Greipel, Australia top World Rankings

André Greipel and his HTC-Columbia teammates

André Greipel and his HTC-Columbia teammates (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

With his victory in the Tour Down Under, German André Greipel has assumed the early lead in the UCI's World Rankings. The HTC-Columbia sprinter's efforts also put his team at the top of the standings, while strong performances by the Australian riders pushed the host country to the top of the nations rankings.

The World Rankings are calculated based on finishes in all ProTour and Historic races on the UCI's calendar, and are intended to classify the world's best riders.

Last year, the individual ranking was won by Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, with fellow Spaniard Alejandro Valverde in second.

Valverde begins the season in 11th, while his teammate and TDU stage winner Luis Leon Sanchez sits in second overall, 33 points behind Greipel.

New Zealander Greg Henderson handed the new Sky team two victories last week, although the pre-TDU Cancer Council Helpline Classic was not included in the rankings. His stage victory and third place overall in the TDU lands him in third in the rankings.

Australia leads the way in the teams rankings thanks to strong performances by Robbie McEwen (Katusha), Luke Roberts (Milram) and Cadel Evans (BMC), who placed 4th-6th on the general classification in Adelaide.

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UCI World Rankings as of January 25, 2010
1André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia119pts
2Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne86Row 1 - Cell 3
3Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team79Row 2 - Cell 3
4Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha67Row 3 - Cell 3
5Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram54Row 4 - Cell 3
6Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team43Row 5 - Cell 3
7Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha30Row 6 - Cell 3
8Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto22Row 7 - Cell 3
9Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Slipstream11Row 8 - Cell 3
10Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto7Row 9 - Cell 3
11Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne6Row 10 - Cell 3
12Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team6Row 11 - Cell 3
13Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank5Row 12 - Cell 3
14Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack5Row 13 - Cell 3
15Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram4Row 14 - Cell 3
16Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo2Row 15 - Cell 3
17Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo1Row 16 - Cell 3
18Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team1Row 17 - Cell 3
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Nations
1Australia175pts
2Germany123Row 1 - Cell 3
3Spain92Row 2 - Cell 3
4New Zealand79Row 3 - Cell 3
5Russia30Row 4 - Cell 3
6Belgium27Row 5 - Cell 3
7South Africa11Row 6 - Cell 3
8Portugal7Row 7 - Cell 3
9Slovakia2Row 8 - Cell 3
10Italy1Row 9 - Cell 3
11Switzerland1Row 10 - Cell 3
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Teams
1Team HTC - Columbia119pts
2Team Katusha97Row 1 - Cell 3
3Caisse d'Epargne92Row 2 - Cell 3
4Sky Professional Cycling Team85Row 3 - Cell 3
5Team Milram58Row 4 - Cell 3
6BMC Racing Team44Row 5 - Cell 3
7Omega Pharma-Lotto22Row 6 - Cell 3
8Garmin - Transitions11Row 7 - Cell 3
9Footon-Servetto7Row 8 - Cell 3
10Rabobank5Row 9 - Cell 3
11Team Radioshack5Row 10 - Cell 3
12Liquigas-Doimo3Row 11 - Cell 3

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