Mental or random cycling statistics

[Samu Cuenca]

Roger Walkowiak had three wins. The Tour in '56, & stage wins in the Vuelta in (may) '56 & 57.

Every win also from a breakaway...

PCS don't have the stage results from the 1952 Tour de l'Ouest, and he seems to have won one of them as well.

1952 Tour de l'Ouest

The 6th Stage of 1952 Tour de l'Ouest was won by Roger Walkowiak.

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Rik Van Looy

First Cycling and Wikipedia both list the 1970 Kessel-Lier as having been Van Looy's last victory, rather than the Heistse Pijl the previous year;

1970 Kessel - Lier

The 1970 Kessel - Lier was won by Rik Van Looy.

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[Izzyeviel]

PCS don't have the stage results from the 1952 Tour de l'Ouest, and he seems to have won one of them as well.

1952 Tour de l'Ouest

The 6th Stage of 1952 Tour de l'Ouest was won by Roger Walkowiak.

firstcycling.com

But he did win from a breakaway!

How many riders with 5+ wins, won every race from a breakaway?

 

[hayneplane]

No, because you need a very low GC position (to get at the bottom of my list) which can be obtained if many riders finish.

Yes but to get their own best GC position then the fewer riders that finish the better a GC position number they are likely to have is.

 

[YavorD]

Simon Yates wins the Giro without winning a stage. The last time this happened was when Egan Bernal won the Tour of 2019 without winning a stage.

The curious case is Alberto Contador.
2 (official) Giro GC wins, 0 stage wins.

And if you decide to count 2011, you can count 2010 as well and then you would have 3 GT's won without a stage win.

Pretty sure that's something not done by anyone else.

 

[Red Rick]

The curious case is Alberto Contador.
2 (official) Giro GC wins, 0 stage wins.

And if you decide to count 2011, you can count 2010 as well and then you would have 3 GT's won without a stage win.

Pretty sure that's something not done by anyone else.

Froome and Contador are perfect mirrors.

Contador could win a Grand Tour without winning it.

Froome also could win a Grand Tour without winning it

The question is which of the two you call winning and which one you call "winning"

 

[SafeBet]

Is Brennan the rider with the most pro wins as a teenager?

 

[tobydawq]

Despite having 8 pro wins, Neilson Powless has never won a stage in a pro stage race.

 

[RedheadDane]

One of these is... not like the others!

Last WorldTour victories in a bunchsprint for Denmark.

Year	Race	Rider
2025	Giro d'Italia | Stage 5	PEDERSEN
2025	Giro d'Italia | Stage 3	PEDERSEN
2024	Critérium du Dauphiné | Stage 2	CORT
2024	Critérium du Dauphiné | Stage 1	PEDERSEN
2023	Tour de France | Stage 8	PEDERSEN
2023	Giro d'Italia | Stage 6	PEDERSEN
2023	Paris - Nice | Stage 2	PEDERSEN
2022	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 19	PEDERSEN
2022	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 13	PEDERSEN
2022	Paris - Nice | Stage 3	PEDERSEN
2021	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 12	CORT
2020	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 16	CORT
2020	BinckBank Tour | Stage 3	PEDERSEN
2020	Tour de Pologne | Stage 2	PEDERSEN
2019	Critérium du Dauphiné | General classification	FUGLSANG
2016	Vuelta a España | Stage 21	CORT
2016	Vuelta a España | Stage 18	CORT
2013	Vuelta a España | Stage 6	MØRKØV
2009	Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | Stage 2	BRESCHEL
2008	Vuelta a España | Stage 21	BRESCHEL

 

[Samu Cuenca]

One of these is... not like the others!

Last WorldTour victories in a bunchsprint for Denmark.

Year	Race	Rider
2025	Giro d'Italia | Stage 5	PEDERSEN
2025	Giro d'Italia | Stage 3	PEDERSEN
2024	Critérium du Dauphiné | Stage 2	CORT
2024	Critérium du Dauphiné | Stage 1	PEDERSEN
2023	Tour de France | Stage 8	PEDERSEN
2023	Giro d'Italia | Stage 6	PEDERSEN
2023	Paris - Nice | Stage 2	PEDERSEN
2022	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 19	PEDERSEN
2022	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 13	PEDERSEN
2022	Paris - Nice | Stage 3	PEDERSEN
2021	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 12	CORT
2020	La Vuelta ciclista a España | Stage 16	CORT
2020	BinckBank Tour | Stage 3	PEDERSEN
2020	Tour de Pologne | Stage 2	PEDERSEN
2019	Critérium du Dauphiné | General classification	FUGLSANG
2016	Vuelta a España | Stage 21	CORT
2016	Vuelta a España | Stage 18	CORT
2013	Vuelta a España | Stage 6	MØRKØV
2009	Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | Stage 2	BRESCHEL
2008	Vuelta a España | Stage 21	BRESCHEL

During Dauphiné Rolf Sørensen claimed Fuglsang had won that race ahead of Roglič and Pogačar, but now it seems he's not the only one with a faulty memory.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If Ilan van welder can finish 9th overall at the tour de France, then he will have achieved one of each position from 6th-11th overall in his last 6 stage races. Inspiring stuff.

 

[Pozzovivo]

If Ilan van welder can finish 9th overall at the tour de France, then he will have achieved one of each position from 6th-11th overall in his last 6 stage races. Inspiring stuff.

Not too insipiring but very solid for sure. In line with what one should expect from him or do you think he should do better?

 

[tobydawq]

Despite having 8 pro wins, Neilson Powless has never won a stage in a pro stage race.

This didn't get the standing ovation I had expected.

I don't think people realise how unusual this is.

There are no other pro riders who have more than two wins where none of them is a stage (or national championships which I included to account for small nation outliers). And Powless is at eight. I don't know historical data well enough to say whether someone at some point has reached a higher number but I wouldn't be surprised if it hasn't happened a lot.

In other stats: Jack Haig has never been in the top 3 of a Grand Tour stage, yet he has been on the final podium of the Vuelta.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Highest CQ scores this year so far by riders who were juniors last year:
Seixas - 310
Omrzel - 308
Withen Philipsen - 291

Not sure whether the amount of points or the similarity is more striking.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Geraint Thomas is the only rider in TDF history to be the youngest rider in the peloton on his debut, whilst also being the oldest in his last TDF.

 

[Breh]

Mountain stages were a non-factor in the '10s

 

[hayneplane]

Tadej Pogacar has a chance today to write another page in TDF history as if he wins the stage he will be the first rider in the entire history of the race to win 3 times on Bastille Day.

 

[Panda Claws]

I made a table including every ITT ridden in a GT since 2000. There I calculated the gap (in %) between the winner and 2nd place, the winner and 2nd place and between the winner and the rest of the top-10.

Original results were used regardless of if someone got disqualified later.

Vingegaard's legendary time trial in 2023 sticks out like the sorest of thumbs in every category.

Biggest relative gaps to 2nd place

1. 2023 Tour Stage 16, Jonas Vingegaard: 5,01%
2. 2020 Giro Stage 21, Filippo Ganna: 3,09%
3. 2002 Vuelta Stage 21, Aitor Gonzalez: 2,89%
4. 2009 Vuelta Stage 1, Fabian Cancellara: 2,81%
5. 2003 Tour Stage 12, Jan Ullrich: 2,73%
6. 2004 Tour Stage 16, Lance Armstrong: 2,56%
7. 2014 Tour Stage 20, Tony Martin: 2,49%
8. 2003 Vuelta Stage 6, Isidro Nozal: 2,49%
9. 2019 Giro Stage 1, Primoz Roglic: 2,45%
10. 2007 Tour Prologue, Fabian Cancellara: 2,45%

Biggest relative gaps to 10th place

1. 2023 Tour Stage 16, Jonas Vingegaard: 10,79%
2. 2003 Tour Stage 12, Jan Ullrich: 8,54%
3. 2004 Vuelta Stage 15, Santiago Perez: 7,15%
4. 2004 Giro Prologue, Bradley McGee: 6,67%
5. 2000 Tour Stage 19, Lance Armstrong: 6,56%
6. 2024 Tour Stage 21, Tadej Pogacar: 6,46%
7. 2014 Giro Stage 19, Nairo Quintana: 6,35%
8. 2022 Giro Stage 21, Matteo Sobrero: 6,25%
9. 2004 Tour Stage 16, Lance Armstrong: 6,17%
10. 2007 Tour Prologue, Fabian Cancellara: 6,04%

And most strikingly...

Biggest relative gaps to the entire top-10

1. 2023 Tour Stage 16, Jonas Vingegaard: 82,98%
2. 2003 Tour Stage 12, Jan Ullrich: 51,37%
3. 2004 Giro Prologue, Bradley McGee: 47,45%
4. 2004 Vuelta Stage 15, Santiago Perez: 47,40%
5. 2004 Tour Stage 16, Lance Armstrong: 46,07%
6. 2024 Tour Stage 21, Tadej Pogacar: 45,30%
7. 2022 Giro Stage 21, Matteo Sobrero: 45,01%
8. 2007 Tour Prologue, Fabian Cancellara: 44,34%
9. 2000 Tour Stage 19, Lance Armstrong: 44,32%
10. 2009 Vuelta Stage 1, Fabian Cancellara: 44,06%

Closest races

1. 2023 Giro Stage 9, Remco Evenepoel: 6,56%
2. 2013 Giro Stage 8, Alex Dowsett: 6,58%
3. 2010 Giro Stage 1, Bradley Wiggins: 8,09%
4. 2025 Giro Stage 2, Joshua Tarling: 8,27%
5. 2005 Vuelta Stage 20, Ruben Plaza: 8,83%