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UCI Continental Tour rankings

By:
Jeff Jones, Bikeradar.com
Published:
March 29, 2006, 00:00,
Updated:
April 20, 2009, 22:07
Edition:
Latest Cycling News for March 29, 2006

The UCI has updated its various Continental Tour rankings, with the five leaders getting to wear...

The UCI has updated its various Continental Tour rankings, with the five leaders getting to wear their respective continental jerseys in races over the next month. In Europe, Frederik Willems (Chocolade Jacques) has lost the jersey to his teammate Niko Eeckhout, with David Bernabeu Armengol (Comunidad Valenciana) moving up to second ahead of Willems. In Africa, Rupert Rheeder has a comfortable lead of 88 points over Kazakhstanis Bakhtiyar Mamyrov and Pavel Nevdakh. In Asia, it's another South African leading: David George, winner of the Tour de Langkawi, who has 178 points compared to David McCann (Giant Asia Racing Team) on 148.

The American tour sees Pedro Pablo Perez Marquez (Cuba) on top, after dominating his national tour. Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas (Costa Rica) is 17 points behind the Cuban, with Venezuelan Manuel Eduardo Medina Marino 24 points behind. Finally, William Walker (Rabobank Continental) still leads the currently dormant Oceania Tour on 117 points, ahead of Canadian Dominique Perras (Kodakgallery.com-Sierra Nevada Pro Cycling) and Russell Van Hout (Savings & Loans).

The top teams are Cycling Team Capec (Africa), Selle Italia - Serramenti Diquigiovanni (America), Giant Asia Racing Team (Asia), Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen (Europe), and Southaustralia.com-AIS (Oceania).

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