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UCI Cyclocross rankings
February 1, 2004
Wellens still on top
The UCI has published the latest cyclo-cross rankings and in the wake of the weekend's world championships it's no real surprise that double world champ Bart Wellens still tops the list with 2498 points, almost seven hundred ahead of Sven Nijs. The unchanged, all-Belgian top three is rounded out by Ben Berden.
Germany's Hanka Kupfernagel tops the women's rankings ahead of Maryline Salvetat of France, while her win at the weekend moves Laurence Leboucher up from third to tenth.
While 'cross fans would undoubtedly like to see the sport become more international, the latest rankings show pretty clearly where the world's cyclo-cross strongholds are. Only three nations are represented in the men's top ten - Belgium, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic - and eight of the top ten are Belgian. Not surprisingly, Belgium tops the men's national rankings, with a staggering 7628 points against the Czech Republic's 2084.
Overall rankings
(Previous position in brackets)
Men 1 (1) Bart Wellens (Bel) 2498 pts 2 (2) Sven Nijs (Bel) 1805 3 (3) Ben Berden (Bel) 1451 4 (5) Erwin Vervecken (Bel) 953 5 (4) Richard Groenendaal (Ned) 935 6 (6) Mario De Clercq (Bel) 921 7 (7) Jiri Pospisil (Cze) 726 8 (8) Tom Vannoppen (Bel) 701 9 (10) Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) 678 10 (9) Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) 564 11 (12) John Gadret (Fra) 487 12 (13) Petr Dlask (Cze) 468 13 (10) Arne Daelmans (Bel) 454 14 (14) Francis Mourey (Fra) 437 15 (15) Christian Heule (Swi) 393 16 (16) Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) 367 17 (25) Michael Baumgartner (Swi) 309 18 (20) Todd Wells (USA) 303 19 (22) Vaclav Jezek (Cze) 288 20 (16) Dariusz Gil (Pol) 284 21 (18) David Seco Amundarain (Spa) 282 22 (20) Arnaud Labbe (Fra) 275 22 (27) Daniele Pontoni (Ita) 275 24 (23) Maarten Nijland (Ned) 261 25 (30) Wilant Van Gils (Ned) 251 26 (24) Gerben De Knegt (Ned) 238 27 (37) Martin Zlamalik (Cze) 235 28 (28) Ondrej Lukes (Cze) 233 29 (26) Marc Gullickson (USA) 222 30 (29) Thomas Frischknecht (Swi) 217 31 (37) Maxime Lefebre (Fra) 212 32 (31) Jackson Stewart (USA) 209 33 (19) Enrico Franzoi (Ita) 196 34 (32) Davy Commeyne (Bel) 195 35 (34) Robert Glajza (Svk) 193 36 (33) Jonathan Page (USA) 186 37 (41) Roger Hammond (GBr) 180 38 (36) Ryan Trebon (USA) 179 39 (39) Jan Ramsauer (Swi) 170 40 (42) Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) 167 41 (43) Camiel Van Den Bergh (Ned) 162 42 (47) Alessandro Fontana (Ita) 157 43 (40) Simon Zahner (Swi) 151 44 (206) Kevin Pauwels (Bel) 150 45 (62) Mariusz Gil (Pol) 145 46 (44) Wim Jacobs (Bel) 139 47 (48) David Rusch (Swi) 136 48 (35) Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) 133 49 (51) David Derepas (Fra) 113 50 (52) Vaclaf Metlicka (Svk) 111 51 (48) Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) 108 52 (45) Dominique Arnould (Fra) 102 53 (60) Klaas Vantornout (Bel) 100 54 (53) Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) 99 55 (55) Tsujira Keiichi (Jpn) 95 56 (66) Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 93 56 (101) Zdenek Stybar (Cze) 93 58 (68) Jens Schwedler (Ger) 92 59 (57) Mark McCormack (USA) 91 60 (50) Ales Mudroch (Cze) 90 60 (58) Jeremy Powers (USA) 90 62 (61) Kim Petersen (Den) 80 62 (74) Malte Urban (Ger) 80 64 (84) Milan Barenyi (Svk) 75 64 (64) Marek Cichosz (Pol) 75 64 (84) Jody Crawforth (GBr) 75 64 (64) Reto Matt (Ger) 75 64 (135) Sébastien Minard (Fra) 75 64 (56) David Pagnier (Fra) 75 70 (66) Jan Verstraeten (Bel) 73 71 (131) Lukas Flückiger (Swi) 72 71 (91) Beat Morf (Swi) 72 73 (45) Thijs Verhagen (Ned) 71 74 (70) Isaac Suarez Fernandez (Spa) 69 75 (79) Lars Boom (Ned) 68 76 (53) Bart Aernouts (Bel) 66 77 (101) Maros Kovac (Svk) 65 78 (71) Radomir Simunek (Cze) 63 79 (69) Thorsten Struch (Ger) 62 80 (74) Tom Flammang (Lux) 60 81 (77) Travis Brown (USA) 59 82 (99) Marco Bianco (Ita) 58 82 (79) Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) 58 84 (83) Peter Wedge (Can) 57 85 (94) Stéphane Belot (Fra) 55 85 (84) Radoslaw Czapla (Pol) 55 85 (84) Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) 55 85 (125) Igor Tavella (Ita) 55 89 (90) Gusty Bausch (Lux) 53 90 (84) Ismael Esteban Aguando (Spa) 52 90 (73) Tommy Nielsen (Den) 52 92 (133) Zugaitz Ayuso Apaolaza (Spa) 51 93 (94) Marian Hecl (Svk) 50 93 (94) Maik Muller (Ger) 50 93 (94) Derik Zampedri (Ita) 50 96 (100) Liam Killeen (GBr) 48 96 (59) Christophe Morel (Fra) 48 98 (74) Steve Chainel (Fra) 46 98 (93) Josef Soukup (Cze) 46 100 (113) Jesse Anthony (USA) 45 100 (101) David Collins (GBr) 45 100 (101) Masanori Kosaka (Jpn) 45 100 (211) Krzysztof Kuzniak (Pol) 45 100 (101) Zdenek Mlynar (Cze) 45 105 (107) Jérôme Chevalier (Fra) 43 105 (107) Bart Gillespie (USA) 43 105 (91) Michael Müller (Swi) 43 108 (110) Julien Belgy (Fra) 42 109 (111) Jean-Pierre Leijten (Ned) 41 110 (113) David Demanuele (Cro) 40 110 (113) Fernando Fernandez (Spa) 40 110 (113) Joachim Parbo (Den) 40 110 (113) Peter Presslauer (Aut) 40 110 (113) Robin Seymour (Irl) 40 110 (71) Radec Tichy (Cze) 40 110 (113) Zsolt Vinczeffy (Hun) 40 110 (113) Piotr Wysmyk (Pol) 40 118 (77) Jens Reuker (Ger) 39 119 (79) Matthew Ellis (GBr) 38 119 (107) Harald Starzengruber (Aut) 38 119 (133) Pierre Bernard Vaillant (Fra) 38 122 (79) Cyrille Bonnand (Fra) 37 122 (124) Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) 37 124 (111) Steven Roach (GBr) 36 125 (125) Anders Klinkby (Den) 35 125 (113) Alan Obye (USA) 35 125 (113) Antonio Ortiz Haitz (Spa) 35 125 (123) Pascal Triebel (Lux) 35 125 (84) Tomas Trunschka (Cze) 35 130 (129) Geoffrey Clochez (Fra) 33 130 (129) Stefano Zanetti (Ita) 33 132 (63) Martin Bina (Cze) 32 132 (149) Johannes Sickmueller (Ger) 32 134 (152) Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned) 31 135 (135) Rodger Aiken (Irl) 30 135 (135) Tihomir Bobolanovic (Cro) 30 135 (135) Barrie Clarke (GBr) 30 135 (135) Nicholas Craig (GBr) 30 135 (153) Koen De Kort (Ned) 30 135 (125) Marc Ernster (Lux) 30 135 (135) Geoff Kabush 30 135 (135) Pirmin Lang (Swi) 30 135 (146) Egoitz Murgoitio (Spa) 30 135 (135) Carsten Schäffer (Den) 30 135 (135) Andras Szabo (Hun) 30 135 (153) Geert Wellens (Bel) 30 135 (135) Kazuhiro Yamamoto (Jpn) 30 148 (146) Barton Bowen (USA) 28 148 (146) Ian Wilkinson (GBr) 28 150 (174) Vladimir Kyzivat (Cze) 26 151 (153) Martin Hämmerle (Aut) 25 151 (153) Carter Hovey (Can) 25 151 (153) Shinya Ikemoto (Jpn) 25 151 (153) Pietro Pavoni (Ita) 25 151 (153) Christian Poos (Lux) 25 151 (153) Pavao Roset (Cro) 25 151 (153) Balint Szeghalmi (Hun) 25 151 (153) Don Travers (Irl) 25 151 (153) Beat Wabel (Swi) 25 151 (153) Steffen Weigold (Ger) 25 151 (153) Kodaira Yukinaga (Jpn) 25 151 (237) Julen Zubero (Spa) 25 163 (135) David Kasek (Cze) 24 163 (168) Andreas Kreil (Aut) 24 163 (168) Troy Wells (USA) 24 166 (170) Roman Peter (Swi) 23 166 (170) Justin Robinson (USA) 23 168 (201) Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) 22 168 (149) Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) 22 170 (206) Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) 21 170 (173) Daniel Hufnagel (Aut) 21 170 (211) David Willemsens (Bel) 21 173 (174) Pawel Cierpikowski (Pol) 20 173 (174) Michael Cody (USA) 20 173 (174) Zoltan Eke (Hun) 20 173 (174) Lewis Ferguson (Irl) 20 173 (174) Romain Fondard (Fra) 20 173 (211) André Greipel (Ger) 20 173 (174) Andreas Hestler (Can) 20 173 (174) Vladimir Hradisky (Svk) 20 173 (174) Jérôme Junker (Lux) 20 173 (174) Andy Lahye (Irl) 20 173 (174) Joseba Leon Gutierrez (Spa) 20 173 (174) Simone Masciarelli (Ita) 20 173 (174) Pavel Medved (Svk) 20 173 (174) Jason Moeschler (USA) 20 173 (281) Haitz Ortiz Tolaretxipi (Spa) 20 173 (174) Matej Petricevic (Cro) 20 173 (153) Joost Posthuma (Ned) 20 173 (174) Simon Richardson (GBr) 20 173 (211) Roger Schuppli (Swi) 20 173 (174) Kris Sneddon (Can) 20 173 (174) Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel) 20 173 (211) Oscar Vazquez (Spa) 20 173 (174) Jeff Weinert (USA) 20 196 (200) Roland Golderer (Ger) 18 197 (201) Leo Karstens (Ger) 17 197 (239) Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) 17 197 (271) Erik Miorini (Ita) 17 197 (201) Benn Würth (Lux) 17 197 (201) Seigo Yamamoto (Jpn) 17 Women 1 (1) Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) 1280 pts 2 (2) Maryline Salvetat (Fra) 930 3 (10) Laurence Leboucher (Fra) 569 4 (3) Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned) 567 5 (4) Marianne Vos (Ned) 495 6 (6) Alison Dunlap (USA) 465 7 (5) Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) 462 8 (7) Nadia Triquet (Fra) 368 9 (8) Gina Hall (USA) 363 10 (9) Carmen D'Aluisio (USA) 305 11 (14) Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 300 12 (12) Anja Nobus (Bel) 294 13 (11) Victoria Wilkinson (GBr) 285 14 (13) Hilde Quintens (Bel) 275 15 (23) Ann Knapp (USA) 252 16 (15) Katrin Helmcke (Ger) 215 17 (16) Corine Dorland (Ned) 205 18 (16) Alexandra Bähler (Swi) 195 19 (27) Louise Robinson (GBr) 182 20 (18) Rachel Lloyd (USA) 181 21 (19) Loes Sels (Bel) 162 22 (21) Paola Bortolin (Ita) 156 23 (23) Helen Saunders (GBr) 147 24 (20) Katleen Vermeiren (Bel) 138 25 (22) Mirjam Melchers (Ned) 130 26 (41) Corine Sempe (Fra) 127 27 (25) Nadine Bruun (Den) 108 28 (32) Veerle Ingels (Bel) 106 29 (26) Anna Milkowski (USA) 104 30 (37) Barbora Bohata (Cze) 97 31 (28) Francesca Cucciniello (Ita) 93 32 (29) Nicole De Bie - Leiten (Ned) 90 32 (29) Suzie Godart (Lux) 90 32 (29) Vania Rossi (Ita) 90 35 (33) Annabella Stropparo (Ita) 80 35 (42) Wendy Simms (Can) 80 37 (34) Marianne Stover (USA) 78 38 (35) Debby Mansveld (Ned) 76 39 (36) Nikki Harris (GBr) 75 40 (38) Mary McConneloug (USA) 72 41 (39) Irene Pfab (Ger) 67 42 (53) Claudia Marsilio (Ita) 65 43 (40) Nancy Bollansee (Bel) 64 44 (57) Nekane Lasa (Spa) 60 44 (57) Masami Mashimo (Jpn) 60 46 (43) Christine Vardaros (USA) 58 47 (44) Rhonda Mazza (USA) 56 48 (45) Isabella Wieser (Aut) 55 49 (46) Josie Beggs (USA) 54 49 (46) Barbara Howe (USA) 54 51 (48) Hazel Wakefield (GBr) 53 52 (49) Aline Parsy (Fra) 52 53 (50) Caroline Humplick (Ger) 50 53 (73) Milena Cavani (Ita) 50 55 (51) Amy Hunt (GBr) 48 56 (52) Rachel Heal (GBr) 47 57 (53) Elisabeth Vink (Ned) 45 58 (55) Nicole Kampeter (Ger) 43 59 (56) Katrina Davis (USA) 41 60 (57) Karen Jacobsen (Den) 40 60 (57) Lise Muller (Swi) 40 60 (57) Marlena Pyrgies (Pol) 40 60 (57) Marta Vajda (Hun) 40 60 (69) Andrea Wilhelm (Swi) 40 65 (83) Belinda Hirtle (Ger) 39 66 (63) Sarah Uhl (USA) 37 67 (64) Lis Jacobsen (Den) 35 67 (64) Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) 35 67 (64) Noémie Marguet (Swi) 35 67 (64) Samantha Nicholson (Can) 35 71 (68) Hillary Daniels (USA) 33 72 (69) Maureen Bruno (USA) 32 72 (69) Gabriella Day (GBr) 32 74 (72) Sandy Meister-Meredith (GBr) 31 75 (73) Nathalie Filonczuk (Fra) 30 75 (73) Boglárka Füle (Hun) 30 75 (73) Rocio Gamonal (Spa) 30 75 (73) Kelly Jones (Can) 30 75 (73) Miyoko Karami (Jpn) 30 75 (73) Brigitte Krebs (Aut) 30 75 (73) Klara Nepustilova (Cze) 30 75 (73) Isla Rowntree (GBr) 30 75 (73) Anke Wichmann (Ger) 30 84 (84) Stella Carey (USA) 27 85 (85) Sinead Fitzgibbon (USA) 25 85 (85) Edit Jakubi (Hun) 25 85 (85) Susanne Juranek (Ger) 25 85 (85) Lucie Lefevre (Fra) 25 85 (85) Ruth Moll Marques (Spa) 25 85 (85) Trish Sinclair (Can) 25 85 (85) Virginie Souchon (Fra) 25 85 (85) Izumi Takahashi (Jpn) 25 85 (85) Karin Wieser (Aut) 25 94 (94) Amber Itle (USA) 24 95 (95) Hollie McGovern (USA) 22 96 (96) Sarah Kerlin (USA) 21 97 (97) Liesbeth De Vocht (Bel) 20 97 (97) Lisa Licis (Can) 20 97 (97) Simonetta Marone (Ita) 20 97 (97) Hiroko Nanbu (Jpn) 20 97 (97) Bajnok Ágnes Némethné (Hun) 20 97 (97) Petra Pilz (Aut) 20 97 (97) Sandra Santanyes (Spa) 20 97 (97) Anne Schwartz (USA) 20 97 (97) Verena Strohmer (Ger) 20 97 (97) Sally Warner (USA) 20 107 (107) Megan Monroe (USA) 18 108 (108) Kerstin Forstner (Ger) 15 108 (108) Almut Grieb (Ger) 15 108 (108) Leah Guloien (Can) 15 108 (108) Tina Haberfehlner (Aut) 15 108 (108) Mariko Itou (Jpn) 15 108 (108) Alicia Mayer (USA) 15 108 (108) Claudia Meyer (Ger) 15 108 (108) Aida Nuño (Spa) 15 108 (108) Ivett Pacz (Hun) 15 108 (108) Lisa Peck (USA) 15 108 (108) Laura Turpijn (Ned) 15 108 (171) Cori Page (USA) 15 120 (119) Claire Lines (GBr) 12 120 (119) Maren Partridge (USA) 12 120 (119) Brenda Pennell (GBr) 12 120 (119) Renee Schroeder (USA) 12 120 (119) Céline Wittek (Fra) 12 125 (124) Sara Cushman (USA) 11 125 (124) Kerry Litka (USA) 11 125 (124) Ingrid Spies (USA) 11 128 (127) Maria Jesus Barros (Spa) 10 128 (127) Andrea Bischof (Hun) 10 128 (127) Charmaine Breon (USA) 10 128 (127) Kaoru Fukai (Jpn) 10 128 (127) Sofie Goor (Bel) 10 128 (127) Anne Grofvert (USA) 10 128 (127) Danielle Jansen (Ned) 10 128 (127) Melodie Metzger (USA) 10 128 (127) Anne-Josepha Römer (Ger) 10 128 (127) Jenny Trew (Can) 10 138 (137) Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) 8 138 (137) Kasandra Cote (Can) 8 138 (137) Viv Cox (GBr) 8 138 (137) Megan Elliott (USA) 8 138 (137) Pauline Frascone (USA) 8 138 (137) Marieke Haverdings (Ned) 8 138 (137) Kele Hulsor (USA) 8 138 (137) Julie Lewis (USA) 8 138 (137) Stacey Peters (USA) 8 147 (146) Katrien Aerts (Bel) 7 147 (146) Betsy Schauer (USA) 7 149 (148) Marie Claire Euzenat (Fra) 6 149 (148) Erin Kassoy (USA) 6 149 (148) Susan Maclean (USA) 6 149 (148) Jessica Runyon (USA) 6 153 (152) Celeste Drumm (USA) 5 153 (152) Sami Fournier (USA) 5 153 (152) Ziortza Jauregi Del Campo (Spa) 5 153 (152) Caroline Lavioe (Can) 5 153 (152) Maryann Martinez (USA) 5 153 (152) Barbara Menegon (Ita) 5 153 (152) Erica Miller (USA) 5 153 (152) Masumi Sakai (Jpn) 5 153 (152) Yvonne Schröder (Ger) 5 153 (152) Heather Szabo (USA) 5 153 (152) Emily Westbrook (USA) 5 164 (163) Daniela Bresciani (Ita) 4 164 (163) Saskia Elemans (Ned) 4 164 (163) Amélie Laurendon (Fra) 4 164 (163) Erika Lovejoy (USA) 4 164 (163) Perri Martens (USA) 4 164 (163) Martin Mindy (USA) 4 164 (163) Shanhan Uhitlatch (USA) 4 164 (163) Stephanie White (USA) 4 172 (171) Nicoletta Bresciani (Ita) 3 172 (171) Alicia Genest (USA) 3 172 (171) Karolin Jbele (Ger) 3 172 (171) Sara Porter (Can) 3 172 (171) Lucia Vazquez (Spa) 3 172 (171) Rebecca Wellons (USA) 3 178 (178) Veronique Belleter (Bel) 2 178 (178) Kristi Berg (USA) 2 178 (178) Susan Carter (GBr) 2 178 (178) Darcy Cornell (USA) 2 178 (178) Greetje De Vos (Bel) 2 178 (178) Linda Dirkx (Ned) 2 178 (178) Helene Drumm (USA) 2 178 (178) Tracey Fey (GBr) 2 178 (178) Abke Francissen (Ned) 2 178 (178) Biviana Gonzalez (Spa) 2 178 (178) Silvia Marzatico (Ita) 2 178 (178) Liz Slater (GBr) 2 190 (190) Elisabetta Borgia (Ita) 1 190 (190) Elizabeth Clayton (GBr) 1 190 (190) Fernanda Espiñeira (Spa) 1 190 (190) Caroline Goward (GBr) 1 190 (190) Cara McCauley (USA) 1 190 (190) Alice Pennington (USA) 1 190 (190) Kelly Van Eycken (Bel) 1 Countries - women 1 (3) France 2046 pts 2 (1) Germany 1912 3 (2) Netherlands 1859 4 (4) U.S.A. 1566 5 (5) Belgium 975 6 (6) Great Britain 742 7 (7) Italy 484 8 (8) Switzerland 310 9 (10) Canada 190 10 (9) Denmark 183 11 (12) Japan 150 11 (12) Spain 150 13 (11) Austria 145 14 (12) Hungary 130 15 (16) Czech Republic 127 16 (15) Luxembourg 125 17 (17) Poland 40 Countries - Men 1 (1) Belgium 7628 pts 2 (2) Czech Republic 2084 3 (3) Netherlands 1847 4 (4) France 1524 5 (5) Switzerland 1240 6 (6) U.S.A. 1099 7 (7) Italy 741 8 (8) Poland 658 9 (10) Slovakia 494 9 (9) Spain 494 11 (12) Great Britain 386 12 (11) Germany 359 13 (13) Japan 250 14 (14) Denmark 237 15 (15) Luxembourg 203 16 (16) Austria 148 17 (17) Ireland 135 18 (18) Croatia 130 18 (18) Hungary 130 20 (20) Canada 127
