I know there is a lot of confusion regarding the newly implemented system where team strength is determined by a special ranking, the details of which have been unclear to a lot of people (eventhough all the details were leaked as early as May last year.
Cyclingnews published the system again a few months ago. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/exclusive-uci-proteam-ranking-system-revealed
The main difficulty with this ranking is that it is based on a special WT ranking where all the pro continental riders are present and Continental rankings where all the WT riders are present which is normally not the case. This means that you can't use the normal rankings to figure out the points for a rider.
Another important thing is that for the sporting criterion the actual points in the WT and Continental rankings does not matter at all. All that matters is what place you end up in and based on that you are given a score.
Now, on top of all the points that riders get from these special rankings they also get points from various other wins throughout the season. The points for winning can easily be calculated and that is what I have done.
This is a ranking of the collected extra points for 2011 for the purpose of the sporting criterion ranking (For brevity it only shows riders that have scored 8 points or more.):
As of July 13th 2011:
GILBERT Philippe 111
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 85
EVANS Cadel 54
CAVENDISH Mark 51
MARTIN Tony 42
VOECKLER Thomas 36
GOSS Matthew 35
SCARPONI Michele 35
KLÖDEN Andreas 31
CANCELLARA Fabian 30
SAGAN Peter 28
KITTEL Marcel 27
WIGGINS Bradley 27
FARRAR Tyler 26
MEYER Cameron 26
DEGENKOLB John 25
GUARDINI Andrea 25
NUYENS Nick 25
FEILLU Romain 23
GREIPEL Andre 23
LEIPHEIMER Levi 23
BOONEN Tom 22
SOHRABI Mahdi 21
NIBALI Vincenzo 20
SWIFT Ben 20
VANSUMMEREN Johan 20
VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose 18
KIRYIENKA Vasil 17
ROUX Anthony 16
PETACCHI Alessandro 15
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin 15
SCHLECK Fränk 15
BRUTT Pavel 14
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 14
DUMOULIN Samuel 14
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 14
ULISSI Diego 14
VRECER Robert 14
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 13
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 13
ARRIAGADA QUINCHEL Marco Antonio 12
CASPER Jimmy 12
CUNEGO Damiano 12
DE GENDT Thomas 12
MATTHEWS Michael 12
PIETROPOLLI Daniele 12
VAN HUMMEL Kenny 12
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel 12
VIVIANI Elia 12
GAZVODA Gregor 11
GERDEMANN Linus 11
HORNER Chris 11
KESSIAKOFF Fredrik 11
LAGAB Ezzedine 11
MONSALVE PERTSINIDIS Yonathan Alejandro 11
ROSSELER Sébastien 11
VISCONTI Giovanni 11
BAGDONAS Gediminas 10
GEORGES Sylvain 10
HIVERT Jonathan 10
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 10
SCHULZE André 10
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 10
VINOKOUROV Alexandre 10
BENNATI Daniele 9
BOS Theo 9
FISCHER Murilo Antonio 9
GATTO Oscar 9
GESINK Robert 9
KRUOPIS Aidis 9
LIGTHART Pim 9
NOVIKOV Nikita 9
UBETO APONTE Miguel Armando 9
ZABRISKIE David 9
ALBASINI Michael 8
BENCIK Petr 8
DIAZ Dario Raul 8
EFIMKIN Alexander 8
FURLAN Angelo 8
FÖRSTER Robert 8
HENDERSON Gregory 8
HUNTER Robert 8
LANGEVELD Sebastian 8
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz 8
NECHITA Andrei 8
RASMUSSEN Alex 8
SCHEIRLINCKX Bert 8
THOMAS Geraint 8
WESTRA Lieuwe 8
One thing that becomes absolutely clear is how important it is to win to score well in the sporting criterion ranking. If you have two riders that finish say 15th and 16th in the extended WT ranking but one of them got there by finishing 2-5th in a lot of races and the other one got there by winning races instead then they would both get the 65 points for finishing 11th-20th but the one that got there by winning is possibly worth more than twice as much because of all the extra points given for wins.
One thing to note is that for the overall ranking of teams the ranking takes into accout the points scored by their top 15 riders during the past 2 years (2011 and 2010 for next year) so this ranking is only a limited insight into what certain riders are worth. It's missing the points for last year and of course the points for the year end rankings.
Cyclingnews published the system again a few months ago. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/exclusive-uci-proteam-ranking-system-revealed
The main difficulty with this ranking is that it is based on a special WT ranking where all the pro continental riders are present and Continental rankings where all the WT riders are present which is normally not the case. This means that you can't use the normal rankings to figure out the points for a rider.
Another important thing is that for the sporting criterion the actual points in the WT and Continental rankings does not matter at all. All that matters is what place you end up in and based on that you are given a score.
Now, on top of all the points that riders get from these special rankings they also get points from various other wins throughout the season. The points for winning can easily be calculated and that is what I have done.
This is a ranking of the collected extra points for 2011 for the purpose of the sporting criterion ranking (For brevity it only shows riders that have scored 8 points or more.):
As of July 13th 2011:
GILBERT Philippe 111
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 85
EVANS Cadel 54
CAVENDISH Mark 51
MARTIN Tony 42
VOECKLER Thomas 36
GOSS Matthew 35
SCARPONI Michele 35
KLÖDEN Andreas 31
CANCELLARA Fabian 30
SAGAN Peter 28
KITTEL Marcel 27
WIGGINS Bradley 27
FARRAR Tyler 26
MEYER Cameron 26
DEGENKOLB John 25
GUARDINI Andrea 25
NUYENS Nick 25
FEILLU Romain 23
GREIPEL Andre 23
LEIPHEIMER Levi 23
BOONEN Tom 22
SOHRABI Mahdi 21
NIBALI Vincenzo 20
SWIFT Ben 20
VANSUMMEREN Johan 20
VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose 18
KIRYIENKA Vasil 17
ROUX Anthony 16
PETACCHI Alessandro 15
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin 15
SCHLECK Fränk 15
BRUTT Pavel 14
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 14
DUMOULIN Samuel 14
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 14
ULISSI Diego 14
VRECER Robert 14
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 13
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 13
ARRIAGADA QUINCHEL Marco Antonio 12
CASPER Jimmy 12
CUNEGO Damiano 12
DE GENDT Thomas 12
MATTHEWS Michael 12
PIETROPOLLI Daniele 12
VAN HUMMEL Kenny 12
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel 12
VIVIANI Elia 12
GAZVODA Gregor 11
GERDEMANN Linus 11
HORNER Chris 11
KESSIAKOFF Fredrik 11
LAGAB Ezzedine 11
MONSALVE PERTSINIDIS Yonathan Alejandro 11
ROSSELER Sébastien 11
VISCONTI Giovanni 11
BAGDONAS Gediminas 10
GEORGES Sylvain 10
HIVERT Jonathan 10
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 10
SCHULZE André 10
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 10
VINOKOUROV Alexandre 10
BENNATI Daniele 9
BOS Theo 9
FISCHER Murilo Antonio 9
GATTO Oscar 9
GESINK Robert 9
KRUOPIS Aidis 9
LIGTHART Pim 9
NOVIKOV Nikita 9
UBETO APONTE Miguel Armando 9
ZABRISKIE David 9
ALBASINI Michael 8
BENCIK Petr 8
DIAZ Dario Raul 8
EFIMKIN Alexander 8
FURLAN Angelo 8
FÖRSTER Robert 8
HENDERSON Gregory 8
HUNTER Robert 8
LANGEVELD Sebastian 8
MARCZYNSKI Tomasz 8
NECHITA Andrei 8
RASMUSSEN Alex 8
SCHEIRLINCKX Bert 8
THOMAS Geraint 8
WESTRA Lieuwe 8
One thing that becomes absolutely clear is how important it is to win to score well in the sporting criterion ranking. If you have two riders that finish say 15th and 16th in the extended WT ranking but one of them got there by finishing 2-5th in a lot of races and the other one got there by winning races instead then they would both get the 65 points for finishing 11th-20th but the one that got there by winning is possibly worth more than twice as much because of all the extra points given for wins.
One thing to note is that for the overall ranking of teams the ranking takes into accout the points scored by their top 15 riders during the past 2 years (2011 and 2010 for next year) so this ranking is only a limited insight into what certain riders are worth. It's missing the points for last year and of course the points for the year end rankings.
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