Cycling monument

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The Monuments are five classic cycle races generally considered to be the oldest, hardest and most prestigious one-day events in men's road cycling.[1][2][3] They each have a long history and specific individual characteristics. They are currently the one-day races in which most points can be earned in the UCI World Tour.

List of monuments[]

The five monuments are:

  • Italy Milan–San Remo – the first major Classic of the year, its Italian name is La Primavera (the spring), because it is held in late March. First run in 1907, it is notable for being considered the sprinter's classic. This race is particularly long (ca. 300 km (190 mi)) though mostly flat along the Ligurian coast, enabling sprinters to compete.
  • Belgium Tour of Flanders – the Ronde van Vlaanderen in Dutch, the first of the Cobbled classics, is raced every first Sunday of April. It was first held in 1913, making it the youngest of the five Monuments. Notable for the narrow short hills (hellingen) in the Flemish Ardennes, usually steep and cobbled, the route forces the best riders to continually fight for space at the front. The course changes slightly every year: since 2017 the race starts in Antwerp and since 2012 finishes in Oudenaarde.
  • France Paris–Roubaix – the Queen of the Classics or l'Enfer du Nord ("The Hell of the North") is raced traditionally one week after the Tour of Flanders and is the last of the cobbled races. It was first organized in 1896. Its decisive sites are the many long sections of pavé (roads of cobblestones) making it the most unpleasant one-day race. It is considered by many to be the most heroic one-day cycling event of the year.[citation needed] The race finishes on the iconic Roubaix Velodrome. At the end of the race, riders are usually covered in dirt and mud in what is considered one of the most brutal tests of mental and physical endurance in all of cycling.
  • Belgium Liège–Bastogne–Liège – held in late April. La Doyenne, the oldest Classic, is the last of the Ardennes classics and usually the last of the spring races. It was first organized in 1892 as an amateur event; a professional edition followed in 1894. It is a long and arduous race notable for its many sharp hills in the Ardennes and uphill finish in the industrial suburbs of Liège, favouring climbers and even grand tour specialists.
  • Italy Giro di Lombardia – the Autumn Classic or the Race of the Falling Leaves, is held in October or late September. Initially organized as Milano–Milano in 1905, it was called the Giro di Lombardia (Tour of Lombardy) in 1907 and Il Lombardia in 2012. It is notable for its hilly and varied course around Lake Como. It is often won by climbers with a strong sprint finish.

Monuments winners[]

Year Milan–San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia
1892 Not contested Not contested Not contested  Léon Houa (BEL) (1/3) Not contested
1893  Léon Houa (BEL) (2/3)
1894  Léon Houa (BEL) (3/3)
1895 Not contested
1896  Josef Fischer (GER)
1897  Maurice Garin (FRA) (1/2)
1898  Maurice Garin (FRA) (2/2)
1899  Albert Champion (FRA)
1900  Emile Bouhours (FRA)
1901  Lucien Lesna (FRA) (1/2)
1902  Lucien Lesna (FRA) (2/2)
1903  Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA) (1/2)
1904  Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA) (2/2)
1905  Louis Trousselier (FRA)  Giovanni Gerbi (ITA)
1906  Henri Cornet (FRA)  Giuseppe Brambilla (ITA)
1907  Lucien Petit-Breton (FRA)  Georges Passerieu (FRA)  Gustave Garrigou (FRA) (1/2)
1908  Cyrille van Hauwaert (BEL) (1/2)  Cyrille van Hauwaert (BEL) (2/2)  André Trousselier (FRA)  François Faber (LUX) (1/2)
1909  Luigi Ganna (ITA)  Octave Lapize (FRA) (1/3)  Victor Fastre (BEL)  Giovanni Cuniolo (ITA)
1910  Eugène Christophe (FRA)  Octave Lapize (FRA) (2/3) Not contested  Giovanni Michelotto (ITA)
1911  Gustave Garrigou (FRA) (2/2)  Octave Lapize (FRA) (3/3)  Joseph Van Daele (BEL)  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (1/6)
1912  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (2/6)  Charles Crupelandt (FRA) (1/2)  Omer Verschoore (BEL)  Carlo Oriani (ITA)
1913  Odile Defraye (BEL)  Paul Deman (BEL) (1/2)  François Faber (LUX) (2/2)  Maurits Moritz (BEL)  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (3/6)
1914  Ugo Agostoni (ITA)  Marcel Buysse (BEL)  Charles Crupelandt (FRA) (2/2) Not contested  Lauro Bordin (ITA)
1915  Ezio Corlaita (ITA) Not contested Not contested  Gaetano Belloni (ITA) (1/5)
1916 Not contested  Leopoldo Torricelli (ITA)
1917  Gaetano Belloni (ITA) (2/5)  Philippe Thys (BEL)
1918  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (1/9)  Gaetano Belloni (ITA) (3/5)
1919  Angelo Gremo (ITA)  Henri van Lerberghe (BEL)  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (4/6)  Léon Devos (BEL) (1/2)  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (2/9)
1920  Gaetano Belloni (ITA) (4/5)  Jules Van Hevel (BEL) (1/2)  Paul Deman (BEL) (2/2)  Léon Scieur (BEL)  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (5/6)
1921  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (3/9)  René Vermandel (BEL) (1/3)  Henri Pélissier (FRA) (6/6)  Louis Mottiat (BEL) (1/2)  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (4/9)
1922  Giovanni Brunero (ITA) (1/3)  Léon Devos (BEL) (2/2)  Albert Dejonghe (BEL)  Louis Mottiat (BEL) (2/2)  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (5/9)
1923  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (6/9)  Heiri Suter (SUI) (1/2)  Heiri Suter (SUI) (2/2)  René Vermandel (BEL) (2/3)  Giovanni Brunero (ITA) (2/3)
1924  Pietro Linari (ITA)  Gérard Debaets (BEL) (1/2)  Jules Van Hevel (BEL) (2/2)  René Vermandel (BEL) (3/3)  Giovanni Brunero (ITA) (3/3)
1925  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (7/9)  Julien Delbecque (BEL) (1/2)  Félix Sellier (BEL)  Georges Ronsse (BEL) (1/2)  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (1/6)
1926  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (8/9)  Denis Verschueren (BEL)  Julien Delbecque (BEL) (2/2)  Dieudonné Smets (BEL)  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (2/6)
1927  Pietro Chesi (ITA)  Gérard Debaets (BEL) (2/2)  Georges Ronsse (BEL) (2/2)  Maurice Raes (BEL)  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (3/6)
1928  Costante Girardengo (ITA) (9/9)  Jan Mertens (BEL)  André Leducq (FRA)  Ernest Mottard (BEL)  Gaetano Belloni (ITA) (5/5)
1929  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (4/6)  Jef Dervaes (BEL)  Charles Meunier (BEL)  Alfons Schepers (BEL) (1/4)  Piero Fossati (ITA)
1930  Michele Mara (ITA) (1/2)  Frans Bonduel (BEL)  Julien Vervaecke (BEL)  Hermann Buse (GER)  Michele Mara (ITA) (2/2)
1931  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (5/6)  Romain Gijssels (BEL) (1/3)  Gaston Rebry (BEL) (1/4)  Alfons Schepers (BEL) (2/4)  Alfredo Binda (ITA) (6/6)
1932  Alfredo Bovet (ITA)  Romain Gijssels (BEL) (2/3)  Romain Gijssels (BEL) (3/3)  Marcel Houyoux (BEL)  Antonio Negrini (ITA)
1933  Learco Guerra (ITA) (1/2)  Alfons Schepers (BEL) (3/4)  Sylvère Maes (BEL)  François Gardier (BEL)  Domenico Piemontesi (ITA)
1934  Jef Demuysere (BEL)  Gaston Rebry (BEL) (2/4)  Gaston Rebry (BEL) (3/4)  Theo Herckenrath (BEL)  Learco Guerra (ITA) (2/2)
1935  Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) (1/2)  Louis Duerloo (BEL)  Gaston Rebry (BEL) (4/4)  Alfons Schepers (BEL) (4/4)  Enrico Mollo (ITA)
1936  Angelo Varetto (ITA)  Louis Hardiquest (BEL)  Georges Speicher (FRA)  Albert Beckaert (BEL)  Gino Bartali (ITA) (1/7)
1937  Cesare Del Cancia (ITA)  Michel D'Hooghe (BEL)  Jules Rossi (ITA)  Eloi Meulenberg (BEL)  Aldo Bini (ITA) (1/2)
1938  Giuseppe Olmo (ITA) (2/2)  Edgard de Caluwé (BEL)  Lucien Storme (BEL)  Alfons Deloor (BEL)  Cino Cinelli (ITA) (1/2)
1939  Gino Bartali (ITA) (2/7)  Karel Kaers (BEL)  Émile Masson Jr. (BEL)  Albert Ritserveldt (BEL)  Gino Bartali (ITA) (3/7)
1940  Gino Bartali (ITA) (4/7)  Achiel Buysse (BEL) (1/3) Not contested Not contested  Gino Bartali (ITA) (5/7)
1941  Pierino Favalli (ITA)  Achiel Buysse (BEL) (2/3)  Mario Ricci (ITA) (1/2)
1942  Adolfo Leoni (ITA)  Briek Schotte (BEL) (1/2)  Aldo Bini (ITA) (2/2)
1943  Cino Cinelli (ITA) (2/2)  Achiel Buysse (BEL) (3/3)  Marcel Kint (BEL)  Richard Depoorter (BEL) (1/2) Not contested
1944 Not contested  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (1/5)  Maurice Desimpelaere (BEL) Not contested
1945  Sylvain Grysolle (BEL)  Paul Maye (FRA)  Jean Engels (BEL)  Mario Ricci (ITA) (2/2)
1946  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (1/9)  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (2/5)  Georges Claes (BEL) (1/2)  Prosper Depredomme (BEL) (1/2)  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (2/9)
1947  Gino Bartali (ITA) (6/7)  Emiel Faignaert (BEL)  Georges Claes (BEL) (2/2)  Richard Depoorter (BEL) (2/2)  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (3/9)
1948  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (4/9)  Briek Schotte (BEL) (2/2)  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (3/5)  Maurice Mollin (BEL)  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (5/9)
1949  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (6/9)  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (1/3)  Serse Coppi (ITA)
 André Mahé (FRA)[notes 1] 		 Camille Danguillaume (FRA)  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (7/9)
1950  Gino Bartali (ITA) (7/7)  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (2/3)  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (8/9)  Prosper Depredomme (BEL) (2/2)  Renzo Soldani (ITA)
1951  Louison Bobet (FRA) (1/4)  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) (3/3)  Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (1/2)  Louison Bobet (FRA) (2/4)
1952  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) (1/2)  Roger Decock (BEL)  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (4/5)  Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) (2/2)  Giuseppe Minardi (ITA)
1953  Loretto Petrucci (ITA) (2/2)  Wim van Est (NED)  Germain Derijcke (BEL) (1/4)  Alois De Hertog (BEL)  Bruno Landi (ITA)
1954  Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) (5/5)  Raymond Impanis (BEL) (1/2)  Raymond Impanis (BEL) (2/2)  Marcel Ernzer (LUX)  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (9/9)
1955  Germain Derijcke (BEL) (2/4)  Louison Bobet (FRA) (3/4)  Jean Forestier (FRA) (1/2)  Stan Ockers (BEL)  Cleto Maule (ITA)
1956  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (1/6)  Jean Forestier (FRA) (2/2)  Louison Bobet (FRA) (4/4)  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (2/6)  André Darrigade (FRA)
1957  Miguel Poblet (ESP) (1/2)  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (3/6)  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (4/6)  Germain Derijcke (BEL) (3/4)
 Frans Schoubben (BEL)[notes 2] 		 Diego Ronchini (ITA)
1958  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (1/8)  Germain Derijcke (BEL) (4/4)  Leon Vandaele (BEL)  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (5/6)  Nino Defilippis (ITA)
1959  Miguel Poblet (ESP) (2/2)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (2/8)  Noël Foré (BEL) (1/2)  Fred De Bruyne (BEL) (6/6)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (3/8)
1960  René Privat (FRA)  Arthur De Cabooter (BEL)  Pino Cerami (BEL)  Albertus Geldermans (NED)  Emile Daems (BEL) (1/3)
1961  Raymond Poulidor (FRA)  Tom Simpson (GBR) (1/3)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (4/8)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (5/8)  Vito Taccone (ITA)
1962  Emile Daems (BEL) (2/3)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (6/8)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (7/8)  Jef Planckaert (BEL)  Jo de Roo (NED) (1/3)
1963  Joseph Groussard (FRA)  Noel Foré (BEL) (2/2)  Emile Daems (BEL) (3/3)  Frans Melckenbeeck (BEL)  Jo de Roo (NED) (2/3)
1964  Tom Simpson (GBR) (2/3)  Rudi Altig (GER) (1/2)  Peter Post (NED)  Willy Blocklandt (BEL)  Gianni Motta (ITA)
1965  Arie den Hartog (NED)  Jo De Roo (NED) (3/3)  Rik Van Looy (BEL) (8/8)  Carmine Preziosi (ITA)  Tom Simpson (GBR) (3/3)
1966  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (1/19)  Edward Sels (BEL)  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (1/4)  Jacques Anquetil (FRA)  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (2/4)
1967  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (2/19)  Dino Zandegù (ITA)  Jan Janssen (NED)  Walter Godefroot (BEL) (1/4)  Franco Bitossi (ITA) (1/2)
1968  Rudi Altig (GER) (2/2)  Walter Godefroot (BEL) (2/4)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (3/19)  Walter Van Sweefelt (BEL)  Herman Van Springel (BEL)
1969  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (4/19)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (5/19)  Walter Godefroot (BEL) (3/4)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (6/19)  Jean-Pierre Monseré (BEL)
1970  Michele Dancelli (ITA)  Eric Leman (BEL) (1/3)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (7/19)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (1/11)  Franco Bitossi (ITA) (2/2)
1971  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (8/19)  Evert Dolman (NED)  Roger Rosiers (BEL)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (9/19)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (10/19)
1972  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (11/19)  Eric Leman (BEL) (2/3)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (2/11)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (12/19)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (13/19)
1973  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (3/11)  Eric Leman (BEL) (3/3)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (14/19)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (15/19)  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (3/4)
1974  Felice Gimondi (ITA) (4/4)  Cees Bal (NED)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (4/11)  Georges Pintens (BEL)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (5/11)
1975  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (16/19)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (17/19)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (6/11)  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (18/19)  Francesco Moser (ITA) (1/6)
1976  Eddy Merckx (BEL) (19/19)  Walter Planckaert (BEL)  Marc Demeyer (BEL)  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) (1/2)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (7/11)
1977  Jan Raas (NED) (1/4)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (8/11)  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (9/11)  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (1/5)  Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) (1/2)
1978  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (10/11)  Walter Godefroot (BEL) (4/4)  Francesco Moser (ITA) (2/6)  Joseph Bruyère (BEL) (2/2)  Francesco Moser (ITA) (3/6)
1979  Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) (11/11)  Jan Raas (NED) (2/4)  Francesco Moser (ITA) (4/6)  Dietrich Thurau (GER)  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (2/5)
1980  Pierino Gavazzi (ITA)  Michel Pollentier (BEL)  Francesco Moser (ITA) (5/6)  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (3/5)  Fons De Wolf (BEL) (1/2)
1981  Fons De Wolf (BEL) (2/2)  Hennie Kuiper (NED) (1/4)  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (4/5)  Josef Fuchs (SUI)  Hennie Kuiper (NED) (2/4)
1982  Marc Gomez (FRA)  René Martens (BEL)  Jan Raas (NED) (3/4)  Silvano Contini (ITA)  Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (1/2)
1983  Giuseppe Saronni (ITA) (2/2)  Jan Raas (NED) (4/4)  Hennie Kuiper (NED) (3/4)  Steven Rooks (NED)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (1/9)
1984  Francesco Moser (ITA) (6/6)  Johan Lammerts (NED)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (2/9)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (3/9)  Bernard Hinault (FRA) (5/5)
1985  Hennie Kuiper (NED) (4/4)  Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) (1/2)  Marc Madiot (FRA) (1/2)  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (1/6)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (4/9)
1986  Sean Kelly (IRL) (5/9)  Adri van der Poel (NED) (1/2)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (6/9)  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (2/6)  Gianbattista Baronchelli (ITA) (2/2)
1987  Erich Mächler (SUI)  Claude Criquielion (BEL)  Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) (2/2)  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (3/6)  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (4/6)
1988  Laurent Fignon (FRA) (1/2)  Eddy Planckaert (BEL) (1/2)  Dirk Demol (BEL)  Adri van der Poel (NED) (2/2)  Charly Mottet (FRA)
1989  Laurent Fignon (FRA) (2/2)  Edwig van Hooydonck (BEL) (1/2)  Jean-Marie Wampers (BEL)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (7/9)  Tony Rominger (SUI) (1/2)
1990  Gianni Bugno (ITA) (1/2)  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (5/6)  Eddy Planckaert (BEL) (2/2)  Eric van Lancker (BEL)  Gilles Delion (FRA)
1991  Claudio Chiappucci (ITA)  Edwig van Hooydonck (BEL) (2/2)  Marc Madiot (FRA) (2/2)  Moreno Argentin (ITA) (6/6)  Sean Kelly (IRL) (8/9)
1992  Sean Kelly (IRL) (9/9)  Jacky Durand (FRA)  Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) (1/2)  Dirk de Wolf (BEL)  Tony Rominger (SUI) (2/2)
1993  Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (1/6)  Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) (2/2)  Rolf Sørensen (DEN) (1/2)  Pascal Richard (SUI) (1/2)
1994  Giorgio Furlan (ITA)  Gianni Bugno (ITA) (2/2)  Andrei Tchmil (MDA) (1/3)  Evgeni Berzin (RUS)  Viatcheslav Bobrik (RUS)
1995  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (1/2)  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (2/6)  Franco Ballerini (ITA) (1/2)  Mauro Gianetti (SUI)  Gianni Faresin (ITA)
1996  Gabriele Colombo (ITA)  Michele Bartoli (ITA) (1/5)  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (3/6)  Pascal Richard (SUI) (2/2)  Andrea Tafi (ITA) (1/3)
1997  Erik Zabel (GER) (1/4)  Rolf Sørensen (DEN) (2/2)  Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)  Michele Bartoli (ITA) (2/5)  Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (2/2)
1998  Erik Zabel (GER) (2/4)  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (4/6)  Franco Ballerini (ITA) (2/2)  Michele Bartoli (ITA) (3/5)  Oscar Camenzind (SUI) (1/2)
1999  Andrei Tchmil (BEL) (2/3)  Peter Van Petegem (BEL) (1/3)  Andrea Tafi (ITA) (2/3)  Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL)  Mirko Celestino (ITA)
2000  Erik Zabel (GER) (3/4)  Andrei Tchmil (BEL) (3/3)  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (5/6)  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (1/5)  Raimondas Rumšas (LTU)
2001  Erik Zabel (GER) (4/4)  Gianluca Bortolami (ITA)  Servais Knaven (NED)  Oscar Camenzind (SUI) (2/2)  Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (1/2)
2002  Mario Cipollini (ITA)  Andrea Tafi (ITA) (3/3)  Johan Museeuw (BEL) (6/6)  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (2/5)  Michele Bartoli (ITA) (4/5)
2003  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (3/5)  Peter Van Petegem (BEL) (2/3)  Peter Van Petegem (BEL) (3/3)  Tyler Hamilton (USA)  Michele Bartoli (ITA) (5/5)
2004  Óscar Freire (ESP) (1/3)  Steffen Wesemann (GER)  Magnus Bäckstedt (SWE)  Davide Rebellin (ITA)  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (1/3)
2005  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (1/7)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (2/7)  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) (1/2)  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (4/5)
2006  Filippo Pozzato (ITA)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (3/7)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (1/7)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (1/4)  Paolo Bettini (ITA) (5/5)
2007  Óscar Freire (ESP) (2/3)  Alessandro Ballan (ITA)  Stuart O'Grady (AUS)  Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (2/2)  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (2/3)
2008  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (2/7)  Stijn Devolder (BEL) (1/2)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (4/7)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (2/4)  Damiano Cunego (ITA) (3/3)
2009  Mark Cavendish (GBR)  Stijn Devolder (BEL) (2/2)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (5/7)  Andy Schleck (LUX)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (1/5)
2010  Óscar Freire (ESP) (3/3)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (3/7)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (4/7)  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) (2/2)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (2/5)
2011  Matthew Goss (AUS)  Nick Nuyens (BEL)  Johan Vansummeren (BEL)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (3/5)  Oliver Zaugg (SUI)
2012  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (1/2)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (6/7)  Tom Boonen (BEL) (7/7)  Maxim Iglinsky (KAZ)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (1/2)
2013  Gerald Ciolek (GER)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (5/7)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (6/7)  Dan Martin (IRL) (1/2)  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (2/2)
2014  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1/2)  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) (7/7)  Niki Terpstra (NED) (1/2)  Simon Gerrans (AUS) (2/2)  Dan Martin (IRL) (2/2)
2015  John Degenkolb (GER) (1/2)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (2/2)  John Degenkolb (GER) (2/2)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (3/4)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1/3)
2016  Arnaud Démare (FRA)  Peter Sagan (SVK) (1/2)  Mathew Hayman (AUS)  Wout Poels (NED)  Esteban Chaves (COL)
2017  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (4/5)  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (4/4)  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (2/3)
2018  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (3/3)  Niki Terpstra (NED) (2/2)  Peter Sagan (SVK) (2/2)  Bob Jungels (LUX)  Thibaut Pinot (FRA)
2019  Julian Alaphilippe (FRA)  Alberto Bettiol (ITA)  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (5/5)  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1/2)  Bauke Mollema (NED)
2020  Wout van Aert (BEL)  Mathieu van der Poel (NED) Not contested[notes 3]  Primož Roglič (SLO)  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (2/2)
2021  Jasper Stuyven (BEL)  Kasper Asgreen (DEN)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
Year Milan–San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia

Statistics[]

Most monuments wins[]

Only three riders have won all five monument races during their careers: Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck, all three Belgians, and only Eddy Merckx won each of them more than once.

Six riders won four different monuments. With victories in all the other monuments, Sean Kelly almost joined the top group, finishing second in the Tour of Flanders on three occasions (1984, 1986 and 1987). Dutch rider Hennie Kuiper won each monument except Liège–Bastogne–Liège, in which he finished second in 1980. Frenchman Louison Bobet also won all but Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Belgian rider Fred De Bruyne came close as well, finishing second in the Giro di Lombardia in 1955 and winning the other four races during his career. Germain Derycke also won four, all except the Giro di Lombardia. Philippe Gilbert is the most recent rider to win four different monuments, all except Milan–San Remo, in which he finished third twice.[4] 21 riders have won at least five monuments in their career.

Rank Cyclist Nationality First
win 		Latest
win 		M–S ToF P–R L–B–L GdL Total
1 Eddy Merckx  Belgium 1966 1976 7 2 3 5 2 19
2 Roger De Vlaeminck  Belgium 1970 1979 3 1 4 1 2 11
3 Costante Girardengo  Italy 1918 1928 6 3 9
Fausto Coppi  Italy 1946 1954 3 1 5 9
Sean Kelly  Ireland 1983 1992 2 2 2 3 9
6 Rik Van Looy  Belgium 1958 1965 1 2 3 1 1 8
7 Gino Bartali  Italy 1939 1950 4 3 7
Tom Boonen  Belgium 2005 2012 3 4 7
Fabian Cancellara   Switzerland 2006 2014 1 3 3 7
10 Henri Pélissier  France 1911 1921 1 2 3 6
Alfredo Binda  Italy 1925 1931 2 4 6
Fred De Bruyne  Belgium 1956 1959 1 1 1 3 6
Francesco Moser  Italy 1975 1984 1 3 2 6
Moreno Argentin  Italy 1985 1991 1 4 1 6
Johan Museeuw  Belgium 1993 2002 3 3 6
16 Gaetano Belloni  Italy 1915 1928 2 3 5
Rik Van Steenbergen  Belgium 1944 1954 1 2 2 5
Bernard Hinault  France 1977 1984 1 2 2 5
Michele Bartoli  Italy 1996 2003 1 2 2 5
Paolo Bettini  Italy 2000 2006 1 2 2 5
Philippe Gilbert  Belgium 2009 2019 1 1 1 2 5
22 Gaston Rebry  Belgium 1931 1935 1 3 4
Alfons Schepers  Belgium 1929 1935 1 3 4
Louison Bobet  France 1951 1956 1 1 1 1 4
Germain Derycke  Belgium 1953 1958 1 1 1 1 4
Felice Gimondi  Italy 1966 1974 1 1 2 4
Walter Godefroot  Belgium 1967 1978 2 1 1 4
Hennie Kuiper  Netherlands 1981 1985 1 1 1 1 4
Jan Raas  Netherlands 1977 1983 1 2 1 4
Erik Zabel  Germany 1997 2001 4 4
Alejandro Valverde  Spain 2006 2017 4 4
32
Léon Houa  Belgium 1892 1894 3 3
Octave Lapize  France 1909 1911 3 3
René Vermandel  Belgium 1921 1924 1 2 3
Giovanni Brunero  Italy 1922 1924 1 2 3
Romain Gijssels  Belgium 1931 1932 2 1 3
Achiel Buysse  Belgium 1940 1943 3 3
Fiorenzo Magni  Italy 1949 1951 3 3
Jo de Roo  Netherlands 1962 1965 1 2 3
Emile Daems  Belgium 1960 1963 1 1 1 3
Tom Simpson  United Kingdom 1961 1965 1 1 1 3
Eric Leman  Belgium 1970 1973 3 3
Andrei Tchmil  Moldova/ Belgium 1994 2000 1 1 1 3
Andrea Tafi  Italy 1996 2002 1 1 1 3
Peter Van Petegem  Belgium 1999 2003 2 1 3
Oscar Freire  Spain 2004 2010 3 3
Damiano Cunego  Italy 2004 2008 3 3
Vincenzo Nibali  Italy 2015 2018 1 2 3

Riders in blue are still active. Number of wins in gold indicates the current record holder(s).

Winners by nationality[]

Rank Nationality M–S ToF P–R L–B–L GdL Total
1  Belgium 22 69 57 59 12 219
2  Italy 51 11 13 12 69 156
3  France 14 3 28 5 12 62
4  Netherlands 3 11 6 4 4 28
5   Switzerland 2 4 4 6 5 21
6  Germany 7 2 2 2 0 13
7  Ireland 2 0 2 3 4 11
 Spain 5 0 0 4 2 11
9  Australia 2 0 2 1 0 5
 Denmark 0 2 0 2 1 5
 Luxembourg 0 0 1 3 1 5
12  Great Britain 2 1 0 0 1 4
13  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 3 0 3
14  Norway 1 1 0 0 0 2
 Russia 0 0 0 1 1 2
 Slovakia 0 1 1 0 0 2
 Slovenia 0 0 0 2 0 2
18  Colombia 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 1 1
 Moldova 0 0 1 0 0 1
 Poland 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 0 0 1
 United States 0 0 0 1 0 1

Winners of three monuments in a single year[]

Only Eddy Merckx has been able to win three monuments in a single year - and he did it four times:

Winners of two monuments in a single year[]

23 different riders (including Eddy Merckx) have managed to win two Monuments in the same year. The most common "double" consists of the two cobbled classics (Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix), which have been won by the same rider in the same year on 12 occasions. The Italian "double" (Milan-San Remo and Giro di Lombardia) has been achieved 10 times (including Merckx in 1971 and 1972). Only Merckx has won the combinations Milan–San Remo/Tour of Flanders and Tour of Flanders/Liège–Bastogne–Liège, when he won all three Monuments in 1969 and 1975.

Women's events[]

Both Belgian 'monuments' – The Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège – organise women's events on the same day and partly the same course as the men's events.[5] A women's version of Milan–San Remo, named Primavera Rosa, was initiated in 1999, but cancelled after 2005.[6] In 2020, the first edition of Paris-Roubaix for women was scheduled to take place, but later it was cancelled due to the COVID-19_pandemic. The first edition of Paris-Roubaix for women is now scheduled for 2021. [7]

Winners[]

Year Milan-San Remo Tour of Flanders Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège Giro di Lombardia
1999   (ITA) Not contested Not contested Not contested Not contested
2000  Diana Žiliūtė (LTU)
2001  Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
2002  Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel (NED) (1/3)
2003  Zoulfia Zabirova (RUS) (1/3)
2004  Zoulfia Zabirova (RUS) (2/3)  Zoulfia Zabirova (RUS) (3/3)
2005  Trixi Worrack (GER)  Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel (NED) (2/3)
2006 Not contested  Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel (NED) (3/3)
2007  Nicole Cooke (GBR)
2008  Judith Arndt (GER) (1/2)
2009  Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER)
2010  Grace Verbeke (BEL)
2011  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (1/3)
2012  Judith Arndt (GER) (2/2)
2013  Marianne Vos (NED)
2014  Ellen van Dijk (NED)
2015  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2016  Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) (1/2)
2017  Coryn Rivera (USA)  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (1/3)
2018  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (2/3)  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (3/3)
2019  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (2/3)
2020  Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)  Lizzie Deignan (GBR) (2/2)
2021  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (3/3)  Demi Vollering (NED)

Most monuments wins[]

Rank Cyclist Nationality M–S ToF P–R L–B–L GdL Total
1 Zoulfia Zabirova  Russia 2 1 0 0 0 3
Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel  Netherlands 1 2 0 0 0 3
Anna van der Breggen  Netherlands 0 1 0 2 0 3
Annemiek van Vleuten  Netherlands 0 2 0 1 0 3
5 Judith Arndt  Germany 0 2 0 0 0 2
Lizzie Deignan  Great Britain 0 1 0 1 0 2

Winners by nationality[]

Rank Nationality M–S ToF P–R L–B–L GdL Total
1  Netherlands 1 8 0 4 0 13
2  Germany 1 3 0 0 0 4
3  Great Britain 0 2 0 1 0 3
 Italy 1 2 0 0 0 3
 Russia 2 1 0 0 0 3
6  Belgium 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Lithuania 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Sweden 1 0 0 0 0 1
 United States 0 1 0 0 0 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ The result in 1949 took several months and two international conferences to sort out. André Mahé was first but his win was challenged because he took the wrong course. Mahé was in a break of three that reached Roubaix velodrome in the lead, but he was misdirected by officials and entered the track by the wrong gate. Mahé was declared winner but a few minutes later other riders arrived using the correct route and Serse Coppi, brother of famous Fausto, won the sprint for what was assumed to be the minor placings. After a protest and several months, Serse Coppi was named joint winner with Mahé.
  2. ^ Two riders shared the 1957 race. Germain Derijcke was first over the line, but because he crossed a closed rail crossing, the second-place rider, Frans Schoubben, was promoted to first as well. Derijcke was not disqualified, because he had won by three minutes advantage; judges felt he had not gained that much time from illegally crossing the railway.
  3. ^ The 2020 Paris-Roubaix was initially moved to October and subsequently cancelled in its entirety due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

References[]

  1. ^ Cycling Hall of Fame: Introduction, 2010, retrieved 2010-07-12
  2. ^ Cycling Monuments, 2010, retrieved 2010-07-12
  3. ^ "Cancellara dreams of all winning all five of cycling monuments", CyclingNews.com, 2010, retrieved 2010-07-12
  4. ^ "Paris-Roubaix: Philippe Gilbert wins fourth 'monument' title of career". bbc.com. BBC. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ "New-look route for Liege-Bastogne-Liege as debut women's parcours unveiled". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  6. ^ Westemeyer, Susan (26 January 2006). "Women's Milan-San Remo cancelled". Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ^ "UCI reveal new men's and women's post-COVID-19 race calendar". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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