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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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World Masters Games 2009 Stats

August 30th, 2009 Mark Croonen

Due to some over developed love of Excel I’ve put together some stats for the cycling component for the upcoming World Masters Games in Sydney this October. I pulled these numbers from the world masters site from a PDF as such I make no claim that these numbers are completely accurate.

Firstly the big numbers. The overall number of competitors and the country they come from.

Country Comp
Australia 2596
Austria 6
Canada 167
Colombia 20
Czech Republic 14
Estonia 2
France 18
Germany 28
Guatemala 4
India 9
Italy 15
Japan 2
Kazakhstan 3
Mexico 6
Netherlands 2
New Zealand 109
Papau New Guinea 2
Poland 7
Russian Federation 28
Singapore 2
Slovakia 2
Slovenia 7
South Africa 14
Trinidad and Tobago 7
Turkey 4
UK 131
Uruguay 3
USA 126
Venezuela 3
Total 3337

Drilling down to the Track event, this is the breakdown of age and gender in each event. (click on the image to enlarge)

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Next, the break down of competitors from each country per event.

Country Scratch Sprint Team Sprint Time Trial Pursuit
Australia 188 138 57 174 164
Canada 11 9 4 12 11
Colombia 4 2 1 3
Czech Republic 1 1 1 1
Estonia 1 1
France 4 3 2 3 3
Germany 4 4 4 4
India 1 1 1
Italy 3 3 3 3 3
Japan 1 1
Mexico 1 1 1 1
New Zealand 5 5 1 6 7
Poland 1 1
Russian Federation 3 1 3 3
Slovenia 1 1 1 1
South Africa 3 3 2 2
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 1
UK 19 15 7 18 15
USA 13 15 8 17 11
262 201 85 250 233

Finally I was going to break it down to competitors based on age, gender and country per event but this was going to far and I think it’s a little too granular, also it takes up a lot of room. But here is a sample so you get the idea, if I get enough (any) feedback requesting more I may update article with the rest of the data

Age Gender Scratch Country No Sprint Country No
30-34 Men 5 Australia 5 5 Australia 5
Women 2 Australia 1 2 Australia 1
Germany 1 Germany 1
35-­39 Men 36 Australia 30 28 Australia 23
Canada 2 Italy 1
Colombia 1 South Africa 2
Italy 1 USA 1
South Africa 2
Women 4 Australia 3 4 Australia 3
New Zealand 1 New Zealand 1
40-44 Men 34 Australia 28 21 Australia 15
Italy 2 Estonia 1
Japan 1 Italy 2
Russian Federation 1 USA 3
UK 1
USA 1
Women 4 Canada 1 3 Canada 1
Australia 1 Australia 1
USA 2 USA 1

Now turning to the Road (where the real cyclists are :-) )

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The break down of competitors from each country per event.

Country Criterium Time Trial Road Race
Australia 577 537 761
Austria 2 2 2
Canada 28 45 46
Colombia 4 2 4
Czech Republic 3 4 3
France 1 1 1
Germany 3 5 4
Guatemala 2 2
India 2 2 2
Kazakhstan 1 1 1
Mexico 1 1
Netherlands 1 1
New Zealand 21 26 38
Papau New Guinea 1 1
Poland 2 1 2
Russian Federation 6 6 6
Singapore 1 1
Slovakia 1 1
Slovenia 1 1 1
South Africa 2 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1
Turkey 2 2 2
UK 19 18 20
Uruguay 1 1 1
USA 22 17 23
Venezuela 1 1 1
Grand Total 699 679 927

So there you go, know you know where the competition is coming from. To those going, see you there, should be a hoot.

 

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