Mental or random cycling statistics

[topcat]

He won a 240km stage in Tirreno in 2018

Edited accordingly. I wouldn’t want to be accused of slander.

 

[tobydawq]

He also won 4 Grand Tours, they're longer than 200 km.

 

[topcat]

He also won 4 Grand Tours, they're longer than 200 km.

Get a hold of yourself

 

[tobydawq]

Thibaut Pinot won his first Tour stage before Bradley Wiggins won his first.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

In a similar vein - Tom Dumoulin and Fränk Schleck won MTFs in the same Vuelta.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Roglic' only GT ITT win in France is a Vuelta ITT.

Roglic has two wins in races of over 210 km (the Russian roulette edition of LBL and a stage in Tirreno in 2018).

Scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit here aren't we?

 

[tobydawq]

Scraping the bottom of the barrel a bit here aren't we?

The last one was better when he thought LBL was the only one. Now it's probably not that interesting. The first one is fun.

 

[RedheadDane]

Randomly had a look at the result for the Junior Men's RR 10 years ago, and I guess it shows that a good result among the Juniors doesn't always mean a rider is gonna do well among the pros:

1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu			150	3:33:14
2	PEDERSEN Mads			110	0:03
3	NIKA Iltjan			90	,,

The careers of the first two are going quite okay. Then there's the third guy...

 

[Izzyeviel]

380 wins in total for the worlds podium (including cyclocross) is this a record?

 

[Monte Serra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1688209588447854593

View: https://twitter.com/StatsOnCycling/status/1688209588447854593

 

[Monte Serra]

Ironically Van Aert is succeeding both Poulidor and Zoetemelk as eternal second.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1688215027113771009

View: https://twitter.com/davidguenel/status/1688215027113771009

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ironically Van Aert is succeeding both Poulidor and Zoetemelk as eternal second.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1688215027113771009

View: https://twitter.com/davidguenel/status/1688215027113771009

Belgium will have the world's largest deposits of silver by the time he retires.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Sanremo - solo winner
Ronde - solo winner
Roubaix - solo winner
Liège - solo winner
Worlds - solo winner

If Lombardia also has a solo winner, that has to be a first - at least in the modern era - for none of the six biggest one-dayers to have any sort of sprint for the win.

 

[Panda Claws]

How rare is it for a (male) cyclist to achieve the 'Triple Crown'*?
*Winning three (3) or more of the following races in a single year: the five monuments, the three grand tours and the Worlds and Olympic Road Races.
After Stephen Roche last managed to do so in 1987 (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, WCRR) we had to wait until 2005 for Tom Boonen to repeat this feat (Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris-Roubaix, WCRR). Great riders like Sean Kelly and Roger De Vlaeminck never managed it.
Then, in the last three years we've seen three different riders achieving it.
2021: Tadej Pogacar (Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tour de France, Il Lombardia)
2022: Remco Evenepoel (Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Vuelta a España, WCRR)
2023: Mathieu Van der Poel (Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, WCRR)

In three years we went from 7 having achieved it to 10.

Complete list:
1927 – Alfredo Binda
1949 – Fausto Coppi (4x)
1961 – Rik Van Looy
1969 – Eddy Merckx (4x)
1970 – Eddy Merckx
1971 – Eddy Merckx (5x)
1972 – Eddy Merckx (5x)
1973 – Eddy Merckx (4x)
1974 – Eddy Merckx
1975 – Eddy Merckx
1980 – Bernard Hinault
1987 – Stephen Roche
2005 – Tom Boonen
2021 – Tadej Pogacar
2022 – Remco Evenepoel
2023 – Mathieu Van der Poel

 

[shalgo]

It really puts Merckx’s dominance in perspective that only nine other riders have ever achieved this feat, and only one time apiece, yet Merckx did it seven seasons in a row.

 

[tobydawq]

In the top 6 of each of the 2023 editions of the races MSR, RVV, PR and WCRR, there is exactly one rider who didn't do a top 6 in one of the other races. 3 riders was top 6 in all of them, 2 was top 6 in three of them and one rider was in two.

That makes a total of 10 different riders who was top 6 in those four races. Surely, that must be a record low?

 

[Red Rick]

In the top 6 of each of the 2023 editions of the races MSR, RVV, PR and WCRR, there is exactly one rider who didn't do a top 6 in one of the other races. 3 riders was top 6 in all of them, 2 was top 6 in three of them and one rider was in two.

That makes a total of 10 different riders who was top 6 in those four riders. Surely, that must be a record low?

10 different riders were in those 4 riders?

That is some innuendo

 

[Red Rick]

Verona hosted the WC RR twice with only 5 years inbetween.

Oscar Freire won both times

 

[Valv.Piti]

Puts into perspective how great this generation is. One thing is the total domination by the truly elite riders, and the other thing is the racing is simply insanely good, especially at the one day races. I think comparing races like especially the WC to that those of just 3-4-5 years ago is a massive difference, but also MSR is very different now, Flanders is raced incredibly hard with the best talent ever seen for that race, Liege is not a waiting game anymore (still long for Pog v Remco), and Roubaix is honestly just Roubaix.

Vegni didn't get the MO unfortunately.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Verona hosted the WC RR twice with only 5 years inbetween.

Oscar Freire won both times

Are you saying Carlos Verona would win if the Chilean town of Freire hosted the WC?

 

[tobydawq]

Are you saying Carlos Verona would win if the Chilean town of Freire hosted the WC?

No.

 

[RedheadDane]

In 2013, B. Wiggins got silver at the Elite Men ITT World Championships.
In 2023, B. Wiggins got silver at the Junior Men ITT World Championships.

 

[BigCoward]

In 2013, B. Wiggins got silver at the Elite Men ITT World Championships.
In 2023, B. Wiggins got silver at the Junior Men ITT World Championships.

Does the B stand for Benjamin Button?

 

[Ricco']

Since leaving U23 ranks in 2010, Nelson Oliveira has finished every year a major TT championships in the top-20

Between Olympics and World Championships he has been 6th-8th-13th-21th-11th-8th-5th-4th-20th-7th-13th-7th-15th-18th-17th, in reverse order.

Most consistent rider in World Championships ITT to have never podiumed?

 

[RedheadDane]

It's possible there are as many as 7 nationalities in the top-5 of the Elite Men's World Championship Road Race. Yes, you read that correctly.

Küng is also Liechtensteiner, and I suppose you could argue that Van der Poel is also French.