August 31/06 1:41 am - UCI Nation Rankings for XC

Posted by Editor on 08/31/06
 

UCI Nation Rankings - Cross-country

Nation rankings after 2006 world championships.

Women

1 Norway 3153 points
2 Germany 2914
3 Canada 2712
4 Poland 2393
5 USA 2113

Men

1 France 3376
2 Switzerland 3327
3 Spain 2007
4 Netherlands 1875
5 USA 1745
6 Great Britain 1725
7 Belgium 1646
8 Germany 1564
9 Italy 1512
10 Austria 1408
11 Canada 1405

Canada is in pretty good shape for the maximum two Olympic spots for women (top 8 nations), but the Canadian men are on the bubble to keep two (of a maximum of three) spots. Canada is currently ranked 11th in men by nations, but it is nations 6th to 13th in rankings who get two spots, and there are a couple of nations coming up behind us (including Sweden and New Zealand) that could knock us out of the top-13 ranking.