Top quality sprinter fields
The best sprinters in the world can beat the best sprinters in the world. This statistic measures the sprint quality of the top-10 in the following manner. For each rider in the top-10, the point score in the sprinters ranking at the end of the previous year is summed.
| # | Year | Result | Race | Sprint points top-10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 | 9 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 1 | 6881 |
| 2 | 2006 | 9 | Tour de France | Stage 9 | 6010 |
| 3 | 2006 | 4 | Tour de France | Stage 5 | 5991 |
| 4 | 2007 | 8 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 7 | 5644 |
| 5 | 2006 | 5 | Tour de France | Stage 4 | 5467 |
| 6 | 2006 | 2 | Gent - Wevelgem | 5126 |
| 7 | 2007 | 8 | Eneco Tour | Stage 3 | 5000 |
| 8 | 2007 | 8 | Tour de Suisse | Stage 4 | 4704 |
| 9 | 2008 | 9 | Eneco Tour | Stage 3 | 4497 |
| 10 | 2008 | 8 | Eneco Tour | Stage 4 | 4345 |
| 11 | 2007 | 5 | Dwars door Vlaanderen | 4035 |
| 12 | 2008 | 7 | Ster Elektrotoer | Stage 4 | 3684 |
| 13 | 2006 | 8 | Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt | Stage 1 | 3673 |
| 14 | 2006 | 8 | Eneco Tour of Benelux | Stage 5 | 3486 |
| 15 | 2005 | 5 | Rund um den Henninger Turm | 3389 |
| 16 | 2007 | 9 | Eneco Tour | Stage 4 | 3349 |
| 17 | 2007 | 4 | Volta ao Algarve | Stage 3 | 3177 |
| 18 | 2005 | 9 | Ster Elektrotoer | Stage 5 | 3173 |
| 19 | 2007 | 4 | Tour de Pologne | Stage 2 | 3038 |
| 20 | 2007 | 7 | Eneco Tour | Stage 5 | 3016 |
| 21 | 2007 | 1 | Tour de Pologne | Stage 3 | 2968 |
| 22 | 2005 | 2 | Ster Elektrotoer | Stage 1 | 2789 |
| 23 | 2006 | 6 | Tour of California | Stage 6 | 2739 |
| 24 | 2006 | 1 | Eneco Tour of Benelux | Stage 6 | 2560 |
| 25 | 2007 | 10 | De Brabantse Pijl - La Flèche Brabançonne | 2155 |