DATA DOMESTIQUE
WorldTeam ·season

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Team rating
754
#4 of 23 WorldTeams
Depth
584
riders 8 to 12
Wins
14
5 winners

The season ·

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Peak 735
Tour 1st
Vuelta 3rd
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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
Its riders' season awards
1
Stage racer
Best results
1
Grand Tour top 10
4
Grand Tour stage win
1
WorldTour GC podium
1
WorldTour win
3
Award podium
8
Grand Tour stage podium
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.

2001 awards

The 2001 season ›
Team awards
12thTeam of the yearof 23 WorldTeams
Rating90
Results43
67
16thSprint teamof 23 WorldTeams
Rating85
Results5
45
11thClassics teamof 23 WorldTeams
Rating95
Results41
68
3rdGC teamof 23 WorldTeams
Rating100
Results71
86
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25
1stStage racerLance Armstrong86
2ndBreakout starLevi Leipheimer195
2ndTime trialistLance Armstrong86
3rdClimberLance Armstrong82
7thClimberRoberto Heras61
7thTop U23 riderTom Boonen45
8thClassics riderGeorge Hincapie60
8thBreakaway riderJulian Dean50
9thRider of the yearLance Armstrong63
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. 9 more rider places.

How good, at what

vs 23 WorldTeams
Overall86754 · #4
One-Day59594 · #10
GC100691 · #1
Flat73782 · #7
Hilly45585 · #13
Mountain100681 · #1
Time Trial100699 · #1
Sprint32659 · #16
Cobbles77534 · #6
Long95583 · #2
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 23 WorldTeams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallGeorge Hincapie799Lance Armstrong736Levi Leipheimer697
One-DayGeorge Hincapie616Lance Armstrong616Viatcheslav Ekimov532
GCLance Armstrong735Levi Leipheimer686Roberto Heras644
FlatGeorge Hincapie849Tom Boonen771Julian Dean682
HillyLance Armstrong622Roberto Heras556Levi Leipheimer543
MountainLance Armstrong728Roberto Heras671Levi Leipheimer645
Time TrialLance Armstrong740Levi Leipheimer705Viatcheslav Ekimov627
SprintGeorge Hincapie682Julian Dean671Stéphane Barthe574
CobblesGeorge Hincapie585Viatcheslav Ekimov494Lance Armstrong494
LongLance Armstrong637George Hincapie543Tyler Hamilton515
Its three best on each rating, by their 2001 peak.

Season highlights

Tour de France · overallLance Armstrong
Tour de France · 4 stagesLance Armstrong ×4
Gent-WevelgemGeorge Hincapie
Tour de Suisse · 2 stagesLance Armstrong ×2
Tour de Suisse · overallLance Armstrong
Vuelta Aragón · overallRoberto Heras
First Union ClassicJulian Dean
Barclay's Global Investors Grand PrixGeorge Hincapie
Vuelta a Castilla y Leon · 1 stageJulian Dean
Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana · 1 stageViatcheslav Ekimov
Gp Tell · 1 stageTom Boonen
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

14
wins
5
different winners
43%
of the wins: Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong6
Tom Boonen3
George Hincapie2
Julian Dean2
Viatcheslav Ekimov1
Wins by rider. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

GC838%
Rouleur733%
Climber314%
Puncheur210%
Sprinter15%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

21 ridersAverage age 27.3
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Nationalities · 11
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Ins and outs

Since 2000: 9 in, 7 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: +84 a rider
In · 9from
→ Tom Boonen690US Postal Service
→ Roberto Heras663Kelme - Costa Blanca
→ José Luis Rubiera640Kelme - Costa Blanca
→ Antonio Cruz578Saturn
→ Victor Hugo Peña574Vitalicio Seguros - Grupo Generali
→ William Chann McRae563Mapei - Quickstep
→ Stéphane Barthe548AG2R Prevoyance
→ David Zabriskie527new to the level
→ Matthew White457Vini Caldirola - Sidermec
Out · 7to
← Frankie Andreu654new to the level
← Kevin Livingston580Team Telekom
← Kirk O'Bee500Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
← Marty Jemison497new to the level
← Stive Vermaut494Lotto - Adecco
← David George488Tacconi Sport - Vini Caldirola
← Patrick Jonker470BigMat - Auber 93
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

George Hincapie28Rouleur799616477849536427526682585543
Lance Armstrong29GC736616735570622728741494494637
Levi Leipheimer27GC697487686608543645705438410510
Tom Boonen20Rouleur690472329771480247426440465398
Julian Dean26Sprinter664528399682469374454671435392
Roberto Heras27Climber663530644673556671550544421506
José Luis Rubiera28Climber641525640614540644581551421484
Viatcheslav Ekimov35Rouleur600532522541528466627533494513
Tyler Hamilton30GC600477550566503498618393384515
Antonio Cruz29Rouleur578483422601476383507529384400
Victor Hugo Peña26GC574417507558477441587387339455
William Chann McRae29GC563493508600502481533467395474
Benoît Joachim25Rouleur557444473592458447490390373443
Stéphane Barthe28Puncheur548485368485427298461574441413
Steffen Kjærgaard28GC529435480449469427548359349476
David Zabriskie22GC527335355539402243527229275350
Cédric Vasseur30Rouleur525517460516503418478529439480
Christian Vande Velde25Puncheur525453484442520432530310368505
Dylan Casey30GC514318327347369172570279267340
Jamie Burrow24Climber483381307513409245406314299344
Matthew White27Rouleur457350315381411235476198315392

Stats

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