Mental cycling statistics

[tobydawq]

The Viviani brothers have professional wins on all 6 continents (not including Antarctica).

Elia has won races in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North and South America. He has never won in Africa but his brother Attilio makes up for that having won a stage in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo.

Ulissi has won on the WorldTour on four different continents.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, I'm bored, and one thing lead to another, and here's a overview of Kelderman's recorded injuries since 2014.

2021-09-01	Crash in Benelux Tour | stage 3	Fractured pelvis ,Fractured rib(s)	8
2021-01-16	Collision with car during trainingscamp	Concussion,Fractured vertebrae	8
2019-03-29	Crash in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2.UWT) Stage 5	Fractured collarbone,Fractured vertebrae	10
2018-03-11	Crash in Tirreno-Adriatico (2.UWT) Stage 5	Fractured collarbone	6
2017-05-14	Crash in Giro d'Italia (2.UWT) Stage 9	Fractured finger	4
2017-03-04	Crash in Strade Bianche	Fractured finger	4
2014-12-22	Crash during training	Fractured collarbone	3

I can see why he has a reputation as being someone who crashes a lot...

 

[Panda Claws]

Wout Van Aert has only ever increased his CQ score. That is 9 years and counting of him improving his score. I spent some time looking and could not find any similar streak.
5 is relatively common (P. Bettini, F. Schleck, F. Pozzato, G. Van Avermaet, etc.)
6 is also possible (I. Basso if you count 1998 where he was a trainee, R. Bardet)
7 once in a blue moon (A. Kristoff)

But nine??

2022: 2810
2021: 2780
2020: 1702
2019: 898
2018: 597
2017: 492
2016: 306
2015: 56
2014: 35
2013: 0

Edit: Okay I did find some other impressive ones. It is not as spectacular as I thought but still the only one I found who sits at 9 (and counting)

8 - M. Trentin, G. Martin, J. Stuyven, N. Bouhanni
7 - M. Woods, Z. Stybar, D. Martin, T. Martin
6 - E. Buchmann, R. Majka, S. Yates, M. Kwiatkowski, F. Aru, A. Greipel, D. Pozzovivo, T. Machado

 

[Nick2413]

Wout Van Aert has only ever increased his CQ score. That is 9 years and counting of him improving his score. I spent some time looking and could not find any similar streak.
5 is relatively common (P. Bettini, F. Schleck, F. Pozzato, G. Van Avermaet, etc.)
6 is also possible (I. Basso if you count 1998 where he was a trainee, R. Bardet)
7 once in a blue moon (A. Kristoff)

But nine??

2022: 2810
2021: 2780
2020: 1702
2019: 898
2018: 597
2017: 492
2016: 306
2015: 56
2014: 35
2013: 0

Edit: Okay I did find some other impressive ones. It is not as spectacular as I thought but still the only one I found who sits at 9 (and counting)

8 - M. Trentin, G. Martin, J. Stuyven, N. Bouhanni
7 - M. Woods, Z. Stybar, D. Martin, T. Martin
6 - E. Buchmann, R. Majka, S. Yates, M. Kwiatkowski, F. Aru, A. Greipel, D. Pozzovivo, T. Machado

Enric Mas would possibly be at 8 if not for the shortened 2020 season

 

[Panda Claws]

A classic but still good to re-iterate sometimes:

Fabian Cancellara reached the podium in 12(!) consecutive monuments that he finished from Ronde van Vlaanderen 2010 until Paris-Roubaix in 2014. (He had to abandon RVV 2012).

 

[Armchair cyclist]

In live text coverage of UAE Women's Tour, PCS treats us to the following statistical gem:

LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Trek - Segafredo) came in 8th position in yesterdays stage, which is the 20th time she obtained this result.

Whether that is considered 'mental' or incredibly mundane, I shall leave to your own judgement.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

5 wins in a row:- does that count as a mental stat for a non-sprinter?
(or should I wait and see what the number is by the end of the week?)

Edit: Cillian Kelly on twitter has reference Dieter Thurau in the 1977 Vuelta a Andalucia, with 7 stages (and half stages) in a row. The first day had two stages, otherwise it would have been 8.

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 1977 | Stage winners and leaders

Winners and leaders per stage for Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 1977. Dietrich Thurau was the winner of the first stage.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Netserk]

In the 21st century the longest winning streaks (including GC) are:

6 - Petacchi (full house in the 2006 Oddset-Rundfahrt), Démare (full house in the 2018 Tour du Poitou Charentes)
5 - Cavendish (last 4 stages and the GC of the 2013 Tour of Qatar), Boonen (from the WCRR to Tour of Qatar), Mareczko (2017 Tour of Hainan, if two 2nd places had been wins, his streak would have been 13!) Pogačar (and counting)

I couldn't find anyone else with 5 or more in a row.

 

[tobydawq]

In the 21st century the longest winning streaks (including GC) are:

6 - Petacchi (full house in the 2006 Oddset-Rundfahrt), Démare (full house in the 2018 Tour du Poitou Charentes)
5 - Cavendish (last 4 stages and the GC of the 2013 Tour of Qatar), Boonen (from the WCRR to Tour of Qatar), Mareczko (2017 Tour of Hainan, if two 2nd places had been wins, his streak would have been 13!) Pogačar (and counting)

I couldn't find anyone else with 5 or more in a row.

If Sagan didn't lose an uphill sprint to Gasparotto and Vanendert in 2012 Amstel, he would have had a 5-win streak too as he then proceeded to beat Haussler into 2nd place on the first 4 stages of Tour of California.

 

[rallybanana]

PCS has a useful feature that shows the most raced with teammates for any rider. Playing around with it for a while I made a (probably incomplete) list of teammates who have raced together at least 400 race days.

672 --- Greipel + Sieberg
611 --- Valverde + Erviti
592 --- Zabel + Aldag
574 --- Guesdon + Mengin
571 --- Rolland + Gautier
560 --- Van Avermaet + Schar
511 --- Sagan + Bodnar
473 --- Erviti + Rojas
471 --- Greipel + Hansen
470 --- Cavendish + Eisel
455 --- Chavanel + Pineau
454 --- F Schleck + Voigt
443 --- Valverde + Rojas
443 --- Zubeldia + Irizar
431 --- Voigt + O'Grady
416 --- Cavendish + Renshaw
413 --- Rodriguez + Losada
404 --- Voeckler + Gène
403 --- Veelers + Curvers
401 --- Contador + Paulinho

 

[RedheadDane]

Also interesting to compare the "Teammate most raced with" statistic to the "Rider most raced with" statistic. For example, let's compare Valverde's statistics:

Edited: Gonna try again in another post...

 

[tobydawq]

Also interesting to compare the "Teammate most raced with" statistic to the "Rider most raced with" statistic. For example, let's compare Valverde's statistics:

Here's the top 3 of teammates most raced with:

Nr	Teammate	Number of races	Number of racedays	R2R
1	ERVITI Imanol	122	611	R2R
2	ROJAS José Joaquín	113	443	R2R
3	QUINTANA Nairo	33	263	R2R

And here's the top 3 of riders most raced with:

#	Rider	Number of races
1	RODRÍGUEZ Joaquim	128
2	ERVITI Imanol	123
3	SÁNCHEZ Luis León	121

Or how about Gilbert?

Teamates most raced with:

Nr	Teammate	Number of races	Number of racedays	R2R
1	CASAR Sandy	63	236	R2R
2	DELAGE Mickaël	58	218	R2R
3	VAUGRENARD Benoît	40	196	R2R

Riders most raced with:

#	Rider	Number of races
1	VAN AVERMAET Greg	188
2	CHAVANEL Sylvain	166
3	DEVOLDER Stijn	153

Interesting to note that both Valverde-Rodriguez, and Gilbert-Van Avermaet are long-standing rivalries.

A bit annoying that the one is race days and the other one is races. Or how am I to understand the Valverde-Erviti numbers?

 

[RedheadDane]

A bit annoying that the one is race days and the other one is races. Or how am I to understand the Valverde-Erviti numbers?

Look in the column that says "number of races".
But just because I'm nice, let me just...

Better?
Okay, that should be all the unnecessay stuff removed.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Look in the column that says "number of races".
But just because I'm nice, let me just...

Better?
Okay, that should be all the unnecessay stuff removed.

What is the one race in which Valverde and Erviti weren't teammates?

Edit: The answer is the 2004 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Interesting to note that both Valverde-Rodriguez, and Gilbert-Van Avermaet are long-standing rivalries.

I don't think it's that interesting. They targeted many of the same races, are from the same countries and they were even teammates for a while, so it makes perfect sense that they're at the top of each other's list.

Your top 3s of teammates most raced with are now flawed, because their position refer to the number of racedays, not the number of races. Pablo Lastras with 62 shared races is the actual no. 3 on Valverde's list (Purito has 47, wich is also more than Quintana), while GVA tops Gilbert's with 88.

GVA has ridden 235 races in which Michael Schär also started. They've been teammates in 188 of them.

 

[RedheadDane]

Your top 3s of teammates most raced with are now flawed, because their position refer to the number of racedays, not the number of races. Pablo Lastras with 62 shared races is the actual no. 3 on Valverde's list (Purito has 47, wich is also more than Quintana), while GVA tops Gilbert's with 88.

Aaah, ***!

Alright... let me try again. This time without copy-pastying.

Valverde; teammate most raced with:
Imanot Ervit: 122 races
José Joaquin Rojas: 113 races
Pablo Lastras: 62 races

Valverde; rider most raced with:
Joaquim Rodriguez: 128 races
Imanol Erviti: 123 races
Luis León Sanchez: 121 races


Gilbert; teammate most raced with:
Greg Van Avermaet: 88 races
Sandy Casar: 63 races
Mickaël Delage: 58 races

Note that both Christophe Menging and Frédéric Guesdon has also both done 58 races with Gilbert, but fewer racedays.

Gilbert; rider most raced with:
Greg Van Avermaet: 188 races
Sylvain Chavanel: 166 races
Stijn Devolder: 153 races


Pinot; teammate most raced with:
Jeremy Roy: 93 races
Anthony Roux: 80 races
Arthur Vichot: 65 races

Pinot; rider most raced with:
Jeremy Roy: 93 races
Anthony Roux: 80 races
Mikaël Cherel: 78 races


And now, let me compare the "All time teammates" statistics for those three riders.

Valverde; All time teammates (please note that this includes the years during which he was technically suspended):
Imanot Erviti: 18 seasons
Jose Joaquin Rojas: 16 seasons
Andrey Amador/Pablo Lastras: 11 seasons

Gilbert; All time teammates:
Greg Van Avermaet: 7 seasons
Christophe Mengin/Frederic Guesdon/Mickael Delage/Sandy Casar/Jeremy Roy/Benoit Vaugrenard: 6 seasons
And then there are 14 riders he has been teammates with for 5 seasons, not gonna list them all!

Pinot; All time teammates (including this season):
Matthieu Ladagnous: 14 seasons (literally Pinot's entire pro career)
Anthony Roux: 13 seasons
Arnaud Demare: 12 seasons

Probably not that surprising that Erviti and GVA tops the lists for Valverde and Gilbert respectively. Whereas Pinot and Roy were only teammates for 9 seasons, they just did a lot of races together.
Also note that Gilbert - having changed teams slightly more often than both Valverde and Pinot - has no rider he has been teammates with for a decade.

 

[Izzyeviel]

People who've finished 9th at Strade Bianche

Fuglsang (its danish for Bird song you know)
Van Der Breggen
Pinot
Van Vleuten
Van Avermaet
Niewiadoma
Poels
Dan Lloyd

(from the twitter account of Dan Lloyd)

 

[tobydawq]

PN and TA swapping winners from one season to the next. Did that ever happen before?

(I'm 98% sure the answer is no but don't have the time to check it)

 

[Netserk]

PN and TA swapping winners from one season to the next. Did that ever happen before?

(I'm 98% sure the answer is no but don't have the time to check it)

Rominger is the only rider to win the two races in back-to-back seasons, so no.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Rominger is the only rider to win the two races in back-to-back seasons, so no.

Roglič is trying his very hardest to get his thread title changed back to the old one.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Seeing as Pogacar is not scheduled to start another stage race before April 13th (the day Itzulia concluded in 2021), on that day he will have managed to go two full years in which he won the GC of every single non-GT stage race he started. Slovenia, UAE, Tirreno, Slovenia again, Andalucia and this Paris-Nice.