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Welcome to all new followers! 🚴‍♂️📊 I post cycling stats, records & oddities right here — and if you want more, subscribe to VeloStatistics on Substack (it’s free!). Go paid for: 👑 Cycling Pantheon 📝 Previews 📚 Full archive access Hop on 👇 velostatistics.substack.com


Tadej Pogačar chases Fausto Coppi’s ghost. 👻 Four wins in a row — and one step from history. Can he claim a fifth Il Lombardia and become the first ever to sweep five straight editions? 📊 Preview: Il Lombardia 2025 — Pogačar and the Pursuit of Coppi 🔗 velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-il-l…


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📊 Riders that have won 🏆 at least 1 stage in the 3 Grand Tours AND have won olympic 🥇 gold on the track since 1996 (when elite riders started competing in the olympics): @eliaviviani That's it. (No Cav, GT, Ganna, Wiggins...)

2010-2025 sono stati 16 anni fantastici, sono volati, ma mi sono divertito e ho raggiunto tutto quello che volevo! OGGI VI ANNUNCIO LA FINE DELLA MIA CARRIERA DA CICLISTA PROFESSIONISTA! Grazie a tutte le persone coinvolte in questi anni! Elia



🇪🇺 Tadej Pogačar becomes the 3rd European road champion to win his first race after taking the title: 2025 | 🇸🇮 Tadej Pogačar 2024 | 🇧🇪 Tim Merlier 2019 | 🇮🇹 Elia Viviani 🏆 Champions’ momentum.


“He was not the peloton’s hero. He was its clock.” Cycling Pantheon 041 — Jacques Anquetil: Monsieur Chrono The story of the first five-time Tour winner, the hour record breaker, and the man who made time itself his ally. ⏱️ Read here → velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pant…


Pogačar 🇸🇮 goes solo for European gold — his first win in the rainbow jersey 🎖️ Evenepoel 🇧🇪 doubles up, Seixas 🇫🇷 makes history, UAE 🇦🇪 break records, and Kristoff 🇳🇴 bows out. Full recap → The Champion Expands His Empire ⬇️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-the-ch…


🇪🇺 No repeat champions. Since 2016, the Euro road race has always crowned a new winner — and with no past champions starting, 2025 will too. Evenepoel, Pogačar, Pedersen, Vingegaard… who writes history this time? Preview 👉 velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-euro…


Obituary: Stefano Casagranda (1973–2025) Loyal gregario, stage winner in Paris–Nice, Trentino, Castilla y León, Danmark Rundt & Regio Tour. Rode for Baldato, Gotti & Cunego — a career marked by duty, triumph & turmoil. 👉velostatistics.substack.com/p/obituary-ste…


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📊Youngest riders in top-10 of 🌈World Championships RR (🚹ME) since 1960: 19-347🇮🇹Saronni ('77-9th) 20-339 🇮🇹Saronni ('78-4) 21-071🇺🇸LeMond ('82-🥈) 21-202🇧🇪Maertens ('73-🥈) 21-276🇫🇷Jalabert ('90-6) 21-295🇫🇷Hinault ('76-6) 21-306🇲🇽del Toro ('25-7) 🤝 @VeloStatistics


Cycling Pantheon #039 🕰️🚴‍♂️ Chris Boardman — The Man Who Measured Time Olympic gold, Tour prologues, and the hour record in three incarnations. Not a GC star, but a rider who fused science and cycling like no other. Read the full story ➡️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pant…


From The Vault #3 📚🚴‍♂️ Jacques Anquetil: soldier, playboy, perfectionist — and the man who dared Coppi’s hour. A deep dive into “Mission: Impossible” from Paul Howard’s Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape. Read here ➡️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-vau…


📊Time gaps for 10th place finisher in WC (post-WWII) 1948 — 14:24 🇧🇪 Hubert Sijen 1953 — 12:57 🇱🇺 Marcel Ernzer 1955 — 12:52 🇮🇹 Bruno Monti 1954 — 11:03 🇮🇹 Pasquale Fornara 1968 — 10:18 🇫🇷 Lucien Aimar 1950 — 9:56 🇱🇺 Willy Kemp 2025 — 9:05 🇬🇧 Tom Pidcock velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-world-…


🌈 Pogačar soloed 66.6 km to defend his world title — the first ever to do the Tour–Worlds double in back-to-back years. Evenepoel chased, Healy brought 🇮🇪 back to the podium. Full recap & stats ➡️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-world-…


🌈 Legends kept it. Few repeated it. Can 🇸🇮 Tadej Pogačar join the club of 7 riders who defended the rainbow jersey? Road Worlds 2025 Preview 👉velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-road…


He wasn’t Coppi. He wasn’t Moser. But Pierino Gavazzi was relentless. 🌟 Milan–Sanremo 1980 🇮🇹 3x Italian champion (last at 37) 🚴 20 years, 100+ wins, eternal outsider Cycling Pantheon 038: The Relentless Sprinter 👉velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pant…


🌈 Remco’s 3rd rainbow 🇧🇪 Belgium double podium 🇦🇪 UAE’s record 86th win 🇫🇷 Magnier’s 80% stage strike rate A week of records, history & milestones. Full recap 👉 velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-world-…


⏱️ World TT Championships Preview 🇧🇪 Evenepoel defends his crown 🇸🇮 Pogačar hunts a rare double 🇨🇭 Küng & outsiders wait in the wings History at stake — who stops the Belgian? 👉velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-worl…


🖤 Tullio Rossi (1948–2025) — the Roman who won in Fiuggi, then spent a career in service. From Dreherforte glory to loyal years beside Gimondi, a gregario who made others shine. 📜 Read his story: velostatistics.substack.com/p/obituary-tul…


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