๐ŸŽ‚ Birthday Paradox ยท Sports
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Olympic Cycling Road

Delegation

13 team lists ยท 85 player entries ยท avg team size 6.5

Read this sport as a comparison between raw coincidence and what team size alone predicts. Here, the real rate is +2.7 points above the birthday-paradox baseline.

Real team lists
7.7%
teams with shared birthdays
Why it matters: This is the headline rate, but it should never be read without team size.
Expected from size
5.0%
from avg team size
Why it matters: This is the fair baseline: what same-size random teams would do.
Gap from expected
+2.7 points
real โˆ’ expected
Why it matters: Positive means the sport has more birthday matches than size alone predicts.
Team lists
13
teams analysed
Why it matters: Small sample: treat the rate as a lead, not a verdict.
What to notice: The best question on a sport page is not "is the real rate high?" but "is it high after accounting for team size?" That is what the gap card is answering.

Country comparison

Countries with the most team lists for Olympic Cycling Road, charted by the share of teams with at least one shared birthday.

Gender split inside this sport

Real and expected rates for labelled team lists in this sport.

Why it matters: The gender gap is mostly a team-size story. Women have the larger average team size here (6.7 athletes), so their birthday-match rate naturally rises.

By country

Top 40 countries by team-list count.

CountryTeam listsAvg playersReal
AUS17.00.0%
BEL18.00.0%
DEN17.00.0%
ESP15.00.0%
FRA17.00.0%
GBR17.00.0%
GER16.00.0%
ITA18.0100.0%
NED17.00.0%
POL15.00.0%
SLO16.00.0%
SUI17.00.0%
USA15.00.0%
What to notice: Countries with larger average teams will naturally show more shared birthdays. The country list is most useful for finding which samples are driving this sport's overall rate.

By gender

Where the dataset records it.

GenderTeam listsRealExpectedGap
Women60.0%5.2%-5.2 points
Men714.3%4.8%+9.5 points

Sample team lists

Largest teams in the dataset.

TeamSeasonPlayersRepeatsExpected chance
ITA Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท ITA2024 Summer817.4%
BEL Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท BEL2024 Summer807.4%
DEN Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท DEN2024 Summer705.6%
FRA Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท FRA2024 Summer705.6%
GBR Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท GBR2024 Summer705.6%
AUS Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท AUS2024 Summer705.6%
NED Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท NED2024 Summer705.6%
SUI Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท SUI2024 Summer705.6%
GER Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท GER2024 Summer604.0%
SLO Cycling Road (2024 Summer) ยท SLO2024 Summer604.0%
What to notice: The sample team lists show the mechanics: once the player count gets large, the expected chance climbs quickly, and each repeat is another player landing on a date already present.