Mental or random cycling statistics

[tobydawq]

Decathlon/AG2R have won 9 races this season.

Which is more than they've won in the past four seasons. The last time they were this winningest was 2014 when they won 9 all season. & Their best rider hasn't gotten started yet.

Is it the brown pants?

What does this even mean?

 

[Izzyeviel]

It means I made the mistake of trusting someone on Twitter.

I swear I doubled checked this before I posted it. Alas, i was wrong.

Either way, they're having a great season by their standards, & their star man hasn't gotten going yet.

 

[Netserk]

By what metric is Lafay their best rider?

 

[BigCoward]

Previous time Amstel Gold Race and Flèche were won by different riders from the same country was 1989. Eric van Lancker and Claude Criquielion were the winners back then.

Obviously several doubles from the same rider (Rebellin, di Luca, Gilbert, Pogacar)

Pidcock and Williams are from different countries.

 

[Izzyeviel]

It means I made the mistake of trusting someone on Twitter.

I swear I doubled checked this before I posted it. Alas, i was wrong.

Either way, they're having a great season by their standards, & their star man hasn't gotten going yet.

Actually I remember now. I wasn't wrong, I just had a senior moment & forget to add the important detail to my post.

My original post should've pointed out that they've won 9 wins by this point of the season, which is far more than they've achieved by the same point in previous seasons. Apologises for the confusion! The point I wanted to make was they're having one of their best starts for a long while (if not ever), and there's more to come.

3 in 2023 (9 all season)
1 in 2022 (11 all season)
1 in 2021 (12 all season)
2 in 2020 ( 5 all season)
3 in 2019 ( 14 all season)

 

[tobydawq]

Actually I remember now. I wasn't wrong, I just had a senior moment & forget to add the important detail to my post.

My original post should've pointed out that they've won 9 wins by this point of the season, which is far more than they've achieved by the same point in previous seasons. Apologises for the confusion! The point I wanted to make was they're having one of their best starts for a long while (if not ever), and there's more to come.

3 in 2023 (9 all season)
1 in 2022 (11 all season)
1 in 2021 (12 all season)
2 in 2020 ( 5 all season)
3 in 2019 ( 14 all season)

What about the part with 2014?

 

[tobydawq]

By what metric is Lafay their best rider?

Third wheel to Vingegaard and Pogacar.

 

[Netserk]

Third wheel to Vingegaard and Pogacar.

Gall did that too in the Vosges.

 

[tobydawq]

Gall did that too in the Vosges.

That was without either of them to have attacked, though.

But I wasn't quite serious.

 

[Ricco']

If someone went and fielded a team for the monuments with the following 4 riders, they would have right now better combined results than Visma team:

Casper Pedersen
Kamil Malecki
Yevgeniy Fedorov
Paul Lapeira

 

[BigCoward]

What is the biggest combined monument result from 1st to 2nd in a year (modern times)?

 

[Netserk]

What is the biggest combined monument result from 1st to 2nd in a year (modern times)?

Hinault won Liège by 9'24" in 1980, so I guess that alone puts that year at the top (for the past 50 years).

 

[QueenStagiaire]

1980 has 11‘12‘‘ (9‘24“ Hinault Liège, 1‘48“ Moser Roubaix)
This year is at 5‘41“ so far so if Pogi wins Lombardia by 5‘31“…

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

MVDP in 2024 monuments:
10th MSR - 1st RVV- 1st PR - 3rd LBL = 15

Lowest sum of results since...

Adrie van der Poel in 1986
7th MSR - 1st RVV- 3rd PR - 2nd LBL = 13

 

[Sciatic]

MVDP in 2024 monuments:
10th MSR - 1st RVV- 1st PR - 3rd LBL = 15

Lowest sum of results since...

Adrie van der Poel in 1986
7th MSR - 1st RVV- 3rd PR - 2nd LBL = 13

It’s cool to see that, but on the other hand hardly any riders race all 4 of those in the same season so I’m not sure the sample size is really large enough take much from that. Other than the 2 VdPs have an unusually expansive tool set.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

It’s cool to see that, but on the other hand hardly any riders race all 4 of those in the same season so I’m not sure the sample size is really large enough take much from that. Other than the 2 VdPs have an unusually expansive tool set.

also, 3 riders have podiumed Roubaix and LBL in the same year

2024-MVDP
2022-WVA
1986-AVDP

Two riders podiumed RVV, PR and LBL in the same year.
2024 - MVDP
1986 - AVDP

I think only Pogacar could do the same (and WVA ofc)

 

[AmRacer]

also, 3 riders have podiumed Roubaix and LBL in the same year

2024-MVDP
2022-WVA
1986-AVDP

Two riders podiumed RVV, PR and LBL in the same year.
2024 - MVDP
1986 - AVDP

I think only Pogacar could do the same (and WVA ofc)

Podium MSR, LBL and Giro in the same year?

 

[Monte Serra]

Two riders podiumed RVV, PR and LBL in the same year.
2024 - MVDP
1986 - AVDP

I think only Pogacar could do the same (and WVA ofc)

Merckx podiumed RVV, PR and LBL four times in the same year.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782067152268255381

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1782067152268255381

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

My mistake, was meant to add since Adrie basicall

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

another two mind boggling statistics

• MvdP monument podium percentage: 11/18, 61%
• Pogacar monument podium percentage: 8/14, 57%

Mental

 

[AmRacer]

another two mind boggling statistics

• MvdP monument podium percentage: 11/18, 61%
• Pogacar monument podium percentage: 8/14, 57%

Mental

Pogacar GT podium percentage 5/5 100 %

 

[Pantani_lives]

Van der Poel was 57th in every GT he finished. That's how far his consistency goes.

 

[BigCoward]

I believe they are currently the most dominant pair of monument cyclists in history. They've won 8 of last 10 monuments/WCs.
Merckx did 7 by himself in 71/72 so whoever you pair him with did 8, but it's hardly 'a pair'.

 

[Netserk]

So did Merckx and De Vlaeminck. They also had a run of 7/8 (a separate run from the former), which included 6 in a row so one of each. Merckx on his own won 7 over two calendar years (1971 & 1972).

 

[tobydawq]

So did Merckx and De Vlaeminck. They also had a run of 7/8 (a separate run from the former), which included 6 in a row so one of each. Merckx on his own won 7 over two calendar years (1971 & 1972).

Merckx never won four monuments in a season?