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 | 1998 | 8 | Tour de France | Stage 4 | 6182 |
| 2 | 1999 | 10 | Tour de France | Stage 6 | 5316 |
| 3 | 2000 | 3 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 8 | 5286 |
| 4 | 2000 | 6 | Scheldeprijs | 4569 |
| 5 | 1998 | 10 | Tour de France | Stage 9 | 4008 |
| 6 | 1999 | 6 | Tour de France | Stage 20 | 3835 |
| 7 | 1999 | 6 | Tour de France | Stage 17 | 3750 |
| 8 | 1996 | 10 | Paris - Tours | 3384 |
| 9 | 1997 | 10 | Scheldeprijs | 3303 |
| 10 | 2000 | 5 | GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut | 3084 |
| 11 | 1999 | 6 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 8 | 2907 |
| 12 | 1996 | 4 | Gent - Wevelgem | 2852 |
| 13 | 1999 | 10 | Scheldeprijs | 2761 |
| 14 | 1999 | 9 | GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut | 2704 |
| 15 | 2007 | 9 | Dwars door Vlaanderen | 2597 |
| 16 | 2000 | 7 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 1 | 2541 |
| 17 | 1999 | 6 | E3-Prijs Harelbeke | 2465 |
| 18 | 2005 | 5 | Paris - Roubaix | 2169 |
| 19 | 1997 | 7 | Vuelta a España | Stage 17 | 2112 |
| 20 | 2002 | 7 | Paris-Bruxelles | 1993 |
| 21 | 2001 | 9 | Vuelta a España | Stage 3 | 1962 |
| 22 | 1999 | 10 | Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres | 1936 |
| 23 | 1998 | 8 | Dwars door België / À travers la Belgique | 1922 |
| 24 | 2006 | 10 | Eneco Tour of Benelux | Stage 3 | 1916 |
| 25 | 2002 | 4 | Giro d'Italia | Stage 18 | 1852 |