Tour de France Strategy Upended for a Race That May Not Finish
- NTT’s big data informs teams on how to approach unique event
- Race started with a peloton crash as riders sought early gains
The pack rides during the 6th stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 191 km between Le Teil and Mont Aigoual, on Sept. 3.
Photographer: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images
It was always going to be a weird Tour de France, even more so if you’re trying to crunch data on who’ll win the race -- and when.
The race’s coronavirus-related rules mean that the prospect of a team, or indeed the whole peloton, cycling into Paris on Sept. 20 is anything but guaranteed. Adding to the potential for confusion this weekend, riders are headed to the Pyrenees, traditionally a venue where campaigns can be won or lost.