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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson
Current racing:
- January 31 - February 4: Dubai Tour
Upcoming racing:
- February 1 - 5: Etoile de Bessèges
- February 1 - 5: Herald Sun Tour
- February 1 - 5: Volta a la Comunitat a Valenciana
Latest completed racing:
- January 29: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- January 29: Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise
- January 23 - 29: Vuelta a San Juan
- January 26 - 29: Challenge Illes Balears - Volta Ciclista a Mallorca
- January 15 - 22: People's Choice Classic & Tour Down Under
- January 1-3: Mitchelton Wines Bay Cycling Classic
UCI World Rankings
Here are the latest UCI rankings after the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the GP La Marseillaise. Number in parenthesis is the previous ranking. The individual and country rankings are overall ranks, the team's ranking is for the World Tour.
Peter Sagan winning the World Road Championships in 2016
Individual rider: Peter Sagan continues to enjoy a huge lead.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Team | Age | Points |
| 1 (1) | Peter SAGAN | Slovakia | BOH | 27 | 5429 |
| 2 (2) | Chris FROOME | Great Britain | SKY | 32 | 3776 |
| 3 (3) | Greg VAN AVERMAET | Belgium | BMC | 32 | 3711.25 |
| 4 (4) | Nairo QUINTANA | Colombia | MOV | 27 | 3492 |
| 5 (5) | Alejandro VALVERDE | Spain | MOV | 37 | 2996 |
| 6 (7) | Jhoan Esteban CHAVES | Colombia | ORS | 27 | 2591 |
| 7 (8) | Romain BARDET | France | ALM | 27 | 2552 |
| 8 (6) | Diego ULISSI | Italy | UAD | 28 | 2545 |
| 9 (10) | Alexander KRISTOFF | Norway | KAT | 30 | 2426 |
| 10 (11) | Alberto CONTADOR | Spain | TFS | 35 | 2419 |
| 11 (9) | Richie PORTE | Australia | BMC | 32 | 2050 |
| 12 (12) | Michael MATTHEWS | Australia | SUN | 27 | 1984 |
| 13 (13) | Jon IZAGUIRRE | Spain | TBM | 28 | 1945 |
| 14 (15) | Giacomo NIZZOLO | Italy | TFS | 28 | 1866 |
| 15 (14) | Fabian CANCELLARA | Switzerland | 36 | 1859 | |
| 16 (16) | Sonny COLBRELLI | Italy | TBM | 27 | 1827 |
| 17 (17) | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | France | QST | 25 | 1741 |
| 18 (18) | Bryan COQUARD | France | DEN | 25 | 1719 |
| 19 (20) | Nacer BOUHANNI | France | COF | 27 | 1700 |
| 20 (19) | Mark CAVENDISH | Great Britain | DDD | 32 | 1687 |
| 21 (21) | Vincenzo NIBALI | Italy | TBM | 33 | 1646 |
| 22 (22) | Baptiste PLANCKAERT | Belgium | KAT | 29 | 1617 |
| 23 (23) | Tom BOONEN | Belgium | QST | 37 | 1588 |
| 24 (24) | Tom DUMOULIN | Netherlands | SUN | 27 | 1562 |
| 25 (25) | Thibaut PINOT | France | FDJ | 27 | 1530.5 |
| 26 (27) | Rui Alberto FARIA | Portugal | UAD | 31 | 1523 |
| 27 (26) | Arnaud DEMARE | France | FDJ | 26 | 1504 |
| 28 (34) | Bauke MOLLEMA | Netherlands | TFS | 31 | 1432 |
| 29 (29) | Daniel MARTIN | Ireland | QST | 31 | 1430 |
| 30 (30) | Timothy DUPONT | Belgium | VWC | 30 | 1425 |
| 31 (31) | Dylan GROENEWEGEN | Netherlands | TLJ | 24 | 1391 |
| 32 (28) | Edvald BOASSON HAGEN | Norway | DDD | 30 | 1370 |
| 33 (38) | André GREIPEL | Germany | LTS | 35 | 1329 |
| 34 (32) | Sep VANMARCKE | Belgium | CDT | 29 | 1323 |
| 35 (33) | Marcel KITTEL | Germany | QST | 29 | 1315 |
| 36 (35) | Joaquim RODRIGUEZ | Spain | 38 | 1290 | |
| 37 (36) | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Russia | KAT | 28 | 1289 |
| 38 (39) | Rafal MAJKA | Poland | BOH | 28 | 1247 |
| 39 (40) | Tony GALLOPIN | France | LTS | 29 | 1231 |
| 40 (41) | Samuel DUMOULIN | France | ALM | 37 | 1194 |
Nations:
| Rank | Country | Points |
| 1 (1) | FRANCE | 13171.5 |
| 2 (2) | BELGIUM | 12801.25 |
| 3 (4) | ITALY | 12017.8 |
| 4 (3) | COLOMBIA | 11879.65 |
| 5 (5) | SPAIN | 11409.4 |
| 6 (6) | GREAT BRITAIN | 10494 |
| 7 (8) | NETHERLANDS | 8800.8 |
| 8 (7) | AUSTRALIA | 8186.25 |
| 9 (9) | SLOVAKIA | 6101.5 |
| 10 (11) | GERMANY | 5890.25 |
| 11 (10) | NORWAY | 5724 |
| 12 (12) | SWITZERLAND | 4616.5 |
| 13 (13) | RUSSIA | 3931 |
| 14 (14) | DENMARK | 3802.5 |
| 15 (16) | CZECH REPUBLIC | 3663.25 |
| 16 (15) | POLAND | 3656.75 |
| 17 (17) | UNITED STATES | 3271.65 |
| 18 (18) | PORTUGAL | 3257 |
| 19 (19) | IRELAND | 3051 |
| 20 (20) | SLOVENIA | 2541 |
| 21 (21) | UKRAINE | 2152.9 |
| 22 (22) | LUXEMBOURG | 2119.25 |
| 23 (23) | KAZAKHSTAN | 2046 |
| 24 (24) | ESTONIA | 1983.25 |
| 25 (25) | IRAN | 1976 |
| 26 (27) | BELARUS | 1763 |
| 27 (26) | ERITREA | 1737 |
| 28 (29) | NEW ZEALAND | 1585.5 |
| 29 (31) | AUSTRIA | 1513 |
| 30 (30) | SOUTH AFRICA | 1484 |
| 31 (28) | CANADA | 1454 |
| 32 (32) | MOROCCO | 1347.5 |
| 33 (33) | ALGERIA | 1299 |
| 34 (34) | LITHUANIA | 1243 |
| 35 (35) | COSTA RICA | 1081 |
| 36 (36) | LATVIA | 1028 |
| 37 (37) | ARGENTINA | 986.25 |
| 38 (38) | JAPAN | 937 |
| 39 (39) | VENEZUELA | 878 |
| 40 (40) | CROATIA | 771 |
World Tour team rankings:
| Rank | Prev. | Team (Code) | Country | Points |
| 1 | 2 | ORICA - SCOTT (ORS) | AUS | 951 |
| 2 | 1 | BMC RACING TEAM (BMC) | USA | 867 |
| 3 | 3 | BORA - HANSGROHE (BOH) | GER | 482 |
| 4 | 11 | TEAM SUNWEB (SUN) | GER | 410 |
| 5 | 4 | TEAM DIMENSION DATA (DDD) | RSA | 405 |
| 6 | 9 | TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN (KAT) | SUI | 350 |
| 7 | 15 | QUICK - STEP FLOORS (QST) | BEL | 284 |
| 8 | 5 | UAE ABU DHABI (UAD) | UAE | 248 |
| 9 | 10 | TEAM SKY (SKY) | GBR | 242 |
| 10 | 7 | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ) | NED | 240 |
| 11 | 6 | LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS) | BEL | 222 |
| 12 | 13 | CANNONDALE DRAPAC (CDT) | USA | 127 |
| 13 | 8 | MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV) | ESP | 125 |
| 14 | 12 | TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS) | USA | 103 |
| 15 | 16 | AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM) | FRA | 79 |
| 16 | 14 | BAHRAIN - MERIDA (TBM) | BRN | 70 |
| 17 | 17 | FDJ (FDJ) | FRA | 43 |
| 18 | 18 | ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST) | KAZ | 30 |
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