UCI ProTour rankings released

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) (Image credit: Sirotti)

Following the completion of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico, the UCI has published the first complete set of ProTour rankings. Although in principle, the ProTour points scoring system is heavily biased against sprinters, who would normally gain most of their points through winning stages rather than placing highly on GC, the fact that sprinters cleaned up in Tirreno-Adriatico has tipped the balance their way.

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