Comprehensive Climbers Ranking

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Feb 7, 2026
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Many here mean it is a joke, but the Remco talk is really getting ridiculous. A lot of riders on my Top 50 rankings and countless others fail all the time. I was barely able to scratch together 10 decent performances for several riders on the list (and that is in a 10+ year career). Riders like Sastre, Ullrich, Schleck, Berzin, Zülle, Leblanc and yes, also Contador etc. often disappointed.

It is the norm in cycling to fail more often than to succeed. Remco has at least one good climbing performance every year since 2022. This is already a lot more than many others. A lot of older riders you might think were good climbers have won almost nothing in their whole career and were 3 times more inconsistent.
 
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May 29, 2019
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The way i see it is Rogla is listed in this metric, that is a plus, as for perceived tiers and beyond. Pogi is listed at the very top and i know that Rogla has beaten Pogi at a GT race, week long stage race and at a monument. And yeah, that is good enough for me.

All in all i am appreciative of the effort invested, that is in the end of much more value then some number.
 
Apr 30, 2011
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Many here mean it is a joke, but the Remco talk is really getting ridiculous. A lot of riders on my Top 50 rankings and countless others fail all the time. I was barely able to scratch together 10 decent performances for several riders on the list (and that is in a 10+ year career). Riders like Sastre, Ullrich, Schleck, Berzin, Zülle, Leblanc and yes, also Contador etc. often disappointed.

It is the norm in cycling to fail more often than to succeed. Remco has at least one good climbing performance every year since 2022. This is already a lot more than many others. A lot of older riders you might think were good climbers have won almost nothing in their whole career and were 3 times more inconsistent.
his best 30 minute climb was hautacam, no
 
Feb 20, 2012
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Many here mean it is a joke, but the Remco talk is really getting ridiculous. A lot of riders on my Top 50 rankings and countless others fail all the time. I was barely able to scratch together 10 decent performances for several riders on the list (and that is in a 10+ year career). Riders like Sastre, Ullrich, Schleck, Berzin, Zülle, Leblanc and yes, also Contador etc. often disappointed.

It is the norm in cycling to fail more often than to succeed. Remco has at least one good climbing performance every year since 2022. This is already a lot more than many others. A lot of older riders you might think were good climbers have won almost nothing in their whole career and were 3 times more inconsistent.
Well, there was a fairly specific reason for riders from a certain era being inconsistent......

Recently, most riders fluctuate in level far less than Evenepoel does.