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Contador climbs World rankings ladder

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Cycling News
Published:
June 14, 2010, 15:16,
Updated:
June 14, 2010, 15:28
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First Edition Cycling News, Monday, June 14, 2010
The final overall podium: Alberto Contador (Astana) in second, Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) in first and Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia)

The final overall podium: Alberto Contador (Astana) in second, Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) in first and Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia)

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Spaniard slots into fourth, Evans leads

The top three in the world rankings remained unchanged after the Critérium du Dauphiné, with World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC) maintaining his lead over Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) and Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha).

The three riders were challenged by Alberto Contador (Astana) whose second place overall in the French race pushed him ahead of Caisse d'Epargne's Luis Leon Sanchez.

The biggest mover of the week was overall Critérium du Dauphiné winner Janez Brajkovic (Radioshack), who slotted in at 11th place in the standings.

Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) was the top debutante in the list, entering at 42nd after his third place overall this weekend.

The UCI's World Calendar consist of all ProTour and Historical races. The next race to affect the World Rankings is the currently running Tour de Suisse, which concludes on Sunday.

World Rankings as of June 14, 2010

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 384  pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 304  
3 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 288  
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 260  
5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 232  
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 216  
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 206  
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 203  
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 200  
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 185  
11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack 174  
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack 164  
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 144  
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 140  
15 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 137  
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 132  
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 127  
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo 120  
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 120  
20 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 117  
21 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 116  
22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 113  
23 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 111  
24 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 108  
25 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions 107  
26 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105  
27 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 100  
28 Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team 97  
29 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 96  
30 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96  
31 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 95  
32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 94  
33 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 90  
34 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 83  
35 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia 83  
36 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82  
37 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha 82  
38 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 80  
39 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 80  
40 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team 80  
41 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 79  
42 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia 76  
43 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 73  
44 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team 71  
45 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha 70  
46 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 70  
47 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 65  
48 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 62  
49 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 62  
50 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 61  
51 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 61  
52 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 60  
53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 60  
54 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 58  
55 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana 56  
56 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 56  
57 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 55  
58 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram 54  
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 46  
60 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 44  
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42  
62 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack 41  
63 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 40  
64 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo 38  
65 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 36  
66 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 34  
67 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions 34  
68 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31  
69 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 30  
70 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 30  
71 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 30  
72 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 30  
73 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini 29  
74 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28  
75 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 26  
76 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 24  
77 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 20  
78 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 20  
79 Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 20  
80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 20  
81 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 18  
82 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 18  
83 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 18  
84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 17  
85 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 17  
86 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 16  
87 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 16  
88 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 16  
89 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 16  
90 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 16  
91 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 16  
92 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 16  
93 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 16  
94 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 14  
95 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 14  
96 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 13  
97 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 13  
98 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 12  
99 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 12  
100 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 12  
101 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 12  
102 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions 12  
103 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 11  
104 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 10  
105 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 10  
106 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 10  
107 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10  
108 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10  
109 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 10  
110 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 10  
111 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9  
112 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 8  
113 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli 8  
114 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 8  
115 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 8  
116 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 8  
117 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 7  
118 Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto 7  
119 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 7  
120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team 6  
121 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo 6  
122 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 6  
123 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 6  
124 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 6  
125 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 6  
126 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia 6  
127 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack 6  
128 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 6  
129 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 6  
130 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack 6  
131 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 5  
132 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5  
133 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 5  
134 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack 5  
135 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4  
136 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4  
137 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia 4  
138 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4  
139 Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto 4  
140 Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto 4  
141 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 4  
142 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4  
143 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4  
144 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto 4  
145 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 4  
146 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 4  
147 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 4  
148 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia 3  
149 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3  
150 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3  
151 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 3  
152 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3  
153 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2  
154 Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 2  
155 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2  
156 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2  
157 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2  
158 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 2  
159 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 2  
160 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini 2  
161 Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 2  
162 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1  
163 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1  
164 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1  
165 Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1  
166 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 1  
167 Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1  
168 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 1  
169 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1  
170 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1  
171 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 1  
172 Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 1  
173 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 1  
174 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 1  
175 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram 1  
176 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 1  
177 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux 1  
178 Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 1  
179 Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 1  
180 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1  
181 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1  
182 Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 1  
183 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 1  
Nations
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Spain 1028  pts
2 Italy 820  
3 Belgium 745  
4 Australia 691  
5 United States 423  
6 Kazakhstan 302  
7 Slovenia 294  
8 Russia 293  
9 France 260  
10 Germany 255  
11 Switzerland 247  
12 Netherlands 149  
13 Norway 134  
14 Great Britain 127  
15 Czech Republic 120  
16 New Zealand 113  
17 Estonia 111  
18 Canada 107  
19 Luxembourg 94  
20 Austria 83  
21 Ireland 61  
22 Portugal 48  
23 Slovakia 42  
24 Croatia 38  
25 Denmark 28  
26 Argentina 19  
27 Sweden 16  
28 Colombia 15  
29 South Africa 13  
30 Poland 6  
31 Japan 4  
32 Belarus 1  
Teams
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Astana 624  pts
2 Team Katusha 575  
3 Liquigas-Doimo 566  
4 Team HTC - Columbia 549  
5 Omega Pharma-Lotto 513  
6 BMC Racing Team 479  
7 Team Saxo Bank 426  
8 Team Radioshack 391  
9 Cervelo Test Team 382  
10 Caisse d'Epargne 370  
11 Lampre-Farnese Vini 326  
12 Rabobank 312  
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 290  
14 Quick Step 271  
15 Garmin - Transitions 261  
16 Androni Giocattoli 243  
17 Sky Professional Cycling Team 208  
18 Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 148  
19 AG2R La Mondiale 135  
20 Acqua & Sapone 134  
21 Colnago - CSF Inox 119  
22 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 110  
23 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 109  
24 Team Milram 95  
25 Saur - Sojasun 63  
26 Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 60  
27 Française Des Jeux 56  
28 Landbouwkrediet 40  
29 Footon-Servetto 20  

 

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