Matthew Goss again tops Union Cycliste Internationale World Tour Ranking 2011
Australian Matthew Goss swept the top of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Tour tables. Matthew topped the individual rankings, while his home country Australia was in first place for the country table and his team, HTC-highroad, came in first
for the teams category. Other riders also placed according to their points on the table after Matthews. There were no changes in the top of UCI ranking but after the Tour of Flanders, things are set to change.
Goss gained confidence after getting victories at Milano-Sanermo and stage victories at Paris-Nice and Australia which resulted in him being ranked first amongst the lot of 91 riders. He got 203 points and put his HTC-highroad team in first.
The Australian was followed closely by Italian Michele Scarponi who managed to complete his 202 points in his tour. Fabian Cancellara of the Leopard Trek team finished his initial early laps very slowly and came in third place and is now placed in the third
spot with 156 points, up from ninth.
Tom Boonen finished fourth in the Tour of Flanders and he had an ever bigger gain and jumped from the twelfth to fourth with a total of 140 points. Cadel Evans of Belgium team was in fifth place with 128 points. Nick Nuyens, who recently won the Ronde Van
Vlaanderen was able to move into the ninth position in the UCI world rankings.
Australia has again successfully placed themselves in the number one spot in the world rankings by getting 517 points while Italy was in second place. Belgium, who was previously in fifth place, was elevated to the third position. Germany on the other hand
has moved down to the fourth spot and Spain to fifth.
HTC-high road is still on top, with a total of 371 points, while the Rabobank teams has moved from sixth up to second place with the difference of 105 points. The Lampre – ISD team failed to gain points and slipped from second to third position while the
Quick Step team made the biggest jump and moved into seventh with 230 points, up from 14th.
The next World Tour ranking will be announced on Monday and it includes points from both the Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage race and the one-day race at Paris-Roubaix.
Individual Rankings:
1. Matthew Goss (Aus / HTC High Road) 203 points
2. Michele Scarponi (Italy) 202
3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 156
4. Tom Boonen (Belgium) 140
5. Cadel Evans (Australia) 128
6. Tony Martin (Germany) 108
7. Alberto Contador (Spain) 106
8. Cameron Meyer (Australia) 106
9. Nick Nuyens (Belgium) 101
10. Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) 96
Countries:
1. Australia 517
2. Italy 485
3. BELGIUM 378
4. Germany 276
5. Spain 272
6. Netherlands 206
7. United states 183
8. France 178
9. Great Britain 161
10. Switzerland 156
Teams:
1. HTC-371 High Road
2. Rabobank 266
3. Lampre-ISD 249
4. Cervelo Team Garmin 247
5. BMC Racing Team 238
6. Team RadioShack 231
7. Quick Step 230
8. Sky Procycling 229
9. Leopard Trek 228
10. Saxo Bank 219
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