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 | 2003 | 9 | Tour de France | Stage 1 | 8146 |
| 2 | 2003 | 2 | Tour de France | Stage 3 | 7705 |
| 3 | 2004 | 7 | Milano-Sanremo | 6809 |
| 4 | 2003 | 8 | Tour de France | Stage 20 | 6683 |
| 5 | 2001 | 10 | Tour de France | Stage 6 | 5371 |
| 6 | 2001 | 2 | Tour de France | Stage 1 | 5368 |
| 7 | 2001 | 3 | Tour de France | Stage 19 | 5094 |
| 8 | 2001 | 3 | Milano-Sanremo | 5077 |
| 9 | 2001 | 3 | Paris-Bruxelles | 4952 |
| 10 | 2001 | 8 | Tour de France | Stage 17 | 4916 |
| 11 | 2001 | 2 | HEW Cyclassics | 4889 |
| 12 | 2003 | 5 | Tour de France | Stage 6 | 4039 |
| 13 | 2002 | 10 | HEW Cyclassics | 3590 |
| 14 | 2002 | 3 | Tour of Belgium | Stage 1 | 3535 |
| 15 | 2002 | 3 | Tour of Belgium | Stage 2a | 3481 |
| 16 | 2001 | 1 | Volta a Catalunya | Stage 3 | 3481 |
| 17 | 2003 | 6 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 1 | 3187 |
| 18 | 2001 | 10 | Ronde van Vlaanderen / Tour des Flandres | 2612 |
| 19 | 2002 | 2 | Tour of Belgium | Stage 4 | 2576 |
| 20 | 2003 | 3 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 2 | 2538 |
| 21 | 2004 | 3 | Trofeo Laigueglia | 2155 |
| 22 | 2003 | 10 | Paris-Bruxelles | 1588 |
| 23 | 2003 | 6 | Paris - Roubaix | 1413 |