What is the Club of 100

Having 100 or more victories in the record is not something within reach of many cyclists, not even for the great sprinters who traditionally have had more opportunities to accumulate wins. A select club where we find the best and where several more members may join throughout this season.

Achieving 100 or more victories, a privilege only within reach of the greatest cyclists

Making lists and statistics is inherent to the sport of cycling: Those with the most Tour de France wins, the most classics, those who have won the most monuments, the rainbow jersey record, etc. Obviously, among all these lists, the general victory count could not be missing, a statistic in which a number marks the difference between the greatest and the rest: 100 victories.

A select club of cyclists who have achieved more than 100 victories where we find shining names and, of course, as it could not be otherwise, is led by the legendary Eddy Merckx with 279 triumphs. He is followed by a killer like Mark Cavendish, a cyclist who last year, with his retirement on the horizon, managed to snatch the record of stage wins in the Tour de France from the Belgian. However, the one who comes closest to Eddy Merckx's figures is a woman, none other than Marianne Vos who boasts no less than 255 victories.

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A list where it is common to find sprinters and classics specialists, like Sean Kelly or Rick Van Looy, both with 159 wins in their careers, cyclists who, after all, have more opportunities to accumulate partial victories than the grand tour riders, often constrained by the need to conserve energy for the fight for the general classification. In fact, a great like Chris Froome barely has 46 victories in his record.

Therefore, it is worth noting, in current cycling, that a cyclist like Tadej Pogacar is, at 26 years old, already at 93 victories so it is very likely that, throughout 2025, he will become part of this select club of cyclists who have surpassed the hundred. Of the active cyclists, only two more, both veterans like Arnaud Démare and Alexander Kristoff, both with 97 victories, seem to be in a position to reach that figure. While, a little behind, with 91 victories, we find another memorable cyclist like Primoz Roglic who, surely, will increase that number by the end of the season.

It is striking that cyclists like Mathieu van der Poel, with 54 victories, and Remco Evenepoel with 60 are far from the hundred, which undoubtedly indicates the tremendous difficulty of becoming part of this select club.