Leipheimer and Cunego climb UCI rankings after Tour de Suisse

Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank), Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) on the podium. (Image credit: Sirotti)

Success at the Tour de Suisse has lifted Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) into the top 20 of the latest UCI ranking.

Leipheimer snatched victory from the Italian in the final time trial stage on Sunday and scored 100 points for his success. That lifted the veteran American from 73rd to 18th in the individual ranking, with a total of 128 points. Cunego scored 80 points for second place and also scored four points for each of his six days in the leader's yellow jersey. He climbed from 60th to 20th in the ranking, with a total of 123 points. Stage winner and third overall Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) also shot up the ranking, moving from 56th to 21st with a new total of 120 points.

Gilbert has a total of 356 points, just seven points ahead of Giro d'Italia winner Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard). Italy's Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) is a close third with 348 points. Cadel Evans (BMC) is fourth with 314 points, Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) is fifth with 288 points and Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek), winner of the final time trial stage at the Tour de Suisse, stays in sixth place with a total of 248 points. A total of 173 riders have so far scored points in this year’s ranking.

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Rankings as of June 20, 2011
1	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	356	pts
2	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard	349	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	348	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team	314	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team	288	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Leopard Trek	248	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana	224	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	210	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack	207	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad	207	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad	203	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling	181	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	163	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	162	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack	143	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team	140	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana	135	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack	128	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek	126	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD	123	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	120	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	116	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team	110	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad	110	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling	107	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo	106	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek	103	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Nick Nuyens (Bel) Saxo Bank Sungard	100	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo	100	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team	100	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	92	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling	91	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team	90	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team	80	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto	78	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek	76	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	73	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo	72	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	71	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack	71	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	70	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	70	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team	70	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	69	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	66	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek	60	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	60	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Grégory Rast (Swi) Team RadioShack	60	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad	58	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	56	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	54	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	53	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling	51	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	51	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad	50	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	50	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team	50	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	48	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard	45	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) HTC-Highroad	44	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team	40	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team	40	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	40	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad	40	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team	34	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack	32	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team	32	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	30	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team	30	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo	29	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	28	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo	27	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team	26	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team	26	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team	25	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo	23	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	22	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team	22	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale	22	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	21	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana	21	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	20	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team	18	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	18	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	16	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	16	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Bart De Clercq (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	16	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team	14	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	John Degenkolb (Ger) HTC-Highroad	13	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Team RadioShack	13	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team	12	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo	12	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team	12	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	11	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	11	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling	11	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard	11	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack	10	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	10	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana	10	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling	10	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team	10	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	10	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling	10	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek	8	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo	8	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard	8	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad	8	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team	7	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	7	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack	7	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana	7	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	7	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	6	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team	6	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling	6	Row 115 - Cell 3
117	Gatis Smukulis (Lat) HTC-Highroad	6	Row 116 - Cell 3
118	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	6	Row 117 - Cell 3
119	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling	5	Row 118 - Cell 3
120	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad	5	Row 119 - Cell 3
121	Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	5	Row 120 - Cell 3
122	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team	5	Row 121 - Cell 3
123	Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek	4	Row 122 - Cell 3
124	Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling	4	Row 123 - Cell 3
125	Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling	4	Row 124 - Cell 3
126	Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	4	Row 125 - Cell 3
127	Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team	4	Row 126 - Cell 3
128	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	4	Row 127 - Cell 3
129	Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek	4	Row 128 - Cell 3
130	Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	4	Row 129 - Cell 3
131	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Leopard Trek	4	Row 130 - Cell 3
132	Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team	4	Row 131 - Cell 3
133	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	3	Row 132 - Cell 3
134	Baden Cooke (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard	2	Row 133 - Cell 3
135	Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team	2	Row 134 - Cell 3
136	Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team	2	Row 135 - Cell 3
137	Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2	Row 136 - Cell 3
138	Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	2	Row 137 - Cell 3
139	Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	2	Row 138 - Cell 3
140	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD	2	Row 139 - Cell 3
141	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2	Row 140 - Cell 3
142	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2	Row 141 - Cell 3
143	Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	2	Row 142 - Cell 3
144	Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	2	Row 143 - Cell 3
145	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team	2	Row 144 - Cell 3
146	Mark Renshaw (Aus) HTC-Highroad	2	Row 145 - Cell 3
147	Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	2	Row 146 - Cell 3
148	Leigh Howard (Aus) HTC-Highroad	2	Row 147 - Cell 3
149	Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo	1	Row 148 - Cell 3
150	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Saxo Bank Sungard	1	Row 149 - Cell 3
151	Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team	1	Row 150 - Cell 3
152	Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana	1	Row 151 - Cell 3
153	Nelson Oliveira (Spa) Team RadioShack	1	Row 152 - Cell 3
154	Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team	1	Row 153 - Cell 3
155	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto	1	Row 154 - Cell 3
156	Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	1	Row 155 - Cell 3
157	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling	1	Row 156 - Cell 3
158	Jack Bobridge (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo	1	Row 157 - Cell 3
159	Bert Grabsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad	1	Row 158 - Cell 3
160	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar	1	Row 159 - Cell 3
161	Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack	1	Row 160 - Cell 3
162	Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	1	Row 161 - Cell 3
163	Frantisek Rabon (Cze) HTC-Highroad	1	Row 162 - Cell 3
164	Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale	1	Row 163 - Cell 3
165	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	1	Row 164 - Cell 3
166	Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana	1	Row 165 - Cell 3
167	Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team	1	Row 166 - Cell 3
168	Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack	1	Row 167 - Cell 3
169	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	1	Row 168 - Cell 3
170	Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	1	Row 169 - Cell 3
171	Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo	1	Row 170 - Cell 3
172	Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	1	Row 171 - Cell 3
173	Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	1	Row 172 - Cell 3

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Nations
1	Spain	1000	pts
2	Italy	891	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Belgium	765	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Australia	748	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Germany	508	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Netherlands	491	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	United States	382	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Switzerland	358	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Great Britain	346	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	France	325	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Kazakhstan	224	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Denmark	206	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Luxembourg	202	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Czech Republic	136	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Colombia	113	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Belarus	86	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Slovenia	78	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Ireland	73	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Russia	60	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Portugal	47	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Austria	44	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Norway	35	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Slovakia	22	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Canada	12	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	New Zealand	11	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Argentina	11	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Latvia	6	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Sweden	5	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Ukraine	5	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Poland	1	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Lithuania	1	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Costa Rica	1	Row 31 - Cell 3

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Teams
1	HTC-Highroad	628	pts
2	Leopard Trek	613	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Team Radioshack	609	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Lampre - Isd	548	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Omega Pharma-Lotto	541	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Bmc Racing Team	534	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Saxo Bank Sungard	513	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Rabobank Cycling Team	495	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Sky Procycling	441	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Katusha Team	406	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Pro Team Astana	397	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Team Garmin-Cervelo	367	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Liquigas-Cannondale	342	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Movistar Team	328	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Euskaltel-Euskadi	272	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Ag2R La Mondiale	266	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Quickstep Cycling Team	260	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	93	Row 17 - Cell 3