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01 January 2023, by Mark van der Linden
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Figure 2. Biggest drop in position.
# Rider Position 2021 Position 2020 Drop
1 HINDLEY Jai-191▼309
2 KAZMIERCZAK Tadeusz-210▼290
3 JANSSEN Jan397143▼254
4 LANDIS Floyd-253▼247
5 BOOM Lars471243▼228
6 KÜBLER Ferdinand-284▼216
7 CASAGRANDE Francesco-285▼215
8 BOL Jetse-296▼204
9 GIRARDENGO Costante480277▼203
10 SASAK Oskar-299▼201
11 TANKINK Bram316116▼200
12 EISEL Bernhard452255▼197
13 ROLL Bob-307▼193
14 COQUARD Bryan500310▼190
15 NOWOMIEJSKI Jakub-313▼187
16 LEIPHEIMER Levi486302▼184
17 GARZELLI Stefano-316▼184
18 SIVAKOV Pavel-319▼181
19 THÉVENET Bernard-320▼180
20 HAYMAN Mathew340161▼179
21 BOARDMAN Chris365188▼177
22 ROOKS Steven399222▼177
23 RENSHAW Mark422245▼177
24 IMPEY Daryl394217▼177
25 BENNATI Daniele-326▼174
26 DEKKER Thomas367193▼174
27 STANNARD Ian353181▼172
28 HOOGERLAND Johnny378211▼167
29 MAGNI Fiorenzo-334▼166
30 BINDA Alfredo344179▼165
31 KOBLET Hugo-335▼165
32 LEBLANC Luc-337▼163
33 VAN DER VELDE Johan463300▼163
34 YATES Sean483321▼162
35 RAAS Jan258102▼156
36 VANDE VELDE Christian-346▼154
37 KNETEMANN Gerrie275121▼154
38 POPOVYCH Yaroslav-347▼153
39 BRAJKOVIČ Janez-348▼152
40 PEREZ CUAPIO Julio Alberto488339▼149
41 DI LUCA Danilo345196▼149
42 VAN SPRINGEL Herman-352▼148
43 BAKELANTS Jan493350▼143
44 VAN STEENBERGEN Rik-357▼143
45 GERRANS Simon468325▼143
46 WEENING Pieter469327▼142
47 DEVOLDER Stijn401260▼141
48 KIRCHEN Kim433292▼141
49 VAN HUMMEL Kenny-359▼141
50 FOLIFOROV Alexander-360▼140
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Figure 3. Fav500 ranking excluding own nation votes.
# Prev +/- Rider Votes
12▲1 SAGAN Peter
3109
23▲1 POGAČAR Tadej
3108
31▼2 VAN AERT Wout
2805
44- VAN DER POEL Mathieu
2549
55- VALVERDE Alejandro
2231
66- CONTADOR Alberto
2161
77- CANCELLARA Fabian
2081
89▲1 NIBALI Vincenzo
1749
98▼1 MERCKX Eddy
1682
1014▲4 ROGLIČ Primož
1603
1116▲5 FROOME Chris
1539
1211▼1 CAVENDISH Mark
1539
1310▼3 BOONEN Tom
1364
1412▼2 ALAPHILIPPE Julian
1341
1513▼2 EVENEPOEL Remco
1212
1619▲3 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
1207
1715▼2 GILBERT Philippe
1168
1818- PANTANI Marco
1144
1920▲1 VOS Marianne
1007
2017▼3 INDURAIN Miguel
995
Figure 4. Ranking by female voters.
# Original rnk +/- Rider Votes
12▲1 SAGAN Peter308
24▲2 ROGLIČ Primož198
31▼2 VAN AERT Wout181
45▲1 ALAPHILIPPE Julian173
56▲1 POGAČAR Tadej157
63▼3 VAN DER POEL Mathieu148
718▲11 VOS Marianne123
87▼1 VALVERDE Alejandro122
99- CAVENDISH Mark113
1056▲46 SAGAN Juraj112
1168▲57 OSS Daniel106
1213▲1 FROOME Chris104
1311▼2 NIBALI Vincenzo98
1423▲9 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek84
1524▲9 GANNA Filippo82
1620▲4 DUMOULIN Tom80
1710▼7 CANCELLARA Fabian73
188▼10 CONTADOR Alberto68
1938▲19 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna62
2027▲7 KWIATKOWSKI Michał62
21106▲85 BODNAR Maciej60
2249▲27 THOMAS Geraint56
2316▼7 GILBERT Philippe53
2419▼5 BERNAL Egan48
2544▲19 MARTIN Tony47
2628▲2 PINOT Thibaut44
2775▲48 DEIGNAN Elizabeth44
2845▲17 GREIPEL André44
2937▲8 QUINTANA Nairo43
3036▲6 VAN AVERMAET Greg43
3160▲29 MAJKA Rafał43
3261▲29 KUSS Sepp42
3315▼18 MERCKX Eddy40
3412▼22 BOONEN Tom40
35111▲76 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa40
36122▲86 BAŠKA Erik39
3759▲22 ŠTYBAR Zdeněk37
3826▼12 COLBRELLI Sonny36
3921▼18 EVENEPOEL Remco34
4031▼9 PIDCOCK Thomas32
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Figure 5. Highest climbers in ranking.
# Rider Position 2021 Position 2020 Positions gained
1 CARUSO Damiano103485▲382
2 MÄDER Gino126453▲327
3 COLBRELLI Sonny26343▲317
4 VAN BAARLE Dylan186489▲303
5 ARANBURU Alex172469▲297
6 POWLESS Neilson232494▲262
7 SAGAN Juraj56317▲261
8 CAMPENAERTS Victor136386▲250
9 PHILIPSEN Jasper85333▲248
10 GIRMAY Biniam164379▲215
11 CORT Magnus72267▲195
12 SÉNÉCHAL Florian197387▲190
13 KONRAD Patrick300488▲188
14 TIETEMA Bas310492▲182
15 MØRKØV Michael123304▲181
16 OLIVEIRA Rui263440▲177
17 KOPECKY Lotte214388▲174
18 ASGREEN Kasper40213▲173
19 BODNAR Maciej106263▲157
20 BETTIOL Alberto182332▲150
21 RODRIGUES João342491▲149
22 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas233371▲138
23 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna76212▲136
24 MOHORIČ Matej53187▲134
25 POLITT Nils156290▲134
26 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa111244▲133
27 OSS Daniel68198▲130
28 BURGHARDT Marcus254375▲121
29 PIDCOCK Thomas31151▲120
30 MAS Enric157269▲112
31 CICCONE Giulio143249▲106
32 ANIOŁKOWSKI Stanisław336441▲105
33 PELLAUD Simon334437▲103
34 JAKOBSEN Fabio65168▲103
35 NIZZOLO Giacomo209309▲100
36 PEÁK Barnabás343442▲99
37 BILBAO Pello149247▲98
38 OLIVEIRA Ivo330426▲96
39 STUYVEN Jasper62157▲95
40 GIGANTE Sarah249344▲95
41 KREUZIGER Roman124218▲94
42 VIVIANI Elia145236▲91
43 CAVAGNA Rémi192283▲91
44 VALTER Attila147234▲87
45 LUTSENKO Alexey171258▲87
46 COSNEFROY Benoît105190▲85
47 TEUNS Dylan386464▲78
48 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe220298▲78
49 MOOLMAN Ashleigh317394▲77
50 MADOUAS Valentin296372▲76
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Figure 6. [val]% of all voters are woman.
6.8
Figure 9. The number of riders per decade in the favorite top 500 up to now.
  • 12
    40s
  • 20
    50s
  • 27
    60s
  • 43
    70s
  • 79
    80s
  • 155
    90s
  • 268
    00s
  • 375
    10s
  • 288
    20s
Figure 10. There have been [nr_voters] lists posted in [year].
Figure 11. Ranking by voters with age under 25.
# Original rnk +/- Rider Votes
11- VAN AERT Wout659
23▲1 VAN DER POEL Mathieu597
36▲3 POGAČAR Tadej546
42▼2 SAGAN Peter532
54▼1 ROGLIČ Primož519
65▼1 ALAPHILIPPE Julian512
78▲1 CONTADOR Alberto341
89▲1 CAVENDISH Mark339
97▼2 VALVERDE Alejandro337
1013▲3 FROOME Chris260
1111- NIBALI Vincenzo242
1219▲7 BERNAL Egan234
1310▼3 CANCELLARA Fabian223
1421▲7 EVENEPOEL Remco219
1516▲1 GILBERT Philippe179
1627▲11 KWIATKOWSKI Michał177
1724▲7 GANNA Filippo171
1812▼6 BOONEN Tom169
1926▲7 COLBRELLI Sonny167
2028▲8 PINOT Thibaut163
2132▲11 ALMEIDA João160
2215▼7 MERCKX Eddy150
2329▲6 CARAPAZ Richard148
2431▲7 PIDCOCK Thomas144
2520▼5 DUMOULIN Tom134
2643▲17 VINGEGAARD Jonas130
2740▲13 ASGREEN Kasper128
2833▲5 SCHLECK Andy125
2953▲24 MOHORIČ Matej115
3037▲7 QUINTANA Nairo107
3118▼13 VOS Marianne105
3266▲34 GAUDU David102
3323▼10 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek100
3447▲13 LANDA Mikel99
3550▲15 BARDET Romain98
3634▼2 DE GENDT Thomas94
3736▼1 VAN AVERMAET Greg89
3862▲24 STUYVEN Jasper89
3945▲6 GREIPEL André89
4044▲4 MARTIN Tony86
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Figure 12. Ranking by voters with age above 35
# Original rnk +/- Rider Votes
12▲1 SAGAN Peter435
21▼1 VAN AERT Wout367
33- VAN DER POEL Mathieu327
45▲1 ALAPHILIPPE Julian316
54▼1 ROGLIČ Primož288
66- POGAČAR Tadej259
715▲8 MERCKX Eddy240
87▼1 VALVERDE Alejandro238
99- CAVENDISH Mark219
1018▲8 VOS Marianne192
1130▲19 HINAULT Bernard181
1210▼2 CANCELLARA Fabian178
138▼5 CONTADOR Alberto167
1411▼3 NIBALI Vincenzo154
1513▼2 FROOME Chris149
1614▼2 PANTANI Marco144
1717- INDURAIN Miguel143
1848▲30 LEMOND Greg142
1912▼7 BOONEN Tom140
2016▼4 GILBERT Philippe131
2157▲36 KELLY Sean127
2225▲3 ARMSTRONG Lance117
2323- VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek105
2420▼4 DUMOULIN Tom98
2539▲14 COPPI Fausto96
2670▲44 FIGNON Laurent91
2790▲63 ZOETEMELK Joop90
2879▲51 DE VLAEMINCK Roger82
2938▲9 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna78
3027▼3 KWIATKOWSKI Michał78
3124▼7 GANNA Filippo72
3219▼13 BERNAL Egan71
3368▲35 OSS Daniel70
3422▼12 ULLRICH Jan69
3549▲14 THOMAS Geraint68
3655▲19 BARTALI Gino65
3736▼1 VAN AVERMAET Greg65
3856▲18 SAGAN Juraj63
3926▼13 COLBRELLI Sonny62
4031▼9 PIDCOCK Thomas61
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Figure 13. Voters age for [rider1].
  • 49.0
    <20
  • 46.3
    21-30
  • 46.5
    31-40
  • 41.4
    41-50
  • 39.0
    51+
Figure 14. Voters age for [rider1].
  • 36.7
    <20
  • 40.5
    21-30
  • 42.9
    31-40
  • 47.2
    41-50
  • 47.4
    51+
Figure 15. The number of voters per nation so far.
# Country #Voters
1 Belgium923
923
2 Spain867
867
3 France830
830
4 Netherlands595
595
5 Italy594
594
6 Germany481
481
7 Portugal412
412
8 United Kingdom346
346
9 Poland265
265
10 Slovakia246
246
11 United States235
235
12 Denmark220
220
13 Czech Republic114
114
14 Colombia103
103
15 Switzerland103
103
16 Japan100
100
17 Hungary98
98
18 Slovenia78
78
19 Ireland76
76
20 Australia66
66
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Figure 16. The number of voters per nation so far.
# Country #Voters
1 Spain824
824
2 Belgium624
624
3 Netherlands591
591
4 France478
478
5 Slovakia408
408
6 United Kingdom331
331
7 Portugal301
301
8 Italy290
290
9 Germany283
283
10 Poland253
253
11 United States191
191
12 Denmark152
152
13 Czech Republic99
99
14 Hungary76
76
15 Japan75
75
16 Colombia67
67
17 Australia64
64
18 Switzerland63
63
19 Canada55
55
20 Slovenia51
51
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Figure 17. Favorite500 ranking in [year].
# Position Rider Picks
16 CONTADOR Alberto2641
27 CANCELLARA Fabian2149
38 MERCKX Eddy2122
410 BOONEN Tom1935
517 INDURAIN Miguel1532
618 PANTANI Marco1480
721 HINAULT Bernard1224
822 COPPI Fausto1035
923 ULLRICH Jan992
1024 ARMSTRONG Lance978
1126 BARTALI Gino769
1227 SCHLECK Andy726
1331 KELLY Sean612
1432 DUMOULIN Tom594
1533 ANQUETIL Jacques591
1634 LEMOND Greg581
1736 CIPOLLINI Mario549
1838 REBELLIN Davide504
1939 FREIRE Óscar501
2040 BETTINI Paolo497
2142 MUSEEUW Johan471
2245 VOECKLER Thomas468
2346 JALABERT Laurent463
2447 DE VLAEMINCK Roger452
2548 RODRÍGUEZ Joaquim452
2653 VOIGT Jens422
2754 POULIDOR Raymond407
2855 GREIPEL André402
2956 MARTIN Tony401
3057 WIGGINS Bradley383
3158 VAN DER BREGGEN Anna365
3259 ZABEL Erik355
3360 FIGNON Laurent344
3465 HUSHOVD Thor316
3566 KITTEL Marcel316
3669 MOSER Francesco303
3770 GIMONDI Felice301
3873 VANDENBROUCKE Frank291
3975 EVANS Cadel288
4078 DELGADO Pedro278
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Figure 18. Percentage of people that preferred disc over rim braking per year.
  • 53.4
    2021
  • 57.0
    2022
Figure 19. Riders new in the Favorite500.
# Position Rider #Picks
1109 DE LIE Arnaud182
2132 HINDLEY Jai151
3183 WRIGHT Fred88
4188 CAVALLI Marta86
5230 PIETERSE Puck67
6232 VINE Jay66
7233 KOOIJ Olav66
8239 ARENSMAN Thymen62
9240 VAN STEENBERGEN Rik61
10255 VAN EMPEL Fem55
11282 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian49
12292 KÜBLER Ferdinand46
13299 SHEFFIELD Magnus45
14307 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland43
15327 BOLTS Udo39
16331 PERSICO Silvia39
17337 SKJELMOSE Mattias38
18339 MAGNI Fiorenzo37
19344 KOBLET Hugo36
20356 LUDWIG Olaf33
21359 ALTIG Rudi32
22364 TESFATSION Natnael32
23366 THÉVENET Bernard31
24370 VAN POPPEL Danny31
25372 VAN MECHELEN Vlad31
26382 MORGADO António30
27384 LANDIS Floyd29
28396 TURNER Ben29
29398 FRANCESCON Nicola29
30399 VAN SPRINGEL Herman28
31400 CASAGRANDE Francesco28
32402 SIMON Julien28
33403 SWEECK Laurens28
34405 GRÉGOIRE Romain28
35409 LACH Marta27
36410 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro27
37413 LUPERINI Fabiana26
38419 BOUWMAN Koen26
39425 VUILLERMOZ Alexis25
40427 ŠTOČEK Matúš25
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