Bib #8982 · M7

Michael VAN DER MERWE

9:57:44

Finish time

6,468 / 12,733

Overall

Where you finished

Pool	Place	Of
Overall	6,468	12,733
Men	6,215	12,071
M7	354	990

What it took

Pool	Winner	Median
Overall	5:20:20+4:37:24	9:55:19+2:25
Men	5:20:20+4:37:24	9:53:09+4:35
M7	6:34:35+3:23:09	10:32:00−34:16

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 16th fastest Michael of 49. The quickest one did 6:09:20, the median Michael 11:00:09.

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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 M7 median was on Descente du Galibier — 13:17 slower.

Your AI ride analysis

At 6,468th in M7, the Galibier descent was your softest section — over 13 minutes slower than the category median — which stands out sharply against beating median on the climb itself by over 18 minutes. The rest of the ride, including the Croix de Fer and Maurienne descent, ran close to or ahead of median, underlining how isolated this particular gap really is. That gap points clearly to a descending-specific issue rather than a fitness one; more time practicing technical, high-speed descents would be the direct fix.

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

Michael VAN DER MERWE 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	29:54	9,314	65%	+1:18
Col de la Croix de FerClimb	1:55:27	7,094	50%	−0:06
Descente + vallée de la MaurienneFlat / valley	1:28:25	7,100	51%	+30s
Col du TélégrapheClimb	1:01:38	4,117	30%	−7:09
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)Flat / valley	15:18	8,652	64%	+1:52
Col du GalibierClimb	1:44:57	4,201	34%	−10:28
Descente du GalibierDescent	1:12:19	10,968	87%	+15:12
Col de SarenneClimb	1:25:23	6,476	52%	+43s
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’HuezDescent	24:23	9,163	73%	+2:42
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)Combined	4:42:02	4,691	38%	−16:48
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)Combined	1:36:42	10,580	86%	+17:10

“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	M7 leader	GC avg / median	M7 avg / median
Start → Pied de la Croix de Fer	29:54	Hugo VALADIER 20:51	Fabien DELANDE 21:31	28:36 / 28:36	29:37 / 29:25
Col de la Croix de Fer	1:55:27	Simon COMBES 1:05:13	Pascal GIGUET 1:17:15	1:55:29 / 1:55:33	2:02:17 / 2:01:24
Descente + vallée de la Maurienne	1:28:25	Antoine BERGER 52:00	Pascal GIGUET 59:27	1:28:54 / 1:27:55	1:33:26 / 1:32:44
Col du Télégraphe	1:01:38	Luca CAVALLO 33:04	Pascal GIGUET 43:48	1:10:11 / 1:08:47	1:15:39 / 1:13:53
Télégraphe → Pied du Galibier (Valloire)	15:18	Robin BOURDIER 7:46	Pascal GIGUET 8:28	15:48 / 13:26	17:35 / 14:45
Col du Galibier	1:44:57	Luca CAVALLO 50:25	Pascal GIGUET 1:11:56	1:56:29 / 1:55:25	2:04:42 / 2:03:14
Descente du Galibier	1:12:19	Thibaut CLÉMENT 34:38	Pascal GIGUET 39:22	58:21 / 57:07	59:52 / 59:02
Col de Sarenne	1:25:23	Luca CAVALLO 39:52	Pascal GIGUET 57:18	1:26:19 / 1:24:40	1:32:43 / 1:31:08
Descente Sarenne → Alpe d’Huez	24:23	Gustave BRUYER 3:39	Shaun GINGER 9:13	22:12 / 21:41	23:25 / 22:48
Classement grimpeur (Croix de Fer + Télégraphe + Galibier)	4:42:02	Luca CAVALLO 2:28:49	Pascal GIGUET 3:12:59	4:57:35 / 4:58:50	5:16:36 / 5:15:33
Classement descendeur (2 descentes cumulées)	1:36:42	Thibaut CLÉMENT 47:15	Pascal GIGUET 54:50	1:20:41 / 1:19:32	1:23:14 / 1:22:29

“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	29:54	9,123	+1:18
Col de la Croix de Fer	38.5	2:25:21	7,323	+1:06
Pied de Col du Télégraphe	80.1	3:53:46	7,035	+58s
Col du Télégraphe	92	4:55:24	6,233	−6:34
Pied de Col du Galibier	97.3	5:10:42	6,041	−8:06
Tunnel du Galibier	114.6	6:48:11	5,949	−16:55
Activation Canyon	115	6:49:14	5,461	−13:54
Col du Galibier	115.6	6:55:39	5,678	−13:11
Pied de Col de Sarenne	140.2	8:07:58	6,432	−0:06
Col de Sarenne	161	9:33:21	6,194	−1:46
FINISH	170	9:57:44	6,468	+2:24

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