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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
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2018 Tour de France | 2018 Giro d'Italia
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
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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