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UCI Pro Tour Stats

April 22nd, 2010 Mark Croonen

While I’m running hot on the stats thing, here is some stuff I’ve put together on the UCI Pro-Tour teams.

All this data was taken from the UCI Pro-Tour website http://www.uciprotour.com. Some of the data was pretty dirty, especially 2007 so I did the best I could to clean it up.

BTW the term “Neo” is equivalent to a rookie, I guess it is a Euro thing.

Year Total Riders Neo No: of teams Avg Age Avg age of Neo Biggest Team Smallest Team
2006 553 61 20 27.70 21.72 30 24
2007 558 56 20 27.75 21.59 30 25
2008 499 48 18 27.56 21.81 30 24
2009 476 38 17 27.56 21.88 30 22
2010 471 38 18 27.68 21.33 28 24

The age format used below is year:days

Year Oldest Rider Birth date Age
2006 EKIMOV Viatcheslav RUS 4/02/1966 39:339
2007 BROCHARD Laurent FRA 26/03/1968 38:288
2008 BALDATO Fabio ITA 13/06/1968 39:171
2009 NOE Andrea ITA 15/01/1969 39:350
2010 KNAVEN Servais NED 6/03/1971 38:310
       
Year Youngest Rider Birth date Age
2006 CAPECCHI Eros ITA 13/06/1986 19:208
2007 VINTHER Troels Ronning DEN 24/02/1987 19:317
2008 BARLA Luca ITA 29/09/1987 20:98
2009 BELLIS Jonathan GBR 16/08/1988 20:142
2010 PINOT Thibaut FRA 29/05/1990 19:222

The table below shows the how countries are represented per the national population. The idea was to show the countries which are doing better than others based on their population. So it shows how many pro riders they have/ the percentage by population (The percentage is per 1,000,000 people of the population.)  / and their rank according to the percentage of population.

Thanks to the Schleck brothers Luxembourg is the world’s number one country. Australia does pretty well but it looks like we’ve been beaten by New Zealand in 2010, damm those Kiwis :-)

 

2006

 

 

2007

 

 

2008

 

 

2009

 

 

2010

 

 

Country

Riders

%

Rank

Riders

%

Rank

Riders

%

Rank

Riders

%

Rank

Riders

%

Rank

Argentina

0

0.000

38

1

0.025

36

1

0.025

36

1

0.024

39

2

0.049

37

Australia

19

0.938

11

24

1.175

11

17

0.832

12

17

0.800

11

24

1.129

8

Austria

6

0.732

13

4

0.488

17

4

0.488

15

4

0.487

16

5

0.609

17

Belarus

1

0.097

28

2

0.206

24

4

0.411

20

5

0.518

15

6

0.622

16

Belgium

43

4.143

2

54

5.196

2

44

4.234

3

43

4.129

2

46

4.417

2

Brazil

1

0.005

37

2

0.011

38

2

0.011

37

1

0.005

41

1

0.005

39

Canada

3

0.091

29

1

0.030

35

1

0.030

34

4

0.119

30

4

0.119

32

China

0

0.000

38

1

0.001

40

0

0.000

39

0

0.000

42

1

0.001

40

Columbia

5

0.115

26

6

0.135

27

4

0.090

30

4

0.088

33

3

0.069

34

Costa Rica

0

0.000

38

0

0.000

41

0

0.000

39

1

0.235

24

1

0.235

25

Croatia

1

0.222

23

1

0.223

23

1

0.223

24

1

0.223

26

1

0.223

27

Cuba

0

0.000

38

0

0.000

41

0

0.000

39

1

0.087

35

0

0.000

41

Czech Republic

3

0.293

20

3

0.293

21

3

0.293

23

2

0.196

27

2

0.196

29

Denmark

12

2.202

6

14

2.560

3

9

1.646

8

14

2.545

3

16

2.909

4

Estonia

2

1.510

9

2

1.520

9

4

3.040

4

3

2.309

4

1

0.770

13

Finland

3

0.573

15

2

0.382

20

2

0.382

21

2

0.381

20

2

0.381

21

France

97

1.593

8

98

1.538

8

103

1.616

9

86

1.343

9

49

0.765

14

Germany

41

0.497

17

41

0.498

16

39

0.473

17

28

0.340

22

29

0.352

23

Hungary

1

0.100

27

1

0.100

29

1

0.100

28

1

0.101

31

0

0.000

41

Ireland

3

0.739

12

2

0.487

18

2

0.487

16

2

0.476

17

2

0.476

19

Italy

84

1.445

10

79

1.359

10

67

1.152

11

54

0.929

10

60

1.032

10

Japan

1

0.008

36

1

0.008

39

0

0.000

39

1

0.008

40

1

0.008

38

Kazakhstan

5

0.328

19

11

0.720

13

10

0.654

13

10

0.649

14

14

0.909

11

Latvia

0

0.000

38

1

0.443

19

1

0.443

18

1

0.448

18

2

0.896

12

Lithuania

2

0.558

16

1

0.280

22

2

0.559

14

1

0.281

23

1

0.281

24

Luxembourg

4

8.431

1

4

8.329

1

4

8.329

1

3

6.100

1

5

10.167

1

Moldova

0

0.000

38

0

0.000

41

0

0.000

39

1

0.231

25

1

0.231

26

Netherlands

28

1.698

7

32

1.931

7

1

0.060

32

30

1.795

6

27

1.615

6

New Zealand

1

0.245

22

3

0.729

12

28

6.803

2

3

0.712

12

5

1.187

7

Norway

3

0.651

14

3

0.648

15

2

0.432

19

2

0.429

19

3

0.644

15

Poland

3

0.078

30

3

0.078

32

4

0.104

27

3

0.078

36

5

0.130

31

Portugal

3

0.283

21

1

0.094

30

2

0.188

25

2

0.187

28

4

0.374

22

Russia

11

0.077

31

12

0.085

31

1

0.007

38

22

0.157

29

20

0.143

30

Slovakia

1

0.184

24

1

0.184

25

11

2.019

6

2

0.366

21

3

0.549

18

Slovenia

5

2.487

5

5

2.488

5

3

1.493

10

4

1.994

5

6

2.991

3

South Africa

2

0.045

34

1

0.023

37

4

0.091

29

0

0.000

42

3

0.061

35

Spain

104

2.574

4

85

2.101

6

77

1.904

7

70

1.727

7

68

1.678

5

Sweden

4

0.444

18

6

0.664

14

3

0.332

22

6

0.662

13

4

0.442

20

Switzerland

24

3.190

3

19

2.515

4

16

2.118

5

11

1.447

8

8

1.052

9

Ukraine

7

0.150

25

8

0.173

26

7

0.151

26

4

0.088

34

5

0.109

33

UK

4

0.066

32

7

0.115

28

5

0.082

31

6

0.098

32

13

0.213

28

United States

15

0.050

33

14

0.046

34

9

0.030

35

19

0.062

37

18

0.059

36

Venezuela

1

0.039

35

2

0.077

33

1

0.038

33

1

0.037

38

0

0.000

41

 

From here I plan to redo this with all the Pro teams on the Continental tour circuit. This is going to take a while so don’t expect it anytime soon. You wouldn’t how long this took.

If you can think of any other interesting ways to present this data let me know and I’ll build it into the next version. At this stage I was thinking about putting in a column for riders caught doping so we can see which nations are getting better and which ones are letting the sport down.

 

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Tour of Canberra stats

April 21st, 2010 Mark Croonen

With the Tour of Canberra coming up next week here are a few stats which might be of interest. This data was taken from the online entry form which is publicly available material. Some of the age data was a little dodgy so I had to remove of the ages which didn’t make sense, like -14 etc.

Men Avg Age NSW ACT VIC SA QLD Tas WA total
A Grade 24.04 25 11 16 0 13 12 7 84
B Grade 30.04 36 16 2 0 1 0 0 55
C Grade 33.50 20 19 1 0 0 0 0 40
D1 Grade 36.45 18 29 0 0 0 0 1 48
D2 Grade 38.50 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 19
E Grade 38.32 22 39 0 0 1 0 1 63
    129 125 19 0 15 12 9  
Women                  
A Grade 26.38 8 8 12 1 11 2 3 45
B Grade 31.18 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 11
C Grade 36.38 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 13
    13 25 14 1 11 2 3  
Total   142 150 33 1 26 14 12  
 

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Jerseys of the Pro Tour

April 10th, 2010 Mark Croonen

This is a collection of the Pro Tour team jerseys from 2006 onwards. This is all from the UCI pro tour website but the images are on separate pages making it harder to appreciate the changes over the years. So all I’ve done is compiled them together on the one page.

One interesting fact I came across while putting this together was that Astana was once the Liberty Seguros – Würth Team which was the Once team before the Pro tour. The Liberty Seguros – Würth Team was disbanded after being implicated in Operation Puerto.

This is only the official pro tour teams so some of the favourites like the Cervelo test team and BMC racing are not listed here.


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
AG2R PREVOYANCE   AG2R_LA_MONDIALE    
AG2R PREVOYANCE 2006 AG2R PREVOYANCE 2007 AG2R LA MONDIALE 2008 ALM_definitvers_shirt ALM_definitvers_shirt
 

Astana

      
Liberty Seguros – Würth Team Astana 2007 ASTANA 2008 ASTANA_TEAM_MOCK ASTANA 2010
BOUYGUES TELECOM    

BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM

  
BOUYGUES TELECOM 2006 BOUYGUES TELECOM 2007 BOUYGUES TELECOM 2008 BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM 2009

In 2010 this team was relegated to the Continental tour
CAISSE D’EPARGNE-ILLES BALEARS

CAISSE D’EPARGNE

      
CAISSE D'EPARGNE-ILLES BALEARS 2006 CAISSE D'EPARGNE 2007 CAISSE D'EPARGNE 2008 CAISSE D'EPARGNE 2009 CAISSE D'EPARGNE 2010
COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE     COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE  
COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 2006 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 2007 COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE 2008 COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE 2009  
Credit Agricole        
CREDIT AGRICOLE 2006 Credit Agricole 2007 CREDIT AGRICOLE 2008    
Discovery Channel        
DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 2006 DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM 2007      
Euskaltel – Euskadi        
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2006 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2007 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2008 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2009 EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 2010
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX        
FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 2006 FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 2007 FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 2008 FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 2009

FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 2010
This jersey was introduced for the TDF

      GARMIN – SLIPSTREAM GARMIN – TRANSITIONS
      GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 2009 GARMIN - TRANSITIONS 2010
GEROLSTEINER        
GEROLSTEINER 2006 GEROLSTEINER 2007 GEROLSTEINER 2008    
    High Road TEAM COLUMBIA – HIGH ROAD TEAM HTC – COLUMBIA
     HIGH ROAD 2008 TEAM COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD 2009 TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA 2010
LAMPRE-FONDITAL   LAMPRE LAMPRE – N.G.C LAMPRE-FARNESE VINI
LAMPRE-FONDITAL 2006 LAMPRE-FONDITAL 2007 LAMPRE 2008 LAMPRE - N.G.C 2009 LAMPRE-FARNESE VINI 2010
LIQUIGAS       LIQUIGAS-DOIMO
LIQUIGAS 2006 LIQUIGAS 2007 LIQUIGAS 2008 LIQUIGAS 2009 LIQUIGAS-DOIMO 2010

PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS

        
PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS 2006        

QUICK STEP – INNERGETIC

  

QUICK STEP

    
QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 2006 QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 2007 QUICK STEP 2008 QUICK STEP 2009 QUICK STEP 2010
RABOBANK        
RABOBANK 2006 RABOBANK 2007 RABOBANK 2008 RABOBANK 2009 RABOBANK 2010
SAUNIER DUVAL- PRODIR   SAUNIER DUVAL-SCOTT FUJI-SERVETTO FOOTON-SERVETTO
SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 2006 SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 2007 SAUNIER DUVAL-SCOTT 2008 FUJI-SERVETTO 2009 FOOTON-SERVETTO 2010
        SKY PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM
        OPP_1
TEAM CSC     TEAM SAXO BANK  
TEAM CSC 2006 TEAM CSC 2007 TEAM CSC 2008 TEAM SAXO BANK 2009 TeamSAXO_2010Jersey_1130
      TEAM KATUSHA  
      TEAM KATUSHA 2009 TEAM KATUSHA 2010
TEAM MILRAM        
TEAM MILRAM 2006 TEAM MILRAM 2007 TEAM MILRAM 2008 TEAM MILRAM 2009 Afdrukken
        TEAM RADIOSHACK
        TEAM RADIOSHACK 2010
T-MOBILE TEAM        
T-MOBILE TEAM 2006 T-MOBILE TEAM 2007      
 

UNIBET.COM

      
  UNIBET.COM 2007      
 

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