Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Wednesday, July 09, 2003 How old are TDF ridersIn the last few weeks I've spent some time thinking about age and sports. At lunch today, I started wondering about how old Tour de France riders are.Before you read further, ask yourself "how old are TDF riders?" You'll get the answer soon. I figure to race an event like TDF you can't be too young or too old. A young rider wouldn't have the experience necessary to last through such a tough event. Young riders probably don't know how to recover, they lack the experience to make the best of their strength. Too old and you just won't survive. You can't recover quickly enough. I spent a half hour or so at lunch looking up the year of birth for TDF riders. By my count 198 riders (22 teams of nine) started the race. I was able to find the year of birth for all but five of those riders. The youngest riders are 23 (i.e. born sometime in 1980). That's young, but I figured there would be a couple of riders even younger. The oldest riders are 37. That's almost as old as me! Here is the complete analysis. Age Number of riders 23 5 24 11 25 13 26 21 27 16 28 17 29 24 30 22 31 18 32 15 33 7 34 12 35 9 36 1 37 2 Here are the percent of riders by various age groups: 8 percent are under 25; 47 percent are 25-29; 38 percent are 30-34; and 6 percent are 35 and over. I wonder how the age distribution in TDF compares to a World O' Champs? posted by Michael | 8:51 PM 
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