Evans remains atop UCI World Ranking

Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) continues as leader of the UCI's Individual World Rankings after the Tour de Suisse, while Fränk Schleck’s overall win in Switzerland has moved the Team Saxo Bank rider up 51 places to 14th.

Schleck is not the only Team Saxo Bank rider to benefit from a strong performance at the Tour de Suisse. His teammate Fabian Cancellara's victory in the opening time trial in Lugano gained the Swiss star two places in the overall rankings, moving from ninth to seventh place, with 210 points.

Cancellara’s improvement sees Tour of Italy winner Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) lose a spot and drop from seventh to eighth, while fellow Italian Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni) also slides down a spot from eighth to ninth.

Cancellara and Frank Schleck are the only two riders in the top twenty to have gained places thanks to the Tour de Suisse, but Lance Armstrong's second place behind Schleck has helped the American enter the top 50 of the UCI World Rankings. The Team RadioShack rider is now 41st, with 81 points.

Saxo Bank reaps rewards in Switzerland

Team Saxo Bank’s impressive collective performance at the Tour de Suisse has reaped them rich rewards in the UCI World Team Rankings. While Astana's remains atop the team classification with 624 points, Saxo Bank moves from seventh to fourth overall with 552 points.

The Danish squad is not the only one to have profited from the Tour de Suisse: Team Katusha remains in second place, but has closed the gap on Team Saxo Bank by 14 points. Liquigas-Doimo adds on another four points and is now in third place with 570 points, while BMC Racing, although still in sixth spot, now trails HTC-Columbia by the slim margin of four points after gaining 66 points in Switzerland.

Top nations remain in same order

Spain has made a minimal increase in its overall lead in the nations ranking, gaining 18 points on Italy. Spain now has a total of 1046 points, 226 more than Italy and increasing the likelihood that it will remain on top of the classification throughout the entire 2010 season.

The four countries that follow Spain - Italy, Belgium, Australia and the United States - remain in the same order. The biggest difference, though, is that largely thanks to Lance Armstrong’s performance in Switzerland, the USA has gained 73 points, and are now less than 200 behind fourth placed Australia.

Switzerland, on the other hand, has improved enormously following its home race, jumping five spots from 11th to sixth with 315 points. That’s the biggest gain of any country in the top ten, even if Germany, partly due to Team HTC-Columbia rider Tony Martin’s victory in the final time trial, has now moved up from tenth to seventh

The next race to count in the UCI’s World Rankings, the Tour de France which starts on July 3rd, seems certain to produce more major changes, with top favourite Alberto Contador's performance one of the key factors.

Fourth in the individual rankings, Contador’s result in July will also have a big knock-on effect in the teams ranking, where his Astana squad leads, and in the nations ranking, where his country, Spain, is in the number one spot.

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Elite Men UCI World Ranking
1Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team384pts
2Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto304Row 1 - Cell 3
3Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha300Row 2 - Cell 3
4Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana260Row 3 - Cell 3
5Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne233Row 4 - Cell 3
6Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step216Row 5 - Cell 3
7Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank210Row 6 - Cell 3
8Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo206Row 7 - Cell 3
9Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli203Row 8 - Cell 3
10Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana185Row 9 - Cell 3
11Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack174Row 10 - Cell 3
12Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack164Row 11 - Cell 3
13Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo144Row 12 - Cell 3
14Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank140Row 13 - Cell 3
15Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia140Row 14 - Cell 3
16André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia137Row 15 - Cell 3
17David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne132Row 16 - Cell 3
18Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank129Row 17 - Cell 3
19Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone127Row 18 - Cell 3
20Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo124Row 19 - Cell 3
21Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank121Row 20 - Cell 3
22Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam120Row 21 - Cell 3
23Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana117Row 22 - Cell 3
24Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia113Row 23 - Cell 3
25Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne111Row 24 - Cell 3
26Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini108Row 25 - Cell 3
27Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions107Row 26 - Cell 3
28Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi105Row 27 - Cell 3
29Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team100Row 28 - Cell 3
30Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team97Row 29 - Cell 3
31Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam96Row 30 - Cell 3
32Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi96Row 31 - Cell 3
33Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions95Row 32 - Cell 3
34Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini94Row 33 - Cell 3
35Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam90Row 34 - Cell 3
36Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini85Row 35 - Cell 3
37Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia83Row 36 - Cell 3
38Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank83Row 37 - Cell 3
39Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi82Row 38 - Cell 3
40Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha82Row 39 - Cell 3
41Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack81Row 40 - Cell 3
42Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto80Row 41 - Cell 3
43Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha80Row 42 - Cell 3
44George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team80Row 43 - Cell 3
45Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia76Row 44 - Cell 3
46Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha72Row 45 - Cell 3
47Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team71Row 46 - Cell 3
48Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank70Row 47 - Cell 3
49Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank70Row 48 - Cell 3
50Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto65Row 49 - Cell 3
51Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank62Row 50 - Cell 3
52Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox62Row 51 - Cell 3
53Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team61Row 52 - Cell 3
54Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun61Row 53 - Cell 3
55Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale61Row 54 - Cell 3
56Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator60Row 55 - Cell 3
57Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank60Row 56 - Cell 3
58Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo58Row 57 - Cell 3
59Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana56Row 58 - Cell 3
60Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam56Row 59 - Cell 3
61Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha55Row 60 - Cell 3
62Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram54Row 61 - Cell 3
63Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia49Row 62 - Cell 3
64Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom46Row 63 - Cell 3
65Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto44Row 64 - Cell 3
66Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux43Row 65 - Cell 3
67Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack41Row 66 - Cell 3
68Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet40Row 67 - Cell 3
69Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne39Row 68 - Cell 3
70Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo38Row 69 - Cell 3
71Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo37Row 70 - Cell 3
72Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions34Row 71 - Cell 3
73Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo32Row 72 - Cell 3
74Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale31Row 73 - Cell 3
75Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha30Row 74 - Cell 3
76Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli30Row 75 - Cell 3
77Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox30Row 76 - Cell 3
78Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini29Row 77 - Cell 3
79Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank28Row 78 - Cell 3
80John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale28Row 79 - Cell 3
81Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack26Row 80 - Cell 3
82Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia24Row 81 - Cell 3
83Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam20Row 82 - Cell 3
84Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom20Row 83 - Cell 3
85Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto20Row 84 - Cell 3
86Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step20Row 85 - Cell 3
87Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha18Row 86 - Cell 3
88Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team18Row 87 - Cell 3
89Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox18Row 88 - Cell 3
90Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom17Row 89 - Cell 3
91Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank17Row 90 - Cell 3
92Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank17Row 91 - Cell 3
93Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank16Row 92 - Cell 3
94Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini16Row 93 - Cell 3
95Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram16Row 94 - Cell 3
96Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank16Row 95 - Cell 3
97Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom16Row 96 - Cell 3
98Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto16Row 97 - Cell 3
99Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne16Row 98 - Cell 3
100Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step16Row 99 - Cell 3
101Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team14Row 100 - Cell 3
102Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank14Row 101 - Cell 3
103Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team14Row 102 - Cell 3
104Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions13Row 103 - Cell 3
105Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank13Row 104 - Cell 3
106Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team12Row 105 - Cell 3
107Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini12Row 106 - Cell 3
108Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo12Row 107 - Cell 3
109Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia12Row 108 - Cell 3
110Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions12Row 109 - Cell 3
111Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step11Row 110 - Cell 3
112Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack11Row 111 - Cell 3
113Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram11Row 112 - Cell 3
114Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini10Row 113 - Cell 3
115Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale10Row 114 - Cell 3
116William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom10Row 115 - Cell 3
117Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank10Row 116 - Cell 3
118Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram10Row 117 - Cell 3
119Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step9Row 118 - Cell 3
120Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team8Row 119 - Cell 3
121Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli8Row 120 - Cell 3
122Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox8Row 121 - Cell 3
123Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team8Row 122 - Cell 3
124Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne8Row 123 - Cell 3
125Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone7Row 124 - Cell 3
126Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto7Row 125 - Cell 3
127Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne7Row 126 - Cell 3
128Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team6Row 127 - Cell 3
129Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo6Row 128 - Cell 3
130Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne6Row 129 - Cell 3
131Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne6Row 130 - Cell 3
132Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana6Row 131 - Cell 3
133Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne6Row 132 - Cell 3
134Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha6Row 133 - Cell 3
135Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team6Row 134 - Cell 3
136Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia6Row 135 - Cell 3
137Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank6Row 136 - Cell 3
138Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step6Row 137 - Cell 3
139Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam6Row 138 - Cell 3
140Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale5Row 139 - Cell 3
141Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini5Row 140 - Cell 3
142Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack5Row 141 - Cell 3
143Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux5Row 142 - Cell 3
144Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux4Row 143 - Cell 3
145Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram4Row 144 - Cell 3
146Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia4Row 145 - Cell 3
147Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia4Row 146 - Cell 3
148Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne4Row 147 - Cell 3
149Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi4Row 148 - Cell 3
150Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions4Row 149 - Cell 3
151Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi4Row 150 - Cell 3
152Arkaitz Duran Daroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto4Row 151 - Cell 3
153Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto4Row 152 - Cell 3
154Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo4Row 153 - Cell 3
155Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom4Row 154 - Cell 3
156Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto4Row 155 - Cell 3
157Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank4Row 156 - Cell 3
158David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions4Row 157 - Cell 3
159Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam4Row 158 - Cell 3
160Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia3Row 159 - Cell 3
161Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale3Row 160 - Cell 3
162Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux3Row 161 - Cell 3
163Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team3Row 162 - Cell 3
164Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi3Row 163 - Cell 3
165Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto2Row 164 - Cell 3
166David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions2Row 165 - Cell 3
167Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux2Row 166 - Cell 3
168Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux2Row 167 - Cell 3
169Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha2Row 168 - Cell 3
170Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto2Row 169 - Cell 3
171Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank2Row 170 - Cell 3
172Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli2Row 171 - Cell 3
173David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini2Row 172 - Cell 3
174Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun2Row 173 - Cell 3
175Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 174 - Cell 3
176Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team1Row 175 - Cell 3
177Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 176 - Cell 3
178Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini1Row 177 - Cell 3
179Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 178 - Cell 3
180Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi1Row 179 - Cell 3
181Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale1Row 180 - Cell 3
182Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux1Row 181 - Cell 3
183Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom1Row 182 - Cell 3
184Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto1Row 183 - Cell 3
185Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team1Row 184 - Cell 3
186Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto1Row 185 - Cell 3
187Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team1Row 186 - Cell 3
188Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank1Row 187 - Cell 3
189Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto1Row 188 - Cell 3
190Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha1Row 189 - Cell 3
191Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram1Row 190 - Cell 3
192Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 191 - Cell 3
193Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux1Row 192 - Cell 3
194Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram1Row 193 - Cell 3
195Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team1Row 194 - Cell 3
196Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux1Row 195 - Cell 3
197Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto1Row 196 - Cell 3
198Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago-CSF Inox1Row 197 - Cell 3
199**1Row 198 - Cell 3
200Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram1Row 199 - Cell 3
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Nations
1Spain1046pts
2Italy820Row 1 - Cell 3
3Belgium745Row 2 - Cell 3
4Australia693Row 3 - Cell 3
5United States496Row 4 - Cell 3
6Switzerland315Row 5 - Cell 3
7Germany303Row 6 - Cell 3
8Kazakhstan302Row 7 - Cell 3
9Slovenia294Row 8 - Cell 3
10Russia293Row 9 - Cell 3
11France261Row 10 - Cell 3
12Netherlands207Row 11 - Cell 3
13Luxembourg200Row 12 - Cell 3
14Norway134Row 13 - Cell 3
15Great Britain127Row 14 - Cell 3
16Czech Republic124Row 15 - Cell 3
17New Zealand113Row 16 - Cell 3
18Estonia111Row 17 - Cell 3
19Canada107Row 18 - Cell 3
20Denmark102Row 19 - Cell 3
21Austria83Row 20 - Cell 3
22Ireland61Row 21 - Cell 3
23Portugal54Row 22 - Cell 3
24Colombia53Row 23 - Cell 3
25Slovakia43Row 24 - Cell 3
26Croatia38Row 25 - Cell 3
27Argentina19Row 26 - Cell 3
28Sweden17Row 27 - Cell 3
29South Africa13Row 28 - Cell 3
30Poland6Row 29 - Cell 3
31Japan4Row 30 - Cell 3
32Belarus1Row 31 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Astana624pts
2Team Katusha589Row 1 - Cell 3
3Liquigas-Doimo570Row 2 - Cell 3
4Team Saxo Bank552Row 3 - Cell 3
5Team HTC - Columbia549Row 4 - Cell 3
6BMC Racing Team545Row 5 - Cell 3
7Omega Pharma-Lotto513Row 6 - Cell 3
8Team Radioshack486Row 7 - Cell 3
9Caisse d'Epargne416Row 8 - Cell 3
10Cervélo TestTeam382Row 9 - Cell 3
11Rabobank375Row 10 - Cell 3
12Lampre-Farnese Vini332Row 11 - Cell 3
13Euskaltel - Euskadi291Row 12 - Cell 3
14Quick Step272Row 13 - Cell 3
15Garmin - Transitions261Row 14 - Cell 3
16Androni Giocattoli243Row 15 - Cell 3
17Sky Professional Cycling Team208Row 16 - Cell 3
18Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne148Row 17 - Cell 3
19AG2R La Mondiale135Row 18 - Cell 3
20Acqua & Sapone134Row 19 - Cell 3
21Colnago-CSF Inox119Row 20 - Cell 3
22Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team115Row 21 - Cell 3
23BBox Bouygues Telecom109Row 22 - Cell 3
24Team Milram95Row 23 - Cell 3
25Saur - Sojasun63Row 24 - Cell 3
26Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator60Row 25 - Cell 3
27Française Des Jeux57Row 26 - Cell 3
28Landbouwkrediet40Row 27 - Cell 3
29Footon-Servetto20Row 28 - Cell 3

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