World champion still tops the pile as main rivals sit out the Tour de Suisse
World champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) still holds the lead in the UCI’s World Ranking, with none of the other riders in the top ten scoring appreciably in the past week. The one scoring race since the ranking’s last publication was the Tour de Suisse and the top riders in that race had yet to feature anywhere near the top of the rankings before now.
The only riders in the top ten to get any points this week were Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha), who scored 3 with his third place on the mountain stage to La Punt, and Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) who won the stage 1 time trial, led the race and then finished second in the final stage time trial. The Swiss champion’s 10 points gained see him leapfrog Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli) and Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) and move from 9th to 7th.
Tour de Suisse winner Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) is the big mover this week, moving from 66th to 14th place.
Teams and nations also largely static
The only appreciable change to the team rankings see Team Saxo Bank rise into the top-five, thanks to Schleck’s Tour de Suisse victory. There is also little change to the country rankings, other than the USA’s points total rising thanks to Lance Armstrong (RadioShack) finishing second overall in Switzerland.
UCI World Ranking @ 21 June 2010
1. Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing 384 pts
2. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) OmegaPharma-Lotto 304
3. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 300
4. Alberto Contador (Spa) Team Astana 260
5. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 233
6. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 216
7. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 210
8. Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 206
9. Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 203
10. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Astana 185
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14. Fränk Schleck (Lux) team Saxo Bank 140
Team Ranking
1. Team Astana (Kaz) 624pts
2. Team Katusha (Rus) 589
3. Liquigas-Doimo (Ita) 570
4. Team Saxo Bank (Den) 552
5. Team HTC-Columbia (USA) 549
Country Ranking
1. Spain 1046pts
2. Italy 820
3. Belgium 745
4. Australia 693
5. United States 496