Two more World Cups to determine Olympic MTB participation

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Julien Absalon (Orbea Racing Team) and Nino Schurter (Scott - Swisspower MTB Racing Team) (Image credit: Tour of Japan)

In just a few weeks, mountain bike fans will know exactly how many athletes each nation will send to the 2012 London Olympic Games. What happens in the meantime are two back-to-back UCI Mountain Bike World Cups, one in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic on May 11-13 and one in La Bresse, France on May 18-20.

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Countries like New Zealand are not too far below the cut-off for sending one rider, but if they do not qualify by this primary criterion, they may be able to send a rider by a second qualifying criterion. If a nation does not already qualify athletes via the aforementioned international rankings system, it can send one male athlete each if it is in the top two ranked nations in the continental regions of Africa, American, Asia or Oceania.

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Elite men nations ranking as of May 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Switzerland	4987	pts
2	France	4659	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Czech Republic	4139	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Germany	3347	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Spain	3223	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Italy	2750	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Netherlands	2418	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Austria	2090	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Poland	1912	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Belgium	1888	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	South Africa	1826	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	United States	1797	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Canada	1754	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Australia	1554	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Japan	1342	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Great Britain	1329	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Sweden	1239	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Argentina	1129	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Brazil	1092	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Hungary	1038	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Russia	1023	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Denmark	1002	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Portugal	948	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Cyprus	894	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Ukraine	879	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	New Zealand	826	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Greece	780	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Turkey	660	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Norway	654	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Chile	604	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Finland	578	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Estonia	562	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Slovakia	554	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Israel	520	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Colombia	503	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Iran	471	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Serbia	465	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Mexico	457	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Costa Rica	438	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Kazakhstan	391	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Slovenia	342	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Namibia	310	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Venezuela	308	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Malaysia	306	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	China	295	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Ireland	294	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Latvia	288	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Hong Kong, China	286	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Puerto Rico	285	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Croatia	281	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Romania	278	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Georgia	275	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Lesotho	273	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Zimbabwe	270	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	El Salvador	270	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Bulgaria	220	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Indonesia	220	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Thailand	135	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Korea	60	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Brunei Darussalam	60	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Guam	55	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Guatemala	47	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Ecuador	28	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Nepal	24	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Bolivia	22	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Singapore	21	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Chinese Taipei	17	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Lebanon	12	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Mongolia	2	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Belarus	1	Row 69 - Cell 3

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Elite women's nations ranking as of May 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Canada	4480	pts
2	France	4091	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Switzerland	3745	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Poland	3230	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Slovenia	3101	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Norway	2989	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Germany	2791	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	United States	2572	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Russia	2513	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Czech Republic	2374	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Italy	2267	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	New Zealand	2209	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Ukraine	2016	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Austria	2013	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Great Britain	1907	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Sweden	1796	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Netherlands	1765	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Denmark	1696	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Hungary	1489	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Australia	1230	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Spain	1184	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Turkey	1107	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Japan	957	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Slovakia	873	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Mexico	799	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Brazil	760	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Argentina	686	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Israel	666	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Estonia	584	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Chile	573	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Belgium	561	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	China	550	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	South Africa	549	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Portugal	546	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Serbia	544	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Colombia	535	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Costa Rica	488	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Finland	414	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Malaysia	405	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Cyprus	402	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Venezuela	326	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Ireland	317	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Puerto Rico	300	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Latvia	292	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	El Salvador	270	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Greece	270	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Croatia	269	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Namibia	200	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Ecuador	179	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Zimbabwe	110	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Lesotho	110	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Bulgaria	110	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Korea	105	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Vietnam	85	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Chinese Taipei	75	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Thailand	60	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Dominican Republic	45	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Nepal	45	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Romania	38	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Malta	25	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Lithuania	12	Row 60 - Cell 3