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🦅 The Eagle of Toledo defined high-altitude mastery & theatrical genius.
From ice-cream summit myths to his historic '59 Tour victory, read our full Cycling Pantheon tribute to Federico Bahamontes on Substack! 🚴♂️👇
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📊🏆Most seasons between two consecutive stage wins in 🇪🇸Vuelta a España:
11 seasons:
🇪🇸Landa (2015>2026)
10:
🇪🇪Taaramäe (2011>2021)
🇪🇸Plaza R. (2005>2015)
🇮🇹Bontempi (1981>1991)
9:
🇮🇪Martin (2011>2020)
🇪🇸Lastras (2002>2011)
🇧🇪Vanderaerden (1983>1992)
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🚲 Pogačar’s shock Vuelta abandon, Coquard’s long-awaited GT win, and Mas making history—what a week in cycling!
Dive into all the statistical magic and historic milestones in our full recap 👇
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Tadej Pogačar seals his 5th Tour de France title, tying the all-time record, while shattering L'Alpe d'Huez history. From Van der Poel in Paris to Carapaz in the Alps, dive into our stats recap:
📊 Full breakdown & historic leaderboards: velostatistics.substack.com/…
#TDF2026ᴿᴾ
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The WEAKEST Tour squad in history? 🦩
In 1973, De Kova-Lejeune shocked the peloton in bright bubblegum pink, bankrolled by an eccentric Parisian nightclub singer.
A deep dive into the archives of pure tragicomedy and nostalgic romance from the '73 Tour.
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📊❌No rider ever finished top-3 in all 10 big stage-races*.
🏆GC podium in most (max=10):
9: 🇨🇴Quintana (❌CdD)
9: 🇪🇸Contador (❌TdS)
9: 🇨🇭Rominger (❌TdS)
9: 🇸🇮Pogačar (❌TdS)
9: 🇸🇮Roglič (❌TdS)
9: 🇧🇪Merckx (❌IBC)
❓Will 🇸🇮Pog + 🇸🇮Rog do it in 🇨🇭TdS'26?
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History was rewritten this week! 👑
🇲🇽 Isaac del Toro secures an era-defining Tirreno-Dauphiné double, entering the inner circle of legends. Meanwhile, Luke Tuckwell shatters Australian records and Jasper Philipsen reclaims the Alpecin crown.
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History rewritten in Rome! 🇮🇹👑
📊 Vingegaard joins the 3x Grand Tour club
👶 Paul Magnier’s historic youth revolution
🏔️ Sepp Kuss completes his Grand Tour trilogy
🔥 The unprecedented Gall & Hindley podium consistency
Full statistical breakdown! 👇
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The #GirodItalia reaches its ultimate weekend, where history is written and legacies are sealed. 🏔️🏛️
📊 Pantani's 1998 ghost on Piancavallo
🤝 The Cavendish-Thomas 2023 Roman romance
👑 51 years of history in the eternal city
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A week of pure, unadulterated history at the #Giro 🇮🇹
⏱️ Ganna clocking 54.922 km/h
🇧🇪 First Belgian 1-2 since 1978
💗 Vingegaard completes the Grand Tour leader set
🇳🇴 Dversnes wins the 2nd fastest road stage EVER 👇
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History isn't just inherited; it's violently claimed. From Jonas Vingegaard entering the ultra-exclusive 3-Grand Tour stage club to Jhonatan Narvaez fueling an Ecuadorian surge, the past week of the #Giro d'Italia was one for the ages.
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The #Giro d'Italia is serving up pure history!
🇫🇷 Paul Magnier joins the immortals with a historic French double.
🇺🇾 Guillermo Thomas Silva puts Uruguay on the Grand Tour map for the first time ever.
Stats, stories, and the Maglia Rosa’s long lineage. 📊velostatistics.substack.com/…
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Jonas Vingegaard is chasing immortality. 🇮🇹💖
If he wins the #Giro2026, he becomes just the 8th rider in history to complete the Grand Tour Triple Crown. But the stats suggest a wild 3 weeks ahead.
Read more here:
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Pogačar isn't just racing his rivals anymore; he's racing history. 🌈💨
In this week's recap:
🏆 Pogačar joins the pantheon in Romandie.
🇩🇪 The rise of Lipowitz & Zimmermann.
🇹🇷 20-year-old Tom Crabbe stuns in Turkey.
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History was rewritten this week. ✍️📖
Tadej Pogačar moves to 13 Monuments, while 19-year-old Paul Seixas becomes the youngest Monument podium finisher since 1944. 🤯
All the stats from Liège, Flèche, the Alps, and Asturias in our latest recap. 📈
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Remco Evenepoel joins the greats in the Amstel Gold Race, while Adam Yates enters the elite "Decade Club" at O Gran Camiño.
Everything you need to know about the week in numbers:
📊 Remco’s Dutch record
⏱️ The 10-year winning streaks
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A changing of the guard in the Ardennes? 🏰
🇩🇰 Skjelmose hunts for a second title.
🇧🇪 Evenepoel returns for the top step.
🇬🇧 Pidcock chases the multiple-win club.
🇳🇱 A final bow for Bauke Mollema.
Full breakdown of the numbers behind the week: velostatistics.substack.com/… #AGR2026
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📊A stat that tells the story.
🏆Riders with most top-5 results in Monuments between two Monumental victories (or after last victory):
11: 🇧🇪Wout van Aert (MSR’20>PR’26)
10: 🇫🇷Poulidor (MSR’61>….)
9: 🇮🇹Gimondi (LOM’66>LOM’73)
8: 🇧🇪Godefroot (PR’69>RVV’78)
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A week of historical reckoning. 📊🗄️
🇧🇪 Wout van Aert ends the Belgian drought
🇫🇷 Paul Seixas (19y, 199d) becomes the youngest "Big 7" GC winner in history.
The numbers behind a legendary week: velostatistics.substack.com/…
#ParisRoubaix #Itzulia2026
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📊🏆 Last time 🇫🇷🚴♂️s have won first 3 stages of edition of 'big-7' 1-week stage race outside their home country was in 🇨🇭 1962 Tour de Romandie.
TdR 1962 | Edouard Delberghe, Joseph Novales, Henry Anglade
Itzulia 2026 | Paul Seixas (x2), Axel Laurance
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