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.

firstcycling.com

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"