query_pcs: Main PCS scraping function

In seanhardison1/pcs: A package for querying rider data from ProCyclingStats.com

Main PCS scraping function

Description

query_pcs scrapes PCS data (rider profiles and results) for a given vector of rider names.

Usage

query_pcs(rider_names, seasons = NULL)

Arguments

rider_names	Character vector containing one or more rider names.
seasons	Integer vector of years ("seasons") to collect results from. Will return all years if NULL.

Value

List of two data frames (profiles and results).

The results data frame contains the following:

• date: Date of race.

• result: Race result.

• gc_result_on_stage: If a race was a stage race, gives the rider's placement overall following the stage.

• race: Race name.

• distance: Race distance (km).

• pointspcs: PCS points awarded.

• pointsuci: UCI points awarded.

• stage: Type of race (one day, stage race, etc).

• rider: Rider name.

• team: Team name.

The profiles data frame contains the following:

• rider: Rider name.

• dob: Date of birth.

• Nationality

• pob: Place of birth.

• current_team: Current team.

• weight: Weight in kg.

• height: Height in m.

• one_day_races: Career points awarded for success in one day races.

• gc: Career points awarded for success in grand tours.

• tt: Career points awarded for success in time trials.

• sprint: Career points awarded for success in sprint-focused races.

• climber: Career points awarded for success in climbing-focused races.

Examples

# race results for two riders in the 2021 season
query_pcs(c("Peter Sagan","Adam Yates"), seasons = 2021)

# two riders, two seasons
query_pcs(c("Peter Sagan","Adam Yates"), seasons = c(2020,2021))

# two riders, all seasons
query_pcs(c("Peter Sagan","Adam Yates"))

seanhardison1/pcs documentation built on April 9, 2024, 4:38 p.m.