Rodriguez takes World Ranking

[Dekker_Tifosi]

With only Lombardy to go, Joaquim Rodriguez cannot be passed anymore. Well, theoratically he could if Contador wins Lombardy, but Contador already quit his season so...
Joaqum Rodriguez will end the 2010 season as leader of the World Tour Ranking no matter what the result in Lombardy will be

1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP KAT 551
2 CONTADOR Alberto ESP AST 482
3 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP GCE 403
4 EVANS Cadel AUS BMC 390
5 GESINK Robert NED RAB 369
6 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 340
7 GILBERT Philippe BEL OLO 337
8 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN GRM 307
9 FARRAR Tyler USA GRM 306
10 VINOKOUROV Alexandre KAZ AST 283
11 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP EUS 261
12 SCHLECK Andy LUX SAX 258
13 CANCELLARA Fabian SUI SAX 254
14 SCHLECK Fränk LUX SAX 230
15 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR SKY 228
16 MENCHOV Denis RUS RAB 221
17 BOONEN Tom BEL QST 216
18 HORNER Chris USA RSH 216
19 GREIPEL Andre GER THR 211
20 BASSO Ivan ITA LIQ 206

Countries

1 Spain ESP 38 3111 1868
2 Italy ITA 45 1962 1071
3 Belgium BEL 25 1176 882
4 Australia AUS 12 1006 850
5 USA USA 9 874 763
6 Netherlands NED 15 722 643
7 Germany GER 22 663 547
8 Luxembourg LUX 2 488 488
9 Russia RUS 11 487 453
10 Norway NOR 3 441 441
11 Switzerland SUI 9 434 422
12 Kazachstan KAZ 3 406 406
13 Slovenia SLO 4 390 390
14 France FRA 39 796 386
15 Canada CAN 2 363 363
16 Great Britain GBR 7 333 331
17 Ireland IRL 2 254 254
18 Slovakia SVK 3 242 242
19 Czech Republic CZE 1 196 196
20 New Zeeland NZL 3 145 145
21 Estonia EST 1 111 111
22 Colombia COL 3 108 108
23 Denmark DEN 4 105 105
24 Portugal POR 4 91 91
25 Austria AUT 1 83 83
26 Poland POL 2 49 49
27 Argentina ARG 2 41 41
28 Belarus BLR 2 40 40
29 Croatia CRO 1 38 38
30 Sweden SWE 2 31 31
31 South Africa RSA 1 15 15
32 Uzbekistan UZB 1 5 5
33 Japan JPN 1 4 4
33 Lithuania LTU 1 4 4

Teams

1 Astana KAZ AST 6 992 986
2 Liquigas ITA LIQ 17 1094 946
3 Saxo Bank DEN SAX 13 1105 945
4 Rabobank NED RAB 15 1055 906
5 Katusha RUS KAT 13 981 900
6 HTC - Columbia USA THR 16 1371 855
7 Garmin USA GRM 12 950 839
8 Caisse d'Espargne ESP GCE 14 727 667
9 BMC USA BMC 10 708 657
10 Omega Pharma-Lotto BEL OLO 14 729 643
11 Radioshack USA RSH 9 733 621
12 Cervelo SUI CTT 8 630 616
13 Lampre ITA LAM 11 595 535
14 Euskaltel ESP EUS 10 545 483
15 Sky GBR SKY 10 462 435
16 Quick Step BEL QST 11 367 316
17 AG2R FRA ALM 11 277 261

18 Androni Giocattoli - Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni ITA AND 4 243 243
19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom FRA BTL 9 248 231
20 Xacobeo Galicia ESP XAC 3 198 198
21 Cofidis FRA COF 9 257 189
22 Francaise des Jeux FRA FDJ 11 189 175
23 Acqua & Sapone ITA ASA 2 134 134
24 Vacansoleil NED VAC 8 133 130
25 Colnago - CSF Inox IRL (ITA) COG 6 120 119
26 Milram GER MRM 10 136 118
27 Saur - Sojasun FRA SAU 2 63 63
27 Topsport Vlaanderen BEL TSV 3 63 63
29 Footon-Servetto ESP FOT 8 52 43
30 Landbouwkrediet BEL LAN 1 40 40
31 Skil - Shimano NED SKS 4 16 16
32 Andalucia - Cajasur ESP ACA 1 1 1
33 Carmiooro NGC GBR (ITA) CMO 0 0 0
33 Ceramica Flaminia IRL (ITA) FLM 0 0 0
33 ISD - Neri ITA ISD 0 0 0

 

[luckyboy]

1 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP KAT 551
2 CONTADOR Alberto ESP AST 482
3 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP GCE 403
4 EVANS Cadel AUS BMC 390
5 GESINK Robert NED RAB 369
6 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA LIQ 340
7 GILBERT Philippe BEL OLO 337
8 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN GRM 307
9 FARRAR Tyler USA GRM 306
10 VINOKOUROV Alexandre KAZ AST 283
11 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel ESP EUS 261
12 SCHLECK Andy LUX SAX 258
13 CANCELLARA Fabian SUI SAX 254
14 SCHLECK Fränk LUX SAX 230
15 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR SKY 228
16 MENCHOV Denis RUS RAB 221
17 BOONEN Tom BEL QST 216
18 HORNER Chris USA RSH 216
19 GREIPEL Andre GER THR 211
20 BASSO Ivan ITA LIQ 206

 

[ericthesportsman6]

Congratulations to Rodriguez. A nice prize for a great rider who's had a hell of a season.

 

[theswordsman]

Congratulations, Purito. He worked hard for this, especially at the Vuelta.

Contador switched his normal spring schedule, dropping a couple of his normal UCI stage races in favor of ones without. I said here at the time it would come back to bite him, but early races were tough on him and his team.

Who will win the golden bike as Rider Of the Year?

That team classification is awfully close. Points for top ten placings at Lombardia are

100 - 80 - 70 - 60 - 50 - 40 - 30 - 20 - 10 - 4.

It gives guys on the top teams even more incentive to do well.

 

[Jamsque]

I can't even remember which races make up the world ranking any more.

Make CQranking official, that's what I say. Gilbert will surely leap-frog J-Rod on that when he wins the worlds.

 

[Izzy eviel]

Whats in it for the winner? Do they get a special Jersey?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I can't even remember which races make up the world ranking any more.

Make CQranking official, that's what I say. Gilbert will surely leap-frog J-Rod on that when he wins the worlds.

Pro Tour Races + Historic races make up World Tour ranking

Down Under, Paris Nice, Tirreno, San Remo, Catalunya, Wevelgem, Flanders, Roubaix, Pais Vasco, Amstel, Fleche, Liege, Romandie, Giro, Dauphine, Suisse, Tour de France, Clasica San Sebastian, Tour of Poland, Vattenfall, ENECO Tour, Plouay, Quebec, Montreal, Vuelta, still to be raced: Lombardy

 

[Jamsque]

Oh OK, so it hasn't changed as much as I thought (if at all).

 

[Mambo95]

I can't even remember which races make up the world ranking any more.

Make CQranking official, that's what I say. Gilbert will surely leap-frog J-Rod on that when he wins the worlds.

On the 2010 CQ rankings, Gilbert is 9th and Rodriguez is 3rd (Contador 1, Nibali 2).

Gilbert is riding high on the rolling 12 month rankings due to his excellent end to 2009.

 

[Jamsque]

On the 2010 CQ rankings, Gilbert is 9th and Rodriguez is 3rd (Contador 1, Nibali 2).

Gilbert is riding high on the rolling 12 month rankings due to his excellent end to 2009.

Ah, I always forget the one on the main page is rolling. Whoops.

 

[luckyboy]

Basso seems pretty low down in 2010 seeing as he won a GT. Horner, Scarponi, Visconti ahead of him? Congrats to J-Rod though.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

That's the point. Basso only won the Giro.
He didn't perform in any other Pro Tour or Historic races at all.
Don't forget the World Tour is a regularity ranking as well. If you only show up in the top of 1 race, you'll never end up high.
Also, this ranking seriously favors Tour riders and Classics men over sprinters. The reason Farrar is so high up is because of his classic results, which were excellent.
Horner performed in multiple PT/HIS races (Pais Vasco win, top 10 in several other races like Tour de France...)

edit: ah your talking CQ ranking.
Well every race counts there, that's even more so than the World Tour ranking, regularity.
Visconti scores a **** load of points in every Italian one-day race

 

[jaylew]

Pro Tour Races + Historic races make up World Tour ranking

Down Under, Paris Nice, Tirreno, San Remo, Catalunya, Wevelgem, Flanders, Roubaix, Pais Vasco, Amstel, Fleche, Liege, Romandie, Giro, Dauphine, Suisse, Tour de France, Clasica San Sebastian, Tour of Poland, Vattenfall, ENECO Tour, Plouay, Quebec, Montreal, Vuelta, still to be raced: Lombardy

You'd think they'd include Worlds in the ranking.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

they did in the first 2 seasons of the PT, it counted as much as SanRemo/Lombardia/Flanders/Roubaix/LBL (historic classics).

But then they suddenly decided it was just the title and the jersey, and for the rest the whole thing doesnt count

 

[The Hitch]

Basso seems pretty low down in 2010 seeing as he won a GT. Horner, Scarponi, Visconti ahead of him? Congrats to J-Rod though.

As I recall its something like 200 points for the Tour, 180 for other gts, 100 for a stage race or monument, 80 for lesser classics.

SO the moment TOny Martin wins Eneco, or Greipel the TDU, they are over halfway to what Basso gets for winning the Giro. Scarponi came 2nd in TA. that gets him 80 points. So his 4th in the Giro was enough to take him above Basso. I dont know what else he did.

LLS came 2nd in TDU and eventually got a 2nd in PN. THere that already is the same as coming 2nd in a gt. In MArch.

 

[The Hitch]

They should mix this

winner...get a special Jersey?

with this

Make CQranking official, that's what I say.

and this

rolling 12 month rankings

 

[luckyboy]

SO the moment TOny Martin wins Eneco, or Greipel the TDU, they are over halfway to what Basso gets for winning the Giro.

That is pretty ridiculous.

edit: ah your talking CQ ranking.
Well every race counts there, that's even more so than the World Tour ranking, regularity.
Visconti scores a **** load of points in every Italian one-day race

Visconti's 2010: Italian champ, Tour of Turkey overall + 2 stages, stage in Lux Tour, stage in Brixia Tour, win in Classica Sarda Olbia-Pantogia, and 5/6 top tens in one days races.

I understand that the points make it this way, but I think my brain just cannot comprehend how this is 'better' than winning the Giro + stages, 5th in Trentino and a one day race win. Maybe I should just ignore rankings.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Look at it this way.
Take tennis for instance.

If Nadal was to only play and win Roland Garros every year, and skip pretty much everything else, how would he be ahead on the ranking to someone who gets far (QF/SF/F) in 25 ATP tournaments?
Right, he woudn't

Your way of thinking is faulty.
If you only ride very few races for the win, you'll NEVER, NEVER end up high on this ranking, unless it's 2 Grand Tours...

 

[icefire]

Look at it this way.
Take tennis for instance.

If Nadal was to only play and win Roland Garros every year, and skip pretty much everything else, how would he be ahead on the ranking to someone who gets far (QF/SF/F) in 25 ATP tournaments?
Right, he woudn't

Your way of thinking is faulty.
If you only ride very few races for the win, you'll NEVER, NEVER end up high on this ranking, unless it's 2 Grand Tours...

ATP rules have two incentives for top players to attend tournaments:

From the top of my head: top ranked players must attend the 4 grands, 11 out of the 12 Master1000 and 1 or 2 Master500 tournaments. If they fail to do this and don't provide medical justification they're fined.

Top ranked players are better seeded in tournaments, so their chance of facing difficult opponents in early rounds is lower.

I don't think any of this can be applied to cycling successfully.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Apart from the rules, you get my point

if you only ride a few races for a real result, you'll never end up high on a ranking

no matter what sport.
if in F1 Jenson Button decides to only win 1 grand prix and finish 5th once, he won't win the world ch.

so how should Basso be up the ranking with only a giro win + 5th trentino?