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Monday, January 26, 2015
Monday, January 26, 2015
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Upcoming Races
The next racing we'll report on will be the four competitions that make up the Challenge Illes Balears. These are four races that used to have an overall winner, but now are run independently. The first race is the Trofeo Santanyí, held on January 29. Then, on February 1 we'll have three races. The first will be the last of the Illes Balears competition along with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (1.1) and the first race of the French season, The Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise. It will be a busy day.
First UCI World Tour Road Rankings Released
After the Santos Tour Down Under, the UCI has released the first road rankings for 2015. Below are list ranking for individual riders, the nations and then teams.
Individual riders:
| Rank | Rider | Team (Code) | Points |
| 1 | DENNIS, Rohan | BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) | 110 |
| 2 | PORTE, Richie | TEAM SKY (SKY) | 86 |
| 3 | EVANS, Cadel | BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) | 76 |
| 4 | DUMOULIN, Tom | TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA) | 64 |
| 5 | FERNANDEZ, Ruben | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 52 |
| 6 | POZZOVIVO, Domenico | AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) | 40 |
| 7 | IMPEY, Daryl | ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) | 39 |
| 8 | IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Gorka | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 22 |
| 9 | PANTANO, Jarlinson | IAM CYCLING (IAM) | 10 |
| 10 | LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | 6 |
| 11 | HAUSSLER, Heinrich | IAM CYCLING (IAM) | 5 |
| 12 | BENNETT, George | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ) | 4 |
| 13 | WESTRA, Lieuwe | ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) | 4 |
| 14 | DURBRIDGE, Luke | ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) | 2 |
| 15 | VALLEE, Boris | LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS) | 2 |
| 16 | ROGERS, Michael | TINKOFF - SAXO (TCS) | 1 |
| 17 | BOUET, Maxime | ETIXX - QUICK STEP (EQS) | 1 |
| 18 | DUMOULIN, Samuel | AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) | 1 |
| 19 | BRUTT, Pavel | TINKOFF - SAXO (TCS) | 1 |
| 20 | BELKOV, Maxim | TEAM KATUSHA (KAT) | 1 |
| 21 | BONIFAZIO, Niccolo | LAMPRE - MERIDA (LAM) | 1 |
Nations:
| Rank | Country | Points |
| 1 | AUSTRALIA | 279 |
| 2 | SPAIN | 80 |
| 3 | NETHERLANDS | 68 |
| 4 | ITALY | 41 |
| 5 | SOUTH AFRICA | 39 |
| 6 | COLOMBIA | 10 |
| 7 | NEW ZEALAND | 4 |
| 8 | BELGIUM | 2 |
| 9 | FRANCE | 2 |
| 10 | RUSSIA | 2 |
Teams:
| Rank | Team (Code) | Country | Points |
| 1 | BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) | USA | 186 |
| 2 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | GBR | 86 |
| 3 | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | ESP | 80 |
| 4 | TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN (TGA) | GER | 64 |
| 5 | AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) | FRA | 41 |
| 6 | ORICA GREENEDGE (OGE) | AUS | 41 |
| 7 | IAM CYCLING (IAM) | SUI | 15 |
| 8 | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ) | NED | 4 |
| 9 | ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) | KAZ | 4 |
| 10 | LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS) | BEL | 2 |
| 11 | TINKOFF - SAXO (TCS) | RUS | 2 |
| 12 | ETIXX - QUICK STEP (EQS) | BEL | 1 |
| 13 | TEAM KATUSHA (KAT) | RUS | 1 |
| 14 | LAMPRE - MERIDA (LAM) | ITA | 1 |
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