Last Updated on: 22nd November 2023, 06:01 am
On Wednesday 12 July, 2023, Julia Robson, a software developer at Cambridge Intelligence is taking on the Tour de France route with Le Loop – one week ahead of the pros.
Before she began her journey, Julia used her data visualization expertise to explore the history, legends, nationalities and finale of the 2022 Tour de France. Her dynamic network graph and timeline visualization reveals the story of the GC battle between Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard and Slovenian UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogačar.
The visualization features shirt-shaped nodes in club colors, with an animated progress bar for each rider. Colored markers follow the yellow jersey throughout the race, with rider icons grayed out as they leave the race. In the end, Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma claimed the GC, points race, and king of the mountains victories.
Julia also created a larger visualization representing all the teams and riders across the entire history of the Tour de France since 1903. This visualization charts the hundreds of different Tour de France stage start and finish locations, the riders’ nationalities and stage wins according to stage types.
The largest node on the final visualization is that of British rider Mark Cavendish, who unfortunately crashed out of the 2023 tour, in his pursuit to become the rider with the most stage wins of all time. He stays tied with two other riders with 34 wins.
The data visualization tools employed by Julia are used by analysts around the globe, with use cases including law enforcement, cyber security and fraud detection.
For a more detailed look into Julia’s visualizations, visit her blog post: https://cambridge-intelligence.com/visualizing-the-tour-de-france/.
On Wednesday 12 July, 2023, Julia Robson, a software developer at Cambridge Intelligence, is taking on the Tour de France route with Le Loop – one week ahead of the pros. Before setting off, Julia used her data visualization skills to explore the history, legends, nationalities and finale of the 2022 Tour de France.
Using dynamic network graphs and timeline visualizations, Julia reveals the story of the GC battle between Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard and Slovenian UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogačar. The visualization features shirt-shaped nodes in club colors, with an animated progress bar for each rider. Colored markers follow the yellow jersey throughout the race, with rider icons grayed out as they leave the race. In the end, Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma claimed the GC, points race, and king of the mountains victories.
Julia also created a larger visualization representing all the teams and riders across the entire history of the Tour de France since 1903. This visualization charts the hundreds of different Tour de France stage start and finish locations, the riders’ nationalities and stage wins according to stage types.
The largest node on the final visualization is that of British rider Mark Cavendish, who unfortunately crashed out of the 2023 tour, in his pursuit to become the rider with the most stage wins of all time. He stays tied with two other riders with 34 wins.
The data visualization tools employed by Julia are used by analysts around the world, for a variety of applications including law enforcement, cyber security and fraud detection. To view a more detailed look at Julia’s visualizations, visit her blog post: https://cambridge-intelligence.com/visualizing-the-tour-de-france/.
