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The Netherlands, December 8, 2021 – After the inaugural edition, won by three time world champion Peter Sagan, the PCS Favorite500 is back for 2021. From Friday December 10 8:00 PM (CET) until Sunday December 19th 8:00 PM, cycling enthusiasts from all over the world can vote for a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 of their favorite cyclists via procyclingstats.com/favorite500. The final ranking will be revealed gradually on the website and social media from December 23 until December 31.

In 2020, more than 5,000 lists from 121 countries were submitted, with almost half of those lists containing Peter Sagan. The award, a glass trophy with the Favorite500 logo and list of the recipients’ names engraved in it, was presented to the Slovakian shortly after his win was announced.


“Our website is full of statistics about which rider is the best or which rider won the most races. That’s our business; statistics. However, this ranking is not about who is best, but about who is liked the most. A reason for having a favorite cyclist is completely personal. The contrast between statistics and a subjective ranking like ours, that’s the beauty of it,” said Stephan van der Zwan, CEO and founder of ProCyclingStats.
Peter Sagan with the 2020 award.

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Founded in 2013, ProCyclingStats has become the leading website in cycling-related data. The site is full of modern-day and historical cycling results and statistics, and has been providing live feeds for the biggest races since 2019. Journalists and TV commentators from all over the world frequently credit PCS after using their data. Do you want to know who the oldest winner of the World Championship was or how many editions of the Tour de France visited the city of Lyon? A quick search in the PCS database will provide you with those answers (Joop Zoetemelk at age 38 and 17 editions).