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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? - Pablo Picasso

Today's racing:

• June 19: Halle Ingooigem

Latest completed racing:

• June 9 - 17: Tour de Suisse
• June 14 - 17: Route d'Occitanie (was Route du Sud)
• June 3 - 10: Critérium du Dauphiné
• June 10: Rund um Koln
• June 7: GP Kanton Aargau
• May 30 - June 3: Tour de Luxembourg
• June 3: GP di Lugano
• May 4 - 27: Giro d'Italia
• May 23 - 27: Tour of Belgium
• May 22 - 24: Tour des Fjords

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Current UCI World Rankings

Rider, top 40:

Chris Froome is currently the UCI Number one rider

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	FROOME Chris	TEAM SKY	4633.43
2	SAGAN Peter	BORA - HANSGROHE	3678
3	VIVIANI Elia	QUICK - STEP FLOORS	3402
4	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2816
5	MATTHEWS Michael	TEAM SUNWEB	2490
6	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	2488.9
7	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	2471
8	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO SOUDAL	2466
9	NIBALI Vincenzo	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	2453
10	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2343
11	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	QUICK - STEP FLOORS	2150
12	ULISSI Diego	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2149
13	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	2052.57
14	DEMARE Arnaud	GROUPAMA - FDJ	1982
15	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1949
16	ROGLIČ Primož	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	1921
17	YATES Simon Philip	MITCHELTON - SCOTT	1846
18	LANDA MEANA Mikel	MOVISTAR TEAM	1816
19	URAN Rigoberto	EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC	1768
20	BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	TEAM SKY	1767
21	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	TEAM SKY	1682
22	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK - SEGAFREDO	1660
23	TRENTIN Matteo	MITCHELTON - SCOTT	1628
24	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK - SEGAFREDO	1616
25	TERPSTRA Niki	QUICK - STEP FLOORS	1590
26	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1571
27	VANMARCKE Sep	EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC	1556.5
28	COLBRELLI Sonny	BAHRAIN - MERIDA	1546.8
29	BENOOT Tiesj	LOTTO SOUDAL	1526.43
30	TEUNS Dylan	BMC RACING TEAM	1498.57
31	ARU Fabio	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1469
32	YATES Adam	MITCHELTON - SCOTT	1450.57
33	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1422
34	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	1415
35	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	1408
36	IMPEY Daryl	MITCHELTON - SCOTT	1394.2
37	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	1386
38	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR TEAM	1365
39	KELDERMAN Wilco	TEAM SUNWEB	1362
40	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1353

Nations, top 40:

Rank	Name	Points
1	ITALY	15279.8
2	BELGIUM	13820.26
3	FRANCE	11999
4	NETHERLANDS	10957.14
5	GREAT BRITAIN	10654.74
6	COLOMBIA	9625
7	SPAIN	9614
8	AUSTRALIA	7432.88
9	DENMARK	6501.17
10	NORWAY	5800.35
11	GERMANY	5492.43
12	SLOVENIA	5368.02
13	SLOVAKIA	4156.66
14	POLAND	4098.26
15	IRELAND	3824
16	CZECH REPUBLIC	3696
17	SWITZERLAND	3407.8
18	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	3097.6
19	SOUTH AFRICA	2660.37
20	LUXEMBOURG	2583
21	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	2555.57
22	AUSTRIA	2476.83
23	PORTUGAL	2397.6
24	NEW ZEALAND	2130.31
25	CANADA	2040.5
26	KAZAKHSTAN	1762.5
27	ERITREA	1673.5
28	UKRAINE	1611.8
29	BELARUS	1569.43
30	ECUADOR	1486.97
31	LATVIA	1461
32	ESTONIA	1435
33	JAPAN	1342.73
34	ARGENTINA	1311
35	RWANDA	1045.25
36	ALGERIA	1033
37	ROMANIA	1026.6
38	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA	1010
39	ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN	921
40	COSTA RICA	897

World Tour Team Rankings:

Rank	Name	Points
1	QUICK - STEP FLOORS (QST)	8499
2	MITCHELTON - SCOTT (MTS)	6142.99
3	TEAM SKY (SKY)	5994
4	BORA - HANSGROHE (BOH)	5805
5	BMC RACING TEAM (BMC)	5399.98
6	MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV)	5166
7	ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST)	4896
8	BAHRAIN - MERIDA (TBM)	4517
9	AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)	4081
10	TEAM SUNWEB (SUN)	3728
11	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO (TLJ)	3504
12	LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)	3274.01
13	UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAD)	2931
14	TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC (EFD)	2828
15	TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS)	2685
16	GROUPAMA - FDJ (GFC)	1740
17	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN (TKA)	1623
18	TEAM DIMENSION DATA (DDD)	1345

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