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2022 rewind | Who was the most popular rider of 2022?
21 December 2022, by Mark van der Linden
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Figure 1. Men riders with the most profile views in [year].
# Rider Hits
1 POGAČAR Tadej1067805
2 EVENEPOEL Remco982624
3 VAN AERT Wout925651
4 VAN DER POEL Mathieu701804
5 VINGEGAARD Jonas658457
6 ROGLIČ Primož638706
7 VALVERDE Alejandro581797
8 SAGAN Peter568630
9 GIRMAY Biniam518944
10 PEDERSEN Mads495346
11 ALAPHILIPPE Julian469560
12 ALMEIDA João462228
13 VLASOV Aleksandr460032
14 HAYTER Ethan421812
15 FROOME Chris404127
16 PIDCOCK Thomas402864
17 CAVENDISH Mark398975
18 MOHORIČ Matej388827
19 CARAPAZ Richard382246
20 DE LIE Arnaud379791
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Figure 2. Highest profile views increase compared to previous year.
# Rider Last year This year Increase
1 EVENEPOEL Remco469k981k▲511800
2 POGAČAR Tadej661k1066k▲404550
3 GIRMAY Biniam125k518k▲393473
4 DE LIE Arnaud16k379k▲363323
5 VAN AERT Wout617k924k▲307242
6 VINGEGAARD Jonas361k657k▲296791
7 TIETEMA Bas4k291k▲286296
8 PEDERSEN Mads255k495k▲239141
9 HINDLEY Jai137k362k▲225610
10 ARENSMAN Thymen110k315k▲204946
11 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland64k258k▲194325
12 JAKOBSEN Fabio174k367k▲192961
13 SHEFFIELD Magnus43k233k▲190230
14 VLASOV Aleksandr272k459k▲186317
15 KÄMNA Lennard114k294k▲179963
16 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian50k228k▲178463
17 HAYTER Ethan244k421k▲177035
18 KRISTOFF Alexander200k367k▲167905
19 AYUSO Juan192k359k▲166712
20 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos116k277k▲160590
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Figure 3. Men riders with the most profile hits on 1 day this season.
# Rider Hits
1 FOSS Tobias49367
2 EVENEPOEL Remco33220
3 VINGEGAARD Jonas31767
4 GIRMAY Biniam27140
5 VAN BAARLE Dylan26081
6 FEDOROV Yevgeniy22940
7 HOULE Hugo22431
8 VAN AERT Wout21725
9 VAN DER POEL Mathieu20665
10 VINE Jay20384
11 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro20383
12 SHEFFIELD Magnus19677
13 HINDLEY Jai19368
14 JUNGELS Bob19367
15 LAMPAERT Yves18555
16 BOUWMAN Koen18554
17 TEUNS Dylan18079
18 POGAČAR Tadej17944
19 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren17080
20 KÄMNA Lennard16752
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Figure 4. Women riders with the most profile views in [year].
# Rider Hits
1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek265194
2 WIEBES Lorena198445
3 VOS Marianne185281
4 BALSAMO Elisa166227
5 CAVALLI Marta163098
6 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa159765
7 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup141878
8 KOPECKY Lotte135893
9 VOLLERING Demi133659
10 VAN DIJK Ellen129991
11 BASTIANELLI Marta125719
12 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna123323
13 MOOLMAN Ashleigh96180
14 NORSGAARD Emma88811
15 GARCÍA Mavi83369
16 LIPPERT Liane81121
17 BROWN Grace74161
18 LABOUS Juliette72948
19 BRENNAUER Lisa71780
20 CORDON-RAGOT Audrey68758
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