Mental or random cycling statistics

[QueenStagiaire]

Lennard Kämna has finished every stage so far this Giro between 16th and 23rd including three 22nd places. Impressive consistency considering constant commotion countering competitors.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1657402661702975488

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Kämna remains stuck. Maybe they told him that you need to be very consistent to be a GC rider.

 

[shalgo]

Kämna remains stuck. Maybe they told him that you need to be very consistent to be a GC rider.

12th in the stage 9 TT

 

[Izzyeviel]

Peter Sagan won more time trials than monuments.

 

[RedheadDane]

Stage 10 of the Giro 2023 marks the first time since stage 5 of the Vuelta 2022 where the rider wearing the white jersey was also the rider leading the BYR classification.

 

[Izzyeviel]

is caleb ewan the lanterne rouge of a grand tour with the best palmarès?

 

[rallybanana]

is caleb ewan the lanterne rouge of a grand tour with the best palmarès?

Just looking at the TdF you have Edwig Van Hooydonck in obvious first place due to his two Flanders wins. Jacky Durand and Joseph Groussard also have monument wins so complete the podium. Sam Bennett is very evenly matched with Ewan but his green jersey win carries more weight. He also has more WT one-day wins.

On second thoughts Ewan has won Scheldeprijs so maybe he is the best.

 

[Izzyeviel]

I thought he had won the Green at some point.

Looking at his record, he's only won 6 points jerseys in his pro-career, which seems a bit mental doesn't it?

Edit: Also, Geraint finished 140th out of 141 at his first tour. Missed his chance of becoming the greatest lanterne rouge in history by six minutes.

 

[rallybanana]

is caleb ewan the lanterne rouge of a grand tour with the best palmarès?

Robbie McEwen finished last in the 2001 Vuelta.
115 pro wins
24 x grand tour stage wins
3 x TdF points classement
5 x Paris-Bruxelles
1 x Scheldeprijs, Dwars, Le Samyn

 

[rallybanana]

This time last week Jesper Skibby was the only Danish rider to have won a stage in all three grand tours

 

[RedheadDane]

This time last week Jesper Skibby was the only Danish rider to have won a stage in all three grand tours

A slightly longer wait between the first and second than between the second and third.

 

[Tour de Berghem]

A slightly longer wait between the first and second than between the second and third.

this year was also 11 years from last danish win in the Giro (Lars Bak in 2012) and in one year we have 2 with 2 different riders

 

[Finn84]

TdF combativity award winners of last 12 years:
2011 French
2012 not French
2013 French
2014 not French
2015 French
2016 not French
2017 French
2018 not French
2019 French
2020 not French
2021 French
2022 not French

 

[Izzyeviel]

2023: Pinot

 

[Ricco']

Cavendish has now won in 7 different capital cities around the world. The number could be nine if he had also won in Muscat and Madrid, where he was 2nd.

Abu Dhabi / Berlin / Copenhague / Doha / London / Paris / Rome


Equals Kittel, who also won in 7 different capital cities (Abu Dhabi / Belfast / Berlin / Dublin / London / Paris / Warsaw)

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Cavendish has now won in 7 different capital cities around the world. The number could be nine if he had also won in Muscat and Madrid, where he was 2nd.

Abu Dhabi / Berlin / Copenhague / Doha / London / Paris / Rome


Equals Kittel, who also won in 7 different capital cities (Abu Dhabi / Belfast / Berlin / Dublin / London / Paris / Warsaw)

I wouldn‘t count Belfast for Kittel.

 

[johnymax]

I'm stealing this from reddit peloton, but I find it mental, so I'm sharing it:

This is the first ever Grand Tour that both Jack Haig and Primoz Roglic have both finished, while not both being on the podium.

Thus ends the era of the Haig-Roglic Tandem Theorem.

Unbelievable stuff. 😲

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Cavendish has now won in 7 different capital cities around the world. The number could be nine if he had also won in Muscat and Madrid, where he was 2nd.

Abu Dhabi / Berlin / Copenhague / Doha / London / Paris / Rome


Equals Kittel, who also won in 7 different capital cities (Abu Dhabi / Belfast / Berlin / Dublin / London / Paris / Warsaw)

Greipel has them tied too - Vienna, Madrid, London, Berlin, Luxembourg (solo victory!), Brussels, Paris. Would have been more if Frederiksberg wasn't a separate municipality, and he has second places in Warsaw, Muscat and Libreville too.

Conversely, Cipollini has a grand total of one - his penultimate career victory in the 2005 Tour of Qatar.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

One behind are:
Boonen - Doha, Paris, Madrid, London, Vienna, Brussels
Viviani - Beijing, London, Abu Dhabi, Vienna, Madrid, Zagreb

 

[Devil's Elbow]

If we include the Peace Race and amateur-era Olympics RR:

Olaf Ludwig - Berlin, Prague, Warsaw, Kyiv (not a capital at the time), Seoul, Dublin, Paris

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Related factoid: Roglic and Vingegaard have both only won in one capital, and for both it was San Marino.

 

[Netserk]

Greipel has them tied too - Vienna, Madrid, London, Berlin, Luxembourg (solo victory!), Brussels, Paris. Would have been more if Frederiksberg wasn't a separate municipality, and he has second places in Warsaw, Muscat and Libreville too.

Conversely, Cipollini has a grand total of one - his penultimate career victory in the 2005 Tour of Qatar.

The 2011 WCRR was also a separate municipality.

 

[shalgo]

With his points from the Giro, Luis Leon Sanchez now has at least 100 CQ points in 20 consecutive seasons.

If he makes it to 300 points this year, that will give 19 consecutive years of at least 300 points.

EDIT: I see that Gilbert retired with 20 consecutive years of at least 200 points.

 

[tobydawq]

The 2011 WCRR was also a separate municipality.

Also, Frederiksberg is very much Copenhagen, while Rudersdal is not.

Cavendish has won both places but I would only count his Frederiksberg win as a capital win.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rebellin and Greipel each have 10 successive years of 1000+ CQ points

 

[rallybanana]

Lennard Kämna has finished every stage so far this Giro between 16th and 23rd including three 22nd places. Impressive consistency considering constant commotion countering competitors.

Kämna finished top 10 in GC at the Giro without a single top 10 stage result. Even the great Haimar Zubeldia never managed to do that.