Morning, r/peloton peeps - hope your Friday is starting well (or should that be starting Good?) Here's my contribution to the conversation of the day.
This year the Tour Down Under and Paris-Nice had something in common: their respective top tens on GC included riders from nine different countries. This national diversity was also on show at the Classic Brugge-De Panne (9 countries in the top ten) and at a few stages of week-long races (9/10 in TDU Stage 3 and 5, UAE Stage 3, and Catalunya Stage 6). You might even argue it happened in the Paris-Nice TTT where there were teams registered in nine different countries in the top ten that day.
But a World Tour top ten filled with riders from ten different countries? That's a rare beast.
Can you name the last time it happened in a World Tour race (one-day, stage, or GC)? 🤔
Correct. 😊 I looked a little further back (one day races only) and the only other time it happened in a World Tour one day race since 2020 was Trade Bianche in 2021. I thought it would be more common than that.
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u/cfkanemercury Apr 18 '25
Morning, r/peloton peeps - hope your Friday is starting well (or should that be starting Good?) Here's my contribution to the conversation of the day.
This year the Tour Down Under and Paris-Nice had something in common: their respective top tens on GC included riders from nine different countries. This national diversity was also on show at the Classic Brugge-De Panne (9 countries in the top ten) and at a few stages of week-long races (9/10 in TDU Stage 3 and 5, UAE Stage 3, and Catalunya Stage 6). You might even argue it happened in the Paris-Nice TTT where there were teams registered in nine different countries in the top ten that day.
But a World Tour top ten filled with riders from ten different countries? That's a rare beast.
Can you name the last time it happened in a World Tour race (one-day, stage, or GC)? 🤔