Now that Mareczko doesn't have a pro contract, Iván Sosa holds the coveted title of having the most pro wins without ever winning on the WorldTour among the current pros.
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Le jour de gloire est arrivé!Francisco Galván's highest finishes in races .1 and above:
3rd - GP La Marseillaise 2022
3rd - GP La Marseillaise 2025
4th - GP La Marseillaise 2021
It's surprisingly obvious: Luke Plapp, 2021, 2024 and 2025 Aussie TT championships and 2022 and 2023 road race. Five years running!Magnier has now won his first race of the season two years in a row. That must be a quite rare feat, so who - besides Pogacar of course - is the last to do so?
Just to clarify: I don't have the answer - I'm looking for it 😁
Of course! I should have thought of him. Thanks!It's surprisingly obvious: Luke Plapp, 2021, 2024 and 2025 Aussie TT championships and 2022 and 2023 road race. Five years running!
He's not the last to do that feat, but I want to mention Alessandro Petacchi here for someone who didn't have it as easy as Plapp.Magnier has now won his first race of the season two years in a row. That must be a quite rare feat, so who - besides Pogacar of course - is the last to do so?
Just to clarify: I don't have the answer - I'm looking for it 😁
It was legal to have a sub-40k UCI sanctioned one-day road race back then? Wow.Brazilian cycling legend Nilceu Aparecido Santos won the UCI 1.2 one day race Copa America de Ciclismo four times in a row 2005-2008, always held between 6 January and 9 January, and back then always the first UCI one day race of the year.
Also Boonen in Qatar from 2006 to 2008.He's not the last to do that feat, but I want to mention Alessandro Petacchi here for someone who didn't have it as easy as Plapp.
We're starting in 2002, when his first race of the season was the TTT in Paris-Nice where he was on the winning team. Then he won his first race in 2003 (Trofeo Luis Puig), 2004 (Stage 1 of Giro della Provincia di Lucca), 2005 (GP Costa degli Etruschi) and 2006 (again GP Costa degli Etruschi). That's five years of winning his first race of the season.
Then in 2007 he made the huge mistake of riding the Tour of Qatar, where he started off with three 2nd places in a row. If he had just stuck to his normal schedule, he would have continued his streak as he again won the GP Costa degli Etruschi shortly after Qatar.
In 2008 he again failed in the non-sprint friendly first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia, before winning three stages later in the race. In 2009 he finally came to his senses again, starting off with the customary victory in the GP Costa degli Etruschi, popularly known as GP Alessandro Petacchi. In 2010 he also won it, but he had ridden the Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria before, which had a mountain stage on the first day. He did win two stages there however.
So in total, he has a streak of five years of winning his first race, then another to take his total to six. And it could have been so much more if he had stayed away from those pesky stage races with tough opening stages.