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Youth on the rise. Records rewritten. History bent.
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
Recap: Youth Ascendant, Legends Rewritten
From Geelong to Hoogerheide and Mallorca, the new order keeps knocking
velostatistics.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Youth on the rise. Records rewritten. History bent.
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
Youth on the rise. Records rewritten. History bent.
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
Recap: Youth Ascendant, Legends Rewritten
From Geelong to Hoogerheide and Mallorca, the new order keeps knocking
velostatistics.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Youth on the rise. Records rewritten. History bent.
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
🇦🇺 Tobias Lund Andresen confirms a generational trend
🌈 Van der Poel stands alone with 8 world titles
🏝️ Evenepoel does what no one ever did on Mallorca
A week where statistics tell the real story.
📊🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-yout...
Velo 2025, published in February, was the last of its kind.
This month’s From The Vault looks back at cycling’s most complete yearbook—and at what disappears when history no longer arrives between two covers.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
This month’s From The Vault looks back at cycling’s most complete yearbook—and at what disappears when history no longer arrives between two covers.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
From The Vault #7: The Last Velo
A Quiet Farewell to Cycling’s Definitive Yearbook
velostatistics.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Velo 2025, published in February, was the last of its kind.
This month’s From The Vault looks back at cycling’s most complete yearbook—and at what disappears when history no longer arrives between two covers.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
This month’s From The Vault looks back at cycling’s most complete yearbook—and at what disappears when history no longer arrives between two covers.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
Velo 2025, published in February, was the last of its kind.
In this week’s From The Vault, I revisit cycling’s most complete yearbook—what it meant, what it preserved, and what we lose when history no longer arrives in print.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
In this week’s From The Vault, I revisit cycling’s most complete yearbook—what it meant, what it preserved, and what we lose when history no longer arrives in print.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
From The Vault #7: The Last Velo
A Quiet Farewell to Cycling’s Definitive Yearbook
velostatistics.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Velo 2025, published in February, was the last of its kind.
In this week’s From The Vault, I revisit cycling’s most complete yearbook—what it meant, what it preserved, and what we lose when history no longer arrives in print.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
In this week’s From The Vault, I revisit cycling’s most complete yearbook—what it meant, what it preserved, and what we lose when history no longer arrives in print.
📚🚴♂️ velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
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One race that never repeats.
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
Preview: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
and a Cyclocross World Championship interlude
velostatistics.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:38 AM
One race that never repeats.
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
One race that never repeats.
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
Preview: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
and a Cyclocross World Championship interlude
velostatistics.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:38 AM
One race that never repeats.
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
One rider chasing history itself.
From the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race to the Cyclocross World Championships — a weekend where patterns are tested and records loom.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-ca...
26 Grand Tour stage wins.
No monuments. No crowns. Only flashes.
Raffaele Di Paco — the lightning bolt of cycling’s interwar years.
A Pantheon portrait of speed, style, and glorious inconsistency.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
No monuments. No crowns. Only flashes.
Raffaele Di Paco — the lightning bolt of cycling’s interwar years.
A Pantheon portrait of speed, style, and glorious inconsistency.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Cycling Pantheon 056: Raffaele Di Paco (1908 - 1996)
Raffaele Di Paco: A Flash of Lightning Between Two Wars
velostatistics.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:32 AM
26 Grand Tour stage wins.
No monuments. No crowns. Only flashes.
Raffaele Di Paco — the lightning bolt of cycling’s interwar years.
A Pantheon portrait of speed, style, and glorious inconsistency.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
No monuments. No crowns. Only flashes.
Raffaele Di Paco — the lightning bolt of cycling’s interwar years.
A Pantheon portrait of speed, style, and glorious inconsistency.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
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The winter is over. The stats are back. 📊🚴♂️
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Recap: Southern Summer, European Signals
Jay Vine doubles down in Adelaide as the season finds its rhythm
velostatistics.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The winter is over. The stats are back. 📊🚴♂️
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
The winter is over. The stats are back. 📊🚴♂️
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Recap: Southern Summer, European Signals
Jay Vine doubles down in Adelaide as the season finds its rhythm
velostatistics.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The winter is over. The stats are back. 📊🚴♂️
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Jay Vine wins #TourDownUnder again, records fall in Adelaide, and Matthews & Groenewegen stretch careers across decades.
The first week of 2026 already made history 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
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Europe is back on the calendar 🇪🇸
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Preview: Spain Opens the European Season
Short races, long shadows
velostatistics.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Europe is back on the calendar 🇪🇸
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Europe is back on the calendar 🇪🇸
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Preview: Spain Opens the European Season
Short races, long shadows
velostatistics.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Europe is back on the calendar 🇪🇸
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Three Spanish one-day races.
New names, old roads, long histories.
From Zabel and Cipollini to today’s peloton — a preview of how the European season really begins.
velostatistics.substack.com/preview-spai...
Not a myth. Not an emperor.
Just complete.
Vincenzo Nibali — Giro, Tour & Vuelta winner; master descender; one of the last great classical Grand Tour all-rounders.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Just complete.
Vincenzo Nibali — Giro, Tour & Vuelta winner; master descender; one of the last great classical Grand Tour all-rounders.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Cycling Pantheon 055: Vincenzo Nibali (1984 - )
Vincenzo Nibali: The Shark of Messina
velostatistics.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Not a myth. Not an emperor.
Just complete.
Vincenzo Nibali — Giro, Tour & Vuelta winner; master descender; one of the last great classical Grand Tour all-rounders.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Just complete.
Vincenzo Nibali — Giro, Tour & Vuelta winner; master descender; one of the last great classical Grand Tour all-rounders.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
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The WorldTour season begins in Australia 🇦🇺
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
Preview: Tour Down Under
Where the WorldTour season officially begins
velostatistics.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The WorldTour season begins in Australia 🇦🇺
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
The WorldTour season begins in Australia 🇦🇺
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
Preview: Tour Down Under
Where the WorldTour season officially begins
velostatistics.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The WorldTour season begins in Australia 🇦🇺
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
Can Jhonatan Narváez defend his Tour Down Under title?
Why are repeat winners so rare?
And how far is today’s peloton from Greipel’s stage-win benchmark?
A data-driven preview ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-to...
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Felice Gimondi didn’t defeat Eddy Merckx.
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Cycling Pantheon 054: Felice Gimondi (1942 - 2019)
Felice Gimondi: The Aristocrat in the Age of the Cannibal
velostatistics.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Felice Gimondi didn’t defeat Eddy Merckx.
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Felice Gimondi didn’t defeat Eddy Merckx.
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Cycling Pantheon 054: Felice Gimondi (1942 - 2019)
Felice Gimondi: The Aristocrat in the Age of the Cannibal
velostatistics.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Felice Gimondi didn’t defeat Eddy Merckx.
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
He endured him — and still built one of cycling’s greatest palmarès.
Tour winner at 22.
Giro ×3. Vuelta. World Champion. Monuments.
An aristocrat in the age of the Cannibal.
📖 Felice Gimondi — Cycling Pantheon
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
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Green & gold season starts early 🇦🇺
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Recap: Southern Crowns
New beginnings, familiar names, and Australia’s national rites
velostatistics.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Green & gold season starts early 🇦🇺
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Green & gold season starts early 🇦🇺
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Recap: Southern Crowns
New beginnings, familiar names, and Australia’s national rites
velostatistics.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Green & gold season starts early 🇦🇺
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
Patrick Eddy claims his first pro win and joins a rare junior+elite champions club.
Jay Vine doubles up in the ITT.
📊 Stats, history & context in this week’s recap 👇
velostatistics.substack.com/p/recap-sout...
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January builds volume.
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
Preview: Skipping January, Chasing History
Tadej Pogačar, the 20-win barrier, and where seasons are truly decided
velostatistics.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
January builds volume.
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
January builds volume.
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
Preview: Skipping January, Chasing History
Tadej Pogačar, the 20-win barrier, and where seasons are truly decided
velostatistics.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
January builds volume.
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
March builds hierarchy.
Tadej Pogačar skips the opening act — and chases a modern rarity: a third 20-win season in the UCI era.
What history says about starting late, winning often, and owning the calendar ⬇️
velostatistics.substack.com/p/preview-sk...
He led the Tour de France.
He never finished a Grand Tour.
Jaan Kirsipuu — Estonia’s first rider in yellow, master of the early strike, anti-hero of completion.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
He never finished a Grand Tour.
Jaan Kirsipuu — Estonia’s first rider in yellow, master of the early strike, anti-hero of completion.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Cycling Pantheon 053: Jaan Kirsipuu (1969 - )
Jaan Kirsipuu: The Yellow Jersey Who Never Reached Paris
velostatistics.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
He led the Tour de France.
He never finished a Grand Tour.
Jaan Kirsipuu — Estonia’s first rider in yellow, master of the early strike, anti-hero of completion.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
He never finished a Grand Tour.
Jaan Kirsipuu — Estonia’s first rider in yellow, master of the early strike, anti-hero of completion.
A Cycling Pantheon portrait.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
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Cycling moves fast. Understanding it doesn’t.
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
One post at a time.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
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What to Expect on VeloStatistics in 2026
A weekly rhythm of cycling statistics, history, and context
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January 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Cycling moves fast. Understanding it doesn’t.
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
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In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
One post at a time.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
Cycling moves fast. Understanding it doesn’t.
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
One post at a time.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
One post at a time.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to Expect on VeloStatistics in 2026
A weekly rhythm of cycling statistics, history, and context
velostatistics.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Cycling moves fast. Understanding it doesn’t.
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
One post at a time.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
In 2026, VeloStatistics continues its weekly rhythm of
📊 stats
🏛️ history
📚 archives
🔍 previews
Quietly. Consistently.
One post at a time.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
Before Roche.
Before Kelly.
There was Seamus “Shay” Elliott — Ireland’s first pioneer in the peloton.
From The Vault (#6) revisits De Muur no. 58 and the high price of being first.
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Before Kelly.
There was Seamus “Shay” Elliott — Ireland’s first pioneer in the peloton.
From The Vault (#6) revisits De Muur no. 58 and the high price of being first.
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From The Vault #6: Who Pulls the Emergency Brake?
De Muur no. 58, Seamus Elliott, and the cost of being first
velostatistics.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Before Roche.
Before Kelly.
There was Seamus “Shay” Elliott — Ireland’s first pioneer in the peloton.
From The Vault (#6) revisits De Muur no. 58 and the high price of being first.
🔗 velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
Before Kelly.
There was Seamus “Shay” Elliott — Ireland’s first pioneer in the peloton.
From The Vault (#6) revisits De Muur no. 58 and the high price of being first.
🔗 velostatistics.substack.com/p/from-the-v...
Roberto Visentini.
Giro winner in 1986. Runner-up in 1983 — beaten by bonuses.
A champion undone not by lack of talent, but by pressure, perception, and Sappada.
In Italian cycling, he never quite belonged.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Giro winner in 1986. Runner-up in 1983 — beaten by bonuses.
A champion undone not by lack of talent, but by pressure, perception, and Sappada.
In Italian cycling, he never quite belonged.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Cycling Pantheon 052: Roberto Visentini (1957 - )
Roberto Visentini: The Uncomfortable Champion
velostatistics.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Roberto Visentini.
Giro winner in 1986. Runner-up in 1983 — beaten by bonuses.
A champion undone not by lack of talent, but by pressure, perception, and Sappada.
In Italian cycling, he never quite belonged.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...
Giro winner in 1986. Runner-up in 1983 — beaten by bonuses.
A champion undone not by lack of talent, but by pressure, perception, and Sappada.
In Italian cycling, he never quite belonged.
velostatistics.substack.com/p/cycling-pa...