Stat. Graphics & Data Visualization

It would be interesting to see, whether or not we could use graphics (or other statistical methods) to identify potential doping candidates ...

The only thing we would need is a list of drivers who either

• admitted doping
  
• are convicted 
• or are accused to be involved in doping. 

At least we could use the list to look at the 2005 and 2006 results to find patterns ...

Sergej did collect some data from:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Puerto_doping_case
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doping_at_the_Tour_de_France
• http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=ap-tourdefrance-dropouts&prov=ap&type=lgns
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sportspeople_who_tested_positive_for_banned_substances
  

There is more to look at, but for a first view pretty consistent ...

That's it for the 2007 chaos tour. Looking at the time distributions makes everybody above the median quite suspicious ... more doping cases to come - maybe including A.C.

Although many people claim little interest in the tour after the many doping cases, this is all the more a reason to check whether we will find a structural change of the 2007 race compared to the races of the years 2006 and 2005.

Stage Results	cumulative Time	Ranks
(click on the images to enlarge)

Prologue: Andreas KLÖDEN - one of the "last big ones" left - No.2
Stage 01: calm ride through the English country side ...
Stage 02: one big crash and one time for all
Stage 03: CANCELLARA defends the jersey impressively
Stage 04: HUSHOVD'S day!
Stage 05: VINOKOUROV falls back after his crash
Stage 06: Another day to rest - not only for VINOKOUROV and KLÖDEN
Stage 07: GERDEMANN aiming at white, rewarded with yellow - more than a 1-shot?
Stage 08: Nobody could stop RASMUSSEN!
Stage 09: Last stage in the Alpes and 18 drop-outs so far
Stage 10: German television stops live broadcasting after SINKEWITZ's case came up
Stage 11: VANSEVENANT 'defends' his last place successfully ...
Stage 12: A day to rest on the bike.
Stage 13: VINOKOUROV "found his legs again", at least for a day.
Stage 14: RASMUSSEN still in yellow - despite the doping case ...
Stage 15: Another stage for VINOKOUROV
Stage 16: VINOKOUROV's case end the tour for team Astana
Stage 17: "A team a day keeps doping away ..."
...

(Thanks to Sergej for updating the scripts)