Classic cycle races |
The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th century. They are normally held at roughly the same time each year. In the last few years, the five most revered races are sometimes described as the 'Monuments'.
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Best cyclists in the history of 'classics' (according their wins in 'Monuments')
Cyclist |
Nationality |
First win |
Latest win |
Milan-San Remo |
Tour of Flanders |
Paris-Roubaix |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Giro di Lombardia |
Total |
Eddy Merckx |
Belgium |
1966 |
1976 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
19 |
Roger De Vlaeminck |
Belgium |
1970 |
1979 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
Costante Girardengo |
Italy |
1918 |
1928 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
Fausto Coppi |
Italy |
1946 |
1954 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
Sean Kelly |
Ireland |
1983 |
1992 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
Rik Van Looy |
Belgium |
1958 |
1965 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
Gino Bartali |
Italy |
1939 |
1950 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
Tom Boonen |
Belgium |
2005 |
2012 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Fabian Cancellara |
Switzerland |
2006 |
2014 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
Henri Pélissier |
France |
1911 |
1921 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
Alfredo Binda |
Italy |
1925 |
1931 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
Fred De Bruyne |
Belgium |
1956 |
1959 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
Francesco Moser |
Italy |
1975 |
1984 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
Moreno Argentin |
Italy |
1985 |
1991 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
Johan Museeuw |
Belgium |
1993 |
2002 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Gaetano Belloni |
Italy |
1915 |
1928 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Rik Van Steenbergen |
Belgium |
1944 |
1954 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Bernard Hinault |
France |
1977 |
1984 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Michele Bartoli |
Italy |
1996 |
2003 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Paolo Bettini |
Italy |
2000 |
2006 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Philippe Gilbert |
Belgium |
2009 |
2019 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
Tadej Pogačar |
Slovenia |
2021 |
2023 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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