Three Americans in top 50 of UCI ‘cross rankings
While Rabobank's Richard Groenendaal holds on to the top spot in the UCI cyclo-cross rankings, three U.S. riders showed up in the top-50, in standings released earlier this week. New national champion Tim Johnson (Saturn) sits highest, in 33rd, while Marc Gullickson (Mongoose) is 41st, while Mark McCormack (Saturn) is ranked 49th. In country rankings, Belgium and the Netherlands are one-two, while Italy is third, some 3200 points off the lead. STANDING / NAME / NATIONALITY / TOTAL POINTS 1 GROENENDAAL Richard NED 2398 2 DE CLERCQ Mario BEL 1606 3 NIJS Sven BEL 1409 4 WELLENS
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While Rabobank’s Richard Groenendaal holds on to the top spot in the UCI cyclo-cross rankings, three U.S. riders showed up in the top-50, in standings released earlier this week. New national champion Tim Johnson (Saturn) sits highest, in 33rd, while Marc Gullickson (Mongoose) is 41st, while Mark McCormack (Saturn) is ranked 49th. In country rankings, Belgium and the Netherlands are one-two, while Italy is third, some 3200 points off the lead.
STANDING / NAME / NATIONALITY / TOTAL POINTS
1 GROENENDAAL Richard NED 2398
2 DE CLERCQ Mario BEL 1606
3 NIJS Sven BEL 1409
4 WELLENS Bart BEL 1314
5 PONTONI Daniele ITA 1039
6 VERVECKEN Erwin BEL 1018
7 VAN SANTVLIET Peter BEL 737
8 VANNOPPEN Tom BEL 618
9 VAN DER POEL Adrie NED 594
10 WABEL Beat SUI 557
11 DLASK Petr CZE 549
12 DE VOS Wim NED 453
13 DE KNEGT Gerben NED 451
14 POSPISIL Jiri CZE 330
15 MOREL Christophe FRA 323
16 BRAMATI Luca ITA 297
16 DAELMANS Arne BEL 297
18 SCHÄTTI Roland SUI 290
19 ARNOULD Dominique FRA 288
20 BERDEN Ben BEL 280
21 JANSSENS Marc BEL 267
21 JEZEK Vaclav CZE 267
23 AUSBUHER Kamil CZE 248
24 KORZENIEWSKI Tadeusz POL 237
25 DEREPAS David FRA 236
26 HAMMOND Roger GBR 234
26 VOLCKAERTS Kipcho BEL 234
28 SECO AMUNDARAIN David ESP 232
29 RONDELEZ Bjorn BEL 227
30 PAGNIER David FRA 224
31 SARGENTI Massimo ITA 211
32 DJERNIS Henrik DEN 200
33 JOHNSON Tim USA 195
34 TOFFOLETTI Stefano ITA 183
35 VAN GILS Wilant NED 182
36 WEIGOLD Steffen GER 178
37 URBAN Malte GER 165
38 FRISCHKNECHT Thomas SUI 164
39 GLAJZA Robert SVK 154
40 VANTHOURENHOUT Sven BEL 153
41 DUROS Régis FRA 150
41 GULLIKSON Marc USA 150
43 VANDELLI Valeriano ITA 145
44 LUKES Ondrej CZE 142
45 SIMUNEK Radomir CZE 140
46 NIJLAND Maarten NED 139
47 TRIEBEL Pascal LUX 138
48 RUNKEL Dieter SUI 136
49 MCCORMACK Mark USA 128
50 RAMSAUER Jan SUI 127
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STANDING / COUNTRY / TOTAL POINTS
1 BELGIUM 6084
2 NETHERLANDS 4078
3 ITALY 1875
4 CZECH REPUBLIC 1536
5 SWITZERLAND 1274
6 FRANCE 1221
7 GERMANY 618
8 GREAT BRITAIN 608
9 U.S.A. 596
10 POLAND 557