@statsoncycling.bsky.social
📊I provide insights into pro-cycling, from a statistical perspective. 🧪Proud initiator of the ‘🤓Greatest Statistic in Cycling’. 🔮Part of @CyclingOracle.com: data, predictions and stats. 🔗 https://www.cyclingoracle.com/en 📍🇳🇱Kampen, NL
🔮💛9th 'maillot jaune' for 🇳🇱Mathieu van der Poel.
📊🏆Most GT stage-wins ≥ 2016, by nationality:
64: 🇧🇪Belgium (18 winners)
63: 🇮🇹Italy (28)
55: 🇸🇮Slovenia (5)
53: 🇫🇷France (25)
41: 🇦🇺Australia (11), 🇬🇧Great Britain (11)
38: 🇳🇱Netherlands (15)
35: 🇪🇸Spain (21)
31: 🇩🇪Germany (11), 🇩🇰Denmark (7), 🇨🇴Colombia (12)
16: 🇮🇪Ireland (4)
📊🏆Most GrandTour stage-wins by teams, since 2021:
35: 🇦🇪UAE Team Emirates
33: 🇳🇱Team Visma | Lease a Bike
29: 🇧🇪Alpecin-Deceuninck
25: 🇧🇪Soudal Quick-Step
17: 🇺🇸Lidl-Trek
16: 🇩🇪Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
14: 🇦🇺Team Jayco AlUla, 🇬🇧INEOS Grenadiers
13: 🇧🇭Bahrain - Victorious
📊🔝2 riders won the GC of a stage-race when both 🇩🇰Vingegaard and 🇸🇮Pogačar participated.
✅10 competed stage races:
🏆6 victories: 🇸🇮Pogačar
🏆2 victories: 🇩🇰Vingegaard
🏆🇪🇸Itzulia Basque Country 2021: 🇸🇮Primož Roglič
🏆🇪🇸Itzulia Basque Country 2019: 🇪🇸Ion Izagirre
🧮*including time bonuses:
🔝Advantage of 1:25 by 🇸🇮Pogačar.
▪️111 seconds gained by 🇩🇰Vingegaard.
▪️199 seconds gained by 🇸🇮Pogačar.
📊⚔️🇸🇮Pogačar vs. 🇩🇰Vingegaard: 🇫🇷Tour de France 2021-2024.
➕Total racing time (excl. bonus seconds*):
3️⃣2️⃣8️⃣:2️⃣8️⃣:0️⃣2️⃣ - 🇩🇰Vingegaard
3️⃣2️⃣8️⃣:2️⃣8️⃣:0️⃣5️⃣ - 🇸🇮Pogačar
🚨3 seconds difference after 84 stages and 13,667 km of racing.
🔗 stats by @procyclingstats.com
📊Final day before the start of 🇮🇹Giro d’Italia 2025.
⭕️Who is the best rider?
💨Who is the fastest sprinter?
📏How tall is the tallest participant?
🎯Who will be at start in great shape?
✅Model gives the answers.
🔗stat-blog by @statsoncycling.bsky.social: www.cyclingoracle.com/nl/blog/giro...
📊🇸🇮Tadej Pogačar is the first rider EVER to finish on the podium in 6 consecutive Monuments.
🥇- 🇧🇪Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024
🥇- 🇮🇹Il Lombardia 2024
🥉- 🇮🇹Milano-Sanremo 2025
🥇- 🇧🇪Ronde van Vlaanderen 2025
🥈- 🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix 2025
🥇- 🇧🇪Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025
📊🏆2025 is the third season EVER 2 riders both win 2 Monuments in a single season:
✅2023: 🇳🇱van der Poel (MSR+PR) & 🇸🇮Pogačar (RVV+LOM)
✅2024: 🇳🇱van der Poel (RVV+PR) & 🇸🇮Pogačar (LBL+LOM)
✅2025: 🇳🇱van der Poel (MSR+PR) & 🇸🇮Pogačar (RVB+LBL)
🤯This is a special era.
📊After 🇧🇪Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025, 🇸🇮Tadej Pogačar is, at 26 years and 218 days, 3rd most successful rider of all time (@prestigelisten).
0️⃣1️⃣🇧🇪Eddy Merckx (3995 pts)
0️⃣2️⃣🇫🇷Bernard Hinault (2244)
0️⃣3️⃣🇸🇮Tadej Pogačar (1930)
0️⃣4️⃣🇮🇹Fausto Coppi (1885)
0️⃣5️⃣🇮🇹Gino Bartali (1794)
📊Last male riders with top-3 in 🇳🇱AGR/🇧🇪LFW/🇧🇪LBL in same season:
2025: 🇸🇮Pogačar (🥈/🥇/🥇)
2019: 🇩🇰Fuglsang (🥉/🥈/🥇)
2015: 🇪🇸Valverde (🥈/🥇/🥇)
2011: 🇧🇪Gilbert (🥇/🥇/🥇)
2007: 🇮🇹Rebellin (🥈/🥇/🥇)
2004:🇮🇹Rebellin (🥇/🥇/🥇)
1976: 🇧🇪Maertens (🥇/🥉/🥈)
1975: 🇧🇪Merckx (🥇/🥉/🥇)
📊🏆First pro-win ánd leader-jersey for 🇳🇱Tibor Del Grosso in 🇹🇷Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkiye stage 2.
✨ Nice reward after an impressive spring-campaign in his first season with the World Team of 🇧🇪Alpecin-Deceuninck.
📊💡This is AI-analysis about how much each of the 5 Monuments suits 🇳🇱Van der Poel and 🇸🇮Pogačar.
🎯Actually, my table would look a little different:
▪️🇮🇹MSR: 35 / 65
▪️🇧🇪RVV: 60 / 40
▪️🇫🇷PR: 30 / 70
▪️🇧🇪LBL: 85 / 15
▪️🇮🇹LOM: 95 / 5
❓Thoughts?
📊🪨Best cobbled specialists after 🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix 2025:
0️⃣1️⃣🇳🇱van der Poel
0️⃣2️⃣🇩🇰Pedersen
0️⃣3️⃣🇸🇮Pogačar
0️⃣4️⃣🇧🇪van Aert
0️⃣5️⃣🇧🇪Philipsen
0️⃣6️⃣🇧🇪Benoot
0️⃣7️⃣🇨🇭Küng
0️⃣8️⃣🇧🇪Vermeersch F.
0️⃣9️⃣🇮🇹Ganna
1️⃣0️⃣🇧🇪Vermeersch G.
1️⃣1️⃣🇺🇸Jorgenson
1️⃣2️⃣🇧🇪Wellens
1️⃣3️⃣🇺🇸Powless
1️⃣4️⃣🇩🇪Politt
1️⃣5️⃣🇳🇱Teunissen
🔗 www.cyclingoracle.com/en/riders
📊🇸🇮Tadej Pogačar is the 9th rider ever who finished on the podium of all 5 Monuments in his career:
✅🇸🇮Tadej Pogačar
✅🇧🇪Philippe Gilbert
✅🇮🇪Sean Kelly
✅🇮🇹Francesco Moser
✅🇳🇱Hennie Kuiper
✅🇧🇪Rober De Vlaeminck
✅🇧🇪Eddy Merckx
✅🇧🇪Rik Van Looy
✅🇧🇪Alfred De Bruyne
📊🏆🇳🇱Mathieu van der Poel is the first male rider EVER who won a Cobbled Monument for 4 consecutive seasons:
🏆🇧🇪Ronde van Vlaanderen 2022
🏆🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix 2023
🏆🇧🇪Ronde van Vlaanderen 2024
🏆🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix 2024
🏆🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix 2025
📊Riders finishing on podium of 5 consecutive Monuments:
🇸🇮Pogačar: LBL’24>PR’25 (🥇🥇🥉🥇🥈)
🇮🇪Kelly: LOM’83>LBL’84 (🥇🥈🥈🥇🥇)
🇧🇪Merckx: LOM’74>LBL’75 (🥈🥇🥇🥈🥇)
🇧🇪Merckx: LOM’68>LBL’69 (🥉🥇🥇🥈🥇)
🔗recap with @velostatistics.bsky.social: velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-a-historic-clash-on-the-cobbles
📊Most podiums in the 5 Monuments:
30 | 🇧🇪Merckx
21 | 🇧🇪De Vlaeminck
16 | 🇨🇭Cancellara
15 | 🇮🇹Girardengo, 🇮🇪Kelly, 🇮🇹Moser, 🇧🇪Museeuw
14 | 🇮🇹Coppi, 🇳🇱van der Poel
13 | 🇮🇹Bartali, 🇧🇪Boonen, 🇧🇪Van Looy
12 | 🇧🇪Godefroot, 🇸🇮Pogačar
11 | 🇪🇸Valverde, 🇮🇹Belloni, 🇧🇪Gilbert
10 | 🇮🇹Gimondi, 🇮🇹Binda, 🇳🇱Raas
No one did it in a single season.
9 riders did it in their career (Gilbert, Pogacar, Kelly last ones).
3 riders did ‘5 in a row’ across 2 seasons: Kelly, Merckx, Pogacar.
Recap: A Historic Clash on the Cobbles
Unpacking a Monumental Edition of the "Hell of the North"
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-a-hi...
🤝 @statsoncycling.bsky.social
Recap: A Statistical Dive into Flanders' 2025 Epic
From Rainbow Jerseys to Record Speeds: Analyzing a Monumental Race
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-a-st...
🤝 @statsoncycling.bsky.social
📊✨Expected battle in 🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix is getting more interesting day by day:
🇳🇱M. van der Poel - at his best
🇩🇰M. Pedersen - stronger than ever
🇮🇹F. Ganna - big watts bigger engine
🇧🇪W. van Aert - if any race suits him
🇧🇪J. Philipsen - great cobbled form
🇸🇮T. Pogacar - …
📊🏆9 consecutive (!) seasons with 3+ victories at highest level: 🇸🇮Primož Roglič.
10 | 🇧🇪Merckx, 🇫🇷Hinault, 🇫🇷Jalabert, 🇸🇰Sagan
9 | 🇮🇪Kelly, 🇮🇹Cipollini, 🇩🇪Greipel, 🇸🇮Roglič
8 | 🇫🇷Anquetil
7 | 🇧🇪Van Looy, 🇧🇪De Vlaeminck, 🇦🇺McEwen, 🇬🇧Cavendish, 🇸🇮Pogačar
🤝 @velostatistics.bsky.social
Since ProTour/WorldTour was invented in 2005.
Races in which a single rider has won all three main jerseys:
2021 Basque Country - Primoz Roglic
2023 Tirreno Adriatico - Primoz Roglic
2024 Volta a Catalunya - Tadej Pogacar
2024 Tour de Suisse - Adam Yates
2025 Volta a Catalunya - Primoz Roglic
Mathieu van der Poel tegen Tadej Pogacar én Wout van Aert:
worden zij de grootste rivalen uit de geschiedenis van de wielerklassiekers?
Ik dook, samen met @velostatistics.bsky.social en @statsoncycling.bsky.social, in alle resultaten.
Het opmerkelijke resultaat 👇
www.knack.be/sport/wielre...
📊🏆Most consecutive seasons with big victory:
..
8 | 🇦🇺Ewan ('15-22), 🇦🇺Matthews ('13-20), 🇩🇪Kittel 011-18), 🇬🇧Froome (11-18), 🇫🇷Alaphilippe (17-24*), 🇬🇧Yates S. (16-23)
7 | 🇳🇱van der Poel (19-25*), 🇮🇹Ganna (19-25*), 🇧🇪Gilbert (09-15), 🇧🇪Wellens (14-20), 🇸🇮Pogacar (19-25*), 🇩🇰Cort (18-24*), Lutsenko (15-21)
📊🏆Most consecutive seasons with victory at 🌍WT-level (recently active):
13 | 🇸🇰Sagan (2010-22)
11 | 🇩🇪Greipel (2008-18), 🇬🇧Cavendish (2007-17)
10 | 🇸🇮Roglic (2016-25*), 🇮🇹Nibali (2010-19)
9 | 🇨🇴Quintana (2012-20), 🇦🇺Porte (2013-21)
🤝 @velostatistics.bsky.social
📊🏆2 riders have multiple wins in all of the first 3 monuments of the season:
🏆🇳🇱Mathieu van der Poel:
✅2x 🇮🇹Milano-Sanremo
✅3x 🇧🇪Ronde van Vlaanderen
✅2x 🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix
🏆🇧🇪Eddy Merckx
✅7x 🇮🇹Milano-Sanremo
✅2x 🇧🇪Ronde van Vlaanderen
✅3x 🇫🇷Paris-Roubaix
📊🏆Last riders winning 🇮🇹Milano-Sanremo after attack before Poggio:
2025: 🇳🇱van der Poel (escaped group)
1996: 🇮🇹Colombo (solo > escaped group)
1991: 🇮🇹Chiapucci (solo > duo)
1990:🇮🇹Bugno (solo)
1987: 🇨🇭Mächler (solo > duo)
1985: 🇳🇱Kuiper (solo > group)
🤝 @jonascreteur.bsky.social
📊⚔️When 🇳🇱Mathieu van der Poel and 🇸🇮Tadej Pogacar both compete in the same one-day race since 2022:
🏁11 clashes
🔝Better result: 🇳🇱6 /🇸🇮5
🏆Victory: 🇳🇱4 /🇸🇮3
🥉Podium: 🇳🇱9 / 🇸🇮6
✅10/11 one of both top-3
✅8/11 both top-5
📅🇮🇹MSR'25 will be clash #19 in their career.