Alberto Contador and Astana ride straight to the top of rankings
By Richard Tyler published
Tour de France causes re-shuffle in latest UCI lists
After claiming his second Tour de France title on Sunday in Paris Astana's Alberto Contador has shot to the top of the International Cycling Union's (UCI) latest world rankings, released on Monday.
The French Grand Tour caused a significant reshuffling of the lists after Contador and his Astana teammates dominated both the overall and teams classifications at the race.
Spaniard Contador replaced compatriot Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at the top of the individual ranking. With Valverde absent in July, Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC) have pushed the former Spanish national champion into fourth place on the list.
Cadel Evans and Giro d'Italia winner Denis Menchov each slipped several places following their lacklustre performances at the Tour de France.
Astana have moved from fourth to first in the team rankings as Saxo Bank, Columbia-HTC and Liquigas fill the following three spots, respectively.
Spain remained at the top of the nation rankings as the efforts of the Schleck brothers moved Luxembourg to sixth. Great Britain and the United States have both moved inside the top ten.
1 | Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana | 527 | pts |
2 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 334 | |
3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 304 | |
4 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 295 | |
5 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas | 250 | |
6 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana | 232 | |
7 | Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto | 219 | |
8 | Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank | 218 | |
9 | Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 217 | |
10 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team | 216 | |
11 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank | 212 | |
12 | Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step | 205 | |
13 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 202 | |
14 | Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 194 | |
15 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 189 | |
16 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | 188 | |
17 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 187 | |
18 | Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 178 | |
19 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | 170 | |
20 | Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha | 157 | |
21 | Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas | 156 | |
22 | Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha | 154 | |
23 | Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana | 150 | |
24 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank | 148 | |
25 | Antonio Colom (Spa) Team Katusha | 145 | |
26 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank | 145 | |
27 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 139 | |
28 | Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas | 138 | |
29 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 135 | |
30 | Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 134 | |
31 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 133 | |
32 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha | 132 | |
33 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 130 | |
34 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 125 | |
35 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad | 116 | |
36 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad | 115 | |
37 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 107 | |
38 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 104 | |
39 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 104 | |
40 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini | 102 | |
41 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 98 | |
42 | Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana | 94 | |
43 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad | 90 | |
44 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 89 | |
45 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 87 | |
46 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream | 87 | |
47 | Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 87 | |
48 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 82 | |
49 | Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team | 80 | |
50 | Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana | 79 | |
51 | Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 78 | |
52 | Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale | 77 | |
53 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 74 | |
54 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 73 | |
55 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 64 | |
56 | Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas | 61 | |
57 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank | 60 | |
58 | Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 60 | |
59 | Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 58 | |
60 | Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 57 | |
61 | Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 54 | |
62 | Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 53 | |
63 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 51 | |
64 | Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne | 50 | |
65 | Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 50 | |
66 | Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 50 | |
67 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | 50 | |
68 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step | 49 | |
69 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas | 47 | |
70 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 45 | |
71 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank | 44 | |
72 | Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank | 44 | |
73 | Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 42 | |
74 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 40 | |
75 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad | 40 | |
76 | Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 39 | |
77 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank | 33 | |
78 | David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 33 | |
79 | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 32 | |
80 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 32 | |
81 | Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team | 30 | |
82 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 30 | |
83 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 30 | |
84 | Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana | 30 | |
85 | Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 26 | |
86 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | 26 | |
87 | Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 26 | |
88 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 25 | |
89 | Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 22 | |
90 | Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 22 | |
91 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 22 | |
92 | Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucia Cajasur | 21 | |
93 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank | 21 | |
94 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 20 | |
95 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 20 | |
96 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 20 | |
97 | Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 20 | |
98 | Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 20 | |
99 | Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram | 20 | |
100 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad | 19 | |
101 | Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 18 | |
102 | Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad | 17 | |
103 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | |
104 | Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas | 16 | |
105 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana | 16 | |
106 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf | 16 | |
107 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team | 16 | |
108 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 16 | |
109 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 15 | |
110 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale | 15 | |
111 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad | 15 | |
112 | Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 14 | |
113 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 14 | |
114 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad | 12 | |
115 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto | 11 | |
116 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | 11 | |
117 | Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram | 11 | |
118 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia - Highroad | 11 | |
119 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha | 11 | |
120 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 10 | |
121 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 10 | |
122 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 10 | |
123 | Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 10 | |
124 | Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 10 | |
125 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad | 10 | |
126 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld | 10 | |
127 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 10 | |
128 | David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 9 | |
129 | George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad | 9 | |
130 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 9 | |
131 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | 8 | |
132 | Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha | 8 | |
133 | Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana | 8 | |
134 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step | 8 | |
135 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas | 8 | |
136 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team | 8 | |
137 | Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld | 8 | |
138 | Rubens Bertogliati (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 8 | |
139 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 7 | |
140 | David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 7 | |
141 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram | 7 | |
142 | Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha | 6 | |
143 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team | 6 | |
144 | Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank | 6 | |
145 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha | 6 | |
146 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 6 | |
147 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 6 | |
148 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad | 6 | |
149 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 6 | |
150 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas | 6 | |
151 | Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 6 | |
152 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 6 | |
153 | Julian Sanchez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo | 6 | |
154 | Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 6 | |
155 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha | 6 | |
156 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 6 | |
157 | Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel | 6 | |
158 | André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 6 | |
159 | Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 5 | |
160 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad | 4 | |
161 | Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago | 4 | |
162 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 4 | |
163 | Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4 | |
164 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank | 4 | |
165 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 4 | |
166 | Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram | 4 | |
167 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
168 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 4 | |
169 | Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
170 | Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana | 4 | |
171 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 4 | |
172 | Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
173 | Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 4 | |
174 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 4 | |
175 | Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 4 | |
176 | Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 4 | |
177 | Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 4 | |
178 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 4 | |
179 | Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas | 3 | |
180 | Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team | 2 | |
181 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram | 2 | |
182 | Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel | 2 | |
183 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 2 | |
184 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 2 | |
185 | Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana | 2 | |
186 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 2 | |
187 | Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervelo Test Team | 2 | |
188 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 2 | |
189 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha | 2 | |
190 | Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 2 | |
191 | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 2 | |
192 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step | 2 | |
193 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 2 | |
194 | Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 2 | |
195 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 2 | |
196 | Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana | 2 | |
197 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
198 | Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld | 2 | |
199 | Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
200 | Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step | 1 | |
201 | Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
202 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 1 | |
203 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 1 | |
204 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1 | |
205 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad | 1 | |
206 | Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 1 | |
207 | Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1 | |
208 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1 | |
209 | Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 1 | |
210 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team | 1 | |
211 | Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD | 1 | |
212 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 1 | |
213 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 1 | |
214 | Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervelo Test Team | 1 | |
215 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad | 1 | |
216 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1 | |
217 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 1 |
1 | Astana | 1082 | pts |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | 863 | |
3 | Team Columbia - High Road | 750 | |
4 | Liquigas | 740 | |
5 | Caisse d'Epargne | 710 | |
6 | Cervelo Test Team | 697 | |
7 | Team Katusha | 605 | |
8 | Quick Step | 569 | |
9 | Silence - Lotto | 538 | |
10 | Rabobank | 491 | |
11 | Garmin - Slipstream | 432 | |
12 | Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli | 379 | |
13 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 377 | |
14 | LPR Brakes Farnese Vini | 290 | |
15 | Lampre - N.G.C | 281 | |
16 | AG2R La Mondiale | 206 | |
17 | Française Des Jeux | 192 | |
18 | Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo | 189 | |
19 | Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne | 126 | |
20 | BBox Bouygues Telecom | 94 | |
21 | Team Milram | 74 | |
22 | Agritubel | 34 | |
23 | Skil-Shimano | 32 | |
24 | Fuji-Servetto | 29 | |
25 | Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce | 26 | |
26 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 22 | |
27 | Andalucia Cajasur | 21 | |
28 | Barloworld | 20 | |
29 | Contentpolis-Ampo | 6 | |
30 | Landbouwkrediet - Colnago | 4 | |
31 | BMC Racing Team | 4 | |
32 | ISD | 1 |
1 | Spain | 1334 | pts |
2 | Italy | 910 | |
3 | Australia | 706 | |
4 | Germany | 661 | |
5 | Russian Federation | 580 | |
6 | Luxembourg | 563 | |
7 | Belgium | 505 | |
8 | Great Britain | 462 | |
9 | United States of America | 389 | |
10 | Norway | 332 | |
11 | Netherlands | 285 | |
12 | France | 283 | |
13 | Czech Republic | 261 | |
14 | Switzerland | 253 | |
15 | Denmark | 210 | |
16 | Belarus | 110 | |
17 | Sweden | 105 | |
18 | Ireland | 103 | |
19 | Estonia | 98 | |
20 | Colombia | 87 | |
21 | Slovenia | 85 | |
22 | Kazakhstan | 36 | |
23 | Canada | 21 | |
24 | Ukraine | 21 | |
25 | New Zealand | 18 | |
26 | Lithuania | 16 | |
27 | Austria | 12 | |
28 | Slovakia | 11 | |
29 | Finland | 10 | |
30 | South Africa | 10 | |
31 | Poland | 6 | |
32 | Japan | 2 | |
33 | Brazil | 2 |

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