Gesink and Hesjedal climb UCI world rankings

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) celebrates his win in Montreal (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Robert Gesink (Rabobank) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

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Ryder Hesjedal was the highest placing Canadian (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Strong performances in the two new ProTour races in Canada have lifted Robert Gesink (Rabobank) and Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) in the UCI’s latest world rankings, with the Dutchman now a possible contender for overall success in the season-long ranking.

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Gesink’s lone victory in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal on Sunday moved him to fourth overall in the individual classification. He has a total of 369 points, just 21 points behind third-placed Cadel Evans (BMC).

Alberto Contador (Astana) remains top-ranked rider with 482 points, but he is unlikely to score any more points this season and so second-placed Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha), who has 428 points and is currently riding strongly in the Vuelta, is also a real contender to move past Contador, after points scored in the Vuelta are included in the ranking next Monday.

Hesjedal narrowly missed out on two chances to take a big win on home soil in Canada, but he has rocketed up through the UCI’s ProTour rankings, from twelfth to sixth and now has a total of 307 points.

Promising young rider Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) also continued his rapid progress through the ranks with a second place behind Gesink in Montreal, where Hesjedal finished third. The talented Slovakian moved up from 78th to 37th place and has a total of 111 points.

Astana lead team ranking

Astana remains in control in the team ranking, although the results from Canada have sparked some major shifts below them in the ranking.

Gesink’s Rabobank team is now second overall, overtaking Team Saxo Bank and simultaneously whittling down the gap between Astana and their closest pursuer to 82 points. Astana has 980 points, Rabobank has 898 and Saxo Bank has 851.

Team Katusha and Liquigas-Doimo dropped down the rankings to sixth and seventh but both squads have riders well-placed overall in the Vuelta and so could well reverse their slide. Team standings in the UCI world ranking will be important in 2011 as it determines automatic selection for the top 17 nations in the major races on the calendar.

The one classification which is now almost definitively decided is the nations ranking, with Spain adding another 22 points after the Canadian races, to reach a total of 1,666. Spain remains the only country to have broken the thousand-point barrier, with Italy remaining on 856 points and third-placed Belgium also unchanged with 849.

World Rankings as of September 13, 2010

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana	482	pts
2	Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha	428
3	Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team	390
4	Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank	369
5	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	363
6	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions	307
7	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	304
8	Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana	283
9	Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	261
10	Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank	258
11	Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions	251
12	Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank	250
13	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team	228
14	Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack	216
15	Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step	216
16	Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank	213
17	André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia	211
18	Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	206
19	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	203
20	Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo	188
21	Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia	179
22	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack	174
23	Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	169
24	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	163
25	Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team	148
26	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	144
27	Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank	140
28	Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia	140
29	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	133
30	David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	132
31	Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	127
32	Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank	125
33	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia	122
34	Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	121
35	Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana	117
36	Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	113
37	Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo	111
38	Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne	111
39	Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team	110
40	Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini	108
41	Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions	106
42	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	106
43	Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha	105
44	Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	104
45	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank	104
46	Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team	103
47	Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini	102
48	Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	100
49	Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team	96
50	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	96
51	Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team	90
52	Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank	87
53	Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale	87
54	Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team	86
55	Lance Armstrong (USA) Team Radioshack	85
56	Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC - Columbia	83
57	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	82
58	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha	82
59	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	81
60	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team Radioshack	80
61	George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team	80
62	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto	80
63	Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha	80
64	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia	76
65	Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux	73
66	Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team	71
67	Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank	70
68	Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia	67
69	Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack	66
70	Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	62
71	Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank	62
72	Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team	61
73	Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	61
74	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	60
75	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	58
76	Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana	56
77	Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions	56
78	Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram	56
79	Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha	55
80	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne	54
81	Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack	52
82	Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	51
83	Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française Des Jeux	50
84	Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo	48
85	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank	48
86	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	46
87	Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	46
88	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia	44
89	Allan Davis (Aus) Astana	42
90	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team	40
91	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	40
92	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step	40
93	Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne	39
94	Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo	38
95	Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions	38
96	Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	36
97	Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank	35
98	Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack	35
99	Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions	34
100	John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	34
101	Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	32
102	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	32
103	Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	30
104	Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha	30
105	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	30
106	Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	30
107	Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini	29
108	Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team	24
109	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	24
110	Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	22
111	Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram	20
112	Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Transitions	20
113	Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	20
114	Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team	20
115	Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	20
116	Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step	20
117	Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack	20
118	Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step	19
119	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha	18
120	Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team	18
121	Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	18
122	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step	17
123	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank	17
124	Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank	17
125	Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank	16
126	Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	16
127	Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram	16
128	Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank	16
129	Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne	16
130	Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto	16
131	Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	16
132	Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions	15
133	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team	15
134	Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank	14
135	Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank	14
136	Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram	13
137	Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank	13
138	Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram	13
139	Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank	12
140	Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux	12
141	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	12
142	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	12
143	Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha	11
144	Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	11
145	Enrique Mata (Spa) Footon-Servetto	10
146	Dominique Cornu (Bel) Skil - Shimano	10
147	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	10
148	William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	10
149	Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team	10
150	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank	10
151	Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	10
152	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia	10
153	Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne	10
154	Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram	10
155	Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Footon-Servetto	10
156	David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions	10
157	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step	9
158	Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team	8
159	Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step	8
160	Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team	8
161	Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne	8
162	Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli	8
163	Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	8
164	Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	7
165	Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team	7
166	Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por) Footon-Servetto	7
167	Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	7
168	Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne	7
169	Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step	6
170	Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team	6
171	Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne	6
172	Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia	6
173	Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin - Transitions	6
174	Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto	6
175	Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha	6
176	Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia	6
177	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	6
178	Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step	6
179	Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank	6
180	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana	6
181	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne	6
182	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Cervelo Test Team	6
183	Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	5
184	Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale	5
185	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack	5
186	Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux	5
187	Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram	4
188	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux	4
189	Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia	4
190	Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne	4
191	Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Footon-Servetto	4
192	Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	4
193	Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	4
194	Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Transitions	4
195	Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank	4
196	Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi	4
197	Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano	4
198	Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne	4
199	Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	4
200	Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	4
201	Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervelo Test Team	4
202	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto	4
203	David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions	4
204	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team	4
205	Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto	4
206	Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank	4
207	Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	4
208	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	3
209	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux	3
210	Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank	3
211	Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux	3
212	Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	2
213	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Française Des Jeux	2
214	Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram	2
215	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini	2
216	Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux	2
217	Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	2
218	Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne	2
219	David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini	2
220	Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto	2
221	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	2
222	Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	2
223	Jérémie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun	2
224	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	2
225	Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha	2
226	Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française Des Jeux	2
227	Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	2
228	Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team	1
229	Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto	1
230	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram	1
231	Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	1
232	Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team	1
233	Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano	1
234	Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto	1
235	Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	1
236	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	1
237	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	1
238	Michael Van Stayen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	1
239	Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto	1
240	Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank	1
241	Kenny De Haes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	1
242	Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank	1
243	Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano	1
244	Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	1
245	Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	1
246	Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team	1
247	Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	1
248	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	1
249	Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	1
250	Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	1
251	Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	1
252	Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram	1
253	Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo	1
254	Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	1
255	Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	1

Nations
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Spain	1666	pts
2	Italy	856
3	Belgium	849
4	Australia	845
5	United States	708
6	Netherlands	643
7	Germany	547
8	Russia	423
9	Norway	416
10	Switzerland	414
11	Kazakhstan	400
12	Luxembourg	398
13	France	386
14	Slovenia	385
15	Canada	363
16	Great Britain	255
17	Ireland	193
18	Czech Republic	188
19	New Zealand	145
20	Slovakia	117
21	Estonia	111
22	Colombia	107
23	Denmark	105
24	Portugal	85
25	Austria	83
26	Poland	49
27	Croatia	38
28	Argentina	29
29	Sweden	27
30	Belarus	22
31	South Africa	15
32	Uzbekistan	5
33	Japan	4
34	Lithuania	4

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Astana	980	pts
2	Rabobank	898
3	Team Saxo Bank	851
4	Team HTC - Columbia	765
5	Garmin - Transitions	758
6	Team Katusha	750
7	Liquigas-Doimo	730
8	BMC Racing Team	657
9	Omega Pharma-Lotto	641
10	Team Radioshack	621
11	Caisse d'Epargne	616
12	Lampre-Farnese Vini	511
13	Cervelo Test Team	464
14	Euskaltel - Euskadi	450
15	Sky Professional Cycling Team	435
16	Quick Step	312
17	Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni	243
18	Bbox Bouygues Telecom	227
19	Ag2R La Mondiale	198
20	Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	196
21	Française Des Jeux	144
22	Acqua & Sapone - d'Angelo & Antenucci	134
23	Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	130
24	Colnago - Csf Inox	119
25	Team Milram	118
26	Saur - Sojasun	63
27	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	63
28	Landbouwkrediet	40
29	Footon-Servetto	37
30	Skil - Shimano	16

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