As already mentioned in the Valverde nuclear holocaust thread, I started comparing the seasons of Jalabert in 1995 with the Valverde season of 2017. And I always wanted to start a comparison like that. 
First of all, it is difficult to put both seasons into points. CQRanking gives points for leader jerseys, which is difficult for the 1995 season. We have a version of cn online from that year, but not with all results as today. We could use the UCI points from today or from 1995 an apply them. Not the best option, because races had different categories and it is kind of difficult to measure the quality of a field in 1995, when you only have the stage top ten or top three. For example, both Jaja and Bala won Volta a Catalunya against strong competition. But Jaja won the race in June, which makes it difficult to compare.
One source, that tries to compare all these season and also add up the points from all these seasons is cyclingranking.com. Here you can find the score list -> https://www.cyclingranking.com/ScoreList It's another thing to judge this score list, because there is no indication what a hard stage is and what a normal stage is. But that doesn't matter right now. I wanted to look at the whole season.
In 1995 Jalabert scored an absurd high 5105 points. This was only beaten by very few riders since 1945. Merckx of course several times, but he is as always fuoriclasse. Maertens in 1976 and Kelly twice in 1984 and 1985. Those guys are too far away, but the times of Jaja still seem close enough today. Also with the Vuelta moving to September for the first time that year.
For this spring campaign, this is the comparison for now.
Those are only the wins.
Jaja's complete palmares for that year looks like that...it's insane.
Normally Bala's calendar will look like Criterium du Dauphiné, Nationals, Tour, San Sebastian, Vuelta, Worlds and Lombardia. So...will he equal Jaja's 1995 season? How close will he come? What do you guys think?
First of all, it is difficult to put both seasons into points. CQRanking gives points for leader jerseys, which is difficult for the 1995 season. We have a version of cn online from that year, but not with all results as today. We could use the UCI points from today or from 1995 an apply them. Not the best option, because races had different categories and it is kind of difficult to measure the quality of a field in 1995, when you only have the stage top ten or top three. For example, both Jaja and Bala won Volta a Catalunya against strong competition. But Jaja won the race in June, which makes it difficult to compare.
One source, that tries to compare all these season and also add up the points from all these seasons is cyclingranking.com. Here you can find the score list -> https://www.cyclingranking.com/ScoreList It's another thing to judge this score list, because there is no indication what a hard stage is and what a normal stage is. But that doesn't matter right now. I wanted to look at the whole season.
In 1995 Jalabert scored an absurd high 5105 points. This was only beaten by very few riders since 1945. Merckx of course several times, but he is as always fuoriclasse. Maertens in 1976 and Kelly twice in 1984 and 1985. Those guys are too far away, but the times of Jaja still seem close enough today. Also with the Vuelta moving to September for the first time that year.
For this spring campaign, this is the comparison for now.
Those are only the wins.
Jaja's complete palmares for that year looks like that...it's insane.
Normally Bala's calendar will look like Criterium du Dauphiné, Nationals, Tour, San Sebastian, Vuelta, Worlds and Lombardia. So...will he equal Jaja's 1995 season? How close will he come? What do you guys think?
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