Mental or random cycling statistics

[YavorD]

Since his last win, Jonas Vingegaard has finished 2nd 12 times and 3rd 4 times. I don‘t believe this has ever happened before.

Since he didn't win the Tour, he is probably aiming for the most important rece:
"Most top tens without a win". But when he knows, he is that good, he put a challenge for himself - most TOP 5's without win.
So that's what he is aiming for.

 

[Gigs_98]

Since his last win, Jonas Vingegaard has finished 2nd 12 times and 3rd 4 times. I don‘t believe this has ever happened before.

That sounds like a late career Contador stat tbh.

 

[Red Rick]

That sounds like a late career Contador stat tbh.

This wounds me. I checked and he got 9 second places before winning in 2017. Also somehow he apparently raced Abu Dhabi Tour and I swear that never happened.

It still doesn't beat the Saganth and Schleckond career arcs for me.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Gilbert Bauvin turns 98 today. Which got me thinking. Is he the oldest pro cyclist alive?

 

[ice&fire]

Gilbert Bauvin turns 98 today. Which got me thinking. Is he the oldest pro cyclist alive?

Bernardo Ruiz celebrated his 100th birthday last January 8th.
I posted about it here

 

[Pozzovivo]

Pogacar's best stage result in each Tour stage:

Stage 1: 3rd (in 2022' and 2023)
Stage 2: 2nd (21', 25)
Stage 3: 22nd (20')
Stage 4: 1st (24', 25')
Stage 5: 1st (21')
Stage 6: 1st (22, 23)
Stage 7: 1st (22, 25)
Stage 8: 3rd (22)
Stage 9: 1st (20)
Stage 10: 9th (25)
Stage 11: 2nd (24)
Stage 12: 1st (25)
Stage 13: 1st (25)
Stage 14: 1st (24)
Stage 15: 1st (20, 24)
Stage 16: 2nd (23)
Stage 17: 1st (21, 22)
Stage 18: 1st (21)
Stage 19: 1st (24)
Stage 20: 1st (20, 23, 24)
Stage 21: 1st (24)

The pattern is clear: You have to strike him at the very start, in particular on stage 3. From stage 11 on he is pretty good.

VISMA-LAB take notice.


Worth noting: 21 stages total. 3 wins on stage 20!

Never won any of the first 3 stages in the tour.hah. Never even podiumed stage 3 or 10 (LOL)! He's missing 7 stages from a complete set in the Tour.

Can someone do this for Cav?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

With Enric Mas missing the rest of the season, he will reach the 3-year anniversary of his most recent win (Emilia 2022). Since then, he has amongst others finished second and fifth in Lombardia, third and sixth at the Vuelta, second and fifth at Itzulia, and third and fifth at Catalunya.

 

[Breh]

Can someone do this for Cav?

I tried, realized I messed up with with prologues not being actual stages and now I'm kicking myself for wasting my time

 

[SHAD0W93]

Can someone do this for Cav?

Prologue: 41 (12)
Stage 1: 1 (16)
Stage 2: 1 (09, 12)
Stage 3: 1 (09, 16)
Stage 4: 1 (21)
Stage 5: 1 (08, 10, 11, 13, 24)
Stage 6: 1 (10, 13, 21)
Stage 7: 1 (11, 15)
Stage 8: 1 (08)
Stage 9: 7 (15) if not counting TTT 124 (24)
Stage 10: 1 (09, 21)
Stage 11: 1 (09, 10, 11)
Stage 12: 1 (08)
Stage 13: 1 (08, 13, 21)
Stage 14: 1 (16)
Stage 15: 1 (11)
Stage 16: 17 (24)
Stage 17: 23 (16)
Stage 18: 1 (10, 12)
Stage 19: 1 (09)
Stage 20: 1 (10, 12)
Stage 21: 1 (09, 11)

 

[Red Rick]

It reads like "x player has scored in every minute of a football game apart from the 3rd minute".

It's just volume of wins + variance noise.

 

[Breh]

It reads like "x player has scored in every minute of a football game apart from the 3rd minute".

It's just volume of wins + variance noise.

Well yeah, that's the point.

But the particular case of Cavendish once again illustrates that ASO hates it's viewers as Cavendish should have no business winning stages in the weekends, especially not the 2nd or 3rd weekend.

 

[RedheadDane]

But the particular case of Cavendish once again illustrates that ASO hates it's viewers as Cavendish should have no business winning stages in the weekends, especially not the 2nd or 3rd weekend.

TBF, the 3rd weekend usually includes the Paris stage, which - until this year - has been exactly the kind of stage Cavendish was pretty good at winning.

Last year, of course, there was no Paris stage.

 

[YavorD]

TBF, the 3rd weekend usually includes the Paris stage, which - until this year - has been exactly the kind of stage Cavendish was pretty good at winning.

Last year, of course, there was no Paris stage.

Nah, Paris has never been stage 15 or 16. Unless I'm wrong?

 

[RedheadDane]

Nah, Paris has never been stage 15 or 16. Unless I'm wrong?

Surely the 3rd weekend is the last weekend...

 

[YavorD]

Surely the 3rd weekend is the last weekend...

It is, if you start watching from stage 3.

 

[RedheadDane]

It is, if you start watching from stage 3.

I forgot about the fact that there are four weekends involved...

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

63% of Rafael Reis' pro wins are prologues in the Volta a Portugal

 

[rallybanana]

Marianne Vos has never done it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke. But she is the only cyclist to have ever done it in a world tour race in Stoke.

Who are the last winners in Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain?

The last winners in Stoke-on-Trent are Marianne Vos in Aviva Womens Tour | Stage 4 (2016) and Marc de Maar in Tour of Britain | Stage 5 (2012). Born in Stoke-on-Trent are Catherine Swinnerton, Louis Evans and Stephen Farrell.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Bernardo Ruiz celebrated his 100th birthday last January 8th.
I posted about it here

Perhaps best if we ban @ice&fire from talking about retired riders:

Bernardo Ruiz has died at the age of 100. A cyclist who raced in Coppi's era, amazing.
TDF podium in 1952, and Bahamontes teammate.

 

[RedheadDane]

Poland was very consistent in Poland.

Meis Poland

Meis Poland (born 2004-12-21 in Warmenhuizen) is a professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, currently riding for VolkerWessels Cycling Team. Her best results are 2nd place in KOM Tour of Chongming Island and 14th place in stage Tour of Chongming Island.

www.procyclingstats.com

12.08 › 14.08				Tour de Pologne Women (2.1)				more
	92			General classification
14.08	93			Stage 3 - Naleczow › Krasnik	128.2
13.08	94	92		Stage 2 - Chełm › Chełm	100
12.08	96	96		Stage 1 - Zamosc › Zamosc	105.7

 

[Red Rick]

Jonas Vingegaard has 14 2nd places in Tour de France stages

Once behind Van Aert
Once behind Arensman
12 times behind Pogacar.

 

[RedheadDane]

From next year, Trek will have both the tallest male rider; Norsgaard at 2.02 M, and the shortest female rider; Realini at 1.50 M, on the WT in their organisation.

 

[tobydawq]

I have no idea what any of this means but you have too much time man

I can inform you that Patrick Eddy has now infiltrated this cluster and is fourth last, so now only 6 of the bottom 7 are from the 2025 Giro.

(and yes, the primary reason for bringing this up again was to give you a headache)

 

[RedheadDane]

Best placements in each GT for the last 5 years of the top-5 countries on the UCI ranking.

Belgium

	Giro	Tour	Vuelta
2025	71 (Moniquet)	22 (Meurisse)	11 (Lecerf)
2024	30 (Vansevenant)	3 (Evenepoel)	44 (Lecerf)
2023	10 (De Plus)	24 (Benoot)	8 (Uijtdebroeks)
2022	30 (Vansevenant)	18 (Teuns)	1 (Evenepoel)
2021	20 (Vervaeke)	17 (Teuns)	20 (Cras)

Denmark

	Giro	Tour	Vuelta
2025	79 (Honoré)	2 (Vingegaard)	1 (Vingegaard)
2024	38 (Valgren)	2 (Vingegaard)	5 (Skjelmose)
2023	62 (Cort)	1 (Vingegaard)	2 (Vingegaard)
2022	40 (Skjelmose)	1 (Vingegaard)	101 (M. Pedersen)
2021	81 (Honoré)	2 (Vingegaard)	68 (Kron)

(So, yeah... Vingegaard)


Italy

	Giro	Tour	Vuelta
2025	5 (Caruso)	38 (Velasco)	6 (Pellizzari)
2024	5 (Tiberi)	11 (Ciccone)	16 (Fortunato)
2023	4 (Caruso)	32 (Ciccone)	18 (Tiberi)
2022	4 (Nibali)	30 (Velasco)	35 (Zambanini)
2021	2 (Caruso)	12 (Cattaneo)	17 (Caruso)

Slovenia

	Giro	Tour	Vuelta
2025	142 (Govekar)	1 (Pogacar)	101 (Glivar)
2024	1 (Pogacar	1 (Pogacar)	1 (Roglic)
2023	1 (Roglic)	2 (Pogacar)	3 (Roglic)
2022	31 (Novak)	2 (Pogacar)	11 (Polanc)
2021	70 (Tratnik)	1 (Pogacar)	1 (Roglic)

(Welcome to the Pog-Rog era)


Great Britain

	Giro	Tour	Vuelta
2025	1 (S. Yates)	4 (Onley)	3 (Pidcock)
2024	3 (Thomas)	6 (A. Yates)	12 (A. Yates)
2023	2 (Thomas)	3 (A. Yates)	23 (Carthy)
2022	38 (Tulett)	3 (Thomas)	18 (Geoghegan Hart)
2021	3 (S. Yates)	41 (Thomas)	4 (A. Yates)

(I was going to the the top-10 countries, but I got tired. Do you guys want me to do something similar for Monuments?)

 

[YavorD]

(I was going to the the top-10 countries, but I got tired. Do you guys want me to do something similar for Monuments?)

I want to know did Lecerf change his nationality between 2024 and 2025 so you didn't count him and what nationality he is now?