World Championships ME - Road Race

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  Preliminary results.

  Rnk.	Rider	Team	Time
  1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Netherlands	6:07:27
  2	VAN AERT Wout	Belgium	1:37
  3	POGAČAR Tadej	Slovenia	1:45
  4	PEDERSEN Mads	Denmark	1:45
  5	KÜNG Stefan	Switzerland	3:48
  6	STUYVEN Jasper	Belgium	3:48
  7	DINHAM Matthew	Australia	3:48
  8	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Latvia	3:48
  9	BENOOT Tiesj	Belgium	3:48
  10	BETTIOL Alberto	Italy	4:03

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  BIB of the winners of the past editions of World Championships ME - Road Race .

  Year	Rider	BIB
  2023	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	53
  2022	EVENEPOEL Remco	15
  2021	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	1
  2020	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	33
  2019	PEDERSEN Mads	80
  2018	VALVERDE Alejandro	39
  2017	SAGAN Peter	1
  2016	SAGAN Peter	1
  2015	SAGAN Peter	179
  2014	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	91
  2013	COSTA Rui	150
  2012	GILBERT Philippe	31
  2011	CAVENDISH Mark	41
  2010	HUSHOVD Thor	77
  2009	EVANS Cadel	21
  2008	BALLAN Alessandro	2
  2007	BETTINI Paolo	1
  2006	BETTINI Paolo	71
  2005	BOONEN Tom	89
  2004	FREIRE Óscar	3

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  Top specialty for the top-10 riders.

  #		Specialty	Rider
  1		classic	VAN DER POEL Mathieu
  2		classic	VAN AERT Wout
  3		climber	POGAČAR Tadej
  4		classic	PEDERSEN Mads
  5		tt	KÜNG Stefan
  6		classic	STUYVEN Jasper
  7		classic	DINHAM Matthew
  8		classic	SKUJIŅŠ Toms
  9		classic	BENOOT Tiesj
  10		climber	BETTIOL Alberto
  11		climber	POWLESS Neilson
  12		classic	VAN BAARLE Dylan
  13		climber	SCHMID Mauro
  14		climber	SKJELMOSE Mattias
  15		classic	MADOUAS Valentin
  16		classic	DEGENKOLB John
  17		classic	TILLER Rasmus
  18		classic	DOULL Owain
  19		climber	ARANBURU Alex
  20		climber	VERMAERKE Kevin

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  Top specialty top-10
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  The last times VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Netherlands) and VAN AERT Wout (Belgium) finished 1,2.

  Year	Race
  2023	World Championships ME - Road Race
  2023	E3 Saxo Classic
  2021	Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 3
  2020	Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres ME
  2017	Ride Bruges (Bruges Cycling Classic)

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  Dropouts per edition.

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  • 72

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  • 126

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  • 129

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    '08
  • 94

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    '09
  • 79

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    '10
  • 33

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    '11
  • 85

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    '12
  • 147

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    '13
  • 109

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    '14
  • 82

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    '15
  • 146

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    '16
  • 64

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  • 112

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    '18
  • 151

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  • 89

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    '20
  • 126

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  • 66

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  • 144

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  The number of riders per team that have finished.

  #	Team	#Riders	Best result
  1	Netherlands	3	1
  2	Belgium	5	2
  3	Slovenia	2	3
  4	Denmark	2	4
  5	Switzerland	3	5
  6	Australia	2	7
  7	Latvia	3	8
  8	Italy	5	10
  9	United States	2	11
  10	France	2	15
  11	Germany	2	16
  12	Norway	3	17
  13	Great Britain	2	18
  14	Spain	2	19
  15	Austria	4	22
  16	Czech Republic	3	24
  17	Sweden	1	32
  18	Canada	2	36
  19	Portugal	1	46
  20	New Zealand	1	48
  21	Kazakhstan	1	49
  22	Greece	0	1005
  23	Cyprus	0	1005
  24	Venezuela	0	1005
  25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1005
  26	Rwanda	0	1005
  27	Cape Verde	0	1005
  28	China	0	1005
  29	Algeria	0	1005
  30	Mauritius	0	1005
  31	Ukraine	0	1005
  32	Vatican	0	1005
  33	Ireland	0	1005
  34	Panama	0	1005
  35	Uganda	0	1005
  36	South Africa	0	1005
  37	Israel	0	1005
  38	Anguilla	0	1005
  39	Ecuador	0	1005
  40	Uruguay	0	1005
  41	Malta	0	1005
  42	Morocco	0	1005
  43	Uzbekistan	0	1005
  44	Japan	0	1005
  45	Brazil	0	1005
  46	Slovakia	0	1005
  47	Mongolia	0	1005
  48	British Virgin Islands	0	1005
  49	Poland	0	1005
  50	Eritrea	0	1005
  51	Argentina	0	1005
  52	Monaco	0	1005
  53	Costa Rica	0	1005
  54	Guyana	0	1005
  55	Hungary	0	1005
  56	Colombia	0	1005
  57	Luxembourg	0	1005
  58	Chile	0	1005

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  Stars in PCS game for the top-10 today.

  #	Rider	Stars
  1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	3411
  2	VAN AERT Wout	3090
  3	POGAČAR Tadej	1839
  4	PEDERSEN Mads	1749
  5	KÜNG Stefan	5
  6	STUYVEN Jasper	3
  7	DINHAM Matthew
  8	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	1
  9	BENOOT Tiesj
  10	BETTIOL Alberto	66
  11	POWLESS Neilson	48
  12	VAN BAARLE Dylan	82
  13	SCHMID Mauro	5
  14	SKJELMOSE Mattias	48
  15	MADOUAS Valentin	30
  16	DEGENKOLB John	1
  17	TILLER Rasmus	1
  18	DOULL Owain
  19	ARANBURU Alex	5
  20	VERMAERKE Kevin

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  The position on the all time ranking for the last winners of World Championships ME - Road Race .

  Year	Rider	All time ranking
  2023	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	132
  2022	EVENEPOEL Remco	109
  2021	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	93
  2020	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	93
  2019	PEDERSEN Mads	274
  2018	VALVERDE Alejandro	6
  2017	SAGAN Peter	16
  2016	SAGAN Peter	16
  2015	SAGAN Peter	16
  2014	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	125
  2013	COSTA Rui	138
  2012	GILBERT Philippe	28
  2011	CAVENDISH Mark	24
  2010	HUSHOVD Thor	97
  2009	EVANS Cadel	83
  2008	BALLAN Alessandro	375
  2007	BETTINI Paolo	47
  2006	BETTINI Paolo	47
  2005	BOONEN Tom	26
  2004	FREIRE Óscar	53

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  The number of riders within 5 minutes of the winner in World Championships ME - Road Race .

  Year	#Riders
  2023	12
  2022	125
  2021	141
  2020	122
  2019	181
  2018	151
  2017	152
  2016	171
  2015	170
  2014	65
  2013	191
  2012	172
  2011	145
  2010	115
  2009	140
  2008	185
  2007	186
  2006	153
  2005	139
  2004	179

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  Longest solo win in World Championships ME - Road Race since 1982.

  Year	Winner	Solo kms
  2022	EVENEPOEL Remco	25.8
  2023	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	22.3
  2021	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	17.4
  1995	OLANO Abraham	17
  1993	ARMSTRONG Lance	12
  2020	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	12
  1998	CAMENZIND Oscar	11
  1983	LEMOND Greg	9
  1984	CRIQUIELION Claude	8
  2014	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	6
  2009	EVANS Cadel	4.8
  2008	BALLAN Alessandro	3
  2003	ASTARLOA Igor	3
  2015	SAGAN Peter	2.7
  2012	GILBERT Philippe	2.5
  1985	ZOETEMELK Joop	1.8
  1994	LEBLANC Luc	1
  1999	FREIRE Óscar	0.5
  1987	ROCHE Stephen	0.4
  1982	SARONNI Giuseppe	0.3

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  Fastest editions of World Championships ME - Road Race (*average so far).

  #	Year	Avg. speed
  1	2011	46.879
  2	2002	46.538
  3	2016	45.310
  4	2021	45.147
  5	2023	44.267
  6	2012	43.282
  7	2000	42.971
  8	1998	42.822
  9	2022	42.575
  10	2006	42.460
  11	2005	42.417
  12	1997	42.277
  13	2015	41.870
  14	2001	41.503
  15	1970	41.419
  16	2017	41.346
  17	2010	41.282
  18	1985	41.202
  19	1999	41.109
  20	1969	41.100

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  Number of different nationalities in the top-10 of today.
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  VAN DER POEL Mathieu is the 72nd winner in World Championships ME - Road Race history.

  nth winner	Rider	Year of first win
  72	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	2023
  71	EVENEPOEL Remco	2022
  70	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	2020
  69	PEDERSEN Mads	2019
  68	VALVERDE Alejandro	2018
  67	SAGAN Peter	2015
  66	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	2014
  65	COSTA Rui	2013
  64	GILBERT Philippe	2012
  63	CAVENDISH Mark	2011
  62	HUSHOVD Thor	2010
  61	EVANS Cadel	2009
  60	BALLAN Alessandro	2008
  59	BETTINI Paolo	2006
  58	BOONEN Tom	2005

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  Preliminary results.

  Rnk.	Rider	Team	Time
  1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Netherlands	6:07:27
  2	VAN AERT Wout	Belgium	1:37
  3	POGAČAR Tadej	Slovenia	1:45
  4	PEDERSEN Mads	Denmark	1:45
  5	KÜNG Stefan	Switzerland	3:48
  6	STUYVEN Jasper	Belgium	3:48
  7	DINHAM Matthew	Australia	3:48
  8	SKUJIŅŠ Toms	Latvia	3:48
  9	BENOOT Tiesj	Belgium	3:48
  10	BETTIOL Alberto	Italy	4:03

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  The last winners of World Championships ME - Road Race from Netherlands.

  Year	Winner	Starting
  2023	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	yes
  1985	ZOETEMELK Joop	-
  1979	RAAS Jan	-
  1978	KNETEMANN Gerrie	-
  1975	KUIPER Hennie	-
  1969	OTTENBROS Harm	-
  1964	JANSSEN Jan	-
  1947	MIDDELKAMP Theo	-

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  PEDERSEN Mads (Denmark) is 4th.
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  Third place for POGAČAR Tadej (Slovenia).
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  VAN AERT Wout (Belgium) comes in second place.
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  VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Netherlands) has 45 career wins.

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  It has been 49 days and 22 racedays since the last victory for VAN DER POEL Mathieu.
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  VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Netherlands) wins!
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  Finish.
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  Coming up on the final straight line!
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  Final kilometre!
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  Best results for VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Netherlands), sorted by PCS points.

  Season	Race	Class	Result	Points
  2022	Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres ME	1.UWT	1	275
  2023	Milano-Sanremo	1.UWT	1	275
  2020	Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres ME	1.UWT	1	275
  2023	Paris-Roubaix	1.UWT	1	275
  2020	BinckBank Tour	2.UWT	1	250
  2022	Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre ME	1.UWT	1	225
  2019	Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre ME	1.UWT	1	225
  2019	Amstel Gold Race	1.UWT	1	225
  2021	Strade Bianche	1.UWT	1	225
  2021	Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres ME	1.UWT	2	200

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  From what country did VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Netherlands) receive the most stars for today in the PCS game?

  #	Country		Stars
  1	France		456
  2	Belgium		304
  3	Spain		296
  4	Portugal		288
  5	Italy		284
  6	Netherlands		254
  7	Great Britain		171
  8	Germany		168
  9	United States		125
  10	Poland		121

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  The best rider per edition for Netherlands.

  Year	Result	Rider
  2023
  2022	25	MOLLEMA Bauke
  2021	2	VAN BAARLE Dylan
  2020	14	DUMOULIN Tom
  2019	20	TERPSTRA Niki
  2018	4	DUMOULIN Tom
  2017	24	TERPSTRA Niki
  2016	9	TERPSTRA Niki
  2015	11	DUMOULIN Tom
  2014	18	MOLLEMA Bauke
  2013	11	MOLLEMA Bauke
  2012	5	BOOM Lars
  2011	21	LIGTHART Pim
  2010	13	MOERENHOUT Koos
  2009	14	HOOGERLAND Johnny
  2008	10	GESINK Robert
  2007	11	DEKKER Thomas
  2006	16	KROON Karsten
  2005	15	DEKKER Thomas
  2004	7	BOOGERD Michael

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  82% of PCS game players picked VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Netherlands) in their team for today.