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22 July 2022, by Mark van der Linden
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Figure 1. The percentage of riders on WorldTour teams with age [age] or younger (age at the start of the contract period).
  • 20.6
    2000
  • 22.0
    2001
  • 19.9
    2002
  • 17.4
    2003
  • 19.8
    2004
  • 22.1
    2005
  • 23.6
    2006
  • 23.2
    2007
  • 23.9
    2008
  • 24.1
    2009
  • 23.3
    2010
  • 19.6
    2011
  • 18.1
    2012
  • 20.4
    2013
  • 20.1
    2014
  • 18.8
    2015
  • 19.1
    2016
  • 20.5
    2017
  • 20.5
    2018
  • 19.3
    2019
  • 23.7
    2020
  • 23.9
    2021
  • 26.5
    2022
Figure 2. The percentage of points scored by riders age [age] and younger per season.
  • 3.0
    2000
  • 2.8
    2001
  • 4.8
    2002
  • 5.0
    2003
  • 5.0
    2004
  • 6.8
    2005
  • 6.4
    2006
  • 9.3
    2007
  • 8.2
    2008
  • 7.9
    2009
  • 7.2
    2010
  • 9.1
    2011
  • 10.4
    2012
  • 8.9
    2013
  • 8.6
    2014
  • 9.3
    2015
  • 9.2
    2016
  • 9.2
    2017
  • 9.2
    2018
  • 10.6
    2019
  • 11.1
    2020
  • 10.9
    2021
  • 13.1
    2022
Figure 3. Points per age compared between riders born between [jaar_a1]-[jaar_a2] and [jaar_b1]-[jaar_b2]. The number are normalized, meaning the maximum points is set to 100%.
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75
100
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  • Riders born between 1971 - 1975
  • Riders born between 1976 - 1980
  • Riders born between 1981 - 1985
  • Riders born between 1986 - 1990
  • Riders born between 1991 - 1995

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