Modern cycling has seen the rise of new stars which are expected to contest with the sport's legends results-wise, and one of them is Remco Evenepoel. Despite being a rider very well fit for the stage-races, he has actually become modern cycling's most efficient winner in the one-day races.
This is a statistic explained by Twitter user @NaichacaCycling who has taken a dive into the win rate of the sport's best since the 1990's. This does not include for example Eddy Merckx who has in the past ruled the sport, but out of the last decades it is possible to see that Evenepoel has won 30% of every Monument, World Championship or Olympic Games event that he's started as an Elite rider.
He has in fact only started five monuments ,but two were the 2022 and 2023 Liège-Bastogne-Liège which he's won. Evenepoel has also won the road race and time-trial World Championships in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Although it is not included, he also carries in his palmarès three victories at the Clásica San Sebastián, stage victories in the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España - the latter which he's also won the GC, and many others. At a fresh 24 years of age, the Belgian already has over 50 victories in his palmarès - an impressive achievement for any rider, but specially for a non-sprinter.
Evenepoel is not isolated at the top of this statistic however, both Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel have won 27.8% of theirs respectively. Pogacar at 25 is a Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Tour of Flanders and triple Il Lombardia winner; whilst van der Poel is the reigning World Champion, Paris-Roubaix, Milano-Sanremo and double Tour of Flanders winner - besides his six world titles in cyclocross.
Win Rate in Biggest One Day Races (Monuments, WCRR, ORR): 30,0% | Remco Evenepoel* 27,8% | Mathieu Van der Poel* 27,8% | Tadej Pogacar* 16,7% | Paolo Bettini 14,8% | Tom Boonen 14,0% | Fabian Cancellara *active Will these 3 go down as the greatest one day racers ever?
