How many events does a cycling team race in a season?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Velofacts

An overview of the number of races/events the pro cycling teams participated in in 2011. The totals are split over different levels of races and teams. The totals were calculated over registered results, not the team calendars.

Not only the quality of riders but also the quantity of races can be deciding for obtaining world tour status.

This is the top 10 of teams that started the most events in 2011:

	Team		Events
1	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	NED	92
2	AG2R LA MONDIALE	FRA	90
3	FDJ	FRA	90
4	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	FRA	78
5	KATUSHA TEAM	RUS	77
6	SAUR – SOJASUN	FRA	75
7	LANDBOUWKREDIET	BEL	75
8	SKIL – SHIMANO	NED	72
9	TEAM EUROPCAR	FRA	72
10	TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO	USA	70

Clearly the teams that need the points the most ride the most events.

Now let’s look at the statistics for each level of team.
There are 4 levels of teams:

1. World tour
2. Pro Continental
3. Continental
4. Other

There are 3 levels of cycling events:

1. World tour
2. .1 Races (1.HC, 1.1, 2.HC and 2.1)
3. .2 Races (Also U23 events)

World tour teams

		total		world tour		.HC and .1		.2 and U23
		evts	rcs	evts	rcs	evts	rcs	evts	rcs
1	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	92	292	27	151	65	141
2	AG2R LA MONDIALE	90	280	27	151	63	129
3	KATUSHA TEAM	77	278	27	151	50	127
4	TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO	70	284	27	151	43	133
5	TEAM LEOPARD – TREK	69	267	27	135	42	132
6	RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM	67	263	27	151	40	112
7	OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO	67	237	27	151	40	86
8	LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE	66	249	27	151	39	98
9	SAXO BANK SUNGARD	63	255	27	151	36	104
10	LAMPRE – ISD	63	244	27	151	36	93
11	TEAM RADIOSHACK	62	252	27	151	35	101
12	SKY PROCYCLING	60	274	27	151	33	123
13	QUICKSTEP CYCLING TEAM	60	233	27	151	33	82
14	BMC RACING TEAM	59	238	27	151	32	87
15	HTC-HIGHROAD	58	244	27	151	31	93
16	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	52	215	27	151	25	64
17	PRO TEAM ASTANA	50	234	27	151	23	83
18	MOVISTAR TEAM	49	225	27	151	22	74

evts = events, for example the tour de France
rcs = races, for example the 4th stage of the tour de France

Leopard Trek missed some stages in the Giro due to the Wouter Weylandt drama.

Euskaltel rides less than half the number of .1 races compared to Vacansoleil.

Vacansoleil were last in the world tour ranking, but the number of .1 races made up for it. 57 of the events Vacansoleil participated in were in Belgium (29) and France (28)

4 riders of Vacansoleil rode 100+ races for the team. Wout Poels, Sergei Lagutin, Lieuwe Westra and surprisingly Stijn Devolder

Pro Continental teams

		total		world tour		.HC and .1		.2 and U23
		evts	rcs	evts	rcs	evts	rcs	evts	rcs
1	FDJ	90	232	13	47	72	170	5	15
2	COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	78	234	16	82	62	152
3	SAUR – SOJASUN	75	187	6	33	62	134	7	20
4	LANDBOUWKREDIET	75	132	5	5	57	114	13	13
5	SKIL – SHIMANO	72	231	11	43	61	188
6	TEAM EUROPCAR	72	207	11	50	57	146	4	11
7	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – MERCATOR	68	153	6	12	57	136	5	5
8	VERANDA’S WILLEMS – ACCENT	65	122	6	12	52	103	7	7
9	GEOX-TMC	57	200	8	64	48	133	1	3
10	BRETAGNE – SCHULLER	55	138	3	10	39	79	13	49
11	FARNESE VINI – NERI SOTTOLI	53	151	5	30	48	121
12	TEAM TYPE 1	46	159	1	9	40	122	5	28
13	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI	46	131	3	23	43	108
14	ACQUA & SAPONE	45	113	4	29	41	84
15	TEAM NETAPP	44	110	3	11	41	99
16	CAJA RURAL	42	131	3	14	36	105	3	12
17	COLNAGO – CSF INOX	39	121	3	23	36	98
18	CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE	34	100	3	15	24	69	7	16
19	DE ROSA – CERAMICA FLAMINIA	34	81	1	7	33	74
20	TEAM SPIDERTECH POWERED BY C10	33	80	2	2	29	71	2	7
21	UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING	31	122			28	112	3	10
22	ANDALUCIA CAJA GRANADA	28	130	3	29	24	97	1	4
23	COLOMBIA ES PASION – CAFE DE COLOMBIA	19	74	1	7	17	53	1	14

16 Pro continental teams r0de more events than Movistar. However the pro continental teams participate in shorter events.

Belgium teams participate mostly in one day races

Cofidis were in 16 of 27 world tour events.

Team Geox is clearly the big loser here.

The Italian teams (sometimes with irish license) score surprisingly low. The lack of wild cards for world tour events clearly shows.

Team Type 1 should also have raced more with their material. Too many nationalities? Or too much travelling between USA and Europe?

Continental and other teams

		total		world tour		.HC and .1		.2 and U23
		evts	rcs	evts	rcs	evts	rcs	evts	rcs
1	ITERA – KATUSHA	47	135			15	33	32	102
2	BIG MAT – AUBER 93	47	120			35	75	12	45
3	RABOBANK CONTINENTAL	44	116			10	21	34	95
4	AN POST – SEAN KELLY	43	86			26	53	17	33
5	VELO-CLUB LA POMME MARSEILLE	41	110			25	65	16	45
6	WALLONIE BRUXELLES – CREDIT AGRICOLE	41	82			19	34	22	48
7	DONCKERS KOFFIE – JELLY BELLY	40	58			24	42	16	16
8	D’ANGELO & ANTENUCCI – NIPPO	39	107			30	60	9	47
9	ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE	39	86			30	61	9	25
10	ATLAS PERSONAL	39	83			18	34	21	49
11	TEAM DIFFERDANGE – MAGIC-SPORTFOOD.DE	38	69			17	30	21	39
12	CYCLINGTEAM DE RIJKE	37	72			16	25	21	47
13	MICHE	36	89			31	70	5	19
14	CYCLINGTEAM JO PIELS	35	61			12	19	23	42
15	JONG VLAANDEREN – BAUKNECHT	34	68			12	16	22	52
16	ENDURA RACING	33	110			21	58	12	52
17	COLBA – MERCURY	30	32			12	14	18	18
18	LOTTO – BODYSOL POLE CONTINENTAL WALLON	28	40			9	12	19	28
19	GLUD & MARSTRAND – LRO	27	68			10	24	17	44
20	TEAM EDDY MERCKX – INDELAND	27	48			16	31	11	17
21	ORA HOTELS CARRERA	26	69			16	38	10	31
22	CHAMPION SYSTEM	25	100			14	49	11	51
23	TEAM NSP	25	68			12	22	13	46
24	NUTRIXXION SPARKASSE	25	61			14	35	11	26
25	AMORE & VITA	24	58			19	42	5	16
26	TEAM VORARLBERG	24	49			20	39	4	10
27	ADRIA MOBIL	23	38			14	25	9	13
28	OMEGA PHARMA-LOTTO-DAVO	22	67					22	67
29	TEAM JAYCO-AIS	21	54			2	6	19	48
30	LOBORIKA FAVORIT TEAM	21	52			6	22	15	30
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