Le Tour '24 by David Rudkin

The Tour de France features a number of “races within the race” beyond the overall competition for the winner’s yellow jersey. There are other winner’s jerseys for the best young rider, the best sprinter, and the best rider in the mountains. Victory in any of the 21 individual stages is also prestigious.

All riders must finish each stage within a certain percentage of the winner’s time, or be eliminated - so completing this incredibly demanding race is an achievement in itself.

The TV cameras naturally focus on the riders vying for the stage win and the yellow jersey. But how far behind do the others finish, how close are they to missing the time cut, how does this vary according to the stage type (e.g. mountain stages vs. flatter ones), and how does it change through the race as fatigue sets in?

I wanted to recognise all these accomplishments, and explore all these questions, by showing all the results in one visualisation.

Based on official timing data and publicly-available information about the route, it consists of two charts - a radial (modelled on a bicycle wheel) for stage results, and an interactive beeswarm for overall results.