Cycling Ranking is an online database that offers insight into the yearly and overall career performances of professional road racing cyclists. The database contains race data going back to year 1869.[1] Its aim is to provide historical context to rider's performance over time by means of an all-time ranking for male road-racing cyclists based on their results in professional road races.[2] The site and his ranking have been used by writers of cycling literature in order to make a selection of historical riders to be represented in their books.[3][4][5]
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Type of site | Online All-Time Pro-Cycling Ranking Website |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Private-owned |
| Created by | Peter van Uijtregt |
| URL | cyclingranking |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No registration needed. |
| Launched | June 6, 1971 |
| Current status | Active |
Rider Rankings edit
The main part of the database provides access to the individual rider rankings. It offers range of different views into the history of professional cyclists and a personal page for each of the riders. Different individual ranking are:
- Yearly Rankings.
- Top 10-Year Average Ranking, that attempts to correct the ranking for riders that have exceptionally long careers.
- Contemporary Rankings, where cyclists are being compared to their contemporaries.
The main ranking is the Overall Individual Ranking, that currently has the following top 10:
| Rank[6] | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eddy Merckx (BEL) |
1965 | 1978 |
| 2 |  Sean Kelly (IRL) |
1977 | 1994 |
| 3 |  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
2002 | 2022 |
| 4 |  Gino Bartali (ITA) |
1934 | 1954 |
| 5 | Francesco Moser (ITA) |
1973 | 1988 |
| 6 |  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) |
1970 | 1987 |
| 7 |  Raymond Poulidor (FRA) |
1960 | 1977 |
| 8 | Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) |
1969 | 1988 |
| 9 | Felice Gimondi (ITA) |
1965 | 1979 |
| 10 | Jacques Anquetil (FRA) |
1952 | 1969 |
Country Rankings edit
The Country Rankings give a historical overview of the performances of countries respective to each other and rankings of individual riders for each country, both yearly and overall since 1869. Currently the overall Top 10 Country Ranking is as follows
| Rank[7] | Country |
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| 1 | Italy
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| 2 | Belgium
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| 3 | France
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| 4 | Spain
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| 5 | Netherlands
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| 6 |  Switzerland
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| 7 |  Germany
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| 8 |  United Kingdom
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| 9 |  Australia
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| 10 |  United States
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Team Rankings edit
Besides individual and country rankings the database attempts to offer a historical overview of the commercial trade teams, its directors and its managers, again, both yearly and overall. At the moment the most successful trade team is the Peugeot Cycling Team,[8] the top team manager, Patrick Lefevere[9] and the top directeur sportif, Lomme Driessens.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Cycling Ranking Year Ranking 1869". cyclingranking.com.
- ^ Daniel de Visé (February 20, 2019). "The Outer Line: Ranking the greatest cyclists of all time". VeloNews.com.
- ^ Aart Aarsbergen & Peter Nijssen (2004). Kampioenen twijfelen niet. Singel Uitgevers.
- ^ Aart Aarsbergen & Peter Nijssen (2010). De grootste wielerkampioenen. Muntinga.
- ^ Daniel de Visé (2018). The Comeback. Atlantic Monthly Press.
- ^ "All-time Cycling Ranking". cyclingranking.com.
- ^ "All-time Country Ranking". cyclingranking.com.
- ^ "All-time Team Ranking". cyclingranking.com.
- ^ "All-time Team Manager Ranking". cyclingranking.com.
- ^ "All-time Directeur Sportif Ranking". cyclingranking.com.
