Paris-Roubaix statistics

Results for Paris-Roubaix, which was yesterday, are available on CyclingNews.

I was generally occupied getting to the Woodside Ramble for my 50 km race, so missed it, catching only the final results before my race began. My hot pick Taylor Phinney flatted out of contention on Carrefour de l’Arbre with 15 km remaining, so so much for prognostications. But I find it interesting to compare some team and nation stats that aren't reported by the organizers.

For each, team and nation, I calculate the number of starters (8 for teams), finishers, points, and time, using a Perl script to parse the CyclingNews results, which are the most parseable on the web. For points, I use the placing (reported by CyclingNews) of each team's top 3 placers, and sum. For time, I take the sum of the times of the top 3 finishers relative to that of the winner, Niki Terpstra.

Some interesting results: while United Healthcare finished last in both points and time, they were tied for first with most finishers, finishing all 8 of their starting riders. That's impressive for a Pro Contininental team.

Not too surprisingly, the time rankings and placing rankings are very close. On the team rankings, Omega Pharma was first, followed by Team Sky, with Belkin in 4th, BMC in 5th, and AG2R La Mondiale a strong 6th.

On the national results, the most starters and finishers were both from Belgium, with France second. The Netherlands was 4th in the number of starters, after Italy, but remarkably finished all 15 of its riders to rank 3rd in number of finishers. The United States finished 6 of its 8 starting riders.

National team standings have Belgium first, the remarkable Netherlands second (getting huge value from their 8 riders), and France and Great Britain sharing 3rd and 4th... GB third if you go by time, with France third if you go by placing. Bradley Wiggins' weak sprint in the chase group hurt GB's points total. The United States was 14th out of 15th in both standings, Taylor Phinney's puncture hurting there. The next two riders for USA were Tyler Farrar (Garmin) who finished over 7 minutes down, the John Murphy for United Healthcare losing almost 19 minutes.

Teams

finishers


rankfinisherspointstimeteam
182987Team Sky
1848132Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
183242863UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
4758177BMC Racing Team
4764177AG2R La Mondiale
4768287Wanty - Groupe Gobert
47110625Garmin Sharp
47111872Trek Factory Racing
961640Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
9682472Team Giant-Shimano
9695494Orica GreenEdge
9684543Cannondale
961601027Tinkoff-Saxo
961851278Team NetApp - Endura
962161447Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
962171447Team Katusha
175103648FDJ.fr
1751371005Cofidis Solutions Credits
1751971423IAM Cycling
1752171427Astana Pro Team
1752421690Lotto Belisol
2241951628Bretagne - Seche Environnement

time (seconds)


rankfinisherspointstimeteam
161640Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
282987Team Sky
3848132Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
4758177BMC Racing Team
5764177AG2R La Mondiale
6768287Wanty - Groupe Gobert
7682472Team Giant-Shimano
8684543Cannondale
9695494Orica GreenEdge
105103648FDJ.fr
117110625Garmin Sharp
127111872Trek Factory Racing
1351371005Cofidis Solutions Credits
1461601027Tinkoff-Saxo
1561851278Team NetApp - Endura
1641951628Bretagne - Seche Environnement
1751971423IAM Cycling
1862161447Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
1952171427Astana Pro Team
1962171447Team Katusha
2152421690Lotto Belisol
2283242863UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team

placings


rankfinisherspointstimeteam
161640Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
282987Team Sky
3848132Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
4758177BMC Racing Team
4764177AG2R La Mondiale
6768287Wanty - Groupe Gobert
7682472Team Giant-Shimano
8695494Orica GreenEdge
9684543Cannondale
107110625Garmin Sharp
115103648FDJ.fr
127111872Trek Factory Racing
1351371005Cofidis Solutions Credits
1461601027Tinkoff-Saxo
1561851278Team NetApp - Endura
1651971423IAM Cycling
1752171427Astana Pro Team
1862161447Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
1862171447Team Katusha
2041951628Bretagne - Seche Environnement
2152421690Lotto Belisol
2283242863UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team

Nations

finishers


rankfinishersstarterspointstimenation
123292566Bel
2193049159Fra
315152767Ned
4121468487Ger
511161961256Ita
666126855Aus
6682181735USA
85647215GBr
944139780Slo
9441841196Rus
9453122914Kaz
946113666Swi
9461571249Nor
9462141447Den
9471971447Spa

time (seconds)


rankfinishersstarterspointstimenation
123292566Bel
215152767Ned
35647215GBr
4193049159Fra
5121468487Ger
646113666Swi
766126855Aus
844139780Slo
9461571249Nor
10441841196Rus
1111161961256Ita
12471971447Spa
13462141447Den
14682181735USA
15453122914Kaz

placings


rankfinishersstarterspointstimenation
123292566Bel
215152767Ned
3193049159Fra
45647215GBr
5121468487Ger
646113666Swi
744139780Slo
866126855Aus
9441841196Rus
10461571249Nor
1111161961256Ita
12471971447Spa
12462141447Den
14682181735USA
15453122914Kaz

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