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RABWorldTeam ·season

Rabobank ProTeam

Team rating
799
#8 of 17 WorldTeams
Depth
664
riders 8 to 12
Wins
20
12 winners

The season ·

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Peak 794
Giro 1st
Tour 51st
Vuelta 6th
SanremoFlandersRoubaixLiègeWorlds TTWorldsLombardia
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
WonPodiumTop 10RacedA bar is a stage race, colored by the team's best GC; ◆ its stage wins and podiumsZone: the WorldTeams from the median team (dashed) to the best

Honors

1
Grand Tours
Best results
1
Grand Tour top 10
4
Grand Tour stage win
1
WorldTour GC podium
1
Award podium
7
Grand Tour stage podium
4
.Pro win or GC podium
11
.1 win
What its riders won riding for it; the Worlds and Olympics count for the trade team. Best results fill a season with fewer honors, from Monument podiums down to .2 wins, U23 races a class up. Hover a badge for the riders and races.

2009 awards

The 2009 season ›
Team awards
6thTeam of the yearof 17 WorldTeams
Rating95
Results34
65
6thSprint teamof 17 WorldTeams
Rating91
Results5
48
6thClassics teamof 17 WorldTeams
Rating99
Results62
81
4thGC teamof 17 WorldTeams
Rating88
Results59
74
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25
2ndStage racerDenis Menchov65
5thClimberDenis Menchov63
5thClassics riderGraeme Allen Brown58
7thPuncheurRobert Gesink48
7thSprinterÓscar Freire42
7thRookie of the yearLars Boom33
8thRider of the yearDenis Menchov78
8thBreakaway riderStef Clement67
11thClimberJuan Manuel Garate49
A team award: half the team's rating over the season, half its class-weighted results in the award's races, each a share of the best WorldTeam. 13 more rider places.

How good, at what

vs 17 WorldTeams
Overall56799 · #8
One-Day81708 · #4
GC62732 · #7
Flat69770 · #6
Hilly62692 · #7
Mountain75702 · #5
Time Trial44666 · #10
Sprint69836 · #6
Cobbles88648 · #3
Long56638 · #8
Team weighted: each rating from its best riders' margins above the WorldTour median rider, its leader counting most; Sprint takes in the lead-outs. The bar is its percentile among the 17 WorldTeams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallÓscar Freire822Juan Antonio Flecha804Graeme Allen Brown767
One-DayÓscar Freire734Robert Gesink700Nick Nuyens671
GCDenis Menchov765Robert Gesink741Juan Manuel Garate672
FlatJuan Antonio Flecha857Mathew Hayman701Graeme Allen Brown676
HillyRobert Gesink729Juan Manuel Garate660Pieter Weening655
MountainRobert Gesink733Denis Menchov719Juan Manuel Garate640
Time TrialDenis Menchov682Stef Clement658Robert Gesink650
SprintÓscar Freire870Graeme Allen Brown819Mathew Hayman731
CobblesNick Nuyens676Juan Antonio Flecha669Óscar Freire589
LongJuan Manuel Garate656Robert Gesink635Denis Menchov617
Its three best on each rating, by their 2009 peak.

Season highlights

Giro d'Italia · overallDenis Menchov
Giro d'Italia · 2 stagesDenis Menchov ×2
Tour de France · 1 stageJuan Manuel Garate
Vuelta a España · 1 stageLars Boom
Tour de Romandie · 2 stagesÓscar Freire ×2
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré · 1 stageStef Clement
Giro dell'EmiliaRobert Gesink
Tour Down Under · 1 stageGraeme Allen Brown
Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol · overallJoost Posthuma
Tour of Belgium · overallLars Boom
Vuelta a la Región de Murcia · overallDenis Menchov
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

20
wins
12
different winners
25%
of the wins: Graeme Allen Brown
Graeme Allen Brown5
Sebastian Langeveld3
Óscar Freire2
Denis Menchov2
Pieter Weening1
Stef Clement1
Koos Moerenhout1
Juan Manuel Garate1
Kai Reus1
Lars Boom1
Wins by rider, and 2 more with fewer. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

Rouleur827%
GC620%
Climber620%
Puncheur517%
Sprinter310%
All-Rounder27%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

30 ridersAverage age 28.1
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Nationalities · 7
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Ins and outs

Since 2008: 6 in, 6 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: +58 a rider
In · 6from
→ Nick Nuyens675Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone
→ Juan Manuel Garate662Quickstep - Innergetic
→ Stef Clement641Bouygues Telecom
→ Lars Boom633Rabobank Continental Team
→ Maarten Tjallingii632Silence - Lotto
→ Tom Stamsnijder553Gerolsteiner
Out · 6to
← Thomas Dekker700Silence - Lotto
← Gerben Löwik610new to the level
← Theo Eltink569new to the level
← William Walker542Fuji-Servetto
← Michiel Elijzen530Silence - Lotto
← Jan Boven452new to the level
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

Óscar Freire33Puncheur822734539596642536555870589597
Juan Antonio Flecha31Rouleur804669554857654494569636669568
Graeme Allen Brown30Sprinter767650356677583235457819513455
Denis Menchov31Climber750589765581653719682537468617
Robert Gesink23All-Rounder737700741564729733650652560635
Mathew Hayman31Sprinter717641421701593384426731556489
Tom Leezer23Puncheur689634484603593511451714540463
Nick Nuyens29Puncheur675671457676599394550671676609
Sebastian Langeveld24Puncheur667654500559627470585678553572
Juan Manuel Garate33Climber662620672625660640568547487656
Paul Martens25Puncheur658639566432624540550673534565
Joost Posthuma28Rouleur655562650671597587624533480521
Stef Clement26GC641515570337638485658361412497
Laurens ten Dam28Climber636528642579588630560420432527
Pieter Weening28Climber636589606577655568522501426580
Koos Moerenhout35GC633581634552606575636522447559
Lars Boom23Rouleur633543615514597604647579444510
Maarten Tjallingii31Rouleur632598564628571525630636522531
Bram Tankink30Climber625582634623608584546504509569
Grischa Niermann33All-Rounder618535632483595566568497422513
Pedro Horrillo34Sprinter611557408514497350482636498490
Kai Reus24GC598495381630518288479521370400
Bram de Groot34Rouleur588491441606490435497557424419
Mauricio Alberto Ardila30Climber585559569571595552485575423482
Jos van Emden24Rouleur584557473602503429512586467521
Bauke Mollema22GC573522305430593101491515413426
Marc de Maar25Rouleur570556500576549495467544460504
Dmitry Kozontchuk25GC554512527238567499456452405504
Tom Stamsnijder24Rouleur553531482562538430560520457465
Rick Flens26GC549473410336486315581468385440

Stats

Rider performance statistics by year

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