Most Prestigelisten points earned in 🇮🇹 Tirreno-Adriatico:
🇧🇪 92 - Roger De Vlaeminck
🇩🇰 73 - Rolf Sørensen
🇪🇸 65 - Óscar Freire
🇨🇭 63 - Tony Rominger
🇸🇮 62 - Primož Roglič
🇨🇴 61 - Nairo Quintana
🇸🇮 59 - Tadej Pogačar
🇮🇹 56 - Francesco Moser
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🇩🇪 Max Kanter had several solid results on his résumé prior to today, but none close to the impressive stage victory at Paris–Nice he has now secured.
It's the second consecutive day that a new rider joins the rankings, following Luke Lamperti yesterday.
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🇮🇹 Filippo Ganna was utterly dominant in the time trial on stage 1 of Tirreno–Adriatico as so often before, claiming his fifth time trial victory in the race’s history.
He moves past Romain Bardet, Andreas Klöden and René Le Grévès on the all time ranking.
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Greatest riders at the start line of 🇮🇹 Tirreno-Adriatico:
🇸🇮 Primoz Roglic (2)
🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel (5)
🇨🇴 Nairo Quintana (7)
🇧🇪 Wout van Aert (8)
🇫🇷 Julian Alaphilippe (9)
🇪🇨 Richard Carapaz (10)
🇧🇪 Jasper Philipsen (16)
🇩🇪 John Degenkolb (17)
🇮🇹 Filippo Ganna (19)
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🇺🇸 Luke Lamperti claimed the biggest victory of his career to date by winning the somewhat chaotic sprint on stage 1 of Paris–Nice. It's his first Prestigelisten result, making him a new entry on the rankings.
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Greatest riders at the start line of 🇫🇷 Paris-Nice:
🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard (6)
🇵🇱 Michał Kwiatkowski (12)
🇪🇸 Ion Izagirre (27)
🇮🇹 Matteo Trentin (30)
🇪🇸 Juan Ayuso (31)
🇷🇺 Aleksandr Vlasov (40)
🇨🇴 Daniel Felipe Martínez (41)
🇩🇰 Kasper Asgreen (44)
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rankings/...
Most Prestigelisten results in 2026:
🇲🇽 4 - Isaac Del Toro
🇦🇺 3 - Jay Vine
🇮🇹 3 - Jonathan Milan
🇩🇰 2 - Tobias Lund
🇧🇪 2 - Remco Evenepoel
🇬🇧 2 - Matthew Brennan
🇮🇹 2 - Antonio Tiberi
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/year/2026
🇲🇽 Isaac Del Toro maintained the exceptional level he has displayed for quite some time now, finishing third at Strade Bianche.
He continues his rapid ascent up the rankings. 🚀
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/910...
Paul Seixas delivered an outstanding ride at Strade Bianche, even managing to drop Isaac Del Toro in the last meters, despite the Mexican largely sitting in his wheel in the final.
It's Seixas’ second Prestigelisten result - probably many more to come.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/419...
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogačar has opened his 2026 season - and he did so with victory at Strade Bianche. He further extends his lead over Bernard Hinault on the all time ranking and continues his pursuit of Eddy Merckx and the title of the greatest of all time. 🐐
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Greatest seasons by riders who had never previously earned Prestigelisten points:
🇮🇹 201 - Felice Gimondi, 1965 🏆
🇷🇺 180 - Evgeni Berzin, 1994
🇫🇷 169 - Gustave Garrigou, 1907
🇮🇹 165 - Damiano Cunego, 2004
🇫🇷 132 - Lucien Aimar, 1966
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/15
📸 M. De Biasi
Greatest riders on the start line of Strade Bianche:
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar (1)
🇧🇪 Wout van Aert (8)
🇫🇷 Julian Alaphilippe (9)
🇪🇨 Richard Carapaz (10)
🇳🇱 Bauke Mollema (21)
🇸🇮 Matej Mohoric (24)
🇬🇧 Tom Pidcock (47)
🇳🇱 Wout Poels (55)
🇪🇸 Pello Bilbao (57)
🇲🇽 Isaac Del Toro (66)
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rankings/...
Most Prestigelisten points earned in 🇫🇷 Paris-Nice:
🇮🇪 217 - Sean Kelly
🇧🇪 161 - Eddy Merckx
🇫🇷 111 - Laurent Jalabert
🇫🇷 105 - Jacques Anquetil
🇳🇱 103 - Joop Zoetemelk
🇪🇸 75 - Alberto Contador
🇫🇷 72 - Raymond Poulidor
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/race/18/p...
📸 Billy Ceusters
🇮🇹 Strade Bianche has had a truly remarkable list of winners since it was upgraded in status ahead of the 2015 season. 🤩
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Today marks 120 years since the birth of 🇧🇪 Georges Ronsse.
In his era Bordeaux–Paris was on par with the Monuments, while G.P. Wolber was the unofficial World Championship. Ronsse went on to win the real deal in two of the first three editions ever held.
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Greatest South American riders of all time:
🇨🇴 1. Nairo Quintana 🏆
🇪🇨 2. Richard Carapaz
🇨🇴 3. Egan Bernal
🇨🇴 4. Rigoberto Urán
🇨🇴 5. Lucho Herrera
🇨🇴 6. Santiago Botero
🇨🇴 7. Miguel Ángel López
🇨🇴 8. Esteban Chaves
👇 Full ranking:
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rankings/...
Greatest riders born in 2002 or later:
🇪🇸➖ 1. Juan Ayuso 🏆
🇲🇽➖ 2. Isaac Del Toro
🇧🇪➖ 3. Arnaud De Lie
🇬🇧➖ 4. Joshua Tarling
🇬🇧➖ 5. Oscar Onley
🇫🇷➖ 6. Lenny Martinez
🇬🇧⬆️ 7. Matthew Brennan 🆙
🇮🇹⬇️ 8. Giulio Pellizzari
🇧🇪⬇️ 8. Thibau Nys
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📸 Getty Images
🇬🇧 Matthew Brennan was the fastest in the reduced bunch sprint at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne following a textbook lead out from 🇫🇷 Christophe Laporte.
The young Brit now ranks among the 2000 greatest riders in history.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/2344
🇧🇪 Florian Vermeersch handled the battle for position into Molenberg superbly, which secured him a place in the final of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. He leaves the race with an impressive result, moving up six spots on the ranking of the greatest active riders.
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🇳🇱 Tim van Dijke impressively closed the gap to Mathieu van der Poel at the decisive moment in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and his strong performance was rewarded with second place. It's Van Dijke’s biggest result to date - and his first points on the ranking.
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🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel lived up to his status as favourite in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which he won for the first time. He's already ranked so highly that further advancement is tough, but he moves significantly closer to 🇫🇷 Henri Pélissier.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/41/...
🪨 The cobbled classics season is here! 😍
🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel is the undisputed king of the cobbles in the current peloton - but there is fierce competition for the title of crown prince. 👑👀
Complete list of riders who are greater than all riders younger than themselves:
🇧🇪 Eddy Merckx
🇸🇮 Tadej Pogacar
🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel
🇪🇸 Juan Ayuso
🇲🇽 Isaac Del Toro
🇬🇧 Joshua Tarling
🇬🇧 Matthew Brennan
🇫🇷 Paul Seixas
Greatest riders born in 2000 or later:
🇧🇪➖ 1. Remco Evenepoel 🏆
🇪🇸➖ 2. Juan Ayuso
🇮🇹➖ 3. Jonathan Milan 🆙
🇪🇸➖ 4. Carlos Rodríguez
🇪🇷➖ 5. Biniam Girmay
🇲🇽⬆️ 6. Isaac Del Toro 🆙
🇩🇰⬇️ 7. Mattias Skjelmose
🇮🇪⬇️ 8. Ben Healy
🇳🇱➖ 9. Olav Kooij
🇩🇪➖ 10. Florian Lipowitz
📸 AFP
Greatest active North American riders:
🇺🇸➖ 1. Sepp Kuss 🏆
🇲🇽⬆️ 2. ISAAC DEL TORO 🆙
🇺🇸⬇️ 3. Matteo Jorgenson
🇺🇸⬇️ 4. Brandon McNulty
🇺🇸➖ 5. Neilson Powless
🇨🇦➖ 6. Derek Gee
🇺🇸➖ 7. Quinn Simmons
🇨🇦➖ 8. Hugo Houle
🇺🇸➖ 9. Matthew Riccitello
🇺🇸➖ 10. Magnus Sheffield
🇦🇺 Luke Plapp has been riding superbly in the Middle East in recent weeks - first at the Tour of Oman and now at the UAE Tour, where he secured third place overall.
He moves level with 🇨🇴 Juan Sebastián Molano and 🇨🇦 Derek Gee among the active riders.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/156...
🇮🇹 Antonio Tiberi arrived at the UAE Tour in superb form and made the most of it, securing second place overall in addition to his victory on the queen stage.
With those results, he has taken the step up into the top 1500 greatest riders in history.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/1760
🇲🇽 Isaac Del Toro was already outstanding last season, yet he claimed only a single WorldTour victory all year. That is why yesterday’s overall triumph at the UAE Tour stands as the biggest win of his career - and his second greatest result overall.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/910...
🇮🇹 Jonathan Milan swept the pure bunch sprints at the UAE Tour by taking his third victory on the race’s final stage.
He moves past two riders with rather tainted doping histories, 🇪🇸 Juan José Cobo and 🇩🇪 Stefan Schumacher.
🔗 prestigelisten.dk/en/rider/479
In the end, 🇲🇽 Isaac Del Toro managed to crack his rivals - convincingly enough to move into pole position for the overall victory.
He moves past 🇪🇸 Haimar Zubeldia, 🇧🇪 Johan Vansummeren, 🇦🇺 Bradley McGee and 🇩🇰 Leif Mortensen on the all time ranking.
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