COMPARING THE WINNERS
In this table the overall times for both the winner and the combined stage winners are shown. The difference between these is shown in the "Deficit"column.This is another way to compare the performances of various winners because it indicates the extent to which each was close to the action every day. A small deficit shows that the winner was well placed on each stage. A big deficit shows that he allowed other riders to gain ground on various stages. Do not mix up "compare" with "measure against". There is no scale to measure the different winners against one another.
A distorting factor is the giving of a bonus of one minute to a race-leader on each day on which he retained the jersey. This practice, which was common internationally at this time, was discontinued after 1959. Time bonuses were given to stage winners and placed riders up to 1972 and these also distort the deficit.
In 1960 the overall winner was 9 seconds faster than the combined stage winners. As this is an impossibility I can only suggest that a mistake was made in calculating general classification times on some stage.
| 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
Km 320.0 1450.0 1376.4 1321.8 1404.8 1494.0 1486.0 |
Stages' Time 09:20:39 39:57:23 37:36:58 37:07:03 39:54:03 40:43:44 43:12:27 |
Stages' average 34.2 36.3 36.6 35.6 35.2 36.7 34.4 |
Winner time 09:20:39 40:03:29 37:47:19 37:15:37 40:00:57 40:47:35 43:18:20 |
Winner average 34.2 36.2 36.4 35.5 35.1 36.6 34.3 |
Deficit Nil 06:06 10:21 08:34 06:54 03:51 05:53 |
Winner Colm Christle Joe O Brien Gene Mangan Paudie Fitzgerald Frank Ward Mick Murphy Ben McKenna |
| 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
Km 1385.6 1474.2 1344.0 1277.0 1163.0 1156.8 1021.6 1065.0 1497.0 1320.0 |
Stages' Time 35:48:00 42:44:44 36:03:13 33:57:44 32:04:28 32:19:56 24:54:34 25:43:15 37:16:24 34:32:42 |
Stages' average 38.7 34.5 37.3 37.6 36.3 35.8 41.0 41.4 40.2 38.2 |
Winner time 35:47:51 43:05:19 36:06:36 34:09:17 32:19:54 32:27:20 25:02:38 25:50:07 37:33:01 34:48:55 |
Winner average 38.7 34.2 37.2 37.4 36.0 35.6 40.8 41.2 39.9 37.9 |
Deficit -00:09 20:35 03:23 11:33 15:26 07:24 08:04 06:52 16:37 16:13 |
Winner Paddy Flanagan Tom Finn Sé O Hanlon Z. Glowaty Paddy Flanagan Sé O Hanlon Sé O Hanlon Sé O Hanlon Milan Hrazdira Brian Connaughton |
| 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 |
Km 1415.0 1357.0 1358.4 1464.2 1164.0 1100.0 1200.2 1258.0 1226.6 1248.3 |
Stages' Time 36:43:44 37:29:57 36:42:50 40:55:31 29:14:51 29:02:04 31:55:37 32:24:38 30:12:14 31:16:38 |
Stages' average 38.5 36.2 37.0 35.8 39.8 37.9 37.6 38.8 40.6 39.9 |
Winner time 36:58:12 37:37:06 36:58:33 41:04:16 29:21:32 29:08:59 32:05:31 32:46:30 30:22:34 31:26:23 |
Winner average 38.3 36.1 36.7 35.7 39.6 37.7 37.4 38.4 40.4 39.7 |
Deficit 14:28 07:09 15:43 08:45 06:41 06:54 09:54 21:52 10:20 09:45 |
Winner A. Gysiatnikov Com Nulty John Mangan Mike O Donaghue Peter Doyle Paddy Flanagan F. Steuten Y. Lavyrushkin Séamus Kennedy Stephen Roche |
| 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
Km 1278.4 1263.4 1333.8 1298.0 1316.0 1220.0 1196.3 1242.5 1450.7 1367.0 |
Stages' Time 30:55:12 30:33:44 33:32:35 32:23:45 31:23:49 31:31:43 31:02:22 30:50:31 34:22:30 34:37:48 |
Stages' average 41.3 41.3 39.8 40.1 41.9 38.5 38.5 40.3 42.2 39.5 |
Winner time 31:02:31 31:14:02 33:46:22 32:34:00 31:31:45 31:47:25 31:17:24 31:00:11 34:28:41 35:03:07 |
Winner average 41.2 40.4 39.5 39.9 41.7 38.4 38.2 40.1 42.1 39.0 |
Deficit 07:19 40:18 13:47 10:15 07:56 15:42 15:02 09:40 06:11 25:19 |
Winner Billy Kerr Jamie McGahan Dermot Gilleran Philip Cassidy Stephen Delany N. Kosiakov Stephen Spratt Paul McCormack Paul McCormack D. Ozolse |
| 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
Km 1211.0 1282.0 1247.0 1291.9 1292.2 1289.8 1344.0 1255.7 1260.8 1287.4 |
Stages' Time 29:22:21 32:55:46 32:45:26 30:35:01 30:14:40 31:32:38 32:09:35 30:01:38 29:38:35 30:51:43 |
Stages' average 41.2 38.9 38.1 42.2 42.7 40.9 41.8 41.8 42.5 41.7 |
Winner time 29:30:16 33:06:56 33:06:56 30:41:20 30:19:22 31:45:24 32:22:05 30:09:11 29:44:49 30:56:04 |
Winner average 41.0 38.7 37.7 42.1 42.6 40.6 41.6 41.6 42.4 41.6 |
Deficit 07:55 11:10 21:30 06:19 04:42 12:46 12:30 07:43 06:14 04:21 |
Winner Ian Chivers Kevin Kimmage Stephen Spratt Eamonn Byrne Declan Lonergan Paul McQuaid Tommy Evans Andrew Roche Ciarán Power Philip Cassidy |
| 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
Km 1280.0 1114.0 1176.7 1187.8 1147.4 1094.8 1231.6 1179.0 1226.0 1287.4 |
Stages' Time 31:16:21 25:51:58 28:14:20 29:02:43 27:14:37 26:32:35 29:06:37 27:16:48 30:28:03 30:51:45 |
Stages' average 40.9 43.1 41.7 40.9 42.1 41.2 42.3 43.2 40.2 41.7 |
Winner time 31:23:40 25:52:31 28:15:42 29:10:10 27:17:12 26:32:39 29:16:33 27:27:13 30:34:30 30:57:17 |
Winner average 40.8 43.0 41.6 40.7 42.0 41.2 42.1 42.9 40.1 41.6 |
Deficit 07:19 00:33 01:22 07:27 02:35 00:04 00:04 10:25 06:27 05:32 |
Winner Julian Winn Paul Manning Ciarán Power C. Newton David McCann C. Newton K. House T. Martin Stephen Gallagher S. Richardson |
| 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 |
Km 1064.0 1250.6 1167.5 1180.5 1265.6 1179.9 1233.9 1199.8 1168.7 |
Stages' Time 24:40:11 30:37:15 26:54:59 27:05:20 29:42:26 27:32:44 28:22:12 26:44:40 26:50:29 |
Stages' average 43.1 40.8 43.4 43.6 42.6 42.8 43.5 44.8 43.5 |
Winner time 24:44:13 30:39:48 26:55:57 27:06:35 29:47:16 27:38:19 28:22:56 26:47:56 26:50:46 |
Winner average 43.0 40.8 43.4 43.5 42.6 42.7 43.5 44.9 43.5 |
Deficit 04:02 02:33 00:58 01:15 04:50 05:35 00:44 02:16 00:17 |
Winner Wetterhall, A. Bagdonas. G. Baldo, N. Bialoblocki, M. Fankhauser, C. Postleberger, L. Fankhauser, C. Gullen, J. Bugter, L. |
| 2020 2021 2022 2023 |
Km No event No event 756.5 769.6 |
Stages' Time 16:54:36 16:32:10 |
Stages' average 44.8 46.5 |
Winner time 16:55:29 16:32:22 |
Winner average 44.7 46.5 |
Deficit 00:53 00:13 |
Winner Feeley, Daire Crockett, Finn |