UCI Pro Tour Stats

All the data for these stats came from the UCI Pro-Tour website http://www.uciprotour.com.

The term “Neo” is equivalent to a rookie, I guess it is a Euro thing.

The age format used below is year:days  and the age is taken as of 1 Jan of each year

Year	Total Riders	Neo	No: of teams	Avg Age	Avg age of Neo	Biggest Team	Smallest Team
2006	553	61	20	27:255	21:262	30	24
2007	558	56	20	27:256	21:215	30	25
2008	499	48	18	27:204	21:295	30	24
2009	476	38	17	27:204	21:321	30	22
2010	471	38	18	27:248	21:120	28	24
2011	489	43	18	27:361	21:229	30	24

 

Oldest Rider	Birthdate	Age	Year	Youngest Rider	Birth date	Age
EKIMOV Viatcheslaw – RUS	04/02/1966	39:331	2006	CAPECCHI Eros – ITA	13/06/1986	19:200
BROCHARD Laurent – FRA	26/03/1968	38:278	2007	VINTHER Troels Ronning – DEN	24/02/1987	19:311
BALDATO Fabio – ITA	13/06/1968	39:200	2008	BARLA Luca – ITA	29/09/1987	20:93
NOE Andrea – ITA	15/01/1969	39:350	2009	BELLIS Jonathan – GBR	16/08/1988	20:136
KNAVEN Servais – NED	06/03/1971	38:299	2010	PINOT Thibaut – FRA	29/05/1990	19:214
VOIGT Jens – GER	17/09/1971	39:105	2011	VAN KEIRBULCK Guillaume – BEL	14/02/1991	19:321

 

The table below shows the countries which are doing better than others based on their population, in other words, which nations are punching above the weight. It shows how many pro riders they have as a percentage of the population (The percentage is per 1,000,000 people of the population.). I only included countries that had at least three pro riders otherwise the percentages became a little too random.

 

2006   2007 2008 2009 2010 Country Riders %   Country  Riders % Country  Riders % Country  Riders % Country  Riders % Country  Riders % LUX 4 8.431% ó LUX 4 8.329% ó LUX 4 8.329% ó LUX 3 6.100% ó LUX 5 10.167% ó LUX 4 8.134 BEL 43 4.143% ó BEL 54 5.196% ó BEL 44 4.234% ó BEL 43 4.129% ó BEL 46 4.417% ó BEL 49 4.705 SUI 24 3.190% ñ DEN 14 2.560% ² EST 4 3.040% ñ DEN 14 2.545% ñ SLO 6 2.991% ó SLO 7 3.490 ESP 104 2.574% ò SUI 19 2.515% ó SUI 16 2.118% ò EST 3 2.309% ò DEN 16 2.909% ó DEN 15 2.727 SLO 5 2.487% ó SLO 5 2.488% ó SLO 4 1.991% ó SLO 4 1.994% ñ ESP 68 1.678% ñ NED 34 2.034 DEN 12 2.202% ò ESP 85 2.101% ó ESP 77 1.904% ñ NED 30 1.795% ó NED 27 1.615% ñ SUI 13 1.710 NED 28 1.698% ó NED 32 1.931% ó NED 28 1.690% ò ESP 70 1.727% ñ NZL 5 1.187% ò ESP 60 1.481 FRA 97 1.593% ó FRA 98 1.538% ò DEN 9 1.646% ò SUI 11 1.447% ñ AUS 24 1.129% ó AUS 28 1.317 ITA 84 1.445% ó ITA 79 1.359% ò FRA 103 1.616% ó FRA 86 1.343% ò SUI 8 1.052% ñ NOR 6 1.287 AUS 19 0.938% ó AUS 24 1.175% ò ITA 67 1.152% ó ITA 54 0.929% ó ITA 60 1.032% ó ITA 69 1.187 AUT 6 0.732% ñ KAZ 11 0.720% ñ NOR 4 0.864% ñ AUS 17 0.800% ñ KAZ 14 0.909% ò NZL 5 1.187 IRL 3 0.739% ² NZL 3 0.729% ò AUS 17 0.832% ² NZL 3 0.712% ò FRA 49 0.765% ² IRL 4 0.952 NOR 3 0.651% ñ SWE 6 0.664% ò KAZ 10 0.654% ñ SWE 6 0.662% ² NOR 3 0.644% ò KAZ 14 0.909 FIN 3 0.573% ò NOR 3 0.648% ² SVK 3 0.551% ò KAZ 10 0.649% ñ BLR 6 0.622% ² LTU 3 0.844 GER 41 0.497% ó GER 41 0.498% ñ AUT 4 0.488% ñ BLR 5 0.518% ñ AUT 5 0.609% ñ SVK 4 0.732 SWE 4 0.444% ò AUT 4 0.488% ò GER 39 0.473% ò AUT 4 0.487% ² SVK 3 0.549% ñ POR 6 0.560 KAZ 5 0.328% ñ CZE 3 3.805% ² BLR 4 0.411% ò GER 28 0.340% ò SWE 4 0.442% ò FRA 32 0.500 CZE 3 3.825% ñ UKR 8 0.173% ò SWE 3 0.332% ñ RUS 22 0.157% ² POR 4 0.374% ò BLR 4 0.415 POR 3 0.283% ñ COL 6 0.135% ò CZE 3 3.805% ² CAN 4 0.119% ò GER 29 0.352% ò AUT 3 0.365 UKR 7 0.150% ñ GBR 7 0.231% ò UKR 7 0.151% ñ GBR 6 0.098% ó GBR 13 0.213% ò SWE 3 0.331 COL 5 0.115% ñ RUS 12 0.085% ò COL 4 0.090% ó COL 4 0.088% ò RUS 20 0.143% ² CZE 3 0.294 CAN 3 0.091% ñ POL 3 0.078% ò GBR 5 0.165% ò UKR 4 0.065% ñ POL 5 0.130% ò GER 22 0.267 POL 3 0.078% ñ USA 14 4.046% ò RUS 11 0.078% ² POL 3 0.078% ò CAN 4 0.119% ò GBR 16 0.262 RUS 11 0.077%   ò USA 9 2.601% ó USA 19 5.437% ò UKR 5 0.082% ò POL 8 0.208 GBR 4 0.142%   ò COL 3 0.069% ò UKR 9 0.197 USA 15 4.371%   ² RSA 3 0.061% ò RUS 20 0.143   ò USA 18 5.151% ó USA 28 0.091

 

Details of the country codes can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes
Sorry the traffic light trend arrows only work in a browser that supports wingding fonts. i.e. IE9 but you should bet the idea of the trend from the arrows

Here are the same stats but in alphabetical order.

	2006			2007			2008			2009			2010			2011
Country	Riders	%	Rank	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	2	0.049	36
Australia	19	0.938	11	24	1.175	11	17	0.832	12	17	0.800	11	24	1.129	8	28	1.317	8
Austria	6	0.732	13	4	0.488	17	4	0.488	15	4	0.487	16	5	0.609	17	3	0.365	23
Belarus	1	0.097	28	2	0.206	24	4	0.411	20	5	0.518	15	6	0.622	16	4	0.415	21
Belgium	43	4.143	2	54	5.196	2	44	4.234	3	43	4.129	2	46	4.417	2	49	4.705	2
Brazil	1	0.005	37	2	0.011	38	2	0.011	37	1	0.005	41	1	0.005	39	1	0.005	41
Canada	3	0.091	29	1	0.030	35	1	0.030	34	4	0.119	31	4	0.119	33	2	0.060	35
China	0	0.000	38	1	0.001	40	0	0.000	39	0	0.000	42	1	0.001	40	1	0.001	42
Columbia	5	0.115	26	6	0.135	27	4	0.090	30	4	0.088	34	3	0.069	35	2	0.046	37
Costa Rica	0	0.000	38	0	0.000	41	0	0.000	39	1	0.235	25	1	0.235	26	1	0.235	28
Croatia	1	0.222	23	1	0.223	23	1	0.223	24	1	0.223	27	1	0.223	28	1	0.223	30
Cuba	0	0.000	38	0	0.000	41	0	0.000	39	1	0.087	35	0	0.000	41	0	0.000	43
Czech Republic	3	0.293	20	3	0.293	21	3	0.293	23	2	0.196	28	2	0.196	30	3	0.294	25
Denmark	12	2.202	6	14	2.560	3	9	1.646	8	14	2.545	3	16	2.909	4	15	2.727	4
Estonia	2	1.510	9	2	1.520	9	4	3.040	4	3	2.309	4	1	0.770	13	1	0.770	15
Finland	3	0.573	15	2	0.382	20	2	0.382	21	2	0.381	20	2	0.381	21	2	0.381	22
France	97	1.593	8	98	1.538	8	103	1.616	9	86	1.343	9	49	0.765	14	32	0.500	18
Germany	41	0.497	17	41	0.498	16	39	0.473	17	28	0.340	22	29	0.352	23	22	0.267	26
Hungary	1	0.100	27	1	0.100	29	1	0.100	28	1	0.101	32	0	0.000	41	1	0.101	34
Ireland	3	0.739	12	2	0.487	18	2	0.487	16	2	0.476	17	2	0.476	19	4	0.952	12
Italy	84	1.445	10	79	1.359	10	67	1.152	11	54	0.929	10	60	1.032	10	69	1.187	10
Japan	1	0.008	36	1	0.008	39	0	0.000	39	1	0.008	40	1	0.008	38	1	0.008	40
Kazakhstan	5	0.328	19	11	0.720	13	10	0.654	13	10	0.649	14	14	0.909	11	14	0.909	13
Latvia	0	0.000	38	1	0.443	19	1	0.443	18	1	0.448	18	2	0.896	12	1	0.448	20
Lithuania	2	0.558	16	1	0.280	22	2	0.559	14	1	0.281	24	1	0.281	25	3	0.844	14
Luxembourg	4	8.431	1	4	8.329	1	4	8.329	1	3	6.100	1	5	10.167	1	4	8.134	1
Moldova	0	0.000	38	0	0.000	41	0	0.000	39	1	0.231	26	1	0.231	27	1	0.231	29
Netherlands	28	1.698	7	32	1.931	7	1	0.060	32	30	1.795	6	27	1.615	6	34	2.034	5
New Zealand	1	0.245	22	3	0.729	12	28	6.803	2	3	0.712	12	5	1.187	7	5	1.187	11
Norway	3	0.651	14	3	0.648	15	2	0.432	19	2	0.429	19	3	0.644	15	6	1.287	9
Poland	3	0.078	30	3	0.078	32	4	0.104	27	3	0.078	36	5	0.130	32	8	0.208	31
Portugal	3	0.283	21	1	0.094	30	2	0.188	25	2	0.187	29	4	0.374	22	6	0.560	17
Russia	11	0.077	31	12	0.085	31	1	0.007	38	22	0.157	30	20	0.143	31	20	0.143	33
Slovakia	1	0.184	24	1	0.184	25	11	2.019	6	2	0.366	21	3	0.549	18	4	0.732	16
Slovenia	5	2.487	5	5	2.488	5	3	1.493	10	4	1.994	5	6	2.991	3	7	3.490	3
South Africa	2	0.045	34	1	0.023	37	4	0.091	29	0	0.000	42	3	0.061	36	2	0.041	38
Spain	104	2.574	4	85	2.101	6	77	1.904	7	70	1.727	7	68	1.678	5	60	1.481	7
Sweden	4	0.444	18	6	0.664	14	3	0.332	22	6	0.662	13	4	0.442	20	3	0.331	24
Switzerland	24	3.190	3	19	2.515	4	16	2.118	5	11	1.447	8	8	1.052	9	13	1.710	6
Ukraine	7	0.150	25	8	0.173	26	7	0.151	26	4	0.065	37	5	0.082	34	9	0.147	32
United Kingdom	4	0.066	32	7	0.115	28	5	0.082	31	6	0.098	33	13	0.213	29	16	0.262	27
United States	15	0.050	33	14	0.046	34	9	0.030	35	19	0.311	23	18	0.295	24	28	0.458	19
Uzbekistan																1	0.036	39
Venezuela	1	0.039	35	2	0.077	33	1	0.038	33	1	0.037	38	0	0.000	41	0	0.000	43

Next will be something similar but focusing on the Tour de France riders.