du Galibier	1:37:26	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	1:47:53 / 1:45:01
Descente du Galibier	48:30	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Simon GUGLIELMI 34:51	58:21 / 57:07	55:37 / 53:30
Col de Sarenne	1:11:33	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:19:46 / 1:17:32
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	18:40	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	22:12 / 21:41	20:48 / 20:05
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	4:22:30	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	4:57:35 / 4:58:50	4:36:48 / 4:34:46
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	1:07:10	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Luca CAVALLO 49:17	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:16:59 / 1:14:49

“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	27:49	5,935	−0:47
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:13:07	4,355	−11:08
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	3:27:05	3,714	−25:43
Col du Télégraphe	92	4:26:51	3,573	−35:07
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	4:36:45	3,164	−42:03
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	6:07:10	3,395	−57:56
Activation Canyon	115	6:08:11	3,148	−54:57
Col du Galibier	115.6	6:14:11	3,259	−54:39
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	7:02:41	3,145	−1:05:23
Col de Sarenne	161	8:14:14	2,801	−1:20:53
FINISH	170	8:32:54	2,943	−1:22:26

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