With the Criterium du Dauphine officially finished and GBR's Bradley Wiggins taking his first major race win of his Pro Tour career the UCI World Rankings have shuffled around considerably from this time 2 months ago pre Giro D'Italia.
Not only are they used by the world governing body to decide how many rider's each nation will be able to field at the World Championships but they are a very useful tool for cycling buffs who want to evaluate rider's performances across a season.
Since wrapping up the Dauphine in France yesterday Wiggins, Cadel Evans and Alexandre Vinokourov have all moved up the rankings - now sitting in 12th, 4th and 7th positions. Early season classics start Philippe Gilbert of Belgian team OmegaPharma-Lotto is in the narrow lead of Giro winner Alberto Contador. The convincing winner and clearly in good form Joaquin Rodriguez of Team Katusha is sitting in 5th with other TDF GC rivals Sammy Sanchez and Robert Gessink in 13th and 14th.
UCI World Rankings top 20
1 Philippe Gilbert - 356 points
2 Alberto Contador - 349 points
3 Michele Scarponi
4 Cadel Evans
5 Joaquin Rodriguez
6 Fabian Cancellara
7 Alexandre Vinokourov
8 Vincenzo Nibali
9 Tony Martin
10 Matthew Goss
11 Andreas Kloden
12 Bradley Wiggins
13 Samuel Sanchez
14 Robert Gessink
15 Christopher Horner
16 Tom Boonen
17 Roman Kreuziger
18 John Gadret
19 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
20 Marco Pinotti
Cadel Evans
After winning the early season Tirreno-Adriatico and Tour de Romandie races yesterday Australian Cadel Evans added a third solid result to his 2011 palmares of 2nd place in the Tour du Dauphine. Evans was quoted as saying he was "happy with second...for once" maybe shedding some light on his less than aggressive riding in the mountains of France over the past week, hinting to the fact that this race may have purely been used for training.
The 34 year old still has a few more attempts at Tour victory though some may think this might be his last real shot with youngsters such as Jurgen Van Den Broek, Robert Gessink and of course Andy Shleck rapidly ascending the ranks.
French team rosters annouced
With less than 3 weeks to go before the start of the tour teams have already began to announce their rider line ups for the race with the French teams of AG2R, Cofidis, Europcar, FDJ and Saur-Sojasun announcing their roster's today.
While not fully confirmed and with most roster's including more than the regulation 9 riders, it is clear there are still some decisions to be made.
AG2R
Team Leader - Nicholas Roche
Blel Kadri (recovering from injury)
Christophe Riblon
John Gadret
Cyril Dessel
Jean-Christophe Peraud
Maxime Bouet
Sebastian Hinault
Mathieu Perget
Hubert Dupont
Anthony Ravard
Lloyd Mondory
Cofidis
Team Leader - David Moncoutie
Rein Taarame
Samuel Demoulin
Julien El Fares
Nicholas Vogondy
Mickael Buffaz
Leonardo Duque
Romain Zingle
Aleksejs Saramotins
Europcar
Team Leader - Thomas Voeckler
Cyril Gautier
Pierre Rolland
Anthony Charteau
Christophe Kern
Sebastian Chavanel
Yukiya Arashiro
FDJ
Team Leader - Sandy Casar
Pierrick Fedrigo
Jeremy Roy
Anthony Roux
Remi Pauriol
Yauheni Hutarovich
Anthony Geslin
Saur-Sojasun
Team Leader - Jerome Coppel
Arnaud Coyot
Jonathan Hivert
Jimmy Engoulvent
Yannick Talabardon
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